History Dweebs - A look at True Crime, Murders, Serial Killers and the Darkside of History

On March 26, 1997 39 members of the Heaven's Gate cult, known as "The Crew" committed mass suicide, believing their souls would be transported to a spaceship trailing the Hale-Bopp comet.

 

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In the 1950s, Janis Joplin grew up as a outcast in the small, conservative town of Port Author, Texas. Leaving her home town behind, Janis would go on to become a Rock and Roll Icon by the age of 25.  By the time Janis was 27, she was dead of a heroin overdose.

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The Romanov dynasty ruled Russia for 300 years. But In March 1917, revolution broke out on the streets of St. Petersburg and Tsar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate his throne. The Royal family was at first placed under house arrest.  The Bolsheviks, fearing the Tsar supporters may try to reinstall the monarchy, sentenced the Royal family to death. On July 16, 1917 The Tsar, his wife and their five children were brutally murdered. 

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The Altamont Speedway Free Festival was a counterculture-era rock concert held on Saturday, December 6, 1969, at the Altamont Speedway in northern-western California. The free concert featured The Rolling Stones, The Grateful Dead, Santna and Jefferson Airplane.  The Hell's Angels were hired to provide security. To the shock of the promoters, more than 300,000 people showed up. There were violent confrontations between The Hell's Angels and the fans leading to the death of 18 year old Meredith Hunter.

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On February 18, 1916 Father Hans B. Schmidt became the only priest in U.S. History to die in the electric chair.

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In 1932, a group of New York criminals decided to make a little money by taking out multiple life insurance policies on a homeless man and then have him killed.  The problem was he just wouldn't die. 

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It took Carl Tanzler 53 years to finally find the love of his life. He wasn't about to let something, as minor as her death, stand in the way of his happiness.

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In 1964, six young women were brutally murdered on London's westside. Although police have interviewed 7,000 suspects, the killer remains at large. 

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The investigation, arrest, trial and conviction of Charile Manson and his "Family"

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On Aug. 9 and 10, 1969, two sets of grisly murders took place in Los Angeles, leaving nine people dead and a city on edge.

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