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A mortally wounded Malcolm X is stretchered from the Audubon Ballroom Malcolm X, a charismatic and influential figure in the civil rights...

In the macabre gallery of America’s most notorious serial killers, few stand out like Rodney Alcala, a man whose chilling double life as...

Steve Biko’s name stands as a symbol of resistance against apartheid and the violent suppression of Black South Africans by the country’s...

In 1971, the Attica Correctional Facility in New York became the centre of one of the bloodiest and most significant prison uprisings in American history.

Karl Denke is a name often overlooked in discussions of notorious serial killers, yet the horrors uncovered in his home shocked an entire...

Wyatt Earp, often mythologised as one of the most iconic figures of the American Wild West, was more complex than the gun-slinging lawman...

On August 25, 1967, America was shaken by the assassination of one of its most radical and controversial figures, George Lincoln...

On a balmy night in 1951, a horrifying incident forever altered the trajectory of literary icon William S. Burroughs. His wife, Joan Vollmer, a deeply intelligent and troubled figure in her own right, was killed by a single gunshot wound to the head during what Burroughs described as a botched "William Tell" stunt.

Oscar “Zeta” Acosta Fierro was a man of boundless contradictions—a radical lawyer, a literary provocateur, and a political activist. Born...

The faded black-and-white mugshots of children imprisoned in the 1870s at Oxford Gaol offer a haunting glimpse into a time when justice...

The story of the Witte family, marked by manipulation, deceit, and murder, remains one of the most unsettling cases in American criminal...

In September 1978, 15-year-old Mary Vincent’s life was forever changed in an attack so brutal that it captured the nation’s attention and...

Klaus Barbie, a prominent figure within the Nazi hierarchy, garnered almost as much attention as Adolf Eichmann. A German Nazi SS...

Uncover the chilling tale of Fritz Haarmann, The Butcher of Hanover, a notorious serial killer whose reign of terror shocked Germany.

Rose Dugdale’s life is one of the most intriguing tales of radical transformation, moving from a privileged upbringing to becoming a...

After the atrocities of the Second World War and the Holocaust, the Allies faced the monumental task of bringing Nazi war criminals to...

Albert Pierrepoint executed over 400 people, from war criminals to Ruth Ellis. Discover the life, career, and conflicted legacy of Britain’s chief hangman.

In 1986, Nadine Vaujour pulled off one of the most daring jailbreaks in France — flying a stolen helicopter over Paris to rescue her husband from prison. A love story, a crime story, and a legend in the skies.

In the early 20th century, New York City’s streets were rife with crime, corruption, and gangland killings. Hidden away for decades, a forgotten archive of NYPD crime scene photographs — rediscovered in the 1990s and published in Wilfried Kaute’s 2017 book Murder in the City — reveals haunting images of death, violence, and the dawn of modern forensic investigation.

Warren Steed Jeffs is a highly controversial figure in the history of American religious movements, particularly within the world of...

The story of Michael X, also known as Michael Abdul Malik or by his birth name, Michael de Freitas, is a complex and tragic narrative...

Peter Tosh, one of the most iconic and revolutionary figures in reggae music, was brutally murdered on the night of September 11, 1987....

In the early 1990s, the Menendez brothers—Lyle and Erik—became household names after the brutal murders of their parents. The case...

On the afternoon of August 20, 1940, Leon Trotsky, the intellectual force behind the Russian Revolution, tended to his rabbits within the...