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1. Charles Starkweather - The Badlands Killer
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January 1, 1994 |
Charlie Starkweather was a self-styled teenage rebel. He dreamt of becoming rich through crime. In 1958 he set off on the outlaw trail with his schoolgirl lover, 14-year-old Caril Fugate. In his wake he left 11 motiveless murders. He was finally cornered, captured, and executed in the electric chair.
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2. Howard Hughes Autobiography Hoax
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January 1, 1994 |
In 1971 the world was amazed when it was announced that author Clifford Irving would be collaborating with millionaire recluse Howard Hughes on his official biography. It was even more astonishing when this was swiftly followed by an announcement from Hughes that the whole thing was a hoax.
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3. The Scarsdale Shooting
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January 1, 1994 |
In 1980, Jean Harris, headmistress of an exclusive East Coast girls school, drove to the house of her lover, Dr Herman Tarnower, author of the best selling 'Scarsdale Diet', and shot him dead. Aware that he had wanted to end their relationship she claimed that his shooting had been an accident.
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4. The S.L.A. Kidnap of Patty Hearst
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January 1, 1994 |
On 4th February 1974 Patricia Hearst the 19-year-old heiress to one of America's largest media fortunes was kidnapped by an obscure terrorist group, the Symbionese Liberation Army. Within three months she had apparently joined them when she was filmed wielding a gun during a bank raid?
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5. Richard Speck - The Nurse Killer
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January 1, 1994 |
In1966 alcoholic ex-marine Richard Speck woke up in Chicago after a night out and heard a radio report which sickened him. Eight nurses had been raped and slaughtered in their home. When the police arrested him, Speck said he knew nothing of the crime, but was eventually sentenced to 400 to 1,000 years.
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6. Caryl Chessman, The Red Light Bandit
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January 1, 1994 |
An habitual criminal from childhood, Caryl Chessman was also one of the cleverest of criminals. Condemned to death for repeated rapes, robberies, sexual perversion and kidnapping on 18th May 1948, he used his brilliant mind to learn enough law to carry on a crusade against execution for 12 years.
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7. Roberts, Duddy and Witney - The Braybrook Street Massacre
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January 1, 1994 |
On 12th August 1966 the Britain was shocked when three policemen were gunned down in West London. Within a few days, two petty criminals John Duddy and John Witney - had been arrested. But it took another three months, and one of the largest manhunts ever to track down the third suspect Harry Roberts.
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8. The Bamber Family Murders
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January 1, 1994 |
After a desperate phone call police raced to a remote farmhouse in Essex, to stop a young woman running amok with a loaded rifle. When they arrived she and her family were all dead. Was it a mass shooting followed by suicide? Or had someone else almost carried out the perfect murder?
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9. Hitler and the Nuremberg Trials
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January 1, 1994 |
Hitler's Nazis executed a ruthless policy of mass extermination against the Jews and other racial groups they considered subhuman. Millions were slaughtered. When finally defeated, the victorious alliance made their surviving leaders face trial at Nuremberg for 'Crimes against Humanity'.
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10. Stalin and the Massacre at Katyn Wood
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January 1, 1994 |
In April 1943, Berlin announced that the bodies of 3,000 Polish officers had been found murdered by the Soviets at Katyn Wood. Stalin indignantly denied the accusation, even though all documents on the bodies stopped in 1940 when the men had been in Soviet hands. But now the truth can be told.
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11. The Assassination of Gandhi
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January 1, 1994 |
Mahatma Gandhi was revered as the father of modern India. His campaign of non-violent rebellion finally persuaded the British to pull out of India. His murder in 1948 by fanatics was a severe blow to hopes of avoiding inter-communal violence, as were the assassinations of Indira and Rajiv Gandhi.
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12. The Assassination of Martin Luther King
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January 1, 1994 |
The1950s and 1960s were a time of turmoil in America as the Civil Rights movement fought against racial segregation. Its leader was the charismatic preacher Martin Luther King Jr, and his assassination in April 1968 allegedly by a lone gunman James Earl Ray, gave rise to endless conspiracy theories.
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13. The Assassination of John F Kennedy
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January 1, 1994 |
Few events have shocked a generation more than the murder of President John F Kennedy on 22nd November 1963 in Dallas. He seemed to promise a new beginning for America and the world. Within hours of his death theories about who had killed him abounded. Was it the Cubans, big business, the Mafia or the KGB?
