Karl Dane’s legendary comedy had audiences doubled over with laughter—but sadly, his gruesome end is nothing to laugh about.

George Harrison was 15 when he joined the Beatles. At that point the band was known for their destructive antics—but few know his even darker history.

There’s much controversy regarding what exactly happened in the house in Amityville, New York that day on November 13, 1974. What’s for certain is that, in that house, Ronald DeFeo Jr. took the lives of his family; his parents, two brothers, and two sisters. More than a year after the tragedy, the Lutzes bought the house, and later claimed it was inhabited by spirits. Their alleged supernatural experience was documented (and fictionalized) in Jay Anson’s best-selling novel The Amityville Horror, which sparked a pop culture phenomenon spawning multiple films, documentaries, and books.