11Michael Moylan
In 2007, a man named Michael Moylan in Florida woke up with a splitting migraine. When he arrived at the hospital, doctors found a bullet in his head. His wife had shot him in the head while he was asleep.
12Sholam Weiss
A man named Sholam Weiss led a scheme that defrauded a life insurance company out of $450 million. For his crimes, he was sentenced to 845 years in US federal prison, later reduced to 835 years, and his projected release date is November 23, 2754.
13Timothy Treadwell
American environmentalist Timothy Treadwell, also known as the “Grizzly Man” auditioned for the role of Woody Boyd on “Cheers,” but lost the role to Woody Harrelson. He eventually went to Alaska to live there for 13 summers among Grizzlies for filming them, until being eaten by one with his camera capturing the audio of the attack.
14Brandon Rhode
A man on death row named Brandon Rhode attempted suicide by cutting his throat before his execution date. Following the attempt, he was rushed to a local hospital where he was stabilized and saved. He was then executed a few days later.
15Gangaram Mahes
A homeless man named Gangaram Mahes in New York City would regularly order an expensive dinner at a restaurant and refuse to pay for it in order to be sent to prison where he would receive 3 meals a day and a clean bed. He refused to commit more serious crimes to get longer sentences as he did not want to hurt anyone.
16Daniel Jacob Shapira
In 1974, an Ohio man named David Shapira left a condition in his will that his son Daniel Jacob Shapira would only get his inheritance upon marrying a Jewish woman with two Jewish parents. If he did not do so within 7 years, the money would be given to the State of Israel. The son sued the bank and lost.
17Ted Jorgensen
A man named Ted Jorgensen had abandoned his son at birth. Years later, he got a visit from a biographer walking in his bike shop. The biographer asked him about his son who he had never heard of up until that moment. He son turned out to be Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon.com.
