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A 1938 crime novel by Agatha Christie featuring Hercule Poirot, set in Jerusalem and Petra. The novel involves a family of stepchildren who are suspected of murdering their tyrannical stepmother, but the real killer is a former prison warden who wants to torture her.
Rumex obtusifolius, also known as bitter dock, broad-leaved dock, or butter dock, is a perennial plant in the family Polygonaceae. It is native to Europe, but invasive in many temperate regions, and has various uses and properties.
Ikejime or ikijime is a Japanese technique of inserting a spike into the fish's brain to cause immediate brain death and prevent muscle movement. It is considered the fastest and most humane way of killing fish, and produces better quality and flavour of fish meat.
A well deck is a lower deck with breaks in the main deck profile, or a hangar-like structure for amphibious vessels. Learn about the origins, evolution and applications of well decks in traditional and modern nautical use.
The Bombay explosion (or Bombay docks explosion) occurred on 14 April 1944, in the Victoria Dock of Bombay, British India (now Mumbai, India) when the British freighter SS Fort Stikine caught fire and was destroyed in two giant blasts, scattering debris, sinking surrounding ships and setting fire to the area, killing around 800 to 1,300 people. [1]
This web page shows all known serial killers from the 20th century to present day by number of victims, then possible victims, then date. It also provides categories, notes, and references for each serial killer, and excludes mass murderers, spree killers, and war criminals.
James Bulger was a two-year-old boy who was abducted, tortured, and killed by Robert Thompson and Jon Venables, two 10-year-old boys, in Liverpool, England. The case sparked a national debate on how to deal with young offenders and led to the boys' imprisonment and release.
Westley Allan Dodd was an American serial killer and sex offender who murdered three boys in Vancouver, Washington, in 1989. He was executed by hanging in 1993, the first legal hanging in the US since 1965.