Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo smiling during his trial. He was kept in his cage to protect him from the enraged relatives of his victims.

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Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo smiling during his trial. He was kept in his cage to protect him from the enraged relatives of his victims. 1992.

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Sergei Korolev the day he was returned to Moscow prison after one year in GULAG. He would launch the first human into space April 12, 1961

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This is George Blake, a British MI6 officer who secretly spied for the Soviet Union-and betrayed 40 agents before fleeing prison.

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In 1973, healthy volunteers faked hallucinations to enter mental hospitals. Once inside, they acted normal, but doctors refused to let them leave. Normal behaviors like writing were diagnosed as "symptoms." The only people who realized they were sane were the actual patients.

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1935 Mugshot of Erich Honecker, the later head of state of the GDR (German Democratic Republic)

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Alois Brunner – one of the most despicable Nazi criminals to survive the war and escape justice – died an old, desperate and physically broken man after more than a decade of confinement in a Syrian basement (for years he trained Syrian torturers but fell out of favor with the Assad family).

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This is Witold Pilecki. In 1940, Polish intel officer Witold Pilecki volunteered to be imprisoned in Auschwitz. He organized a resistance movement in the camp, sent information to the Allies about what was happening there, and escaped in 1943

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This is the last known photo of Nicola Tesla. On 7th January 1943, Tesla died alone in the New Yorker Hotel. By the end of his life, he was penniless and had become a vegetarian

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The infamous serial killer Ed Gein smiling after his arrest in 1957. Police later found furniture, masks, and clothes made from human skin inside his farmhouse.

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Putin with Mom and Dad

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This is the last known photo of Nicola Tesla. On 7th January 1943, Tesla died alone in the New Yorker Hotel. By the end of his life, he was penniless and had become a vegetarian

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Dr. Harold Shipman, a British GP convicted for killing over 250 patients in his career, who hanged himself in prison in January 2004