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Anne Bonney and Mary Read: Female Piracy

By: colette lefebvre-davis

The Traitor Trials of Tokyo Rose: Iva Toguri aka Orphan Ann versus WWII Japanese Hysteria

By: Pamela Livingston

The Life and Death of Baby Face Nelson: Public Enemy Number One

By: Lynda Osborne

The Story of Guy Fawkes: The Failed Attempt to Blow up the Houses of Parliament

By: Lynda Osborne

Velma Barfield, Death Row Granny: The First Woman in the US to be Executed by Lethal Injection

By: Lynda Osborne

Blackbeard the Pirate: Biography and the Classical Pirate Image

By: Alex Graham-Heggie

Bartholomew Black Bart Roberts: The Last Pirate’s Biography

By: Alex Graham-Heggie

Sir Henry Morgan: The Last Buccaneer in the Caribbean

By: Alex Graham-Heggie

Pat Garrett and the Death of Billy the Kid: William H. Bonney Meets the Lawman

By: Lynda Osborne

Billy the Kid, Gunfighter and Outlaw: William Bonney's Life From the Lincoln County War Onwards

By: Lynda Osborne

The Early Life of Billy the Kid: William Bonny's Childhood Through to the Lincoln County War

By: Lynda Osborne

The Career of Cheng I Sao, Female Chinese Pirate: The Life of A Prostitue, Casino Owner and Business Entrepreneur

By: Heather Strong

Alferd Packer: Legendary Colorado Cannibal

By: Darla Sue Dollman

Ken Leishman - The Flying Bandit: Carried Out Canada’s Largest Gold Heist

By: Feature Writer William Silvester

The Life and Execution of Ruth Ellis: The Last Woman to be Hung in Britain

By: Lynda Osborne

Did John Dillinger Die at the Biograph Theater? Controversy over the Death of Public Enemy #1

By: Vickie Britton

Cabinet Maker William Brodie's Double Life: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Character Based Upon His Escapades

By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

Outlaw and Lawman John King Fisher: Bad Man of Texas

By: Matthew Pizzolato

Robert Pickton: The Pig Farm Killer

By: Jim Osborn

Jerry Brudos: The Shoe Fetish Slayer

By: Jim Osborn

Joe Ball: The Alligator Man

By: Jim Osborn

The Shooters is Good Western Entertainment: Metz's Book Provides Plenty of Notorious Western Characters

By: R.L. Coffield

John Wayne Gacy, Jr. The Killer Clown

By: Jim Osborn

16 Famous Pirates: Buccaneers and Privateers

By: Rosemary E. Bachelor

Notorious Pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read: Female Pirates Escape Noose by Being Pregnant

By: Rosemary E. Bachelor

Aileen Wuornos: Female Serial Killer

By: Jim Osborn

Richard Ramirez: The Night Stalker

By: Jim Osborn

Gary Ridgway: The Green River Killer

By: Jim Osborn

John Dillinger Federal Public Enemy Number One: FBI Calls Year of the Gangster a Crimefighting Turning Point

By: Christine Nyholm

Ted Bundy-Serial Killer: The Ambush Predator

By: Jim Osborn

Bob Dalton - Kansas Outlaw: Wild West Leader of the Dalton Gang

By: Jim Osborn

Martha Jane Canary - Calamity Jane: Wild Woman of the West

By: Matthew Pizzolato

John Henry Holliday: Doc Holliday - Gambler and Gunman

By: Matthew Pizzolato

Tom Horn - Hired Killer and Gunman: Paid Killer for the Wyoming Cattleman's Association

By: Matthew Pizzolato

William "Curly Bill" Brocius: Tombstone Gang Leader

By: Jim Osborn

Chicago Gangs History: Valentine's Day Massacre: Gangland War Between Al Capone and Bugsy Moran Erupts in Mass Murder

By: Christine Nyholm

"Gentleman" Bank Robber Edwin Alonzo Boyd: Boyd Gang Members Escaped from Toronto’s Don Jail Twice

By: Feature Writer Kathleen Airdrie

Charles Arthur Floyd: Pretty Boy Floyd

By: Jim Osborn

Lester Gillis: George "Baby Face" Nelson

By: Jim Osborn

George Kelly Barnes: Machine Gun Kelly

By: Jim Osborn

Clyde Barrow: Depression Era Bandit

By: Jim Osborn

John Dillinger: Public Enemy Number One

By: Jim Osborn

The Life and Crimes of Dick Turpin: The Real Story of the English Highwayman

By: Feature Writer Kevin Guthrie

Charles "Black Bart" Bowles: American Bandit and Gentleman Poet

By: Jim Osborn

Sam Bass: American Outlaw: Sam Bass Lived Hard and Died Young

By: Jim Osborn

Robert "Clay" Allison: Clay Allison “The Shootist”

By: Jim Osborn

Jesse James: American Outlaw

By: Jim Osborn

Butch Cassidy: The Robin Hood of the West

By: Jim Osborn

Billy the Kid: The Baby-Faced Gunslinger

By: Jim Osborn

Belle Starr - Outlaw Woman: Bandit Queen of the Old West

By: Matthew Pizzolato

The Outlaw Jesse James: And The James-Younger Gang

By: Matthew Pizzolato

Mary Kelly:Fifth Victim of Jack the Ripper: An Overview of the Life of Mary Jane Kelly

By: Graidi Taylor-Rose

C.Eddowes:Fourth Victim of Jack the Ripper: An Overview of the Life of Catherine Eddowes.

By: Graidi Taylor-Rose

Big Nose Kate: Doc Holliday's Girlfriend led a Colorful Life of Her Own

By: Megan Winkler

Elizabeth Stride:Third Victim of Jack the Ripper: An Overview of the Life of Elizabeth Stride

By: Graidi Taylor-Rose

Annie Chapman:Second Victim of Jack the Ripper: An Overview of the Life of Annie Chapman

By: Graidi Taylor-Rose

Polly Nichols First Victim of Jack the Ripper: An Overview of the Life Mary Ann Nichols

By: Graidi Taylor-Rose

Jack the Ripper Suspects: Examining Several of the Suspects of the Whitechapel Murders

By: Graidi Taylor-Rose

John Wesley Hardin:The Gunfighter: The Meanest Man in Texas

By: Jim Osborn

Cold War Origins: Emma Woikin: A Poignant Canadian Spy

By: Feature Writer Karen Stephenson

I.T.T. Lincoln, International Spy: From British MP to Buddhist Abbot by Way of the Kapp Putsch

By: Alistair McCulloch

I.T.T. Lincoln, the Adventurer MP: British MP, German Spy, Vicar and Buddhist Abbot: the Early Years

By: Alistair McCulloch

Horrible Harpes: Murder on the Wilderness Road: Two Brothers Sharing Three Women Terrorized Kentucky and Tennessee

By: Rosemary E. Bachelor

Charles Ponzi: Variation of Pyramid Scheme Used by Infamous Swindler

By: Scott Hayden

The Sadism of Ilse Koch: The 'Bitch of Buchenwald'

By: Karen Reams

Henriette Deluzy Desportes: An Accomplice to Murder or an Innocent Woman?

By: Anya Laurence

Al Capone: This Gangster Controlled Sale of Alcohol in 1920s Chicago

By: Scott Hayden

Robin Hood, Outlaw and Myth: Did the Famous Outlaw Ever Live or was he a Figure of Folklore

By: Stephen Owen

Dick Turpin, Highwayman and Legend: Was he a Romantic Hero or a Villain of his Times

By: Stephen Owen

Facts on Irish-Australian rebels: Peter Lalor and Ned Kelly helped shape Australia

By: David Whitley

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