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Crime

Barker-Karpis House.

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Barker-Karpis Hideout House

Where the notorious gang lived while on the run from the FBI.

44.9153, -93.0811

Added by typosinkeye

How Many Liquor Bottles Can You Find in This 1931 Map of Chicago?

How Many Liquor Bottles Can You Find in This 1931 Map of Chicago?

The "Gangland Map" features drunken fish and goofy jokes alongside descriptions of brutal murders.

Found: A Pickpocket's Coin, Used for Ill-Gotten Gains

Found: A Pickpocket's Coin, Used for Ill-Gotten Gains

In 18th-century Russia, a two-kopeck coin could be worth much more than face value.

The Brazen Heist of a Human Heart in a Solid Gold Casket

The Brazen Heist of a Human Heart in a Solid Gold Casket

Stolen from a French museum, the artifact was recovered by police a week later.

How a Gang of Thirsty Thieves Stole Over $500,000 Worth of Wine

How a Gang of Thirsty Thieves Stole Over $500,000 Worth of Wine

Two people have been sentenced for participating in several California heists.

Charles Manson's Guitar Is a Symbol of Music and Murder

Charles Manson's Guitar Is a Symbol of Music and Murder

One of the infamous killer's instruments is on display in Tennessee.

The Halifax gibbet

Halifax, England

The Halifax Gibbet

A copy of the brutal decapitation device that predated the French Guillotine by about 200 years.

53.7238, -1.8673

Added by Dr Alan P Newman

Facade.

New Orleans, Louisiana

United Fruit Company Building

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

29.9510, -90.0706

Added by amorgan2

Anthropomorphic fetish simulated by a manta ray fish.

Reverte Coma Forensic Museum

The morbid items in this small and hidden museum are not for the weak stomached.

40.4432, -3.7236

Added by Luis Morato

Long rows of boxes line the halls.

Martinsburg, West Virginia

National Tracing Center

Endless rows of boxes of paper records line the hallways of the archaic federal facility where guns are traced.

39.4178, -77.9163

Added by lewblank

Detective Bar Progress.

Detective Bar Progress

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

35.7334, 139.7112

Added by Hermit09

Watch a Thief Steal a $1.3 Million Bottle of Vodka

culinary crimes

Watch a Thief Steal a $1.3 Million Bottle of Vodka

Cameras caught the burglar snatching the diamond-and-gold decorated liquor.

January 04, 2018

Butch Cassidy's cabin in the Chubut Province of Argentina

Cushamen, Argentina

Butch Cassidy's Cabin

With the Wild Bunch hunted almost to extinction and the law closing in on him, Butch Cassidy fled to this remote cabin in Argentina.

-42.4396, -71.4257

Added by Tony Dunnell

Garcia Moreno Prison Museum

An abandoned Ecuadorian prison that once held ex-presidents and notorious con artists is frozen in time as a museum.

-0.2175, -78.5208

Added by mnkitson

If You Had to Have a Scandal in 2017, Why Not Make It a Charming One?

If You Had to Have a Scandal in 2017, Why Not Make It a Charming One?

The highlights of the lowlights.

December 19, 2017

New Jersey’s ‘Sopranos’ Strip Club to Be Shuttered for Alleged Mob Activity

New Jersey’s ‘Sopranos’ Strip Club to Be Shuttered for Alleged Mob Activity

This is what happens when you try to keep business in the family.

December 12, 2017

How a Victim’s Last Meal Can Identify a Killer

How a Victim’s Last Meal Can Identify a Killer

To solve crimes, two botanists identify half-digested potatoes, tomatoes, and lettuce under a microscope.

December 12, 2017

The Psychic Tea Rooms of 1930s New York Didn't Predict All the Police Raids

The Psychic Tea Rooms of 1930s New York Didn't Predict All the Police Raids

Tea parlors were the battleground in a war against fortune telling.

December 07, 2017

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