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- Dick Turpin: The Butcher’s Boy Who Became England’s Most Notorious Highwayman
Raised at the Blue Bell Inn—later known as the Rose and Crown—young Dick likely followed in his father They were aided by accomplices like Joseph Rose, John Jones, and Mary Brazier, who acted as their fence Turpin’s brutality was especially evident in a January 1735 raid on the home of Joseph Lawrence, a 70 Some were transported to the colonies; others, like Samuel Gregory, were hung and displayed in chains Turpin may have fired the fatal shot by mistake, though some accounts blame a local innkeeper named Richard
- Les Apaches: The Dandy Street Gangs Who Terrorised Belle Époque Paris
By the 1870s and 1880s, Paris was swelling with the children of rural migrants who'd come to the city
- Amélie Élie: The Woman Who Started a Gang War in Belle Époque Paris
The area was home to artisans and industrial workers, and the combination of overcrowding and poverty She made some money from the attention and then, gradually, the spotlight moved elsewhere.
- Sada Abe: The Shocking Story of Obsession and Murder in 1936 Tokyo
The judge presiding over the trial admitted to being sexually aroused by some of the details involved statement before receiving sentencing began, "The thing I regret most about this incident is that I have come to be misunderstood as some kind of sexual pervert… There had never been a man in my life like Ishida
- How Ted Kaczynski Was Caught: The Essay That Unmasked the Unabomber
Following his resignation, Kaczynski returned to his family home in Illinois. Some included shrapnel; others were hidden in books, disguised as planks of wood, or posted in boxes
- Tokyo Joe: The Incredible Life, Betrayal, and Survival of Ken Eto, the Chicago Outfit’s Highest-Ranking Asian-American Mobster
dread of the missing’s loved ones confirmed only weeks, months, years later, when an abandoned car in some And he wasn’t some despised underling; he was one of the bosses. Sometimes, the most dangerous man in the room is the one you don’t see coming.
- The Liberation Of Buchenwald Concentration Camp, A Journey Through Horror
wife, he was adamant that the German people understand the full scope of Nazi atrocities: “We brought some Political prisoners, particularly communists, played a significant role in organising resistance within
- The 1976 Chowchilla Kidnapping: When 26 Children And 1 Adult Were Buried Alive
the kind they looked forward to every year, and Ray was the familiar figure who ensured they reached home The children were packed onto the floor where the heat rose quickly. Some cried through the night. Hundreds of townspeople flooded the streets, embracing each other as though welcoming the children home Aug. 22, 1976: Bus driver Ed Ray is surrounded by some of the children he is credited with rescuing as
- The Bath School Disaster: America’s Deadliest School Massacre
Some carried wildflowers. The senior class president was rehearsing his valedictory speech. Township in the early 1920s was a quiet patch of farmland ten miles northeast of Lansing, Michigan, home skull with some heavy object. People nearby recognised him as a school board member and assumed he'd come to help. Some Bath residents found the influx unbearable in their grief.
- Le Monocle and the Women Who Shaped Queer Montparnasse
Bars such as Le Jockey, La Petite Chaumière and Le Bizarre attracted women who rejected the narrow roles After the liberation in 1944, some women returned to Boulevard Edgar Quinet hoping to find the place
- Ted Serios and the Mystery of Thoughtography
‘This is it, Paul,’ he said on the plane coming east. ‘I’ll show ’em. Some seemed to resemble buildings or landscapes.
- Francois d’Eliscu: The Little Professor Who Taught America’s Rangers to Fight Without Rules
At some point during his late adolescence, he returned home bloodied from what he claimed had been a













