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Murder

The Original Assassins Were a Feared Cult That Ordered Hits All Over the Middle East

How to eliminate your rivals from deep within an impregnable mountain fortress.

Stuart Denison August 9, 2016

The hotel lobby

Chicago, Illinois

Palmer House Hilton

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Los Feliz murder mansion

Los Angeles, California

Los Feliz Murder Mansion

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

Permanently Closed

A portion of the ruins. This is a photo from the rear of the manor.

Summerville, Georgia

Corpsewood Manor

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.

Partying

Discoteca Ayala

This subterranean disco dance club in a Cuban cave comes with bright lights and a dark legend.

The Grotesque 100-Year Old Wax Figures on Display in Brooklyn

Murder, anatomy, death masks, and erotic beauties in wax—a Victorian amusement comes stateside.

Michelle Enemark March 25, 2016

House of Laments

Guanajuato, Mexico

House of Laments

Kitschy horror displays now fill the house where some very real serial killing took place.

A portrait of a Ming Dynasty emperor, believed to be a depiction of Hongzhi.

This Chinese Emperor Swore Off Consorts—Possibly Because One Murdered His Mom

Sometimes being monogamous is the best thing for an empire.

Tao Tao Holmes November 21, 2022

The Modern Manhunt Began With An Arrest by Wireless Telegraph

Morse code messages and bowler hat cameras were the Twitter and cellphones of the Edwardian police chase.

Ella Morton March 2, 2016

Getting in the Minds of Murderers at London’s Hidden Crime Museum

Luke Spencer February 17, 2016

How 2 Sisters and 1 Murder Inspired 500 Songs

Natalie Zarrelli February 11, 2016

The abandoned Castelinho da Rua Apa in Sao Paulo

São Paulo, Brazil

Castelinho da Rua Apa

Striking ruins of a mansion that stood center stage in one of modern Brazil's most puzzling crimes.

FOUND: Evidence of Early Violence Between Foraging Humans

Sarah Laskow January 21, 2016

How the Oxford English Dictionary Went from Murderer's Pet Project to Internet Lexicon

Natalie Zarrelli January 11, 2016

How Often Do Cops Plant Evidence? No One Knows For Sure

Sarah Laskow January 7, 2016

How a Homeless Woman Rescued a Brazilian Murder Castle

ana mohallem December 23, 2015

The Dr. Scholer archives were given to the NYPL by his wife

Inside a Manhattan Coroner’s Grisly, Salacious Case Files

At the turn of the last century, New Yorkers found myriad unusual ways to meet a premature demise.

Luke Spencer December 17, 2015

Mapping Hollywood's Most Infamous Horror Houses

Mark Hayward October 29, 2015