In October of 1931, a 21-year-old woman by the name of Elena Milagro de Hoyos lost her battle with tuberculosis, but that didn't stop her doctor, Carl Tanzler, with his dreams of being together with her. In the process of trying to save Elena he had fallen deeply, and disturbingly in love with her. For a whole 2 years the doctor would visit her tomb, which he paid for, at … [Read more...] about The Undying Love of Dr. Carl Tanzler
History of Crime
Organized Crime in the 1920’s and Prohibition
What a time the 1920’s was, with the party atmosphere it was certainly a time of great criminal activity, with the prohibition laws in America and the world in an economic depression. The people turned more and more to criminal activity, organized criminals such as the American mobsters and European crime syndicates thrived, most common people looked upon these … [Read more...] about Organized Crime in the 1920’s and Prohibition
Sherlock Holmes – Consulting Detective
The fog is rolling in, murder is in the air, and you, as one of the Baker Street Irregulars, are out to solve the crime. … [Read more...] about Sherlock Holmes – Consulting Detective
The Complicity of Psychologists in CIA Torture
Earlier this week the Senate Intelligence Committee released the long-awaited executive summary of its 6,000-page classified report on the CIA’s brutal post-9/11 detention and interrogation program. The report provides gruesome details of the abuse that took place in several “black site” prisons – waterboarding, confinement in a coffin-sized box, threatened harm to … [Read more...] about The Complicity of Psychologists in CIA Torture
John Stege, an honest Cop who spent his life attacking Chicago mobsters and bandits
John Stege was a true Chicago rarity, an honest cop who made it to Captain. Stege spent his life attacking Chicago mobsters and bandits, but his greatest success came as a result of the murder of 26 years old County Prosecutor William McSwiggin, who had vainly prosecuted several gangsters. In April 1926, Westside gang leaders Klondike and Myles O'Donnell were … [Read more...] about John Stege, an honest Cop who spent his life attacking Chicago mobsters and bandits
