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James Davis, born in Glasgow in 1807 to blacksmith Walter Davis and his wife, Mary McGrigor, led a life so unusual that it became a tale...

Nannie Doss, born Nancy Hazle, presents one of the most notorious cases of hidden violence under a mask of domestic normalcy. Known by...

In October 1970, a malnourished and frail young girl, later known as Genie, shuffled into a welfare office in Los Angeles County. Her...

Arnold Rothstein—widely known as Mr. Big, The Brain, or The Man Uptown—was New York’s most notorious gambler and is credited as one of...

Dennis Nilsen’s story is not just that of a serial killer but of a complex, isolated figure shaped by childhood traumas, repressed...

In the early hours of December 10, 1958, residents around Box Canyon, a quiet corner of California, were jolted awake by a terrifying...

Anatoly Moskvin’s story might have remained confined to academic circles if not for the chilling obsession that ultimately unravelled his...

The life of Robert Maxwell reads like a Hollywood script—rags-to-riches triumph, towering ambition, scandal, and a mysterious death...

Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson is one of those names that loom large in Harlem’s history. Not just a gangster but also a poet, a...

In the early 20th century, a young Benito Mussolini was far from the iron-fisted dictator he would later become as the head of Fascist...

The horrific torture and murder of Sylvia Likens in 1965 stands as one of the darkest cases of abuse in American history. Sylvia, a...

Sada Abe, one of the most infamous figures in Japanese criminal history, remains a symbol of obsession and tragedy. Born in 1905 into a...

Albert Anastasia, sometimes known by his nickname "Lord High Executioner," was one of the most feared and powerful figures in organised...

The Thuggee assassins of India have captivated imaginations for centuries, portrayed as a secretive, murderous cult carrying out ritual...

Carl Tanzler, often remembered for his eerie obsession with Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos, was a figure as strange as he was tragic. His...

In the shadows of 1930s and 1940s New York, where crime and chaos thrived after dark, one man was always first on the scene—capturing...

The story of Adolfo Constanzo is one that blurs the lines between crime, mysticism, and terror, culminating in one of the most grotesque...

In 1991, the California Highway Patrol stopped a white Jaguar in Indio for driving on the wrong side of the road. The driver's...

Vincent Chin’s brutal murder on June 19, 1982, stands as a defining moment in the history of civil rights in the United States,...

Between 1978 and 1981, photographer Jill Freedman immersed herself in the daily operations of the New York Police Department (NYPD),...

I take great delight in stumbling across obscure stories of lives that have been lived long ago, but that have possibly been all but...

The Thorpe Affair of the 1970s is one of the most infamous political and sex scandals in British history. It irrevocably ended the...

Eugenia Falleni’s life is one that continues to provoke intrigue and debate. Born in Italy in 1875, Falleni’s life and identity would...

Alphonse Gabriel Capone, more commonly known as Al Capone, once stood at the apex of the American underworld, synonymous with organised...