The title of this article explores the idiosyncratic existences of several famous unconventional individuals. Among them are the fiercely competitive baseball icon, Ty Cobb; the mysterious Lady Winchester, who believed that continuously constructing her house in a illogical way would protect her from malevolent spirits; the asymptomatic but deadly infectious carrier, Typhoid Mary; the erratic and whimsical 1970s promoter, Kou Yoshio; and the frequently misinterpreted and neurotic mastermind of electricity, Nikola Tesla. [MAL]
