In early Modern Europe, suicide was a sin to be punished with eternal damnation. Some women found an awful workaround: committing murder.

Five centuries later, we’re still not sure whether Robsart, wife of Robert Dudley, fell accidentally, was pushed, or threw herself down the stairs to her death.

Tracking down the killer appeal of the hit show Only Murders in the Building.

The first trial to use forensic toxicology electrified France in 1840 with the tale of a bad marriage and poisoned innards.

In 1880s London, an anti-prostitution campaign, anti-immigration feelings, and a deep class divide set the scene for the Jack the Ripper media frenzy.

Lizzie Borden’s father and stepmother were brutally murdered, possibly by Lizzie herself, in August 1892. Why are we still dissecting the crime?

The murder of Dr. George Parkman on the campus of Harvard College was one of the most famous crimes in nineteenth century America.

The obituary of noted botanist George R. Proctor reveals a surprising story.