Category: crime & punishment
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FREE ACCESS-History Daily-June 26, 2025
Today’s Photographs – Enjoy!!! Image: An Armenian woman is seen kneeling beside her dead child in a field within sight of help and the safety of Aleppo, Syria, during the Armenian Genocide, 1915. #ArmenianGenocide https://amzn.to/4kZljyT Image: Two students sharing a rocking chair at Macalester College, Minnesota. 1890s. #America1890s https://amzn.to/4lpOZFm Both images: Mata Hari – The…
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The Assassination of King Alexander and French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou on the Streets of Marseilles, France on October 9, 1934. Video.
The Assassination of King Alexander and French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou on the Streets of Marseilles, France on October 9, 1934. “King Alexander and Louis Barthou, Shot Down in Streets of Marseilles by Revolutionists. Furious Spectators Batter Bulgarian Killer to Death As His Victims Die. Alexander Murdered” – “Universal Newsreel brings you the First Actual…
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The Murder of Elfrieda Knaak
Image: Police Officer Eugene Spaid examines shoes and a purse belonging to Elfrieda Knaak in the furnace room of the Lake Bluff police station, where she was found naked and burned on October 30, 1928. There were also signs of electrocution and head trauma.
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The “Axeman” of New Orleans Claimed His Last Victim. From May 1918 to October 1919, New Orleans Lived Through the Terrifying Reign of America’s “Jack the Ripper.” October 27, 1919.
The “Axeman” of New Orleans On this day in history, October 27, 1919, the “Axeman” of New Orleans claimed his last victim. From May 1918 to October 1919, New Orleans lived through the terrifying reign of America’s “Jack the Ripper.” The city was held hostage by an unknown assailant. He would break into people’s homes…
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Public Enemy No. 1 Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd was Shot and Killed by Bureau of Investigation Officers in a Cornfield in East Liverpool, Ohio. October 22, 1934
Image: Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd (Public Domain) On this day in history, October 22, 1934, Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd was shot and killed by multiple gunshots by Bureau of Investigation officers in a cornfield in East Liverpool, Ohio. Floyd, Public Enemy No.1 since the death of fellow gangster John Dillinger on July 22, 1934, who…
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Ronald DeFeo Jr. Went on Trial for Slaughtering his Parents and Four Brothers and Sisters in their Amityville, New York, Home. The Event Was the Inspiration for the Amityville Horror Books & Movies. October 14, 1975.
Image: Mugshot taken of Ronald DeFeo, taken following his arrest. (Public Domain) On this day in history, October 14, 1975, Ronald DeFeo Jr. went on trial for slaughtering his parents and four brothers and sisters in their Amityville, New York, home. The family’s house was afterward thought to be haunted and provided the idea for…
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President William McKinley is Shot and Injured at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, New York. September 6, 1901.
Image: Leon Czolgosz shoots President McKinley with a revolver concealed under a cloth rag. (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, President William McKinley is shaking hands and greeting visitors at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, New York, when a 28-year-old anarchist named Leon Czolgosz walks up to him and fires two shots into his…
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Samuel Mason, a Patriot Captain in Command of Fort Henry on the Ohio Frontier, Survives a Devastating Native American Attack on the Fort.
Image: While on the Ohio River and later the Mississippi, Samuel Mason and his gang of river pirates chose flatboats, keelboats, and rafts as profitable targets to attack because of the valuable and plentiful cargo on board. (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, August 31, 1777, Samuel Mason, a Patriot captain in command of…
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Italian-Born Anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are Executed for Murder in Boston, Massachusetts. August 23, 1927.
Image: Bartolomeo Vanzetti (left), handcuffed to Nicola Sacco (right). Dedham, Massachusetts Superior Court, 1923.This photo was taken in 1923 when Sacco was on the 23rd day of a hunger strike. (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, despite worldwide protests in support of their innocence, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are executed for…
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