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93-Year-Old Former Nazi Guard Convicted In One Of Germany’s Last Holocaust Trials

Bruno Dey was tried as a juvenile because he was only 17 when he began working as a guard at the Stutthof concentration camp.

By Marco Margaritoff • Jul 28, 2020

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93-Year-Old Former Nazi Guard Convicted In One Of Germany’s Last Holocaust Trials

Bruno Dey was tried as a juvenile because he was only 17 when he began working as a guard at the Stutthof concentration camp.

By Marco Margaritoff • July 28, 2020

Michigan Man Steals $100,000 From Casinos While Wearing Prosthetics To Look Elderly

Wearing a prosthetic disguise and using a plethora of forged IDs, John Colletti pulled off his identity theft scam for a year.

By Marco Margaritoff • Jul 27, 2020

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Michigan Man Steals $100,000 From Casinos While Wearing Prosthetics To Look Elderly

Wearing a prosthetic disguise and using a plethora of forged IDs, John Colletti pulled off his identity theft scam for a year.

By Marco Margaritoff • July 27, 2020

Inside The Molly Maguires, The Secret Society That Fought Bloody Battles For Workers’ Rights In The 1800s

When mine owners cut wages in 1870s Pennsylvania, the Molly Maguires fought back. But with a private military on their side, the mine owners ultimately won what would become the first labor war in U.S. history.

By Genevieve Carlton • Jul 19, 2020

Inside The Molly Maguires, The Secret Society That Fought Bloody Battles For Workers’ Rights In The 1800s

When mine owners cut wages in 1870s Pennsylvania, the Molly Maguires fought back. But with a private military on their side, the mine owners ultimately won what would become the first labor war in U.S. history.

By Genevieve Carlton • July 19, 2020

How The Nazis Used The Crime Of A Jewish Teen Named Herschel Grynszpan As An Excuse For The Holocaust

Days after learning his family had been shipped off to a refugee camp beside 12,000 other Jews, 17-year-old Herschel Grynszpan bought a gun and snuck into the German embassy in Paris.

By Morgan Dunn • Jul 17, 2020

How The Nazis Used The Crime Of A Jewish Teen Named Herschel Grynszpan As An Excuse For The Holocaust

Days after learning his family had been shipped off to a refugee camp beside 12,000 other Jews, 17-year-old Herschel Grynszpan bought a gun and snuck into the German embassy in Paris.

By Morgan Dunn • July 17, 2020

How Cannibal Serial Killer Joachim Kroll Got Caught After Clogging His Toilet With Guts

Joachim Kroll, the "Ruhr Cannibal," terrorized West Germany for over 20 years, eating the flesh of his victims because "meat was expensive."

By John Kuroski • Jul 16, 2020

How Cannibal Serial Killer Joachim Kroll Got Caught After Clogging His Toilet With Guts

Joachim Kroll, the "Ruhr Cannibal," terrorized West Germany for over 20 years, eating the flesh of his victims because "meat was expensive."

By John Kuroski • July 16, 2020

How Xavier Dupont De Ligonnès Went From Respected French Nobleman To Mass Murder Suspect

Count Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès vanished after the murders of his wife and four children in 2011 — and no one has seen him since.

By Natasha Ishak • Jul 15, 2020

How Xavier Dupont De Ligonnès Went From Respected French Nobleman To Mass Murder Suspect

Count Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès vanished after the murders of his wife and four children in 2011 — and no one has seen him since.

By Natasha Ishak • July 15, 2020

How Slave-Trading Serial Killer Patty Cannon Murdered 30 People On The ‘Reverse Underground Railroad’

Throughout early 1800s Delaware and Maryland, Patty Cannon and her murderous gang kidnapped as many as 3,000 Black Americans to sell into bondage in the South.

By Jaclyn Anglis • Jul 14, 2020

How Slave-Trading Serial Killer Patty Cannon Murdered 30 People On The ‘Reverse Underground Railroad’

Throughout early 1800s Delaware and Maryland, Patty Cannon and her murderous gang kidnapped as many as 3,000 Black Americans to sell into bondage in the South.

By Jaclyn Anglis • July 14, 2020

How Congressman Daniel Sickles Admitted To Killing His Wife’s Lover And Got Away With It

Before he became a Civil War general, Congressman Dan E. Sickles' scandalous murder trial changed our legal system forever.

By Genevieve Carlton • Jul 2, 2020

How Congressman Daniel Sickles Admitted To Killing His Wife’s Lover And Got Away With It

Before he became a Civil War general, Congressman Dan E. Sickles' scandalous murder trial changed our legal system forever.

By Genevieve Carlton • July 2, 2020

Thomas Blanton, Last Surviving KKK Member Who Bombed Black Church In 1963, Dies In Prison

White supremacist Thomas Blanton was the last survivor of the three Ku Klux Klan members who were convicted for the attack.

By Natasha Ishak • Jun 29, 2020

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Thomas Blanton, Last Surviving KKK Member Who Bombed Black Church In 1963, Dies In Prison

White supremacist Thomas Blanton was the last survivor of the three Ku Klux Klan members who were convicted for the attack.

By Natasha Ishak • June 29, 2020

Sting Operation Busts Bulgarian Gang Trafficking 4,600 Stolen Ancient Artifacts

After more than two years on their trail, authorities from three countries successfully caught a group of eight smugglers bringing thousands of looted artifacts into the U.K.

By Marco Margaritoff • Jun 29, 2020

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Sting Operation Busts Bulgarian Gang Trafficking 4,600 Stolen Ancient Artifacts

After more than two years on their trail, authorities from three countries successfully caught a group of eight smugglers bringing thousands of looted artifacts into the U.K.

By Marco Margaritoff • June 29, 2020