170 Items Tagged

Murder

Eskişehir, Turkey

Uğur Mumcu Park

This harrowing memorial remembers a murdered investigative journalist.

London, England

Thomas Briggs’ Plaque

This blue plaque memorializes the first person to be murdered on a railway train.

Pentidattilo, Italy

Pentidattilo

A ghost town on the slopes of a hand-shaped rock is haunted by the story of a 17th-century murder.

Fountain, Colorado

John Spicer's Confession

The resolution to a case that had gone cold for 120 years, found on an old piece of wood.

Hindhead, England

The Sailor's Stone

This curious gravestone tells the legend of an unknown mariner's grisly murder.

Colnbrook, England

The Ostrich Inn

One of England’s oldest and most haunted inns may have inspired the legend of Sweeney Todd.

Görlitz, Germany

The Klötzelmönch's Worried Mother Statue

This bust remembers the haunting local legend of a murderous monk.

Bramley, England

The Church of St. James' Wall Paintings

The walls of this village church are decorated by two unique religious works of art.

Preston on the expedition to the Lost City in Honduras.

The Archaeology Journalist Whose Adventures Are Stranger Than Fiction

From venom that can bubble human skin to a sealed Egyptian tomb, Douglas Preston's got an Indiana Jones thing going on.

Danielle Hallock February 13, 2024

The Middle Ages were rife with murder tales, such as the murder of seventh-century King Candaules of Lydia (shown here in this 15th-century illustration by Maître François).

How a Medieval Murder Map Helped Solve a 700-Year-Old London Cold Case

It all started as a Cambridge criminologist’s macabre hobby.

Sofia Quaglia January 25, 2024

After a 1906 killing, a half-century battle followed.

A Murderous Gravestone Grudge Carved a New Law Into Stone

When murder won’t rest in peace.

Max Longley January 11, 2024

Published in the January 4, 1957, edition of <em>Collier's</em> magazine, "Christmas Party" was a murder mystery novella written by Rex Stout where oddball detective Nero Wolfe has to figure out who killed an esteemed furniture designer.

How Christmas Murder Mysteries Became a U.K. Holiday Tradition

In these Christmas tales, Santa has a very low survival rate.

Eleanor Davis December 15, 2023

Boston, Massachusetts

George Parkman House

The former home of a Boston physician whose murder led to a revolution in forensic science.

Old Zoo Nature Trails

Hike the ruins of a zoo that was shut down by an unsolved murder.

The contorted trees of Hoia-Baciu Forest in Romania.

Five of Our Favorite Terrifying Podcast Episodes

Listen to these tales from our archives—if you dare.

Kit Sudol November 3, 2023

George Jacobs, whose witchcraft trial is shown here in Thomkins H. Matteson's 1855 painting, was one of 19 people hanged as a witch during the 1692 Salem witch trials.

The Salem Witch Trials Actually Happened in Danvers, Massachusetts

Tensions between Salem and Danvers were there from the start—contributing to the ensuing witch hysteria.

Theresa McKinney October 26, 2023

Ubagaike Pond

According to local legend, an ancient serial killer nicknamed the “Hag” once haunted this pond.

An ornate yellow Italian home peaks out behind green foliage

Villa Scott (Villa del Bambino Urlante)

This Art Nouveau mansion was used as the "House of the Screaming Child" in Dario Argento’s giallo classic.