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However, there is very little information about Renczi and her crimes, because personal information (criminal history, academic records, etc.) were not cataloged as well as they are today, making some criminologists believe she was a figure of Romanian folklore, rather than an actual person. Fernando Hernández Leyva Mexico: 1982–1999: 33: 137
This list of genocides includes estimates of all deaths which were directly or indirectly caused by genocides that are recognised in significant scholarship as genocides. It excludes mass killings which have not been explicitly defined as genocidal, but called mass murder, crimes against humanity, politicide, classicide, or war crimes, such as the Thirty Years' War (4.5 to 8 million deaths ...
Murder of Fanny Adams. 1. Alton, Hampshire, England. Fanny Adams, 8, was brutally murdered, eviscerated and dismembered by Frederick Baker, a local solicitor's clerk. The murder indirectly gave rise to the working-class expression "sweet Fanny Adams" in the mid-20th century. 1946. Murder of Muriel Drinkwater. 1.
Organized crime – notable homicides involving the Italian-American organized crime syndicate or crime family based in Chicago. These include the 1929 Saint Valentine's Day Massacre and the 1977 murder of Sam Giancana. Lynchings and race riots – homicides associated with lynching and race riots. These include the 1844 Killing of Joseph Smith ...
List of unsolved murders in Australia. List of massacres in Azerbaijan. List of massacres in Bangladesh. List of journalists killed in Bangladesh. List of massacres in Belarus. List of massacres in Belgium. List of massacres in Brazil. List of massacres in Bulgaria. List of massacres in Burundi.
Pablo Escobar. Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria ( / ˈɛskəbɑːr /; Spanish: [ˈpaβlo eskoˈβaɾ]; 1 December 1949 – 2 December 1993) was a Colombian drug lord, narcoterrorist, and politician, who was the founder and sole leader of the Medellín Cartel. Dubbed "the king of cocaine", Escobar was one of the wealthiest criminals in history ...
A. List of al-Qaeda members; List of 1850s American state and local politicians convicted of crimes; List of 1870s American state and local politicians convicted of crimes
Known for. Murder victim. Elizabeth Short (July 29, 1924 – c. January 14–15, 1947), known as the Black Dahlia, was an American woman found murdered in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on January 15, 1947. Her case became highly publicized owing to the gruesome nature of the crime, which included the mutilation of ...