Crime
How All-Female 'Juries of Matrons' Shaped Legal History
Courts called on these jurors to determine whether women sentenced to death were pregnant or faking it to avoid execution
Theodore Roosevelt's Long-Lost Pocket Watch Surfaces at a Florida Auction House
Thieves stole the timepiece, a gift from the president's sister, from an unlocked display case in 1987
Tourist Carves His Name Into Ancient House in Pompeii
The man damaged a wall in the House of Ceii, a dwelling celebrated for its beautiful frescoes
What a 100-Year-Old Lie Detector and 150-Year-Old Arsenic Tests Tell Us About Forensic Science Today
An exhibition at the National Museum of American History examines how humans influence and judge investigation techniques
'The Crime of the Century,' a Century Later
In the summer of 1924, the Leopold and Loeb murder case triggered a media frenzy and a debate over whether anyone can truly know what’s inside the mind of a cold-blooded killer
The Judy Garland Museum Wants to Buy Dorothy's Ruby Slippers
Officials hope to raise millions to bid on the shoes, which were missing for over a decade, at auction in December
Pablo Escobar’s Abandoned Hippos Are Wreaking Havoc in the Colombian Jungle
Decades ago, the drug baron smuggled the beasts into South America for his private menagerie. They’ve been multiplying ever since. Now officials are taking extreme measures to counter the problem
The Real Story Behind 'The Bikeriders' and the Danny Lyon Photography Book That Inspired It
A new film dramatizes the story of a motorcycle club chronicled by Lyon in the 1960s, offering a tribute to the outlaw spirit
Climate Activists Spray Stonehenge With Orange Paint
Protesters with Just Stop Oil are demanding that the British government phase out fossil fuels by 2030
Two Nazi-Looted Paintings Were Returned to a Jewish Family, Who Donated Them Back to the Louvre
The 17th-century artworks were recovered from Germany and placed at the Paris museum in the 1950s
Trove of 600 Looted Italian Artifacts Worth $65 Million Comes Home
The collection includes artifacts spanning the ninth century B.C.E. to the second century C.E.
Police Recover Stolen Francis Bacon Painting Worth $5 Million
The piece was one of five artworks stolen during a robbery in Madrid in 2015
Why Leopold and Loeb Committed Cold-Blooded Murder in the 'Crime of the Century'
A century ago, two Chicago teenagers killed an acquaintance named Bobby Franks for the thrill of it. The case captivated the nation and continues to fascinate the public today
A.I. Detects 40 Allegedly Counterfeit Paintings for Sale on eBay
Art Recognition's algorithm is trained to identify specific artists' patterns of style and composition
Who Were the Real Pirates of the Caribbean?
During the Golden Age of Piracy, thousands of sea dogs sought fame and fortune. But the reality of a pirate's life was less enticing than movies and television shows suggest
Why the Wartime Rescue of the Survivors of a British Shipwreck Ended in Betrayal
In 1813, an American sealing vessel, the "Nanina," promised to save the crew and passengers of the "Isabella," even though it was an enemy ship. Here’s how the British brig got stranded in the first place
How Lizzie Borden Got Away With Murder
Class, nativism and gender stereotypes all played a role in Borden's acquittal for the 1892 killings of her father and stepmother
The Fabulous Fabulist Lawyer Who Wasn’t, but Still Managed to Get a Man Off Death Row
Take in the remarkable tale of the fake attorney best known as L.A. Harris, whose scams put him in trouble with the law in jurisdictions nationwide
Lost 17th-Century Painting Returns to an Oxford Gallery Four Years After It Was Stolen
"A Rocky Coast, With Soldiers Studying a Plan" was recovered from a man in Romania who alerted the authorities
The English Heiress Who Masterminded a Multimillion-Dollar Art Heist and Built Bombs for the IRA
Fifty years ago, Rose Dugdale stole 19 paintings worth an estimated £8 million, including works by Vermeer, Velázquez and Rubens, from a British aristocrat's estate
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