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THE HORRIBLE STORY OF THE “NO GUN RI MASSACRE”
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The first month of the Korean War was chaotic and full of military failures for the South Korean army and its allied U.S. Army. The invasion came as a complete surprise and the North Korean army quickly captured Seoul and rolled southward with little opposition. American forces had been quickly…
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RAB CONCENTRATION CAMP ARBE, KAMPOR.
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In order to crush partisan resistance in Ljubljana, Fascist Italy carried out raids beginning in February 1942 and the majority of arrested civilians were sent to Rab (or Arbe in Italian). the largest concentration camp in Italian-occupied territory. Established in July 1942, the camp held 10,000-15,000 people until it was…
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Among the many episodes of horrific brutality during the Civil War, the Great Hanging at Gainesville stands out as one of the worst.
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There was considerable Unionist sentiment in North Texas following that state’s secession and widespread objection to the Confederate Conscription Act that went into effect in April 1862. Opposition to the draft led to rumors of a Unionist plot to seize state arsenals. In response to the rumors, Texas militia entered…
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Maj Gen William Tecumseh Sherman was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author.
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He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–65), for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the scorched earth policies he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate States. Sherman…
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A PAINFUL HISTORY OF HOW A TOURIST WAS K!L.LED BY THREE TIGERS IN FRONT OF HIS WIFE AND CHILD.
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One of the tigers can then be seen dragging the man away by his foot, The man was rushed to hospital in East China’s Zhejiang Province but it is unclear whether he survived the attack. A tourist k!l.led by three tigers in front of his horrified wife and child jumped…
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Stoning, or lapidation, is a method of capital punishment where a group throws stones at a person until the subject dies from blunt trauma.
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It has been attested as a form of punishment for grave misdeeds since ancient times. The Torah and Talmud prescribe stoning as punishment for a number of offenses. Over the centuries, Rabbinic Judaism developed a number of procedural constraints which made these laws practically unenforceable. Although stoning is not mentioned…
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The Brutal Killing Of Czar Nicholas Ii Of Russia And His House Hold By Revolutionist
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Starting on the night of July 16, 1918, and continuing into the next morning, Czar Nicholas II of Russia, his wife Alexandra, their five children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei, and their servants were brutally killed by the revolutionary Bolsheviks. For months beforehand, the Romanov family had been held…
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The hero of Marcel Aymé’s short story Le Passe-Muraille (The Walker through Walls)
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There’s a sculpture in the Paris catacombs created by artist Jean Marais in 1989, the sculpture known as Le Passe-Muraille portrays Dutilleul, hero of Marcel Aymé’s short story Le Passe-Muraille (The Walker through Walls) In 1943, Dutilleul discovered his ability to pass through walls, used it for mischief and crime,…
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South Carolina is bringing back firing squad.
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Three people are currently awaiting the death penalty in South Carolina. After the state passed a new law, those people will be forced to choose how they are executed. In addition to lethal injection and execution, the new law adds firing squads to the list of acceptable methods. While that…
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Eighteenth century Was Terrible.
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On Monday 12th of March 1716 William Jennings (also given as Jenkins and Atkins) was hanged at Tyburn for housebreaking. His age was reported as just 12 in a newspaper of the time, but there is no Ordinary’s report to corroborate this. Sixteen year old Thomas Smith was hanged at…