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Get to know the real story behind your favorite movies and shows and the real historic truth about them. From the souls lost in “Enemy at The Gates” to the souls saved in “Hacksaw Ridge” and “Schindler's List” by Desmond Doss and Oskar Schindler. Going through the life of the well appreciated scientist John Nash in “A Beautiful Mind” and witnessing true loyalty with Hachiko.

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Russell Bufalino
Russell BufalinoThursday Oct 29, 1903 to Friday Feb 25, 1994

Rosario Alberto Bufalino (born October 29, 1903) was an Italian-born American mobster who became the...

Howard Hughes 1938 Image
Howard Hughes: The AviatorSunday Dec 24, 1905 to Monday Apr 5, 1976

Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American business magnate, inves...

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Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)Tuesday Apr 28, 1908 to Wednesday Oct 9, 1974

Oskar Schindler (28 April 1908 – 9 October 1974) was a German industrialist and a member of the Nazi...

Alan Turing
Alan TuringSunday Jun 23, 1912 to Monday Jun 7, 1954

Alan Mathison Turing was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philo...

Jimmy Hoffa
Jimmy HoffaFriday Feb 14, 1913 to Friday Jul 30, 1982

James Riddle Hoffa (born February 14, 1913; disappeared July 30, 1975, declared dead July 30, 1982) ...

Vasily Zaitsev Image
Vasily ZaitsevTuesday Mar 23, 1915 to Sunday Dec 15, 1991

Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev (23 March 1915 – 15 December 1991) was a Soviet sniper and a Hero of the...

Doss Desmond US Army Image
Desmond Doss: Hacksaw RidgeFriday Feb 7, 1919 to Thursday Mar 23, 2006

Desmond Thomas Doss (February 7, 1919 – March 23, 2006) was a United States Army corporal who served...

Hachiko Image
HachikōSaturday Nov 10, 1923 to Friday Mar 8, 1935

Hachikō (November 10, 1923 – March 8, 1935) was a Japanese Akita dog remembered for his remarkable l...

John Forbes Nash Image
John Forbes Nash Jr.: A Beautiful MindWednesday Jun 13, 1928 to Saturday May 23, 2015

John Forbes Nash Jr. (June 13, 1928 – May 23, 2015) was an American mathematician who made fundament...

Pablo Escobar Image
Pablo Escobar: NarcosThursday Dec 1, 1949 to Thursday Dec 2, 1993

Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (1 December 1949 – 2 December 1993) was a Colombian drug lord and narco...

Chris Gardner Sep 2011
Christopher Paul GardnerTuesday Feb 9, 1954 to Present

Christopher Paul Gardner (born February 9, 1954) is an American businessman and motivational speaker...

Alcatraz Island March 1962 Image
June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt: Escape from AlcatrazMonday Jun 11, 1962 to Present

The June 1962 Alcatraz escape was a prison break from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, a maximum-secur...

Chris McCandless Image
Chris McCandless: Into the WildMonday Feb 12, 1968 to Saturday Aug 1, 1992

Christopher Johnson McCandless (February 12, 1968– August 1992), also known by the pseudonym Alexand...

Chris Kyle Image
American Sniper: Christopher Scott KyleMonday Apr 8, 1974 to Saturday Feb 2, 2013

Christopher Scott Kyle was a United States Navy SEAL sniper. He served four tours in the Iraq War an...

Central Park May Image
Central Park Jogger CaseWednesday Apr 19, 1989 to Monday May 1, 1989

The Central Park jogger case (When They See Us) was a criminal case in the United States based on th...

Mug shot of Pearl Fernandez
Murder of Gabriel Fernandez by Pearl Fernandez, and her boyfriend, Isauro AguirreSunday Feb 20, 2005 to Friday May 24, 2013

Gabriel Fernandez (February 20, 2005 – May 24, 2013) was an eight-year-old American boy from Palmdal...

Marc O'leary
Marc Patrick O'Leary: Washington and Colorado Serial Rapist (Unbelievable)Tuesday Jan 1, 2008 to Saturday Dec 31, 2011

Between 2008 and 2011, a series of rapes in the suburbs around Seattle and Denver were perpetrated b...

US Airways Flight 1549 (N106US) after crashing into the Hudson River Image
US Airways Flight 1549: SullyThursday Jan 15, 2009 to Present

US Airways Flight 1549 was an Airbus A320 which, in the climbout after takeoff from New York City's ...

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