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7 cze 2024 · The following is a look at a handful of the most infamous murder cases in recent American history. Some of the killers have been caught, tried, and punished. Other cases remain open and may never be solved.
- Ted Bundy
In the first series on Ted Bundy we covered his volatile...
- Famous Criminals' Last Words
The final things spoken by famous criminals, ... Science,...
- The Zodiac Killer: Unsolved
The Visionary - Usually psychotic, the visionary is...
- Keddie Cabin Murder Case
On April 11, 1981, 36-year-old Glenna "Sue" Sharp, her...
- The Most Notorious Serial Killers in History
Born in 1560 in Hungary, Countess Elizabeth Bathory has been...
- Bonny Lee Bakley Murder
Bonny Lee Bakley was not a good girl. She was a con artist...
- John Gacy, Polo The Clown
John Wayne Gacy was convicted of the torture, rape, and...
- The BTK Strangler
From 1990 until his arrest in 2005, Rader was a supervisor...
- Ted Bundy
Welcome to Famous Trials, the Web’s largest and most visited collection of original essays, trial transcripts and exhibits, maps, images, and other materials relating to the greatest trials in world history.
More than once such events have been excitedly referred to as "the trial of the century!" But which one really steals the scene? Here, Britannica profiles 10 significant, scandalous, or sensational trials in history. This list was adapted from a post that originally appeared on the Britannica Blog.
9 lip 2023 · From the assassination of Gianni Versace in front of his Miami mansion to JonBenét Ramsey's unsolved killing, explore some of the most famous murder cases in history. Some deaths stick with us. Some lives are extinguished in such strange and horrifying ways that they haunt us for years.
23 cze 2022 · Unlike the grisly murder cases that precede it in our list, we include the trial of Adolf Eichmann because of its irrefutable historic importance – in many ways it really was a century-defining trial.
26 wrz 2018 · From cannibalism to carbolic smoke balls, these are some of the fascinating cases that have made the law of England and Wales what it is today.
5 wrz 2023 · These famous court cases, which frequently feature high stakes, heated discussions, and significant repercussions, by different courts including the Supreme Court have been crucial in forming legal history.