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In 1907, Albert Soleilland is 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.

Crimes That Made History

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

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)

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)

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.

St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1929)

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

Jonestown (1978)

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

Death of Princess Di (1997)

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 (1947)

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)

A series of murders shocked London in 1888 and the perpetrator becomes known as Jack the Ripper.

Jack the Ripper: The Invention of the Serial Killer (1888)

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