Crime History archive

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Great Train Robbery: Crime History Facts

A sourced evergreen guide to Great Train Robbery, with facts, context and reference links.

Watergate Scandal: Crime History Facts and Timeline

A sourced evergreen guide to Watergate scandal, with facts, context and reference links.

Benson Syndicate: The True Crime Story and Key Facts

Benson Syndicate: Defunct criminal organization in the United States. The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

Murder of Dee Dee Blanchard: The True Crime Story and Key Facts

Murder of Dee Dee Blanchard: 2015 matricide in Missouri, U.S.. The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

Henry Blodget: The True Crime Story and Key Facts

Henry Blodget: American businessman, investor and journalist. The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

Oba Chandler: The True Crime Story and Key Facts

Oba Chandler: American mass murderer and suspected serial rapist (1946–2011). The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

Mina Crandon: The True Crime Story and Key Facts

Mina Crandon: American spiritualist (1888–1941). The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

Roy Elonza Davis: The True Crime Story and Key Facts

Roy Elonza Davis: American Ku Klux Klan member (1890–1966). The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

Monroe Edwards: The True Crime Story and Key Facts

Monroe Edwards: 19th-century American forger and slave trader. The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

St. Louis Estes: The True Crime Story and Key Facts

St. Louis Estes: American dentist and raw food diet proponent. The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

Wilbur B. Foshay: The True Crime Story and Key Facts

Wilbur B. Foshay: American businessman. The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

Parker H. French: The True Crime Story and Key Facts

Parker H. French: American fraudster (1826–1878). The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

Anthony Gignac: The True Crime Story and Key Facts

Anthony Gignac: Colombian-American con artist. The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

Rajat Gupta: The True Crime Story and Key Facts

Rajat Gupta: Indian-American business executive (born 1948). The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

Katie Hall (American politician): The True Crime Story and Key Facts

Katie Hall (American politician): American politician (1938–2012). The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

Hamilton–Reynolds affair: The True Crime Story and Key Facts

Hamilton–Reynolds affair: Sex scandal in early United States history. The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

Russ Hamilton (poker player): The True Crime Story and Key Facts

Russ Hamilton (poker player): American poker player. The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

H. H. Holmes: The True Crime Story and Key Facts

H. H. Holmes: American con artist and serial killer (1861–1896). The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

Ice Poseidon: The True Crime Story and Key Facts

Ice Poseidon: American live streamer (born 1994). The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

Kenneth Lay: The True Crime Story and Key Facts

Kenneth Lay: Founder of Enron Corporation (1942–2006). The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

David B. McCall: The True Crime Story and Key Facts

David B. McCall: American businessman and fraudster (1924–2004). The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

Hiram Monserrate: The True Crime Story and Key Facts

Hiram Monserrate: American politician (born 1967). The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

Marty Norton: The True Crime Story and Key Facts

Marty Norton: American football player (1901–1977). The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

Elisha Perkins: The True Crime Story and Key Facts

Elisha Perkins: American physician (1741–1799). The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

Fontaine H. Pettis: The True Crime Story and Key Facts

Fontaine H. Pettis: American slave catcher, fraudster (d. 1858). The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

A. C. Probert: The True Crime Story and Key Facts

A. C. Probert: American swindler and confidence man (1862–1918). The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

James Reavis: The True Crime Story and Key Facts

James Reavis: American forger and fraudster (1843–1914). The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

Herman Rosenblat: The True Crime Story and Key Facts

Herman Rosenblat: Polish-born American author (1929–2015). The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

Ted Serios: The True Crime Story and Key Facts

Ted Serios: Self-proclaimed psychic. The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

Jain Shaileshkumar: The True Crime Story and Key Facts

Jain Shaileshkumar: Indian entrepreneur, American fugitive, absconding since 2019. The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

Abby Lee Miller: The True Crime Story and Key Facts

Abby Lee Miller: American dance instructor (born 1965). The documented story, timeline and key facts of the case.

Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: History and Key Facts

The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre was the murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang on Saint Valentine's Day 1929.

Prohibition in the United States: History and Key Facts

The Prohibition era was the period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages.

Lindbergh kidnapping: History and Key Facts

On March 1, 1932, Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr.

One of a series of images from the Illustrated London News for October 13, 1888 carrying the overall caption, "With the Vigilance Committee in the East End". This specific image is entitled "A Suspicious Character".

Jack the Ripper: History and Key Facts

Jack the Ripper was an unidentified serial killer active in and around the impoverished Whitechapel district of the East End of London, in 1888.

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Murder of Kitty Genovese: History and Key Facts

Kitty Genovese, a 28-year-old bartender, was raped and stabbed to death on March 13, 1964, outside the apartment building where she lived in the Kew Gardens neighborhood of the Queens borough of

Black Dahlia: History and Key Facts

Elizabeth Short (July 29, 1924 – c.

Lizzie Borden: History and Key Facts

Lizzie Andrew Borden (July 19, 1860 – June 1, 1927) was an American woman who was tried and acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts.