Mari Gilbert became an advocate for murder victims after her daughter Shannan's disappearance led to the discovery of the Gilgo Beach Murders — then Mari was killed herself by her other daughter Sarra.When Mari Gilbert’s daughter, Shannan Gilbert, vanished in May 2010, the grieving mother spent more than a year pressuring police to take her disappearance seriously. She had no idea that her perseverance would lead to the arrest of a suspected serial killer.

Doreen Lioy was a successful woman who worked as an editor of Tiger Beat — until she married one of the worst serial killers in American history.TwitterDoreen Lioy became Richard Ramirez’s wife in San Quentin State Prison in 1996. After 11 years of writing love letters to her prospective husband, Doreen Lioy finally got to marry the man of her dreams. Although Lioy was overjoyed, the news of her wedding shocked the world.

Arthur "Jack" Schubarth illegally trafficked genetic material from a Marco Polo argali sheep to breed a giant hybrid species.GmbH & Co. KG / Alamy Stock PhotoA Marco Polo argali sheep, the DNA of which was used to create the massive hybrid sheep in Montana. A Montana farmer recently pleaded guilty to two felony wildlife crimes, admitting to having used tissue and testicles from wild animals to breed a new species of “giant” sheep for financial gain.

Nancy Wake was far from a damsel in distress, and by the end of the war was number one on the Gestapo's Most Wanted list. Wikimedia Commons Nancy Wake during her time as a Maquis fighter. On March 1, 1944, French Resistance Captain Henri Tardivat found Nancy Wake tangled in a tree. As he looked up at her hanging from the branches, he remarked on her beauty. “I hope that all the trees in France bear such beautiful fruit this year,” he said.

Operation Mincemeat allowed British intelligence operatives to trick Hitler into thinking that the Allies were about to invade Greece and not Sicily — leaving the Nazis vulnerable and changing the course of World War II.Public DomainThe fake soldier, William Martin, was actually the corpse of a Welsh drifter named Glyndwr Michael. Photographed, here, however, is M15 agent Ronnie Reed. On a spring day in 1943, the body of a British soldier holding a briefcase full of classified material washed ashore near Huelva, Spain.