He was a privileged youth who was drawn to Communism in France during the ’50s. When he returned to his own country, he led a violent, brutal regime that saw more than a quarter of [...]
Many serial killers were more brutal. Others slaughtered more often. But Jack the Ripper remains the world’s most infamous murderer. In 1888, he slashed his way across London and into the annals of crime when [...]
In the thrilling underworld of speakeasies, Tommy guns, and turf wars, Al Capone was the undisputed emperor of 1920s Chicago. “Scarface”–a nickname born from the consequences of a violent encounter in his youth–was many things [...]