Terrorism
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 Photographs Depicting British Children During the Blitz of World War II
The London Blitz was a series of bombing attacks on Britain carried out by the Nazi Luftwaffe during World War…
Today in History: TWA Flight 847 Hijacked by Terrorists (1985)
TWA Flight 847 was hijacked the morning of June 14, 1985 shortly after it took off from Athens towards its…
One of The Deadliest Acts of Terrorism on American Soil Remains Unsolved
The horrific attack on the Twin Towers in New York on September 11, 2001, is by far the deadliest terrorist…
Today in History: Robert F. Kennedy Shot (1968)
The 1960s were a period of political upheaval in the United States. The country was in a long fight about…
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…
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,…
A Terrorist Plot in Ancient Rome: Uncovering the Catiline Conspiracy
If a terrorist is defined as someone who uses violence and intimidation as a means of pursuing political aims, the…