On June 1, 1866, over 1,000 Irish-Americans, known as the Fenians, invaded Canada from Buffalo, New York. It was part of an audacious scheme to seize Canada and use it as a bargaining chip for Irish independence.
Is it possible to commit a perfect crime? In 1924, two gifted teenagers, Leopold and Loeb, tried to prove they could, with horrific results.
What would you do if you were wrongly convicted of a crime? What if you were wrongly convicted twice? For Alfred Dreyfus, this was not a hypothetical situation.
Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin left his house one night to help an injured worker. He was never seen again. The crime captivated the nation.
German philosopher and socialist Karl Marx had a profound impact on history, sociology, politics, and economics. His ideas and his writings, particularly The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital, would inspire revolutions throughout the 20th century.
On May 19, 1536, the citizens of London gathered around a scaffold at the Tower of London, where the swift chop of a sword brought an end to the life of Anne Boleyn, the second of King Henry VIII’s six wives. Her crime? Failure to bear a son.
March marks the annual immersion into Irish culture—sipping on beer, sporting shades of green, and eating corned beef and cabbage dinner. Let’s leverage HeinOnline’s World Trials Library to unlock a notorious murder trial from Ireland.
On May 5, 1925, Tennessee high school teacher John Scopes was charged with the crime of teaching his students about the science of human evolution. The Scopes Monkey Trial, as it came to be known, was a national spectacle, and continues to influence First Amendment interpretation today.
On August 4, 1892, a horrifying event occurred in the Borden home, chilling Fall River, Massachusetts. Daughter Lizzie Borden discovered her parents’ lifeless bodies. Did she stumble upon the nightmare or craft it herself?
In the dim and musty confines of a factory basement, the lifeless body of Mary Phagan, was stumbled upon by a lone night watchman. Let’s venture into the annals of history using the World Trials Library and unearth the secrets to this crime.
