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8 Fascinating Facts About Butch Cassidy

The infamous outlaw would have turned 151 years old today.

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The Story Behind “The Ballad of Frankie Silver”

The truth behind a 180-year-old murder ballad is more devastating than the sorrowful lyrics suggest.

The Real Story Behind "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll"

Bob Dylan's protest song took aim at a system he felt had failed one of its own.

Crazy Eddie's Insanely Successful Criminal Enterprise

For anyone living in the New York metropolitan area throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Crazy Eddie was inescapable.

12 Secrets of the Witness Protection Program

Here’s as much detail as you’re going to get without finding yourself in a considerable amount of trouble.

The Attempted Murder at Peanuts Headquarters

Why Charles Schulz posted a $2 million bail for the woman accused of shooting his business manager.

10 Mean Facts About Mean Streets

Martin Scorsese’s 1973 film stunned audiences when it was released—and remains a classic gangster film today, more than 40 years later.

Taxidermy Thieves Make Off with $142,000 in Stuffed Animals & Antiques

Among the missing are a king penguin, two giraffes, and a grimacing chimpanzee in a top hat.

A Pair of Young NYC Siblings Have Started Their Own Detective Agency

Jack and Phoebe Gore have already solved three neighborhood cases, and they're not even in middle school.

10 Hardcore Facts About New Jack City

The gritty film, which turned Ice T into an actor and created controversy upon its release, is turning 25.

9 Things We Learned at London's Crime Museum Uncovered Exhibit

Objects from the so-called Black Museum are on display to the public for the first time.

James Sharp, The University of Nottingham

Scientists Create New Technology That Can ID the Wearer of a Shoe

It’s not what kind of shoes you wear—it’s how you wear them.

11 Lucky Facts About Dirty Harry

The box office hit divided critics and made Clint Eastwood into the biggest movie star in the world.

The New York Post announces that O.J. Simpson has been found "Not Guilty!" in the trial for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.

25 "Trials of the Century" and the Media Frenzies That Accompanied Them

Whatever you consider to be the 'trial of the century,' chances are it wasn't the first, and it certainly won't be the last.

Where Are They Now? 10 Key Players in The O.J. Simpson Trial

Recalling the boldfaced names of the trial of the century.

Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Paul Sorvino, Martin Scorsese, and Joe Pesci in Goodfellas (1990).

40 Facts About Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas

'Goodfellas,' Martin Scorsese's modern gangster classic, has been called the director's best movie. Others have called it the best movie—period.

The Playing Cards That Help Solve Cold-Case Crimes

In 2007, a game of Go Fish helped solve a three-year-old murder case.

8 Interview Questions You Might Not Know Are Illegal

Sometimes, neither job seekers nor interviewers realize a line has been crossed.

Who Exactly Can the President Pardon?

'Absolute power' is a bit of a myth.

17 Compelling Facts About ‘Making a Murderer’

Netflix’s must-watch true crime documentary series is stirring up emotion, and dialogue. Again.

When Return of the Jedi Was Stolen at Gunpoint

In a pre-Internet era, bootleggers ran off with 'Return of the Jedi' prints the old-fashioned way: with guns.

15 Epic Facts About Heat

Michael Mann’s legendary crime flick was released 20 years ago.

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12 Female Poisoners Who Killed With Arsenic

For these women, arsenic was their poison of choice.

How Sylvester Stallone Almost Made The Godfather: Part III

To hear Sylvester Stallone tell it, failing to get a job as an extra in 1972’s 'The Godfather' may have been the best thing to ever happen to him.

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