In the late 1700s, the shops of west London were terrorised by an all-female crime gang known as the 40 Elephants. No, this is not a post-Me Too play on gender roles, nor a BBC crime series starring ...

Reading 100-year-old editions of Arkansas newspapers, Old News stumbles across extraordinary ordinary lives. One such case is L.E.A. Yeager, former lawman. Yeager spent five years in prison for a ...

Ed Hickman, 19, sent ransom letters for the return of Marion Parker to her father, Perry Parker, each signed “Fate,” “Death” and “The Fox.” Parker agreed to pay $1,500, and went to hand the money to a ...

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