JACK SHEPPARD

                Jack Sheppard became the most famous criminal in early 18th Century England.  Born to poor parents in 1702, he was apprenticed to a carpenter. After five years, he was one year away from completing his training, but that’s when he discovered the joys of drinking and whoring.  Soon he Read more…

JACK THE RIPPER

                The East End of London was a hellish environment noted for its poverty, crime, alcoholism, and prostitution.  On the night of August 31, 1888,  Mary Ann Nicholls was found with her throat cut and her body mutilated.  The 42 year-old prostitute had taken on one client too many.  One Read more…

THE FIRST HITLER ASSASSINATION

                On Nov. 8, 1939, Hitler gave his annual speech commemorating the Beer Hall Putsch at the beer hall called the Burgerbraukeller.  About fifteen minutes after he left the building, a massive explosion destroyed the speaker’s platform and brought down part of the roof.  7 people were killed and 63 Read more…