Henry FitzRoy was the illegitimate son of Henry VIII—but the king did nothing to hide his progeny, even setting him up to take the throne.
12-year-old Edward V was the King of England, waiting for his coronation in the Tower of London. Then he mysteriously disappeared.
For decades, rumors have persisted that Tina Louise resented her character on Gilligan’s Island, but later in life, she said they were “Never true.”
As King Charles II’s mistress, Barbara Palmer was the spoiled “Uncrowned Queen,” but her scandalous reign couldn’t last forever.
As the Who’s ear-splitting bassist, John Entwistle earned the nickname “The Ox”—and fueled a stubborn fixation with going it solo.
As a frontiersman, Kit Carson witnessed some of history’s greatest horrors, but it was a broken heart and a sad diagnosis that spelled his doom.
Donna Reed never got wrapped up in the typical Hollywood scandals—but that doesn’t mean she didn’t see her fair share of controversy.
The playwright Arthur Miller may have written some of the greatest classics, but scandal and tragedy followed him to the very end.
In the 1950s, Robert Mitchum was THE film noir villain. If he’s not as well-known now, maybe it's because of his dark downfall.
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