New Orleans in 1918 was already a city of noise, heat, tension, and rumour. It had music in its streets,…
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From shocking crimes to political assassinations, the Murder category explores the darker chapters of history. Each short-form episode and article examines the motives, the methods, and the lasting impact of lives cut short — all in a compact format designed for curious minds with a taste for true crime and historical intrigue.
Jack McVitie belonged to the dangerous half-lit world of post-war London crime, where reputation could be currency, protection could be…
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James Abram Garfield was born on 19 November 1831 in Orange Township, Ohio, into circumstances that gave little hint he…
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On 30 June 1999, the partially decomposed body of 41-year-old Ricky McCormick was found in a field near West Alton…
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Harold Frederick Shipman was born on 14 January 1946 in Nottingham, England, and for many years, he appeared to fit…
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Yitzhak Rabin was born in Jerusalem on 1 March 1922, during the period of British rule in Palestine, and would…
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When Esther Soper was murdered on 1 January 1976, she was living alone at 9 Trematon Terrace, Mutley, Plymouth. She…
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In the quiet suburban town of Westfield, New Jersey, in the early 1970s, John Emil List appeared to be the…
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The Moors Murders emerged from a Britain that was still reshaping itself after the Second World War. By the late…
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In the early 1960s, the city of Boston entered a period of fear unlike anything it had experienced in peacetime.…
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