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True Crime
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Capital Punishment 
 This site contains historical and current information and statistics on the death penalty in California. Includes a current list of condemned inmates, history of capital punishment in California, lethal injection procedures, and photographs of death row. Note: Includes graphic summaries of murders and other capital crimes of defendants executed since California reinstated the death sentence in 1978. From the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Reports_Research/capital.html Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Crime, Death & Dying, Mysteries and More, Social Issues Last updated Sep 30, 2007 Casebook: Jack the Ripper
An extensive collection of information on the infamous Jack the Ripper cases can be found at this searchable site. Includes victim, suspect, and police biographies; contemporary documents and news reports; scanned copies of the Ripper's letters; background on the Victorian era; a timeline; a witness chart; and much more. http://www.casebook.org/ Topics: Correspondence, Crime, History By Place, Mysteries and More, Notable People Last updated Jun 18, 2007 Crime Library
Contains hundreds of "stories on major crimes, criminals, trials, forensics and criminal profiling." Content " focus[es] mostly on recent crimes, but an expanding collection also delves into historically notorious characters, dating back to the 1400s and spanning the globe." From TruTV.com http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/ Topics: Crime, Mysteries and More, Notable People Last updated Jul 30, 2008 Elizabeth Short: Black Dahlia Case
Los Angeles Times reporter Larry Harnisch thinks he knows who murdered Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia, in January of 1947. Harnisch provides what he calls new evidence which may end the mystery surrounding one of Los Angeles' most notorious unsolved crimes. There are no graphic crime scene photos here, but there are several images of documentary evidence to examine. http://www.lmharnisch.com/ Topics: Crime, Mysteries and More Last updated May 23, 2003 Famous American Trials: The My Lai Courts-Martial, 1970
Provides a history of "the massacre by United States soldiers of as many as 500 unarmed civilians — old men, women, children — in My Lai on the morning of March 16,1968 [in Vietnam] ... [and] the cover-up of that massacre." Features a chronology, maps, biographies, essays, opinion polls, discussion questions, images, bibliography, and related links. From a law professor at University of Missouri, Kansas City. http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mylai/mylai.htm Topics: Crime, Judicial Process, Mysteries and More, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Sep 4, 2007 Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore
Devoted to "one of the forerunners of the civil rights movement in America," who "did groundbreaking work in Florida [during the 1930s and 40s] in registering African American voters, investigating lynchings and police brutality, and fighting for equal education for blacks and whites." Includes letters from the NAACP organizer, a timeline (1896-1968), teacher's guide, interactive map, comments on Moore's legacy, and investigations of his unsolved murder. Online companion to PBS documentary of same title. http://www.pbs.org/harrymoore/ Topics: Black Resources, Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Correspondence, Mysteries and More, Notable People, Social Issues Last updated Oct 1, 2004 A Historical Investigation into the Past: Lizzie Borden/ Fall River Case Study
Contains "late nineteenth century primary source materials from the Lizzie Borden axe murder trial and from Fall River, Massachusetts." Includes photographs, illustrations, census data, maps, newspaper clippings, Borden family documents (land purchases and sales, wills, credit ratings, a family tree), and transcriptions of Edmund Pearson's "Trial of Lizzie Borden" (1937) and Edwin H. Porter's "The Fall River Tragedy: A History of the Borden Murders" (1893). From the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. http://ccbit.cs.umass.edu/lizzie/ Topics: Consumer Research & Advocacy, Crime, Geography, History, Mysteries and More, Photograph Collections: Nature & Wildlife, U.S. History By Place, Water Last updated Jun 24, 2003 The History of the Metropolitan Police
Includes a timeline history (1829 to the present) of the London police force; a list of officers killed in the line of duty; a brief definition and history of policing; and information on the Service's archives, the Crime Museum at Scotland Yard, and famous cases (Jack the Ripper, Brighton Trunk Murders, Dr. Crippen, Cecil Court Antique Shop Murder, Brides in the Bath murders). From the Metropolitan Police site. http://www.met.police.uk/history/ Topics: Crime, Government, History By Place, Law, Mysteries and More Last updated Oct 20, 2005 Jack Hamann, Rewriting History in "American Soil"
This companion to a National Public Radio (NPR) program features the text of the first chapter of "On American Soil." Using declassified evidence, Hamann revisits the hanging of an Italian prisoner of war near a U.S. Army base in Washington state and the subsequent court martial of African American soldiers charged with the assault. Includes links to background information, a timeline, and an interview with the author. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4659346 Topics: Activism, Black Resources, Crime, Military, Mysteries and More, U.S. History By Place, Wars & Conflicts Last updated May 26, 2005 Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Earl of Bothwell
This article looks at Mary, Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart), "the role of Mary's lover, the Earl of Bothwell, and the web of intrigue that surrounds ... [the] 16th-century murder mystery" in which "Lord Darnley, the husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, was murdered" in 1567. Includes a brief bibliography and links to related information about Mary, Queen of Scots, and Scottish monarchy and history. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/tudors/mary_queenscots_bothwell_01.shtml Topics: Heads of State, History By Place, Mysteries and More, Notable People: Government, Notable People: Women Last updated Jul 28, 2006 Murder at Harvard
Companion site to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) American Experience program on "one of the most notorious American crimes of the 19th century," involving the disappearance of a prominent Harvard physician and the events leading up to the trial for his murder. Includes a program transcript, brief timeline of Western medical history, image gallery of medical instruments and teaching aids from the 19th century, a teacher's guide, and related features. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/murder/ Topics: Crime, Judicial Process, Mysteries and More Last updated Apr 22, 2004 Murder in the Name of War: My Lai
Five-part series from 1998 on the My Lai massacre, which took place on the morning of March 16, 1968; it "was a watershed in the history of modern American combat, and a turning point in the public perception of the Vietnam War." Includes a video clip of a soldier's experience in the massacre. Some dead links in "Internet Links" section. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/64344.stm Topics: Mysteries and More, United States History, Wars & Conflicts, Water Last updated Sep 9, 2009 The Murder of Emmett Till
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) American Experience program about the 1955 murder of a northern black teenager after he whistled at a white woman in Mississippi. "Till's death was a spark that helped mobilize the civil rights movement." The site features a timeline, information about people and events (such as lynching in the United States), and related material. Also includes a transcript, teacher's guide, a bibliography, and links to related sites. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/till/ Topics: Black Resources, Crime, Judicial Process, Mysteries and More, Social Issues Last updated Jun 15, 2005 Who Killed William Robinson?
"William Robinson was a real person, a Black American who was murdered on Salt Spring Island in the British Colony of British Columbia in 1868." The site examines the case against Tshuanahusset, the local man accused of killing Robinson and two others, allowing users to evaluate the case using letters and diaries, biographies, photographs, maps, and newspaper articles; information about the settlers; and a discussion of how the justice system of the 1860s treated aboriginals. http://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/robinson/indexen.html Topics: Correspondence, Crime, History By Place, Judicial Process, Mysteries and More, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Apr 16, 2007 |
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