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OTD in 1939 - Charles Sberna and Salvatore Gati are executed at Sing Sing for the 1937 killing of Patrolman John Wilson. Sberna (see pic), with family ties to
#Mafia and#anarchy, is widely believed to be innocent.#crimehistory#capitalpunishment http://mafiahistory.us/wronglyexecuted/ …pic.twitter.com/FeUfSmJqgM
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He is one of the U.S.'s most infamous gangsters, and one of Alcatraz's most notorious prisoners. But, how much do you really know about Al Capone?
#CrimeHistory https://histv.co/2LI1YpF pic.twitter.com/i3GqvVZFTe
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The FBI's first big case was the Osage murders. More than two dozen members of the Osage tribe had been shot, stabbed, beaten and bombed in one of the bloodiest crime sprees in American history.
#CrimeHistory http://bit.ly/2t47DtO pic.twitter.com/NThPrff9AT
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We've strayed just over the border. Anyone guess what happened here in 1963?
#crimehistory 410562/2760 pic.twitter.com/ztYEG9E2b7
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Very happy that myself,
@asuttonvane,@Dan_Johnson19 and@lucie_wade have had our panel proposal 'Changing Perspectives of Crime and Punishment Institutions' accepted for@BritCrimeHist18! I've wanted to speak at this conference since starting my PhD.#crimehistory#publichistory -
For anyone interested in youth criminality in a German context, Dr David Meeres provides a very rich and nuanced analysis, straddling the supposed caesura of 1945. Can be read alongside
@RichardEvans36 on the meanings of crime and punishment.#crimehistory https://twitter.com/davidmeeres/status/1035804280060616705 … -
Come to my talk tomorrow at the
@IHRPublicHist for an evening of tales about 18 and 19c housebreaking, arson, infanticide, and execution! And also how all of these topics are displayed in museums today!#publichistory#crimehistory#museums https://www.history.ac.uk/events/event/16853 … -
Delighted to have been awarded some funding from the Tomlin Bequest Fund
@NauticalHistory. Looking forward to a fruitful trip to@RMGreenwich in April to research fraud and the navy#legalhistory#crimehistory -
There's only a week to go until our conference on historicising crime fiction alongside crime history. If you are around, do consider coming along to hear some of our wonderful speakers.
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Great day searching for records
@wyorksarchives with@RiponMuseums! Also looked through a book of 'notorious Leeds criminals'#crimehistory -
Woo-Hoo!!! A BIG Thank You to everybody out there!!
#CrimeInMusic hit 1000 downloads, we love you people! Thank you thank you thank you all!#truecrimepodcast#PodernFamily#crimehistory#weirdhistory#MusicHistory#podlife#MurderMystery#ThankYou Now let’s a another comma! Woopic.twitter.com/qisR9AcPB7
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Can anyone point me to a source about the percentages/ratio of male and female prisoners in
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Navy Veteran Richard Uffelman & Two Children Opened Fire & Killed Neighbors Michael & Florence Phillips in Maine; Sentenced to Life in Prison (August 29, 1989)
#CrimeHistory#FearThyNeighbor@DiscoveryIDhttps://militaryjusticeforall.com/1989/08/29/navy-veteran-richard-uffelman-two-children-opened-fire-and-killed-neighbors-michael-and-florence-phillips-in-maine-richard-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-1989/ … -
There's still some time to submit to our conference taking place in July. Shaping up to be a good one, send your abstracts to crimefictionorfact@gmail.com! Thanks to all who have sent us abstracts so far!
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Pearl Hart 'The Bandit Queen' died in Arizona on December 30, 1955, at the age of 84. Today you can take a self-guided tour of the Yuma Territorial Prison
@YumaPrison where Pearl Hart was a prisoner. See: http://bit.ly/2Tj2Lwq#YumaArizona#CrimeHistory -
Today I'm researching regional detectives who testified at the Old Bailey. Investigating officers from Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham were involved in cases of theft, forgery, fraud, murder and attempts to depose the queen.
#crimehistory#detectives#PhDpic.twitter.com/odvV0e9BiJ
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An absolutely enormous thank you to everyone who came along to our conference yesterday! It was such a wonderful day, with some great speakers and excellent discussions. There should also be some news soon, so stay tuned.
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Sharing our criminal finds is a fantastic idea and I'm sure this website will grow into a valuable resource
#genealogy#crimehistory https://twitter.com/nelldarby/status/989081919085301760 …
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Can anyone recommend any reading on the general role/significance of mens rea prior to the 19th century?
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Do you like
#dogs,#London, the#18thcentury and/or crime thrillers? Of course you do! Well then, here’s your free lunchtime reading courtesy of@LonJournal#envhist#crimehistory#animalstudies
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03058034.2018.1515391 …
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