Leopold and Loeb, the “perfect crime” that shocked America
Chicago, 1924. The Roaring Twenties in America, an era of prosperity and optimism, was shaken by a crime so aberrant
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The Devils of Loudun, one of Europe’s most famous witch trials
In the heart of 17th-century France, between 1632 and 1634, the small town of Loudun became the scene of one
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Jacob Nufer, the man who defied the impossible
In the heart of 16th-century Switzerland, when medicine was still dominated by superstition and uncertain attempts, an episode took place
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Project MK-ULTRA
The years of the “Cold War”, which see the United States of America and the Soviet Union in opposition, are
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Madame LaLaurie, the macabre side of the American aristocracy
New Orleans is, without a doubt, one of the most characteristic cities in the United States of America. Beating heart
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Helen Duncan, the war “witch”: the case of HMS Barham
When we talk about “witch-hunting”, the memory and the collective imagination run to an ancient past made of tortures, burning
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Devil’s letter deciphered thanks to the deep web
The devil’s letter is a mystery that has fascinated scholars from all over the world since 1600. But thanks to
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Nsala and Boali and the atrocities of Congo Free State
The photo you see above dates back to 1904 and portrays Nsala, a Congolese man. But what is he looking
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Celebrated Crimes by Alexandre Dumas: from The Three musketeers to crime news
The Celebrated Crimes are a corpus of eighteen stories written by Alexandre Dumas. From the adventure novel, the father of
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