Infamous Crimes – The Jonestown Massacre – Saul Roth

Image Credit: Nancy Wong, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Saul Roth The Jonestown Massacre was a mass suicide and murder that occurred on November 18, 1978 in the jungle settlement of Jonestown, Guyana. The settlement, which was established and led by Jim...

Infamous Crimes – The 1981 Brinks Robbery – Saul Roth

Image Credit: GeorgHH, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Saul Roth In the early morning hours of October 20th, 1981, approximately 20 masked men charged through the front doors of a Brinks truck depot on Chestnut Street in Rochester, New York. The group,...

Infamous Crimes – The Black Dahlia Murder – Saul Roth

Image Credit: SaulRoth.net By Saul Roth On January 15th, 1947, the mutilated body of a young woman was found in an empty lot in Los Angeles. The woman was later identified as Elizabeth Short, and she had been brutally murdered. Despite the best efforts of the police,...

Infamous Crimes – Escape From Alcatraz – Saul Roth

Image Credit: SaulRoth.net By Saul Roth On the night of June 11, 1962, three prisoners, John Anglin, Clarence Anglin, and Frank Morris, escaped from the maximum security prison at Alcatraz. It remains one of the most daring, innovative, and successful escapes in all...