Murder
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One can imaging that the Blitz must have been a terrifying time in Great Britain, but it also must have been a time where people ceased the opportunity amidst the chaos to do things they usually wouldn’t dare to do for the fear of being caught. Harry Dobkin was one of these folks. Harry Dobkin
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This is probably my most personal blog. I will not mention the names of the people involved, but I don’t think knowing the names is actually relevant. On June 13, 1991 the partially covered body of 18 year old Jessica R was found near a dump in Bergen op Zoom, in the province of Noord
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Vere Thomas St. Leger Goold was born in 1853 in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland, into an aristocratic family with a strong military background. The Goolds were part of the Anglo-Irish upper class, and young Vere was afforded all the advantages of a privileged upbringing: access to elite education, exposure to genteel society, and the leisure
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When you think of the cool sounds of Motown one of the first names that comes up in your mind is Marvin Gaye. He made the Soul Music sexy again. Marvin first discovered his musical talent and passion by singing in his father’s church. Unfortunately not every one liked what he was doing, his father Marvin Gay,
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A smiley face with an evil soul. Eddie Leonski, known as the “Brownout Strangler” and the “Singing Strangler,” was an American soldier and serial killer who committed a series of murders in Melbourne, Australia, during World War II. Edward Joseph Leonski was born on December 12, 1917, in Kenvil, New Jersey, in the United States.
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The Dutch word for superstition is bijgeloof and, in a literal sense, translates into side belief or side religion. This sort of religion was the cause of the murder of Bridget Cleary on 15 March 1895. Bridget Cleary was an Irish woman who was murdered by her husband. She was either burned alive or immediately
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“September ’77Port Elizabeth weather fine It was business as usualIn police room 619.” This is the first line from a Peter Gabriel song titled “Biko” . When I first heard it, I didn’t know who Biko was or what the context of the song was. Because I liked the song I made it my business
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It is hard to believe it has been 23 years ago since the Columbine High School massacre happened. On April 20,1999, the Columbine High School massacre took place in Colorado as two students shot and killed 12 classmates and one teacher before taking their own lives. So many articles have been written about it and
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“Three shots! Three lives lost! All I can hear are shots, shots.” This line is the final entry of Renia Spiegel’s diary. It is the final entry but it was not written by her but by her boyfriend. Renia had left her diary with her boyfriend ,Zygmunt Schwarzer, for safekeeping. You see Renia could not
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The Republic of Ireland remained neutral throughout WWII. However Northern Ireland,which was and still is, part of the UK did not stay neutral. On January 26 1942 the first US troops arrived in Belfast. It must have given the people of Northern Ireland mixed feelings, On one hand they must have had the realization that
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