942 Beachcomber Lane is one of those addresses that carries a weight far beyond the house itself. It was the Yates family home in Houston’s Clear Lake area, and on June 20, 2001, it became the scene of an almost unbearable tragedy when Andrea Yates drowned her five children, Noah, John, Paul, Luke, and Mary,…
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…
The grave of George “Machine Gun” Kelly is quiet, plain, and easy to pass by if you are not looking for it. He is buried in Cottondale Cemetery in Wise County, Texas, far from the noise that once followed his name. Kelly’s real name was George Kelly Barnes. His fame came from the 1933 kidnapping…
In the early hours of June 14, 2017, a fire broke out in Grenfell Tower, a high-rise apartment building in London. What started as a small kitchen fire quickly turned into something far worse. The fire began in a fourth-floor flat after a fridge-freezer malfunctioned. Normally, a fire like this might stay contained. But this one…
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To This PlaceFew addresses in British criminal history carry the same dark reputation as 10 Rillington Place in London. The quiet row house in Notting Hill…
To This Placeost people remember November 22, 1963, for the tragic assassination of President Kennedy. But that same dark day also marked a historic…
To This PlaceDuring the tumultuous landscape of Prohibition-era Chicago, few names inspired trepidation among rival gangsters quite like Hymie Weiss. This Polish American mobster…
To This PlaceSo, Al Capone's grave has had quite the journey. Initially, he was buried in a flashy spot that turned into a tourist…
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