The real Gaëtan Dugas was not the monstrous "AIDS Patient Zero" the media portrayed him to be — and even helped the CDC fight the disease.Wikimedia CommonsFor decades, Gaëtan Dugas was wrongfully labeled as “AIDS Patient Zero,” the man who brought the disease to America. Since the beginning of the AIDS pandemic, 35.4 million people have died of AIDS-related illnesses. And for a long time, one man, a Canadian flight attendant named Gaëtan Dugas, was considered as the person who brought the virus to America.

Colombo family mobster Sonny Franzese hung out with Frank Sinatra, financed the pornographic film Deep Throat, and killed more people than he could even remember.Nick Sorrentino/NY Daily News Archive via Getty ImagesJohn “Sonny” Franzese. 1966. More often than not, the life of a gangster is a short one. It takes a lot of smarts and even more luck to make it in the criminal underground — and John Franzese had both in spades.

Larry Gene Bell was a divorced electrician who kidnapped and murdered at least two girls in South Carolina in 1985 — then tormented their families with taunting phone calls.Wikimedia CommonsLarry Gene Bell was a cruel killer who took pleasure in taunting the family members of his victims. Over one terrifying summer month in 1985, fear spread throughout the state of South Carolina following the abduction of two girls in broad daylight in front of their respective homes.

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The Ryugyong Hotel has been called "the worst building in the world" and the "Hotel of Doom."Wikimedia CommonsThe Ryugyong Hotel in 2013, after construction was halted for the second time. Rising above the skyline of Pyongyang stands the Ryugyong Hotel. More than twice the height of the Great Pyramids, this pyramid of glass stands as a testament to the accomplishments and failures of the modern-day pharaohs of North Korea. Construction on the mysterious “Hotel of Doom” began in 1987 under the direction of Kim Il-sung, the Eternal President of the Republic.