Murder
Murder of Environmental Activists Reaches All-Time High
At least 185 environmental activists were murdered in 2015, according to a new report
After 52 Years, the "Mississippi Burning" Case Closes
The Department of Justice and State of Mississippi close the investigation of three civil rights workers killed by KKK members in 1964
Why Russia Is Digging Up The Bones of a 19th-Century Tsar
A new DNA analysis aims to end speculation about the last Romanovs—but hasn't the mystery already been solved?
The Story of the First Mass Shooting in U.S. History
Howard Unruh’s “Walk of Death” foretold an era in which such tragedies would become all too common
The Murderous Story of America’s First Hijacking
Earnest Pletch’s cold-blooded killing of Carl Bivens was just one chapter in the strange life of the mechanic, farmhand and erstwhile carnie
Shootings and Mass Murders Seem to Be Contagious
Data spanning decades shows how high-profile events can cause outbreaks of similar killings that mirror the spread of disease
Investigating the Case of the Earliest Known Murder Victim
A 430,000-year-old skull discovered in a Spanish cave bears evidence of deliberate, lethal blunt force trauma
The Final Hours of John Wilkes Booth
"I have too great a soul to die like a criminal," Booth once wrote
Poison Hath Been This Italian Mummy's Untimely End
A lethal helping of foxglove seems to have triggered the downfall of a warlord of Verona
A Militant Group Is Fighting to Keep Nigerian Students From Education
Islamic extremists from the group Boko Haram have kidnapped 200 girls from a boarding school
States Don't Have to Disclose Where They Obtain Lethal Injection Drugs
First Missouri and now Texas has refused to disclose the origins of lethal injection drugs used in recent executions
Rwanda Has Become a Poster Child for Health Equity
Life expectancy has doubled, and child vaccinations rates are higher than they are in the U.S.
How a Chicago Heiress Trained Homicide Detectives With an Unusual Tool: Dollhouses
Frances Glessner Lee's miniature murder scenes are dioramas to die for
A Drug Company Tried to Block the Use of Pentobarbital in Executions, But U.S. States Are Finding Ways Around the Ban
In 2011, the Danish company behind the drug, Lunbeck, banned the sale of pentobarbital for execution purposes.
Edgar Allan Poe Tried and Failed to Crack the Mysterious Murder Case of Mary Rogers
After a teenage beauty turned up dead in the Hudson River, not even the godfather of detective fiction could figure out who done it
What Does the Zapruder Film Really Tell Us?
Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris deconstructs the most famous 26 seconds in film history
The Family Plot to Kill Lincoln
Mary and John Surratt helped John Wilkes Booth assassinate Abraham Lincoln and then paid the ultimate penalty for their actions
Edinburgh’s Mysterious Miniature Coffins
In 1836, three Scottish boys discovered a strange cache of miniature coffins concealed on a hillside above Edinburgh. Who put them there—and why?
Lincoln's Missing Bodyguard
What happened to Officer John Parker, the man who chose the wrong night to leave his post at Ford's Theatre?
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