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Socialite Brooke Astor lived to 105—but her glittering world came to a dark end long before that. Her son spent years robbing and abusing her. Just when it seemed like the ordeal would kill her, a twist of fate brought the hammer down on her spiteful son.

Louise de la Valliere’s innocent beauty made jaws drop—but no one realized that her angelic face hid a twisted mind.

While lying on her deathbed, Ada Lovelace made a mysterious confession to her husband that was so disturbing, he left and never came back.

When Faustina became attracted to a gladiator she confessed her passion to her husband Marcus Aurelius—and his solution was so disturbing, it’s impossible to forget.

Margaret of York was no stranger to tragedy and loss—but every ounce of misery she’d known was nothing compared to what awaited her in 1482.

Pete Burns wrote one of the most popular songs of the 1980s, then disappeared—the pressures of fame had led him down an incredibly twisted path.