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I take great delight in stumbling across obscure stories of lives that have been lived long ago, but that have possibly been all but...

The Thorpe Affair of the 1970s is one of the most infamous political and sex scandals in British history. It irrevocably ended the...

Eugenia Falleni, also known as Harry Crawford, was tried for the murder of their wife in 1920 Sydney. Their life story reveals a complex struggle with identity, survival, and social constraints in an era that had no language for gender diversity.

Alphonse Gabriel Capone, more commonly known as Al Capone, once stood at the apex of the American underworld, synonymous with organised...

Aileen Carol Pittman, later known as Aileen Wuornos, was born on 29 February 1956 in Rochester, Michigan. Her beginnings were shaped by...

On Christmas Day 1929, Charlie Lawson murdered his wife and six of his children before taking his own life. This shocking family tragedy in North Carolina remains one of America’s most infamous crimes.

Discovered in a Newcastle junk shop, a forgotten police mugshot book reveals the city’s rogues and rascals. Preserved today by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, it’s a rare glimpse into faces and stories once nearly lost to time.

Explore the Battle of Cable Street (1936), when London’s East End communities united to block Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists. Discover how “They Shall Not Pass” became a defining moment in British anti-fascist history.

Explore the dark life of Carl Panzram, a serial killer shaped by abuse, prisons, and brutality. His confessions reveal a chilling account of violence, revenge, and a broken justice system.

On April 11, 1945, the notorious Buchenwald concentration camp was liberated by the 6th Armoured Division of the United States Army,...

On the afternoon of 12th March 2004, in a rough part of Fresno, California, officers were dispatched to a small blue house at 761 W....

On the morning of 9 July 1982, a 31-year-old painter and decorator named Michael Fagan committed one of the most extraordinary security...

On a quiet June morning in 1981, the kind of day when national traditions meet the celebratory spirit of the public, a teenage boy from...

The capture of Rudolf Höss, the notorious commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, marked a significant moment in the post-war effort...

The dark depths of human psychology are often disturbing, but few cases delve as deeply into horror as that of Joachim Kroll, one of...

Franca Viola’s 1966 refusal to marry her rapist in Sicily defied Italy’s matrimonio riparatore law. Her courage reshaped women’s rights and changed Italian history.

Ilse Koch, the “Bitch of Buchenwald,” became infamous for her cruelty and alleged human-skin trophies. This article explores her life, crimes, trials, and the disturbing legacy she left behind in the history of Nazi concentration camps.

When we think of notorious criminals, it is often their crimes, trials, or mugshots that come to mind. However, in the case of Ted...

Italy, a country steeped in rich history and cultural splendour, also bears the stain of one of the most chilling figures in criminal...

Charles Raymond Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate remain infamous for their roles in a 1958 spree of violence that shocked the American...

In the 1950s, Harvey Glatman posed as a photographer to lure aspiring models into his deadly trap. Known as the “Glamour Girl Slayer,” his crimes shocked Los Angeles and beyond.

In 1973, Paul McCartney, his wife Linda, and the rest of Wings travelled to Lagos, Nigeria, to record what would become one of their most...

During the late 19th century, the federal government of the United States embarked on a campaign of cultural assimilation aimed at...

On the evening of 2 February 1933, a brutal double murder shocked the quiet French town of Le Mans. Christine and Léa Papin, two sisters...