Hans Steininger was a beloved mayor with an impressive – and deadly – set of whiskers. Wikimedia CommonsThe epitaph of Hans Steininger on the outside of the Austrian church. The little town of Braunau am Inn, Austria is most often remembered as the birthplace of Adolf Hitler. Naturally, the town officials would prefer if their quaint village were remembered for something lighter or perhaps more amusing. For example, the death of Hans Steininger, the mayor of Braunau am Inn who was killed by his own beard.

One of the few women in Ancient Greek academe, Hypatia of Alexandria was a true sight to behold. And she was killed because of it.People primarily remember Hypatia of Alexandria, martyr of female intellectuals and tragic heroine, for two things: her philosophical, mathematical, and astronomical teachings and the fact that she was brutally murdered for them. Ancient Greece laid the philosophical foundations for much of Western liberal democracy, but women by and large did not produce its influential “bricks” — that is, save for Hypatia.

Thousands of poorly trained kamikaze pilots were asked to sacrifice their lives for Japan's collapsing war effort, but the letters they left behind reveal they weren't all eager volunteers. Firefighters aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hancock hosing down damage caused by a Japanese kamikaze attack. Pacific Ocean. Circa 1944-1945. Time Life Pictures/US Navy/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images A Japanese pilot helps a friend get ready for his kamikaze mission.

Sharon Marie Huddle was married to Joseph James DeAngelo for more than 40 years. But did she know he was the Golden State Killer?Public DomainOne of the few known photos of Sharon Marie Huddle, the wife of Golden State Killer Joseph James DeAngelo from 1973 to 2019. In 1973, a young California woman named Sharon Marie Huddle married a man named Joseph James DeAngelo. They would remain married for the next 46 years — during which time he committed a vicious series of rapes and murders that now make him one of the worst serial killers in American history.

Travis the chimp was a beloved animal actor and a local fixture in his Connecticut town — until he viciously attacked his owner’s friend Charla Nash one day in 2009 and nearly ripped her face off.On February 16, 2009, tragedy struck when Travis the Chimp, a chimpanzee who had gained national celebrity over the years, viciously attacked his owner’s close friend, Charla Nash. Travis’ behavior had become increasingly erratic, and the attack left Nash severely disfigured and Travis dead.