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Discover the harrowing story of Thomas Shipp and Abraham Smith, victims of racial terror in 1930. Learn how their tragedy fueled civil rights efforts.

Robert Franklin Stroud, better known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," was a man whose life was defined by violence, isolation, and an...

In mid-19th century Manhattan, the Five Points neighborhood had gained international infamy as a crowded, disease-ridden, crime-infested...

On the morning of February 18, 1916, Hans Schmidt entered the death chamber at Sing Sing Prison. Moments before being seated in the...

Meyer Harris "Mickey" Cohen is one of the most infamous figures in American organised crime, a man whose journey from a Brooklyn newsboy...

A collage of images relating to the horrific case of Colleen Stan and Cameron Hooker On a warm May afternoon in 1977, Colleen Stan felt...

In the dimly lit corridors of the University of Lisbon’s Faculty of Medicine, a peculiar relic sits preserved in a glass jar—a severed...

For more than four decades, the man who came to be known as the Golden State Killer terrorised communities across California, committing...

In 1924, Richard Connell’s short story The Most Dangerous Game  introduced the idea of human beings being hunted for sport. The tale...

On the morning of 11 May 2012, a fire tore through a house at 18 Victory Road in Osmaston, Derby, claiming the lives of six children. In...

Jacques Mesrine wasn’t just any criminal—he was a one-man crime wave, a walking, talking, bank-robbing spectacle who made law enforcement...

Adolph Coors III was a low-key and well-liked beer executive. His father, Adolph Coors Jr., was a hard taskmaster, who ultimately gave...

Lepa Radic stands still as a German official prepares the noose around her neck just before her execution in Bosanska Krupa, Bosnia on...

On the night of 24 May 1911, in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, Laura Nelson and her teenage son, L. D. Nelson, were dragged from their jail...

There are few figures in organised crime as infamous, feared, and mythologised as Griselda Blanco. Depending on who you ask, she was...

On the morning of January 29, 1979, the school day at Grover Cleveland Elementary in San Diego, California, had barely begun when shots...

On the night of 22 January 1999, Graham Staines and his two sons, Philip and Timothy, settled into their station wagon in the small...

I am a mistake of nature, a mad beast... Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo, infamously dubbed “The Rostov Ripper,” stands as one of the most...

The life and assassination of Giuseppe “Joe the Boss” Masseria on April 15, 1931, has become one of the most compelling narratives in the...

On the evening of January 17, 1950, the streets of Boston’s North End were quiet under a winter sky. Inside the Brink’s Inc. security...

In the early hours of 18 March 1990, two men dressed as police officers rang the buzzer at the side entrance of the Isabella Stewart...

Discover the life of Albert Fish, one of America’s most disturbing criminals. From his troubled childhood in Washington, D.C., to his horrific crimes and eventual trial, explore how trauma and history shaped a man who became a symbol of darkness.

The Turpin family case remains one of the most harrowing accounts of abuse and control to come to light in modern times. The story of...

The story of Peter Manuel, often dubbed the "Beast of Birkenshaw," is a haunting chapter in Scottish criminal history. Convicted of seven...