# hijacking
Quirky Founding Fathers and Other Bonkers Bits of American History
Nowadays, many look around and cannot help but wonder at how bonkers America seems to have gotten. Perhaps they should not be surprised: when seen through the lens of history, America has…
Lesser Known But Intriguing Historic Criminals
Most criminals and their crimes are pretty pedestrian and unremarkable, but some crimes and criminals cannot help but attract attention…
This Heartthrob Marine Became an Italian Folk Hero For Hijacking a Plane
Airplane hijackings today are no light matter, especially when carried out by terrorists seeking to extract political concessions by executing…
The Perfect Crime: 5 Criminals who Disappeared Without a Trace
It is the great dream of the criminal. The perfect crime, getting away with murder, solving your problems with a…
This Day In History: Palestinian Terrorists Hijack A German Passenger Plane (1977)
On this day in history, a gang of Palestinians hijacked an airliner and demanded the release of members of a…
Today in History the Hijacking of TWA 847 (1985)
The 1980s saw a spate of hijackings across the Middle East and Europe. Perhaps the most infamous was the hijacking…