The Tragic Story Behind Robin William's Death, The Agony Of 9/11 First Responders, And More From History Uncovered

[History Uncovered]( [Inside The Death Of Robin Williams And The Horrific Disease He Never Knew He Had]( [Three months before his death, Robin Williams was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. But an autopsy later showed that he actually had Lewy body dementia — a devastating brain disease that shares characteristics with both Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.]( [One Of Napoleon's Famous Hats Was Just Discovered With His DNA On It — And It's Going Up For Auction]( [Over 100 bicorne beaver-felt hats were produced for Napoleon, who wore them sideways so that his soldiers could identify him on the battlefield.]( [Inside The Health Crisis Of 9/11 First Responders — And How The U.S. Government Made It Worse]( [From cancer to respiratory illnesses, thousands of 9/11 first responders have fallen seriously ill since the terrorist attacks — and they've had to fight for help.]( [The Tragic Tale Of 19th-Century 'Freak Show' Star Ella Harper, 'The Camel Girl']( [Ella Harper used her rare deformity to make a solid living on the "freak show" circuit, but lived a tragic life afterward.]( [9 Of Hollywood's Most Unhinged Stage Parents]( [When Drew Barrymore was just nine years old, her mother took her to New York City's notorious Studio 54 nightclub, where she forced her to dance with older men and do hard drugs with them.]( [See The Earliest Images Captured By American History's First Black Photographers]( [This rare collection of 40 daguerreotypes dates to the 1840s and was just acquired by the Smithsonian.]( [In 1986, This 22-Year-Old Air Hostess Sacrificed Herself To Save The Passengers Of A Hijacked Plane]( [When the hijackers demanded the passports of all the Americans on board — presumably to single them out for execution — Neerja Bhanot bravely hid their documents under seat cushions or flushed them down the toilet.]( [Divers Just Discovered Four 2,200-Year-Old Battering Rams That The Romans Used During The Punic Wars]( [Damage on some of the battering rams suggests that ships once went head-to-head in brutal collision attacks that would have been "very violent."]( [How The Murder Of Kitty Genovese Reveals The Ugly Depths Of Human Nature]( [The Kitty Genovese murder inspired one ugly theory that is present in virtually every psychological textbook to this day.]( [The True Story Of Geronimo, The Apache Warrior That Americans Turned Into A Sideshow]( [Once a legendary Apache warrior, Geronimo spent his final years making the occasional quarter or dollar on the fair circuit selling photographs of himself, billed as “The Worst Indian That Ever Lived.”]( [This Samurai's Army Was Outnumbered 10 To 1 – He Won Anyway]( [He came into control after storming a castle, defeating his uncle in battle, and then assassinating his younger brother.]( [Why Some Believe This 19th-Century Serial Killer Doctor May Have Been Jack The Ripper]( [When he was hanged for his crimes in London in 1892, Dr. Thomas Neill Cream reportedly said, "I am Jack —" before the noose cut off his final words.]( [Unsubscribe]( [Update Subscription]( [History Uncovered On Instagram]( [History Uncovered On Facebook](