Belle Gunness never wanted much from her life: a fresh start in the USA, a nice husband, and maybe some children.

With her relationship with Bhagwan strained and her power slipping away, Sheela Birnstiel knew she had to do something drastic to make him happy and gain it all back.

She first met the guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh as a teenager and was instantly enamored.

Following God’s orders led Joan of Arc into battle against the English, and into an audience with the king.

Hero. Martyr. Feminist. Witch. Who really was Joan of Arc? And could she really speak to God, or were her visions something else entirely?

Anna Delvey wasn’t who she claimed to be. But despite mounting setbacks, she refused to temper her schemes.

A con artist storms New York’s social scene in the 2010s, cementing her place in high society as a German heiress worth millions.

In November 1958, three young duck hunters came across a body near a remote lake in Ohio.

Edythe Klumpp liked to have fun with the men in her life... even if that made her the "other woman."

Lori Loughlin had it all: a career as a beloved TV icon, a happy marriage, and two loving daughters. But in the world of the ultra-rich and famous, success seemed to rest on the wins your child netted.

A particular caper in 1965 brought Doris uncomfortably close to law enforcement and the media.

Born in 1930, Doris Payne realized early on that she had a taste for the finer things in life. She also realized she had a knack for putting people at ease — and it was a skill she could use to get exactly what she wanted.

After abducting Elizabeth Smart in 2002, Barzee and Mitchell — known to each other as Hephzibah and Immanuel — fashioned her into a sister-wife, systematically abusing her into submission.

All Wanda Barzee wanted in life was for someone to take care of her, and in return she promised complete devotion.

She's perhaps the most famous femme fatale of the 20th century. And yet, Mata Hari's supposed crimes are shrouded in mystery.

In espionage terms, honeytraps are the stuff of legend: a beautiful temptress so seductive that she can convince even the most cunning of men to reveal state secrets.

The beautiful Soviet seductress is a well-known figure of femme fatale lore. She's patriotic, irresistible, and deadly.

A cunning puppetmaster, Catherine de Medici is most vividly remembered as a one-time queen of France who dispatched beautiful women in her court to manipulate the men of France.

The term "femme fatale" conjures up noir vixens whose sole purpose is to bring the story's male hero to his knees.

In the aftermath of her elaborate bank-robbery-gone-wrong, Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong had to resort to every tactic up her sleeve to avoid going to jail.

Intelligent and unstable, Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong always had a way with men.

In 1936, Abe Sada was so in love — and lust — she committed a gruesome crime.

As a young woman in 1920s Tokyo, Abe Sada dreamed of becoming a geisha… but settled for sex work.

The unceasing stream of deaths in Castle Cachtice did not go unnoticed, but priests and concerned parents alike were powerless to intervene.

Real-life vampire or expert sadist? Elizabeth Báthory was allegedly responsible for killing hundreds of young women in 16th century Hungary.