Trial of the dead pope is the story of a bizarre event where a dead body of a pope was exhumed to stand trial. The Cadaver Synod was a council of the clergy that dug up a dead pope to punish it for its crimes.
Stalin's loyal executioner, Nikolai Yezhov, was called the "Bloody Dwarf" by his comrades. He had a short stature but what did he do to deserve the "Bloody" part? Lots of execution, torture, and other sadistic crimes. Read more.