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14. The A6 Murder
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January 1, 1994 |
The extraordinary story of how the deposed Italian dictator was rescued from his mountain prison. The entire operation by Otto Skorzeny and an elite force of German parachutes was filmed and this forms the core of the programme.
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15. Dennis Nilsen, The Kindly Killer
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January 1, 1994 |
During five years Dennis Nilsen who had been a policeman, lured at least 15 young men back to his flat, murdered them and disposed of their remains down the sewer. Only when this became blocked was his ghastly secret discovered. His lawyers failed to establish insanity and he was imprisoned for life.
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16. Charles Whitman, The Austin Sniper
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January 1, 1994 |
RWenty-five-year-old Charles Whitman was a worried man. On 31st July 1966 he snapped and after killing his wife he climbed the tower of the University of Texas and started shooting at anyone who moved below. 15 people died and 30 were injured before police assault teams got close enough to gun him down.
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17. The Boston Brinks Robbery
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January 1, 1994 |
One of North America's largest security companies, Brinks, has always been a target for robbers. One of the most spectacular attempts was made on 17th January 1950 when a gang broke into the company's Boston headquarters and escaped with $2,775,395. It was more than 5 years before one of them turned state's evidence and caused the arrest of his companions.
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18. Richard Ramirez, The Night Stalker
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January 1, 1994 |
During a 2 year rampage, a sadistic serial killer broke into the homes throughout California. He raped, mutilated and tortured more than 25 victims in one of the most vicious sprees in history. When Richard Ramirez was arrested a bizarre story involving Satanism and cult worship began to emerge
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19. The Rosenbergs - Atom Spies?
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January 1, 1994 |
On 19th June 1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed together. At the height of the anti-Communist witch hunts, they had been found guilty of spying for the USSR and passing on vital secrets the US atomic bomb program. Were they condemned simply to calm the public's fear of growing Communist power?
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20. The Disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa
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January 1, 1994 |
The fate of Jimmy Hoffa, one of the most corrupt US union leaders, remains a mystery. Hoffa built up a massive union organisation with close links to organised crime. Finally imprisoned in 1967, he was later pardoned by Richard Nixon. Four years later lured to a fictitious union meeting he disappeared.
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21. Dan White, The City Hall Killer
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January 1, 1994 |
Dan White ran on an anti-gay platform and was elected but soon was in financial trouble. He resigned and Mayor Moscone persuaded by Harvey Milk, offered the job to a gay community supporter. Appalled, White withdrew his resignation. When Moscone refused to accept this, White shot both him and Milk.
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22. Bonnie and Clyde
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January 1, 1994 |
In reality 'Bonnie and Clyde' were illiterate, unfeeling killers who for a two year period, 1932 - 1934, spread terror across Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri. Their gang carried out more than 20 small robberies and needless killings before being gunned down on 23rd May 1934.
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23. Wayne Williams - The Atlanta Killer
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January 1, 1994 |
In 1979 the Atlanta police realised that they were dealing with a serial killer who preyed on young black children aged between 7 and 14. Before the nightmare was ended with the arrest of 23-year-old Wayne Williams in May 1981, there had been 28 victims, and a national manhunt was in progress.
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24. The Escapes from Alcatraz
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January 1, 1994 |
The name of the forbidding island prison in San Francisco Bay became legendary as the toughest prison housingthe worst inmates. From 1934 to 1963 Alcatraz housed many of America's most notorious criminals including Al Capone, and saw many escape attempts - the worst a full-scale shoot out in 1946.
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25. The KKK Killings
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January 1, 1994 |
Founded originally after the American Civil War as a defender of white southerners against the revenge of freed black slaves, this secret society became notorious for its savage methods and white-hooded costume. Revived in the 1920s, its targets became Jews other minorities and blacks.
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26. New York Mafia Wars
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January 1, 1994 |
This secret society came to the US during the great waves of emigration from Italy in the late 19th Century. It was soon organising crime and racketeering in many cities. Under bosses like 'Lucky' Luciano, Carlo Gambino and Santo Trafficante, it became a nationwide 'business'.
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