crime and punishment

In 1874, Jesse Pomeroy became the youngest person ever convicted of first-degree murder in Massachusetts. He was only 14 years old, but his crimes were horrific, violent, and bloody, and he would spend the rest of his life in jail before dying in 1932.

The Battle That Left 23,884 People Impaled and Gave Birth To Vlad The Impaler

Death by boiling stands apart from other methods of execution

What happened to the offspring of some of the evilest people in history?

Originally touted as a humane execution, the guillotine used to kill thousands

Richard Maudsley was born into abusive life. There is even an element that people believe his treatment is unjust.

Some hypothesized the gas chamber would be a “humane” method of execution

On the 23rd of December 2003, the neighbors of the Marolt family were busy preparing for the upcoming Christmas night.

An execution method so brutal it has captured the imagination for thousands of years

During the 19th century, the Forty Elephants, an all-women gang became one of the most dangerous criminal organizations in London.

For four months, he shackled, tortured and raped six women in the basement of his Philadelphia home.

Nestled within the busy streets of downtown Los Angeles lies one of the most infamous buildings in horror lore: the Cecil Hotel.

Did George Stinney Jr deserve to be electrocuted for the murders?

Randy Woodfield just wanted to play football, but instead, he killed at least 44 people and committed over 100 crimes.

Born on the 23rd of May 1950 in Sacramento, California, Richard Chase had an abusive childhood. His parents were disciplinarians and Chase’s father often beat him and his younger sister. By ten years old, Chase was showing signs of the Macdonald triad; ar...

Raman Raghav, India’s most horrifying serial killer was rightly called the ‘Jack the Ripper’ of India.