Name: Crimes That Made History
Uploaded: 2019-06-10T19:27:10.000Z
Description: An in-depth look at how crimes, suicides and bizarre events have impacted today's society.

An in-depth look at how crimes, suicides and bizarre events have impacted today's society.

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A series of gruesome murders shocks London in 1888 during the Victorian era, when Puritanism reigned and forensic science was in its infancy; the perpetrator is dubbed Jack the Ripper.

Jack the Ripper (1888)

In 1907, Albert Soleilland was accused of raping and murdering a little girl named Marthe; at the time, France was on the verge of abolishing the death sentence. Soleilland's crime set the abolitionist cause back decades.

Albert Soleilland: A Case for the Death Penalty (1907)

Following the discovery of hundreds of bones in 1924, Fritz Haarmann is arrested and accused of sexual violence and cannibalism.

Fritz Haarmann: Vampire in the Weimar Republic (1924-31)

In 1929, Al Capone's henchmen kill seven members of Bugs Moran's gang; carried out during the Prohibition, this event became known as the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre.

The St. Valentine's Massacre: Gang Rule in America (1929)

In 1933, Violette Nozière, 18, kills her father by poisoning him; Violette confesses to the crime, saying her motive was that her father abused her.

Violette Nozière: The Patricidal Poisoner (1933)

In 1936, Abe Sada kills her lover by erotic asphyxiation, cuts off his member and carves his name in her flesh.

Abe Sada: The Fantasy of Japanese Eroticism (1936)

A flying disc crash lands in Roswell, New Mexico on July 8, 1947; conspiracy theories spread and UFO's become a recurrent theme in science-fiction movies and popular culture.

Roswell: Back to the UFO (1947)

In 1972, a Uruguayan plane crashes into the Andes, and 72 days later, 16 survivors are found; an unspeakable truth about how they were able to survive gradually emerges.

Flight 571: Acceptable Face of Cannibalism (1972)

Reverend Jim Jones holds an apocalyptic mass in 1978 and in the end, 918 members of the People's Temple sacrifice themselves.

The Jonestown Massacre: An American Apocalypse (1978)

Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed die in a car crash in Paris on August 31, 1997, while being pursued by paparazzi.

Crimes That Made History

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