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This Day in History: 07/08/1928 A Spiteful Son Kills Four in a Fit of Rage
Rose Booher, her son Fred, and two hired workers are all shot to death on a secluded farm in Mannville, Alberta, Canada, while the rest of the Booher family is away. Although nothing appeared to be stolen from the house and few clues were found, authorities determined that a rifle had caused the gunshot wounds. Not coincidentally, a rifle had been ( Read more... ) -
Murder Most Academic
By Theodore Dalrymple
Murder Most Academic
A British Ph.D. candidate puts “homicide studies” into practice.
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Strava
"The servants responsible for preparing the burial were killed so that they could not reveal its location. These, too, were honorable deaths, part of the strava, the Hunnic [word] for a funeral--and thanks to Priscus' account the only word of Hunnic to have survived." pg. 6, The End of Empire: Attila the Hun & the Fall of Rome
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