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Peep Shows, Sex, And Crack: 27 Photos Of Times Square At Its Lowest

Before Times Square was a global attraction, it was home to sex shops and drug dealers in what was considered one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in New York City.

By Alexander Baldwin • Jun 29, 2021

Peep Shows, Sex, And Crack: 27 Photos Of Times Square At Its Lowest

Before Times Square was a global attraction, it was home to sex shops and drug dealers in what was considered one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in New York City.

By Alexander Baldwin • June 29, 2021

Elyesa Bazna, The Valet Who Became The Most Dangerous Nazi Spy Of World War II

From 1943 to 1944, Elyesa Bazna worked as a valet for the British ambassador to Turkey. But behind the scenes, he photographed secret documents and gave them to the Nazis.

By Morgan Dunn • Jun 28, 2021

Elyesa Bazna, The Valet Who Became The Most Dangerous Nazi Spy Of World War II

From 1943 to 1944, Elyesa Bazna worked as a valet for the British ambassador to Turkey. But behind the scenes, he photographed secret documents and gave them to the Nazis.

By Morgan Dunn • June 28, 2021

Florida Police Solve Cold Rape Case After Suspect Submits His DNA To Genealogy Website

Forty-four-year-old Jared Vaughn is charged with raping a Tampa Bay student in 2007, after police found his DNA on FamilyTree.

By Kaleena Fraga • Jun 28, 2021

Florida Police Solve Cold Rape Case After Suspect Submits His DNA To Genealogy Website

Forty-four-year-old Jared Vaughn is charged with raping a Tampa Bay student in 2007, after police found his DNA on FamilyTree.

By Kaleena Fraga • June 28, 2021

The Disturbing Story Of Mary Ann Cotton, Britain’s First Serial Killer

For nearly a decade in the mid-Victorian era, Mary Ann Cotton poisoned a string of her husbands for their insurance money as well as anyone else who got in her way — including 11 of her own children.

By Genevieve Carlton • Jun 23, 2021

The Disturbing Story Of Mary Ann Cotton, Britain’s First Serial Killer

For nearly a decade in the mid-Victorian era, Mary Ann Cotton poisoned a string of her husbands for their insurance money as well as anyone else who got in her way — including 11 of her own children.

By Genevieve Carlton • June 23, 2021

An Ohio Man Who Appeared On A Podcast To Raise Awareness About His Missing Wife Has Now Been Charged With Her Murder

Police say that Emily Noble was brutally beaten and strangled to death, and that Matheau Moore staged her murder scene to make it look like she had died by suicide.

By Marco Margaritoff • Jun 22, 2021

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An Ohio Man Who Appeared On A Podcast To Raise Awareness About His Missing Wife Has Now Been Charged With Her Murder

Police say that Emily Noble was brutally beaten and strangled to death, and that Matheau Moore staged her murder scene to make it look like she had died by suicide.

By Marco Margaritoff • June 22, 2021

California Authorities Crack A 42,000-Pound Pistachio Heist

In the last few years, enterprising thieves have preyed on the booming $5.2 billion nut industry, with Alberto Montemayor the latest to be charged.

By Marco Margaritoff • Jun 22, 2021

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California Authorities Crack A 42,000-Pound Pistachio Heist

In the last few years, enterprising thieves have preyed on the booming $5.2 billion nut industry, with Alberto Montemayor the latest to be charged.

By Marco Margaritoff • June 22, 2021

The Heroic Yet Tragic Life Of Patrice Lumumba, The Martyr Of Congolese Independence

In June 1960, Patrice Émery Lumumba was elected the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Just months later, he was murdered.

By Morgan Dunn • Jun 21, 2021

The Heroic Yet Tragic Life Of Patrice Lumumba, The Martyr Of Congolese Independence

In June 1960, Patrice Émery Lumumba was elected the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Just months later, he was murdered.

By Morgan Dunn • June 21, 2021

Missing American Student And Former Marine Found Raped And Murdered In Russia

In the last text she ever sent, Catherine Serou told her mother: "In a car with a stranger. I hope I’m not being abducted."

By Kaleena Fraga • Jun 21, 2021

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Missing American Student And Former Marine Found Raped And Murdered In Russia

In the last text she ever sent, Catherine Serou told her mother: "In a car with a stranger. I hope I’m not being abducted."

By Kaleena Fraga • June 21, 2021

Spanish ‘Cannibal Of Las Ventas’ Convicted Of Strangling And Eating His Mother ‘Piece By Piece’

Twenty-eight-year-old Alberto Sanchez Gomez will serve 15 years and five months for the gruesome murder of his mother in Madrid.

By Kaleena Fraga • Jun 18, 2021

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Spanish ‘Cannibal Of Las Ventas’ Convicted Of Strangling And Eating His Mother ‘Piece By Piece’

Twenty-eight-year-old Alberto Sanchez Gomez will serve 15 years and five months for the gruesome murder of his mother in Madrid.

By Kaleena Fraga • June 18, 2021

Italian Customs Officials Just Seized A 159-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Egg

The egg measures approximately five inches in diameter with hardened sediment on one side. Officials found it encased in bubble wrap inside an international e-commerce package.

By Marco Margaritoff • Jun 17, 2021

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Italian Customs Officials Just Seized A 159-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Egg

The egg measures approximately five inches in diameter with hardened sediment on one side. Officials found it encased in bubble wrap inside an international e-commerce package.

By Marco Margaritoff • June 17, 2021