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The Deadliest Street In American History

Bloody Angle In Modern History Doyers Street today. Image Source: Nickolaus Hines. In 1989, near the end of New York City’s most violent decade, The Bloody Angle once again earned its name. This time, the fighting was between a Chinese gang called the Flying Dragons — a young gang that is largely controlled by members of the century-old Hip Sing Tong — and a Vietnamese gang called BTK (Born To Kill).

The Flayed Men And Deformities Of The Musee Fragonard

Founded in 1766, the Musée Fragonard houses the works and collections of medical artist and anatomist Honoré Fragonard. Entering Paris's Musée Fragonard.Ω mega */Flickr Left: The flayed body of a llama stands alert in a case. Right: The flayed skull of a man stands on a pedestal. Flickr The flayed head of a llama. Ω mega */Flickr The flayed head of a man, with glass eyeballs added. Flickr "

The Four Black Men Wrongly Accused In A 1949 Rape

In July 1949, Norma Padgett accused four Black men of sexually assaulting her and violent mobs quickly formed to bring her attackers to justice — destroying the lives of four innocent men.In 1949, four young Black men were accused of raping a white teenager in Florida. One of the Groveland Four was soon killed by an angry mob, while another was murdered by the county sheriff himself. The other two men spent years in prison before they were released on parole.

The Tragic Story Of Tom And Eileen Lonergan That Inspired 'Open Water'

Tom and Eileen Lonergan went on a group scuba diving trip to the Coral Sea in January 1998 — before they were accidentally abandoned and never seen again.Wikimedia CommonsThe disappearance of Tom and Eileen Lonergan later served as the inspiration for the film Open Water. On January 25, 1998, Tom and Eileen Lonergan, a married American couple, left Port Douglas, Australia by boat with a group. They were off to dive St.

The True Story Of The Brutal Murder Behind 'Alias Grace'

Did 16-year-old Grace Marks of Alias Grace fame actually help murder her employer and his lover — or was she unfairly locked away?Toronto Public LibraryGrace Marks and James McDermott One murdered pair of lovers and one supposedly murdering pair of servants dominated Canadian headlines in 1843 — and continues to fascinate countless people today. But did Grace Marks and James McDermott actually murder Thomas Kinnear and Nancy Montgomery? The truth about who actually committed this gruesome killing, recently at the heart of Netflix’s Alias Grace, may never be known for sure.