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Richard Kuklinski appeared to be a stereotypical, suburban dad, mowing the lawn and cooking hot dogs every Saturday. With his wife and three kids and
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After midnight, on the morning of September 19, 1910, Clarence Halsted was awakened by a man entering his ground-floor bedroom window on Church Street in
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Winner of the Spring 2019 StMU History Media Award for Best Article in the Category of “African and African-American History” New York City in the
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Winner of the Spring 2019 StMU History Media Award for The Article with the Best Introduction The boiling clouds roll back, the tumultuous sky reduced
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American society has always had a fascination with violent crime, mass murders, and serial killers. David Berkowitz, aka the self-proclaimed “Son of Sam,” has his
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It is estimated that, by the 1980s, Mexico’s drug cartels were slowly forming and beginning to operate. By the early 2000s, their presence was increasingly
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