Jul 12, 2013
Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, aka the Moors Murderersby Michael Thomas BarryOn July 12, 1963, sixteen-year-old Pauline Reade is abducted while on her way to a dance near her home in Gorton, England, by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, the so-called "Moors Murderers," launching a crime...
Jul 11, 2013
Colton Harris-Mooore aka The Barefoot Banditby Michael Thomas BarryOn July 11, 2010, after a two-year manhunt, the infamous “Bare foot bandit” Colton Harris-Moore is arrested following a high-speed boat chase in the Bahamas. Harris-Moore was suspected of stealing an airplane in...
Jul 10, 2013
"Buckskin" Frank Leslieby Michael Thomas BarryOn July 10, 1889, in a drunken rage, "Buckskin" Frank Leslie murdered his lover, Tombstone prostitute Blonde Mollie Williams. Leslie was an ill-tempered and violent man, especially when he drank. He told conflicting stories about his...
Jul 9, 2013
Michael Stoneby Michael Thomas BarryOn July 9, 1996, Dr. Lin Russell, her two daughters, Josie and Megan, and their dog, Lucy, are all brutally attacked by a man wielding a hammer on their way home to Nonington Village, Kent, England, after a family outing. Forcing them to sit...
Jul 8, 2013
Francis Gary Powersby Michael Thomas BarryOn July 8, 1960, CIA pilot Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage by the Soviet Union. Powers' indictment signaled a massive setback in the peace process between the United States and the Soviet Union. By 1960, the 31-year-old...
Jul 7, 2013
Mary Surrattby Michael Thomas BarryOn July 7, 1865, Mary Surratt is executed by the U.S. government for her role as a conspirator in Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Surratt, who owned a tavern in Surrattsville, Maryland, had to convert her row house in Washington, D.C., into a...
Jul 6, 2013
George "Bugs" Moranby Michael Thomas BarryOn July 6, 1946, FBI agents arrest George "Bugs" Moran in Ohio for robbing a bank messenger. Moran was at one point, one of the biggest organized crime figures in America, by the time of his arrest he had been reduced to small bank...
Jul 5, 2013
The Black Soxby Michael Thomas BarryOn July 5, 1921, Judge Hugo Friend denies a motion to quash the indictments against eight members of the Chicago White Sox, who were accused of throwing the 1919 World Series, and their trial begins with jury selection. The players, including...
Jul 3, 2013
Martha Ann Johnsonby Michael Thomas BarryOn July 3, 1989, Martha Ann Johnson is arrested in Georgia for the 1982 murder of her oldest child, Jennyann Wright, after an Atlanta newspaper initiated a new investigation into her suspicious death. Johnson's three other children had...
Jul 2, 2013
The assassination of President James Garfieldby Michael Thomas BarryOn July 2, 1881, only four months into his administration, President James Garfield is shot as he walks through a railroad waiting room in Washington, D.C. His assailant, Charles J. Guiteau, was a disgruntled...
