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The case of R v Dudley and Stephens (1884) is an English case which dealt with four crew members of an English yacht, the Mignonette, who were cast away in a storm some 1,600 miles (2,600 km) from the Cape of Good Hope. After several days, one of the crew, a 17-year-old cabin boy, fell unconscious due to a combination of starvation and drinking ...
Missing soap dispenser at a Texas public school on September 20, 2021, as a result from a "devious lick". A devious lick [a] (also known as a diabolical lick, [4] dastardly lick, or nefarious lick, [5] amongst other names) was a challenge in which North American middle school and high school students posted videos of themselves stealing, vandalizing, or showing off one or more items they stole ...
The Kern County child abuse cases are a notable example of day-care sex-abuse hysteria of the 1980s. [116] The cases involved claims that a pedophile sex ring performed Satanic ritual abuse: as many as 60 young children testified they had been abused. At least 36 people were convicted and most of them spent years imprisoned. 34 convictions were ...
Image credits: National Geographic #5. The 'Spanish Flu' actually likely got its start in Kansas, USA. It's only called the Spanish Flu because most countries involved in WWI had a near-universal ...
Patibular forks on a hill, after 1480. A patibular fork was a gallows that consisted of two or more columns of stone, with a horizontal beam of wood resting on top. Placed high and visible from the main public thoroughfare, it signalled the seat of high justice, the number of stone columns indicating the holder's title.
These are lists of poisonings, deliberate and accidental, in chronological order by the date of death of the victim(s).They include mass poisonings, confirmed attempted poisonings, suicides, fictional poisonings and people who are known or suspected to have killed multiple people.
The case was first studied in 1909. It has been the subject of several scholarly writings that have considered different aspects of the trial. One study from 1976 noted the charges changed mid-trial from sorcery to diabolical witchcraft. [3] Another study published in 1989 explored details about the backgrounds of the accused.
Aug. 12—Oklahoma State Capitol has recently completed a multi-million-dollar restoration bringing the building beyond the splendor of its past. Manhattan Construction Company, which in its early ...