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15 Secrets of Forensic Artists

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15 Secrets of Forensic Artists

11 Notable Presidential Pardons

Ollie Atkins, White House photographer, Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

11 Notable Presidential Pardons

When Abraham Lincoln Tried His Hand at Being a True Crime Writer

Abraham Lincoln once penned a true crime tale.

When Abraham Lincoln Tried His Hand at Being a True Crime Writer

The 1958 Assassination Attempt That Left Martin Luther King Jr. a Single Sneeze Away From Death

Martin Luther King Jr. in Los Angeles circa 1965.

The 1958 Assassination Attempt That Left Martin Luther King Jr. a Single Sneeze Away From Death

The Lizzie Borden Ax Murder House Has Hit the Market

David, Flickr // CC BY 2.0

26 Animals Who Ran Afoul of the Law

"I was framed!"

Unknown Sender: The Mystery of the Circleville Letters

Allegations of an affair led to a series of threatening letters that puzzled authorities in Ohio for years.

The Final Days of John Lennon

John Lennon and Yoko Ono, photographed in 1980.

20 Best Gangster Movies of All Time

Viggo Mortensen in David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises (2007).

New Online Art Exhibition Needs the Public’s Help to Track Down Lost Masterpieces by Van Gogh, Monet, and More

Vincent van Gogh's original Portrait of Dr. Gachet wasn't stolen, but it hasn't been seen in 30 years.

100 Years Later, the Story of Florida’s Ocoee Massacre—an Election Day Attack on Black Citizens—Is Finally Being Told

Courtesy of Orange County Regional History Center

Can Presidents Pardon Themselves?

Pete Souza/The White House, Wikimedia Commons // Public Domain

Michael Fagan: The Man Who Broke Into Buckingham Palace—Twice—and Made His Way Into a Sleeping Queen Elizabeth's Bedroom

SAC Matthew 'Gerry' Gerrard RAF/© MoD Crown Copyright 2016, OGL v1.0, Wikimedia Commons

10 Killer Gifts for True Crime Fans

Ulysses Press/Little A

American Murder: The Family Next Door: 6 Facts About Chris Watts and the Psychology of Family Killers

The Watts family is featured in American Murder: The Family Next Door (2020).

When a Long Island Housewife Handed Out Arsenic to Kids on Halloween

This Halloween procession in Massachusetts was poison-free.
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