# crime
The Man Who Wouldn’t Die – The Bizarre Depression Era Crime That Shaped How Our Insurance Works
Few true crime tales are as bizarre as the Michael Malloy case. His ability to survive multiple murder attempts in 1930s New York City before he finally succumbed exposed major vulnerabilities in…
The Golden Age of Piracy’s Most Terrifying Pirates
Pirates ran riot in the North Atlantic and Indian Ocean in The Golden Age of Piracy, circa 1650s to 1720s.…
Fascinating Facts About the Birth of the Italian-American Mafia
Long before the real life Al Capone and the fictional Michael Corleone from The Godfather, there was the Black Hand,…
The Detective Who Discovered HE Was the Murderer: Historic Sleepwalking Cases
La Belle Epoque France was shocked and titillated by what had at first seemed to be a run-of-the-mill murder on…
Vigilante Justice and the Small Town Bully – A Crime That Shocked America
In the early 1980s, 27-year-old Legal Aid lawyer David Baird of Maryville in Nodaway County, Missouri, was at a crossroads.…
The Fake Nobleman Who Scammed Millions in the Wild West
The Wild West produced many wild figures, and when it comes to crooks, few were wilder or more brazen than…
The Real Life Assassin Behind ‘Killing Eve’ and Other Fascinating Historical Criminal Tidbits
The fictional criminal psychopath from TV’s Killing Eve is based on a real life criminal who killed more than twenty…
Grudge Matches, Beefs, and Rivalries Petty and Grand of Famous Historic Figures
A grudge can crop up for trifling reasons, only to take on a life of its own and get serious…
10 Stomach Turning Reasons We Should Be Glad We Didn’t Live In The 19th Century
It seems as every generation gets to the stage where they lament the existing world and long for the ‘good…
The Lantern and Pretty Mary – Brazil’s Bandit King and Queen Lampiao and Maria Bonita
Brazilian bandit Lampiao (the Lantern) and his paramour and partner in crime Maria Bonita (Pretty Mary) have often been compared…