Oct 27, 2021
An urban legend or contemporary legend is a genre of folklore comprising stories circulated as true, especially as having happened to a "friend of a friend" or family member, often with horrifying or humorous elements. These legends can be entertaining, but often concern mysterious peril or troubling events, such as...
Oct 20, 2021
The Burke and Hare murders were a
series of 16 killings committed over a period of about ten months
in 1828 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
They were undertaken by William Burke and William Hare, who sold
the corpses to Robert
Knox for dissection at
his anatomy lectures.
Our theme song was written and
performed by Anna...
Oct 13, 2021
John Herbert Dillinger (June 22, 1903 – July 22, 1934) was an American gangster of the Great Depression. He led a group known as the "Dillinger Gang", which was accused of robbing 24 banks and four police stations. Dillinger was imprisoned several times but escaped twice. He was charged, but not convicted, of the...
Oct 6, 2021
Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c. February 1817[a] – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, becoming...