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Grave of Machine Gun Kelly in Cottondale Cemetery, Texas
The grave of George “Machine Gun” Kelly is quiet, plain, and easy to pass by if you are not looking for it.…
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Texas
The Kilgore KFC Murders: Five Lives Taken After Closing
On the night of September 23, 1983, five people disappeared from a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Kilgore, Texas. It looked like a robbery at first. But by the next morning, East Texas knew it was something far worse. The victims were Mary Tyler, Opie Ann Hughes, Joey Johnson, David Maxwell, and Monty Landers. They…
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Grenfell Tower Fire: A Tragedy That Changed Building Safety
In the early hours of June 14, 2017, a fire broke out in Grenfell Tower, a high-rise apartment building in London. What started…
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Emily’s Apartment & Gabriel’s restaurant from Emily in Paris
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John Reginald Christie and the Crimes of 10 Rillington Place
Few addresses in British criminal history carry the same dark reputation as 10 Rillington Place in London. The quiet row house in Notting Hill…
J.F.K. Assassination
Sarah T. Hughes: The Trailblazing Judge Who Made History on Air Force One
ost people remember November 22, 1963, for the tragic assassination of President Kennedy. But that same dark day also marked a historic…
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The Fall of Chicago’s Most Feared Gangster: The Death of Hymie Weiss
During the tumultuous landscape of Prohibition-era Chicago, few names inspired trepidation among rival gangsters quite like Hymie Weiss. This Polish American mobster…
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