Crime History

March 8, 1973 – The Whiskey Au Go Go Fire

The Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub in Brisbane, Australia, was firebombed on March 8, 1973. Two drums of gasoline were…

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March 3, 1843 – Daniel M’Naghten

In the early 19th century, the case of Daniel M’Naghten, a Scotsman from Glasgow, carved a niche in the annals…

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February 28, 1905 – Jane Stanford

Jane Stanford, the wife of industrialist Leland Stanford and co-founder of Stanford University, was poisoned to death in her room…

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February 21, 1965 – Malcolm X

On Feb. 21, 1965, one year after formally leaving the Nation of Islam, esteemed and controversial civil rights leader Malcolm…

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February 15, 1933 – Anton Cermak

The President-elect of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, was giving an impromptu speech at Bayfront Park in Miami, FL…

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February 8, 1932 – Henry Roan

Henry Roan was found dead in his car on the Osage Reservation in Oklahoma on Feb. 6, 1923. Roan, 42,…

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January 30, 1948 – Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi, the famed Indian activist whose campaign of nonviolent resistance led to India’s independence from British rule, left his…

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January 26, 1966 – Jane, Arnna, and Grant Beaumont

On the hot summer morning of Jan. 26, 1966, in Adelaide, South Australia, the Beaumont children took a bus from…

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January 16, 1924 – The Lava Lake Murders

In December 1923 Edward Nickols, Roy Wilson, and Dewey Morris embarked on a season-long fur trapping trip near Lava Lake…

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January 8, 1937 – Pamela Werner

Pamela Werner was last seen on her bicycle, riding away from a skating rink in Peking, now Beijing, at about…

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