When Frank DeCicco helped plan Paul Castellano's murder in December 1985, he was made the Gambino family's second in command by John Gotti. Four months later, he was dead.Frank DeCicco was one of the first mobsters in the Gambino crime family to mutiny against their boss in 30 some odd years. Together with John Gotti, DeCicco successfully launched an assassination plot against the family’s then-boss, Paul Castellano.
Public DomainFrank DeCicco was brought under the wing of Gambino crime boss Paul Castellano, then he fatefully — and fatally — teamed up with John Gotti against him. Read More...
Hours after he died, Albert Einstein’s brain was snatched by the opportunistic pathologist who did his autopsy — then left it in two jars for the next 30 years.Because of his world-renowned genius, Albert Einstein’s brain became a coveted object — even after he died. Within hours of Einstein’s death on April 18, 1955, an autopsy was performed on him by a doctor who actually stole his brain.
While Einstein’s son was initially furious, he did later permit the doctor, a man named Thomas Harvey, to give the brain to researchers who wanted to identify whether the physicist’s genius came from a brain that was physically different. Read More...
The Duquesne Spy Ring FBIMugshot of Frederick Duquesne, the leader of the Duquesne Spy Ring.
German spies had infiltrated the United States even before the start of World War II. And Sebold was recruited by the Gestapo to join the the largest German spy ring there was, one run by Frederick Joubert Duquesne in New York City.
In addition to forming the most notorious Nazi spy ring in the U.S., Duquesne planned to populate America with hippos and hunted big game with President Theodore Roosevelt. Read More...
