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St. Joseph, Missouri
Jesse James Home Museum
The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.
Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
Cave-In-Rock
River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.
New York, New York
The Mulberry Bend
During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.
Brooklyn, New York
The Old Headquarters of Murder, Inc.
This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.
Batavia, New York
Morgan Monument
A towering cemetery monument honors a man who threatened to expose the Freemasons and paid with his life.
Villisca, Iowa
Villisca Axe Murder House
This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.
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Morbid Monday: The Man Who Dissolved His Wife
Trois-Rivières, Québec
Old Prison of Trois-Rivières
This historic Canadian jail was once the longest operating prison in the country and is now open for people to incarcerate themselves.
Indianapolis, Indiana
John Dillinger's Grave
The body of one of the world's most famous outlaws is covered in cement and iron to prevent it from being stolen.
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Morbid Monday: Hazardous Dr. Hazzard, Whose Cure Was Starvation
Los Angeles, California
Stay On Main Hotel
This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.
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The Library That Put Readers in Cages
New York, New York
Harry Jenning's Rat Pit of the Five Points
This humble historic facade hides a history of boozing and the gentlemanly sport of rat-fighting.
Gibsland, Louisiana
Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum
The Louisiana sandwich shop that served Bonnie and Clyde's last meal is a museum that chronicles the criminal couple and honors the Bienville Parish lawmen who stopped their crime spree in an ambush.
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Downieville, California
Craycroft Building
Downieville's largest Gold Rush structure still standing has one of the longest bars in California.
Bath Township, Michigan
Bath School Massacre Memorial
A park and memorial dedicated to the victims of the deadliest school massacre in American history.
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The Femme Fatale Whose Tragic End Festers in the History of Rome
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80 Years Later, Retracing the Real Life of Bonnie and Clyde
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