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Royal Malaysian Police Museum
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Royal Malaysian Police Museum

This surprising museum tells the story of modern Malaysia through the history of its law enforcement.
The bell.
London, England

St. Sepulchre's Execution Bell

On the eve of a condemned prisoner's death, this bell rang 12 times outside their cell.
D Block.
Petros, Tennessee

Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary

This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.
The historic plaque and one of the windows.
Clifton, Arizona

Clifton Cliff Jail

This Old West prison built into the side of a cliff was said to be inescapable.
Wapping Old Stairs at low tide.
London, England

Site of Execution Dock

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.
Santo Stefano prison.
Ventotene, Italy

Santo Stefano Prison

Built to be the ideal penitentiary, this abandoned panopticon saw several revolts and even a prisoners' coup.
Pietra del Vituperio.
Padua, Italy

Pietra del Vituperio (Stone of Shame)

In medieval times this small stone seat was used as a bizarre way to punish insolvent debtors.
Z Ward.
Glenside, Australia

Z Ward

A perfectly preserved abandoned criminal asylum in South Australia.
Aldbury, England

Aldbury Stocks and Whipping Post

A relic of medieval punishment marks the center of this quintessential English village.
John of Gaunt visits the King of Portugal.
politics

What It Took to Get Impeached in the 14th Century

You basically had to sell a castle to the enemy.
Sarah Laskow November 7, 2018
The marker.
London, England

Tyburn Tree Marker

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.
Hemel Hempstead, England

Snook's Grave

The eternal resting place of the last highwayman hanged in England.
The Maiden.
Edinburgh, Scotland

The Edinburgh Maiden

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.
The Halifax gibbet
Halifax, England

The Halifax Gibbet

A copy of the brutal decapitation device that predated the French Guillotine by about 200 years.
Buried rope.
crime and punishment

How Knot Analysis Can Reveal the Perpetrator of a Crime

In the field of knot forensics, half-hitches can result in convictions.
Natalie Zarrelli March 1, 2018
The pillar of shame.
Zadar, Croatia

Pillar of Shame

Now harmless, this looming post struck fear into the heart of medieval troublemakers.
Carrot and apple skin under the microscope, from <em>Forensic Plant Science</em>.
science

How a Victim’s Last Meal Can Identify a Killer

To solve crimes, two botanists identify half-digested potatoes, tomatoes, and lettuce under a microscope.
Tove Danovich December 12, 2017
A detective peers into a tearoom in 1959.
crime

The Psychic Tea Rooms of 1930s New York Didn't Predict All the Police Raids

Tea parlors were the battleground in a war against fortune telling.
Anne Ewbank December 7, 2017