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Murder

James Hamilton's 1880s painting 'The Massacre of Glencoe'.
Stuart

Hell at Glencoe: what led to the massacre in the Scottish Highlands?

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Medieval

Q&A Did the Scottish mass-murdering cannibal Sawney Bean actually exist?

In the 16th century, Antwerp was a global centre of trade, talked about around the world. Michael Pye considers its rise and bloody fall. (Image from Getty Images)
Period

Antwerp: city of innovation & intrigue

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Michael Burleigh discusses some of history’s key political killings, from Julius Caesar to Abraham Lincoln. (Image from Getty Images)
20th Century

How assassinations have changed history

A 1628 engraving of the Spanish siege of the Dutch city of Breda
Stuart

Was James VI and I murdered?

Kate Morgan chronicles the legal history of murder, discussing the cases that shaped UK murder laws. (Image by Getty Images)
Victorian

Murder: a legal history

King John hunting on horseback, 14th century. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
Early medieval

Was King John murdered?

Dean Irwin explains the story of the 1190 anti-Semitic massacre at Clifford’s Tower in York, and how it fits into the wider story of England’s medieval Jewish population. (Image by Getty Images)
Medieval

The Clifford’s Tower massacre & medieval anti-Semitism

Peter Stothard reveals how Julius Caesar’s assassination triggered a brutal power struggle, one that would transform ancient Rome. (Image by Getty Images)
Roman

The hunt for Caesar’s killers

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A photograph of Rudolph Hoess during his trial in Warsaw in 1947. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
Second World War

Rudolf Höss & the men behind the mass murder at Auschwitz

John Bellingham Who Shot the Hon. Spencer Percival Print
Georgian

The assassination of prime minister Spencer Perceval: what happened and was it a popular murder?

John Wilkes Booth leans forward to shoot President Abraham Lincoln as he watches a play at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C, in 1865.
Victorian

Q&A What play was Abraham Lincoln watching when he was shot?

The Cato Street conspiracy
Georgian

Georgian terrorists: the Cato Street Conspiracy

Charles Manson stares out from fabric on sale in San Francisco
20th Century

The afterlife of Charles Manson

Funeral of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme
General Modern

Who killed Olof Palme?

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