In the final instalment of our Heists Making Headlines series, we feature another true-crime story that shook the British press. Sit back and make a
Category: True Crime
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In part two of our Heists Making Headlines series, we delve into another British true crime story: the 1952 Eastcastle Street Robbery. As expected, the
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Heists make headlines, and delving into our newspaper archives, we’ve found plenty of headlines covering British history’s most extensive criminal raids. Some are well-known, while
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Belle Gunness & children 03 Dec 1908, Thu The Salina Daily Union (Salina, Kansas) Newspapers.com It started with a tragedy. In the early morning of
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A mutilated corpse in a shoebox. Nationwide press coverage. A possible connection to a major historical event. Not to mention, a ghost . . .
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One of U.S. history’s strangest crimes was a streak of sneaky haircuts that took place in 1942 Mississippi. The Pascagoula criminal was nicknamed “The Phantom
In May 1827, Maria Marten left home to elope to Ipswich with a man named William Corder. As you may have guessed from the title
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In January of 1947, the mutilated body of a woman, drained of blood and severed at the waist, was found in an empty lot in
In early 1817, a mystery woman showed up in the town of Almondsbury in Gloucester, England. She seemed disoriented, and when she spoke her words
Suzy Lamplugh Fri, Dec 5, 1986 – 6 · The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) · Newspapers.com Disappearance On July 28, 1986, real estate agent