Primary Tag - 19th-century - famous-criminals - infamous-trials - cold-cases - victorian-era-murders - jack-the-ripper
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On December 15, 1927, Marion Parker, a young girl from Mt. Vernon Junior High School in the Lafayette Square area of Los Angeles, California, was handed over to her eventual murderer without resistance. This tragic event reveals how the school system completely failed to protect her. The school registrar, Mary
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In the early 1950s, one of the most infamous espionage trials in American history unfolded: the trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Accused of spying for the Soviet Union and passing atomic secrets, the couple's case would become a symbol of Cold War paranoia, family betrayal, and a
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In 897, the Vatican held one of the most bizarre court cases in history. Pope Formosus, stood trial against his successor Pope Stephen VI. But the kicker was Pope Formosus had been dead for the past few months… That didn't deter Pope Stephan to continue his pursuit in
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In April 1917, Lenin found himself exiled in Switzerland for almost two decades, he had been leading the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democrats from afar. Yet the political tide in Russia was turning. The old empire was crumbling, and the Russian Provisional Government was struggling to maintain control.