Murder
New Book Chronicles the Lives of Jack the Ripper’s Victims
Contrary to popular belief, the five women were not all prostitutes, but rather individuals down on their luck
Site Where Julius Caesar Was Stabbed Will Finally Open to the Public
The curia in Pompey's Theater where Caesar died in the Largo di Torre Argentina is currently a fenced-off feral cat colony
This Bronze Age Regicide May Be World’s Oldest-Known Political Murder
The prince of Helmsdorf’s skeleton revealed three brutal injuries, including one that suggests he knew his killer and attempted to fend off the attack
The First Criminal Trial That Used Fingerprints as Evidence
Thomas Jennings used a freshly painted railing to flee a murder scene but unwittingly left behind something that would change detective work forever
Relive Medieval London’s Bloody Murders With This New Interactive Death Map
The macabre tool features tales of revenge, thwarted love, infanticide—and a urinal that drove a man to murder
Russian Researcher Charged With Attempted Murder In Antarctica
Earlier this month a researcher stabbed another individual at Bellinghausen Station after suffering an "emotional breakdown"
Driverless Car Technology Could Help Find Unmarked Graves
The same LIDAR technology that lets driverless cars "see" their surroundings can be used to spot changes in a landscape indicative of grave sites
Why Roman Emperors Were More Likely to Be Assassinated During Droughts
Low rainfall leads to poor harvests, starving troops, more mutinies and higher risk of regicide
Plans for the Emanuel Nine Memorial Unveiled
The monument to the nine black parishioners slain in Charleston in 2015 will include two wing-like benches that arc around a marble fountain
The Justice Department Has Reopened Its Investigation into the Murder of Emmett Till
A report states that the department received “new information” connected to the case
7,000-Year-Old German Grave Shows New Side of Neolithic Brutality
The eight men and one woman bear signs of precisely inflicted blunt force cranial trauma, suggesting they were victims of mass execution
A Century Ago, the Romanovs Met a Gruesome End
Helen Rappaport’s new book investigates if the family could have been saved
Hamilton and Burr’s Dueling Pistols Are Coming to Washington, D.C.
Don’t throw away your shot to see these infamous flintlocks, and an incredible assortment of other Hamilton memorabilia, at the National Postal Museum
1,500-Year-Old Massacre Unearthed in Sweden
Archaeologists have so far uncovered the bodies of 26 men and children on the coastal village of Sandby Borg, possible victims of a local power struggle
Victims of Rwandan Genocide Identified in Newly Discovered Mass Graves
The discovery comes almost a quarter century after the genocide occurred
The Axeman of New Orleans Preyed on Italian Immigrants
A mysterious serial killer prowled in a city rife with xenophobia and racism
In 1968, Three Students Were Killed by Police. Today, Few Remember the Orangeburg Massacre
The shootings occurred two years before the deaths of students at Kent State University, but remain a little-known incident in the Civil Rights Movement
Were the Jack the Ripper Letters Fabricated by Journalists?
Linguistic analysis indicates at least two of the most infamous letters were likely written by the same person—and that person was not the Ripper
British Author Takes Fresh Look at the Black Dahlia Murder
Piu Eatwell's recent true crime book on the case suggests that one-time suspect Leslie Dillon was the killer of Elizabeth Short in the unsolved 1947 murder
Why Doesn't Garfield Assassination Site on the National Mall Have a Marker?
A new campaign by historians seeks to bring recognition to the site where the 20th president was shot
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