The arrest of Benard L. Madoff on December 11, 2008, revealed a scheme that has come to be considered one of the biggest frauds in
An interesting thing we are taught about living in the United States when we are growing up is that America is the “land of the
The date was April 19, 1989. An investment banker named Trisha Meili was brutally attacked in Central Park after her twelve-hour shift. Trisha, then twenty-eight-years
Imagine knowing a charismatic and handsome person, only to find out that that person was not at all what you thought he was; he manipulated
It was November 3, 1987, when Elizabeth Ann Smart was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to her parents, Ed and Lois Smart. She was
On February 23, 1993, Walter McMillian’s fifth appeal to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals began. A new trial was granted and it began hoping
During the summer of 1997, there was a gathering of teenagers who were inner-tubing near the Deschutes River in Oregon. In a late afternoon, Israel
“To this day, I don’t know what started the killings. The person to blame is sitting right across from you. It’s the only person. Not
Walter McMillian lived an ordinary life alongside his wife Minnie McMillian and their three children. McMillian had a business of his own and was an
In December 2013, Harvard University was rocked by a bomb threat. As the threat threw the campus into a state of chaos, local law enforcement
No one would ever really expect that the arrest of a man could change an entire nation’s legal system. This was a man who came
Los Angeles is well-known for its major attractions such as Disneyland, Sea World, Universal Studios, and its many other attractions. Los Angeles is one of
On October 31, 1979, a driver headed north on I-35 near Georgetown, Texas and noticed a body laying in between the highway and the nearby
Former First Class (FPFC) Robert M. Storeby was just like most men in the United States. He was proud of joining the army to contribute
What happens if the doctor in charge of your life decides to play God? What happens if the doctor decided to end it? On September
Have you ever heard of the Kool-Aid Massacre? Where one mind-controlling, manipulating man led to hundreds to their deaths? Throughout the 20th century, numerous cults
Emmett Louis Till was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, which is situated in the northern part of the United States where racism and discrimination
1911, Antonio Gomez, a fourteen-year-old Mexican-American boy, was walking home carving pieces of wooden shingles, when suddenly a saloon owner shoved him to the street.
To Marcia Clark, June 13, 1994 seemed like any other day. She got a late start after wrangling her son to Pre-Kindergarten. She walked into
Imagine having your whole life set up before you, knowing what you wanted to be when you grew up. Well, according to Bernard Spilsbury, that
His journey began in Cincinnati, starting with his first arrest at the age of thirteen. Charges went from burglarizing a grocery store, to repeated incarcerations
There are very few men who have been able to simultaneously live in public and successfully break the law, all while consistently getting away with it.
Winner of the Fall 2019 StMU History Media Award for Best Article in the Category of “Political History” “People have got to know whether or
Bonnie and Clyde’s days were slowly getting numbered. Their last few robberies occurred in Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana. They had to be extremely careful, realizing
When you see someone in danger, do you react? Do you stand there and watch? Or do you step in and intervene? It’s a hard
Winner of the Fall 2019 StMU History Media Award for Best Explanatory Article Groundbreaking news hit early the day of December 14, 2012. That morning,
Born in Manhattan, New York, on the 27th of March in 1895, Ruth was raised by Scandinavian immigrants. Though her family struggled to make ends
Winner of the Fall 2019 StMU History Media Award for Best Use of Images It’s the summer of 1962. Off the coast of San Francisco
Picture this: It’s 1989. Big crowds by the beach, parties all day, and festivals at night—that’s the thrilling sound of Spring Break. What people don’t
It was 6:50 p.m. on Friday, August 14, 1970, and a warrant was issued by Marin County Superior Court Judge Peter Allen Smith for the
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