The oldest son of a New York City real estate magnate, Robert Durst became a suspect in three murder cases — but it took decades before he faced justice.HBORobert Durst avoided prison for decades — until HBO’s 2015 docuseries The Jinx helped lead to a murder conviction. Robert Durst was supposed to live the American dream. Born into a real estate dynasty in New York City, Durst was used to getting his way in all aspects of his life: work, relationships, and even run-ins with the law.

Layers of sediment found inside the cave show remnants of burnt camphor leaves, likely used as a natural insect repellent.Wadley et alResearchers believe fragments found inside South African cave sediment are remnants of world’s oldest known bed. About 200,000 years ago, humans took refuge in a cave in what is today South Africa. They set up living quarters that included simple grass bedding — an amenity that researchers say is the oldest known record of humans using bedding in history.

King receives the National Medal of the Arts from President Barack Obama. Source: arts.gov A few years ago, President Obama draped a National Medal of the Arts around the neck of novelist Stephen King. “One of the most popular and prolific writers of our time,” the President said, “Mr. King combines his remarkable storytelling with his sharp analysis of human nature.” The next day, King took his literary “bling,” as he called it, to Stephen Colbert’s show.

Judy Buenoano killed her husband, her next boyfriend, and even her own son for insurance money. And no one suspected a thing — until she tried to firebomb her last fiancé's car.Judy Buenoano was one of the most cunning American serial killers of the 1970s and ’80s. Though she didn’t have the highest body count, she still became infamous for killing people who were close to her. She murdered her husband, her boyfriend, and even her own son — for insurance money.

Although the lives of the greatest American spies are always kept secret, it's the lives of the notorious double agents that capture the public's attention.AFP/AFP/Getty ImagesJulius and Ethel Rosenberg are seated in a police van in 1953 in New York shortly before their execution for espionage. It’s no secret that the United States has had its fair share of duplicitous spies. Today, movies portraying double agents and TV shows like The Americans pay homage to Cold War fears and politics that now seem so far away.