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Weehawken, New Jersey

Weehawken Dueling Grounds

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.
insects

How to Hire a Bug as a Contract Killer

They have to be quarantined first, to make sure they won't go rogue.
Sarah Laskow June 24, 2016
nature

Watch This Assassin Bug Take Down an Unsuspecting Caterpillar Twice Its Size

The poor guy didn't stand a chance.
David Doochin June 20, 2016
Letelier-Moffitt Monument
Washington, D.C.

Letelier-Moffitt Monument

A diminutive memorial marks the site of a successful assassination by a right-wing death squad in America's capital.
crime and punishment

The Unsolved Case of the Attempted Assassination of Pope John Paul II

Matthew Blitz September 21, 2015
Georg Elser Plaque
Munich, Germany

Georg Elser Plaque

A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.
The murder scene as rendered in 2001
Paris, France

Jean-Paul Marat's Bathtub at Musée Grévin

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.
death

The Many Faces of La Flaca

Sarah Laskow June 24, 2015
abraham lincoln

In the 19th Century, No One Wanted to Believe a Woman Could Have Helped Kill Lincoln

Sarah Laskow June 17, 2015
Mary Surratt's house
Washington, D.C.

The Mary Surratt Boarding House

The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.
spies

Israeli Assassin Sylvia Rafael Never Meant to Be Famous

Sarah Laskow June 10, 2015
cults

A 45-Year-Old Mom and a Manson Girl Both Tried to Kill Gerald Ford

Sarah Laskow June 3, 2015
Buffalo, New York

William McKinley Assassination Plaque

The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.
London, England

Spencer Perceval Memorial

A place of remembrance for the Prime Minister that met a violent end.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Museum of the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

The place where World War I began.