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When police raided William Bradford’s Los Angeles apartment in 1984, they weren’t just looking for evidence of two murders. What they...

For more than 30 years, Mary Filan — a widowed 74-year-old woman semi-paralysed from a recent stroke — had lived in Apartment 6B, 143-15...

It’s hard to imagine a man so gifted at delivering joy being consumed by such a grim ending. Phil Hartman wasn’t just another comic in...

In the summer of 2017, the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach — one of the most iconic luxury destinations in America — nearly welcomed a...

"My mom." That’s all eight-year-old Christie Downs needed to say. After surviving a stroke and slowly regaining her ability to speak,...

“Criminals are made, not born.” That was the message painted on a charred wooden sign left behind on the fence of Andrew Kehoe’s farm in...

In 1927, five-year-old Vertus Hardiman took part in what was described as a harmless medical treatment. Decades later, he revealed a secret he had hidden beneath his hat for nearly 80 years — a radiation wound from a government experiment that left him scarred for life. His story exposes one of the darkest chapters in American medical history.

In 1993, 13-year-old Eric Smith lured 4-year-old Derrick Robie into a wooded area, committing a shocking crime that stunned America. This case raised difficult questions about juvenile justice and childhood violence.

In 1969, a North Carolina home went up in flames. Inside, Thomas Burke, husband to Velma Barfield, was found dead. At first, no one...

Few names evoke as much dread in modern Iraqi history as that of Uday Hussein. Born into privilege as the eldest son of Saddam Hussein, Uday could have led a life of diplomacy or governance. Instead, he chose a path of unchecked brutality, making even his father’s brutal regime appear, by comparison, coldly pragmatic rather than maniacally sadistic. For Iraqis, the name Uday came to symbolise more than corruption or power—it stood for sadism, violence, and terror. So just how

In the early hours of 2 September 1983, a man named Jimmy Lee Gray sat strapped to a metal chair in Mississippi’s gas chamber. Within...

While the grim history of capital punishment is filled with clinical efficiency and tragic inevitability there are also rare and strange...

There are few scenarios more terrifying than being buried alive, it’s the stuff of nightmares, horror films and gothic fiction. But in...

On a warm autumn afternoon in April 1996, visitors wandered through the historic site of Port Arthur in Tasmania, soaking up the scenery and history of the old penal colony. Families, tourists, and locals alike moved between the ruins and the Broad Arrow Café, unaware that within the hour, Australia would be changed forever. The Port Arthur massacre, as it would come to be known, remains the deadliest shooting in Australian history. Thirty-five people were killed and another

On the morning of 19 April 1995, a yellow Ryder rental truck pulled up outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City....

In the rugged hills of Northern California in the late 19th century, two brothers thought they had found an easy way to make a living....

The world of crime has seen its fair share of chilling partnerships, but few are as infamous as the one shared by Pauline Parker and...

In the mid-1970s, a woman in her early forties began taking photographs for L’Ora , a small but politically active newspaper based in...

Evelyn Nesbit was one of the most recognisable faces of early 20th-century America – a model, actress, and chorus girl whose beauty...

If you’ve ever heard the name Dick Turpin, chances are you’ve pictured a daring highwayman galloping across the English countryside on a...

It’s hard to believe that a man could convince dozens of adults to leave their families, quit their jobs, and follow him into the forest...

In the long history of criminal investigations, few cases have gripped the American public like that of the Unabomber. For nearly 18...

On a chilly Tuesday night in March 1932, one of the most sensational crimes in American history unfolded in a quiet rural estate in New...

Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered worldwide as one of America’s most influential civil rights activists. Known for his steadfast...