John Gotti was the invincible crime boss that ruled the streets of New York as head of the notorious Gambino family; Gotti quickly rose to prominence by leading his crew of mafia mobsters towards violent acts.
A mathematical prodigy and former professor at Cal Berkeley, Ted Kaczynski became widely known as the Unabomber, after mailing bombs to universities and airlines, between 1978 and 1995;
The 1980 murder of Scarsdale diet doctor Herman Tarnower shocks the nation when his lover, the headmistress of a prestigious girls' school, gets arrested and convicted in a sensational trial in the suburbs of New York City.
A former Texas music teacher and choir leader, Marshall Applewhite was the founder of Heaven's Gate, a religious group which organized the largest American mass suicide since Jonestown;
Whitey Bulger is one of the most prominent figures in Boston's organized crime scene; from 1975 to 1990, Bulger serves as an informant to the FBI and tips off police of other crime families, while simultaneously building his own crime network.
Known for his extreme beliefs on Christianity, socialist politics and racial equality, Jim Jones becomes infamous for leading a mass murder-suicide of over 900 of his followers in Jonestown, Guyana.
With a total of 49 confirmed murders, Gary Ridgway, otherwise known as the Green River Killer, is one of the most prolific serial killers American history;
Sex, jealously and obsession fuel a national media fixation on Jodi Arias, who in 2008 savagely murdered her ex-boyfriend, 30 year-old motivational speaker Travis Alexander.