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Portrait of Lizzie Borden in 1890

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.

Extracted from a police bulletin distributed by the Los Angeles Police Department, accessed on the official website for the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation ([1]). Dated from 15 January 1947, the day Ms. Short's body was discovered in Los Angeles County.

Black Dahlia: History and Key Facts

Elizabeth Short (July 29, 1924 – c.

Editorial graphic for: Murder of Kitty Genovese: History and Key Facts

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

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.

A poster seeking information on the whereabouts of Charles Lindbergh Jr.

Lindbergh kidnapping: History and Key Facts

On March 1, 1932, Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr.

Prohibition in the United States — Detroit police inspecting equipment found in a clandestine underground brewery during the prohibition era - NARA - 541928.jpg

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.

St Valentine's Day Massacre - view from above

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.