# FBI
Mississippi Burning: How the Civil Rights Freedom Summer Became the Summer of Death
The film Mississippi Burning is loosely based on the murders of Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner and James Chaney in Neshoba County,…
25 Photographs of the History of the FBI, Part 2: World War I, Espionage, and the Red Scare
The Bureau of Investigation started with mostly white-collar and civil rights cases such as land fraud, banking fraud, copyright violations,…
20 Photos of the History of the FBI, Part 1: The Birth of the Organization
In 1908 there were more than 100 cities in America with populations over 50,000 people. Crime was, without surprise, a…
20 Graphic Images of the Waco Siege of 1993
The Waco siege was the attack of a compound named Mount Carmel, home to the Branch Davidians cultist group between…
The Black Panthers Sparked Nationwide Controversy Following J. Edgar Hoover’s Unwanted Attention
Originally known as the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, this group represented an important movement in the Civil Rights era.…
Today in History: FBI Finishes Investigation into The Kingsmen’s ‘Louie Louie’ (1965)
"Louie Louie", a song made famous by the The Kingsmen and written by (and originally performed by) Richard Berry, is…
Today in History: J. Edgar Hoover Dies at Age 77 (1972)
John Edgar Hoover was born January 1, 1895 in Washington, D.C. By the time he reached 30-years-old, he was the…
The Lone Assassin: 6 Reasons That Prove Lee Harvey Oswald Killed JFK
At approximately 12:30 p.m. on November 22, 1963, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was murdered by an assassin’s bullets as he…
The Unsolved Mystery of Hijacker D.B. Cooper Continues to Baffle Investigators
At the time of writing, the robbery on board the Boeing 727 flight bound for Seattle, Washington on November 24,…
This Is the First Woman on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist List
Born JoAnne Deborah Byron on July 16, 1947, she was the first woman ever to be named a domestic terrorist…