University of Nebraska
Gilded Age Plains City: The Great Sheedy Murder Trial
"Gilded Age Plains City: The Great Sheedy Murder Trial and the Booster Ethos of Lincoln, Nebraskaexplores the development of towns and cities on the Great Plains through the lens of a murder case in the 1890s that evolved into a...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Middle Temple Murder by J. S. Fletcher
This is the complete text of the novel The Middle Temple Murder by J. S. Fletcher.
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: Murder in Navan
The murder case of a suspicious foreigner with an accent in Navan, Ontario is profiled. During World War Two, suspicions and fear ran high everywhere. The death of a local police officer and the killing of a stranger are examined. Was he...
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Matthew Shepard Murder (Mc Kinney and Henderson) Trials (1999)
This article focuses on the murder of Matthew Shepard. Matthew Shepard was gay. Tied to the fence as we was, the sheriff allowed that it did look a bit like a crucifixion. With little more than that, a consensus quickly emerged that...
Calisphere: University of California Libraries
University of California: Calisphere: Gold Rush Era: Murder and Mayhem
A collection of primary source materials and informational text that looks at law and order in the "wild west" of California, identifying changing ethnicity in a growing population seeking gold and other resources.
PBS
Pbs: Nature: A Murder of Crows
PBS Nature provides a full length video on the study of crows. Scientists believe that crows pass on important information about danger to each other and to their young. Site also provides a photo gallery, facts on crows, and a map of...
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: The Emmett Till Murder Trial
Read the compelling story of the abduction and murder of Emmett Till, and the subsequent sham trial of his murderers. This site has accounts of what precipitated the abduction, testimony from the trial, and the shocking confession of the...
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Kirov Murder and Purges
Ibiblio.org provides this brief article about the Kirov murder.
The History Cat
The History Cat: The Murder of Emmett Till
Describes the events that led up to the murder of teenager Emmett Till and the ensuing trial that let the perpetrators go free. This verdict acted as a catalyst to propel the Civil Rights Movement forward.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Murder of the Jews of the Baltic States
Hitler's Final Solution extended into the Baltic States with mass deportation and extermination of the Jewish people. Study background information and examine primary sources such as photos, testimonies, archival footage, video lectures,...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Murder of Jews in Romania
Romania had a long history of anti-Semitism and was an ally of the Nazis. Around 400,000 Jews were killed in Romanian-controlled areas during the war. Read a summary on Romania during WWII and view primary sources such as photos,...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Murder of the Jews of Poland
3.3 million Jews lived in Poland before the German occupation. At the end of the war, only 380,000 were still alive. Read background information on the deportation of Polish Jews. Examine primary resources such as photos, testimonies,...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Murder of the Jews of the Balkans and Slovakia
The deportation of Jews from other European countries began in earnest in the summer of 1941. Read background information on Jews from Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece, and Slovakia. View primary resources such as photos, video lectures,...
PBS
Pbs: The Murder of Emmett Till: People & Events: Lynching in America
Article summarizes the impact of lynching on African Americans and the events and people related to the issue.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center Persecutors and Murderers
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the Holocaust...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Trial for Murder
"The Trial for Murder" by Charles Dickens is a ghost story combined with a murder trial. Read the full text on this site.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Murder by Anton Chekhov
The full text of the novel The Murder by Anton Chekhov. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
Open Library of the Internet Archive
Open Library: The Murdered Mother
This ebook version of American Sunday-School Union. Committee of Publication's The Murdered Mother has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be...
Library of Congress
Loc: American Treasurers: The Murder of Crispus Attucks
This Library of Congress site contains scanned images of the newspaper article of the trial of William Wemms for the murder of Crispus Attucks.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "Which Was the Murderer?" by Robert Barr
Robert Barr is known for writing crime stories with ingenious plot twists. Read the full text of "Which was the Murderer" on this site.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe
Text of the short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "My Favourite Murder" by Ambrose Bierce
Text of the short story "My Favourite Murder" by Ambrose Bierce. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Show One Journalist Risked Her Life to Hold Murderers Accountable
Christina Greer details the life of Ida B. Wells and her tireless struggle for justice.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Assassination of the President:attempted Murder of Secretary Seward
This excerpt from an 1865 newspaper, Evening Star, contains multiple accounts of the night President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of State William Seward were attacked. The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E....
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