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President Donald Trump invoked the 1823 Monroe Doctrine last week to justify a military attack on Venezuela and the abduction of its president, Nicolás Maduro. Trump publicly argued that under Maduro, Venezuela had increasingly hosted foreign adversaries in the region and acquired menacing offensive weapons that could threaten U. S. interests, actions he described as … Read more

Frank Costello once told his lawyers that he would rather lose his case than wear cheap clothes. When his legal team suggested he trade his expensive suits for off-the-rack options to appear more relatable during trial, he dismissed the idea, saying: “I’m sorry, counselor, but I’d rather blow the goddamn case. ” That devotion to … Read more

For 12 years, a blackjack dealer stole tens of millions of dollars from the most heavily surveilled buildings on the planet. No explosives, no hacking, no hostage-taking. He simply switched chips at the table, never raised his voice, and walked out richer every time. His name was Richard Marcus, and his operation became the largest … Read more

In November 2001, a single trifecta ticket placed through the Hong Kong Jockey Club’s wagering system came through as a perfect prediction—not just the winner, but the exact finishing order of the top three horses in one of the season’s biggest races. The payout was approximately $50 million US. No one ever came forward to … Read more

On October 1929, three men forced Salvatore Lucania into a limousine at gunpoint. He was beaten, stabbed, and strung up by his hands to a beam in a Staten Island warehouse, left for dead with a permanent scar and a droopy eye. He survived that ordeal and went on to become one of the most … Read more

In 1964, the FBI reportedly turned to a feared Colombo crime family mobster, Greg Scarpa, to torture Ku Klux Klan members into revealing the location of three missing civil rights workers in Mississippi. The case became known as the Mississippi Burning affair, inspiring the famous 1988 film, although the real story was far darker than … Read more

Angelo Sepe, a 42-year-old killer trusted by Jimmy Burke and one of the few Lufthansa heist crew members to survive the massacre that followed, was found dead in his Bensonhurst, Brooklyn basement apartment on July 18, 1984. He had been shot multiple times in the head. Next to him lay 19-year-old Joanne Lombardo, killed by … Read more