On this day in 1926, mystery novelist Agatha Christie vanished from her home outside London for nearly two weeks; when she was later discovered, she had no recollection of her disappearance.

On this day in 1993, notorious cocaine crime lord Pablo Escobar was fatally shot after a police chase across the rooftops of Bogota.

On this day in 1948, a man was found dead on Somerton Beach in Adelaide, Australia with no clues to his identity.

On this day in 2001, Gary Ridgway was arrested and thanks to DNA testing, was proven to be the "Green River Killer."

On this day in 1981, actress Natalie Wood was found dead in the water off the coast of Catalina Island in Southern California.

On this day in 1720, Anne Bonny and Mary Read were convicted of piracy and sentenced to hang.

On this day in 1934, Baby Face Nelson, an American bank robber, was killed in a shootout with the FBI.

On this day in 1983, diamonds, gold, and cash worth £26 million pounds were stolen from a warehouse near Heathrow Airport in London.

On this day in 1960, the activist Mirabal sisters were assassinated, and their deaths were staged to look like a car accident.

On this day in 1971, D.B. Cooper hijacked a commercial airliner, then disappeared into the night with a $200,000 ransom.

On this day in 1953, Air Force pilot Felix Moncla Jr. and his radar observer, Robert L. Wilson, disappeared on a routine mission over Lake Superior.

On this day in 1718, Edward Teach, the infamous pirate known as Blackbeard, was killed off the coast of North Carolina during the Battle of Ocracoke.

On this day in 1927, a group of coal miners on strike in the town of Serene, Colorado came head-to-head with state police—6 were killed.

On this day in 1990, Russian authorities arrested serial killer Andrei Chikatilo, better known as the Rostov Ripper.

On this day in 2017, infamous cult leader Charles Manson dies of heart and respiratory failure due to colon cancer.

On this day in 1978, Jim Jones, the founder of the People’s Temple cult, led a little over 900 followers to drink poisoned Flavor-Aid in a mass suicide.

On this day in 1894, con artist and serial killer H.H. Holmes was arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.

On this day in 1971, 10-year Carmen Colon disappeared in Rochester, New York. She was found dead two days later, setting off a string of alliterative killings known as the Alphabet Murders.

On this day in 2002, Myra Hindley, co-conspirator in the notorious Moors Murders, died in prison.

On this day in 1966, the Mothman of Point Pleasant, West Virginia was sighted in the neighboring town of Salem by contractor Merle Partridge. Merle’s dog was never seen again.

On this day in 1974, 23-year-old Ronald DeFeo Jr. shot his mother, father, and four siblings while they slept in their New York home.

On this day in 2017, 59-year-old Randall Toshio Saito walked out of Hawaii State Hospital. He’d been committed there for over 30 years.

On this day in 1972, 13-year-old Lori Lee Kursa slipped away from her mother during a shopping trip, and was never seen alive again.

On this day in 1917, 33 members of the National Women’s Party were arrested for picketing in front of the White House.

On this day in 1971, 46-year old John List murdered his wife, mother, and three children.