When women discovered newfound freedom on the streets of turn-of-the-century America, they also observed new dangers. When society failed...

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In 1806, a founding father of the newly created United States was murdered. This episode is the story of a botched murder investigation,...

After an elderly woman was brutally murdered in her upscale Glasgow apartment, police charged a 38 year-old Jewish-German immigrant with...

When the LA Times exploded in 1910, a labor war erupted in Los Angeles. At stake was nothing less than the future of their city. This is...

In 1910, the city of Los Angeles was an inferno of unrest. A handful of men used coercion, corruption, and outright theft to build their...

How did ancient Greeks obtain justice during a century known for bloodshed and turbulence? And how did the Athenians reconcile such...

In 1909, New York City Police discovered the corpse of a white woman stuffed into a trunk. Because cops found the corpse in a Chinese...

While World War I erupted throughout Europe, the Caillaux scandal plunged France into a chaotic murder trial that overshadowed the coming...

In the very early hours of September 9, 1739, a group of slaves digging a drainage ditch for the Stono River near Charleston, South...

The 2010 discovery of a skull in broadcaster David Attenborough's backyard finally closed a 130-year-old case that enraged Victorian...

Count Francesco Cenci, a 16th-century Roman nobleman, had a long record of cruel and violent behavior. In September of 1598, villagers...

In 1864, a small city in southern Brazil witnessed what many have called “the greatest crime on earth.” The legend of what occurred in a...

New York's Adirondack Mountains have long been praised for their tranquility and restorative powers on the body and soul. But in 1906, a...

In 1899, Allen Britt did Frankie Baker wrong. The consequence of his betrayal was murder and a ragtime song from St. Louis that became a...

In 1917, a dance craze swept through the streets of New York City, prompting reformers to launch a campaign against tango bars and the...

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If you recognize the name Fatty Arbuckle at all, it is likely in conjunction with Hollywood's greatest scandal. He's known as the man who...

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The Bastendorffs’ home was considered one of the few respectable boarding homes in Victorian London...until the discovery of a corpse...