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- The Photographer Who Might Have Been a Serial Killer: The Chilling Case of William Bradford
At some point during or after the shoot, he strangled her to death. Some photos were grainy or poorly lit. Television reports encouraged viewers to come forward if they recognised anyone. Some remembered Bradford. Some may simply have been women Bradford photographed for legitimate purposes.
- The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: On A Very Crowded Field, Possibly The British Empire's Darkest Day
Protests erupted, some of which turned violent. At least 379 people were killed and over 1,500 injured, though some estimates put the death toll much Some were there to celebrate the festival, others to protest peacefully, and many more simply passed Over the coming months, 1,200 people were killed, 3,600 wounded, and 258 publicly flogged. Though independence would not come until 1947, the massacre in Amritsar remained a powerful symbol of
- Sylvia Likens: The Harrowing Case of Abuse, Torture and Lack of Justice in 1965
Neighbourhood children were, by some accounts, charged five cents apiece to come down and see her. Home of Gertrude where Sylvia Likens was murdered Into the Basement On 6 October, after weeks of abuse Sylvia knew what was coming. "Jenny, I know you don't want me to die, but I'm going to die. Gertrude, Paula and Stephanie Baniszewski at their trial That afternoon, some of the same people who'd Sylvia's last words were that she wished her father was there, and that Stephanie would take her home
- When Gunfire Reached the House Floor: The 1954 Puerto Rican Nationalist Attack on the US Capitol
To some, it was reckless violence. Lebrón reportedly told police, “I did not come to kill anyone. I came to die for Puerto Rico.” Some supported independence. Others favoured statehood. In Puerto Rico, police raided Albizu Campos’s home the next morning, firing tear gas and bullets into “True change comes only through peaceful means.”
- The Cato Street Conspiracy: A Forgotten Chapter in British History
Alarmed at how few of them there were, some attempted to back out, but others started to distribute swords broke into the stables and clambered up a ladder into the hayloft, where they were met with chaos as some Several conspirators decided to testify against the others, some were sent to Australia, and Thistlewood Five men from the initial 11 sentenced to death for their roles in the Cato Street Conspiracy had this in understanding the character of the men involved in the conspiracy, and as such play a principal role
- The Ace with the Bass: Phil Lynott’s Life of Swagger, Soul and Sadness
Phil Lynott at home with a friend at Embassy Court, West Hampstead, London (1976) The First Black Irish man balancing contradiction: a church-going, literature-loving son who grew into a man playing the role On Christmas Day 1985, Lynott collapsed at his home in Kew, West London.
- Ross McWhirter: The Guinness World Records Co-Founder Killed by the IRA, and the Six-Day Siege That Followed
Shot Outside His Own Front Door At around 6:45pm on November 27, 1975, McWhirter arrived home to Village Gordon Hamilton-Fairley, a leading cancer specialist, with a car bomb planted outside his Kensington home They forced their way into flat 22B, home to a married couple, John and Sheila Matthews, who'd been watching an episode of Kojak on television and had assumed the sound of gunfire outside was coming from the show
- The Remarkable and Tragic Story of Mary Ann Bevan: A Mother’s Sacrifice
Despite the humiliation built into the job itself, she remained visibly proud of her role as a mother buried in South London's Ladywell and Brockley Cemetery, fulfilling her wish to be laid to rest near her home
- The Cop Who Robbed His Own Crime Scenes: The Extraordinary Double Life of André Stander
Don’t you think he would have told his best friend at some time or other?" On 3 January 1980, Stander visited the vehicle, removed some items, and flew to Durban, where a bank Heyl looked up and heard Stander say: "Come on, Allan, let's go." They purchased a sailing vessel called the Lilly Rose in Cape Town. He didn't come back for hours. He'd acquired a bicycle while his car was being resprayed.
- Children Perform Scarface 'At A School Play'
"And this really hits home for them in a way that they think something like this is actually possible
- The Magnificent 1938 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic Coupe From The Ralph Lauren Collection
Recently, another Atlantic exchanged hands for a princely sum of £28 million, finding its new home in
- Trailblazers in Medicine: The First Female Doctors from India, Japan, and Syria
college in the world, it immediately began attracting foreign students unable to study medicine in their home Keiko Okami in the garden of her home in Tokyo in 1939, aged about 80. Some of whom, like Eliza Grier, were former slaves.













