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Crime
 Websites presented in alphabetical order 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 Dillinger, John -- 1903-1935
Public Enemy #1: Legendary Outlaw John Dillinger features a timeline, personal letters, laws inspired by the bank robber, newsreels, recommended resources, newspaper accounts, a map, and a chronology of Dillinger's final crime spree. Also provides information on Evelyn Frechette, contemporary gangsters and criminals, Matthew Leach, Melvin Purvis, women in law enforcement, the FBI, and gangster films. Online companion to PBS film of the same title, this site also contains a program transcript and teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dillinger/ Topics: Correspondence, Crime, Notable People Last updated Mar 28, 2002 Outlaws and Highwaymen: The History of the Highwaymen and Their Predecessors, the Medieval Outlaws
Songs, poems, stories, memoirs, letters, satires, sermons, and other writings from the times are used to tell about the English highwayman from the 14th through the 19th centuries. For further research, there are annotated links and an extensive bibliography. http://www.outlawsandhighwaymen.com/ Topics: Correspondence, History By Place, Literary Movements and Periods, Nonfiction by Genre, Poetry Last updated Nov 27, 2001 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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