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In 19th-century Edinburgh, William Burke and William Hare found a gruesome way to profit from the booming demand for medical cadavers. Rather than rob graves like other “resurrectionists” of the time, they took it further—murdering at least 16 people and selling the fresh corpses to an eager anatomy professor. What began as a quick scheme spiralled into one of the most notorious true crime stories in history, exposing the dark underbelly of science, greed, and moral decay in the age of enlightenment.

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The Babington Plot was a deadly game of spies, secrets, and betrayal in the court of Elizabeth I. In 1586, young Catholic nobleman Anthony Babington conspired to assassinate the Protestant queen and place Mary, Queen of Scots, on the throne. But he walked straight into the trap of Elizabeth’s ruthless spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham. What followed was one of history’s first modern intelligence operations—complete with forged letters, double agents, and coded messages—and it sealed Mary’s fate. Tudor espionage didn’t just shape a kingdom; it built the blueprint for all spycraft to come.

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Big Nose George Parrott was a train robber, outlaw, and all-around menace in the American Wild West. But after his capture and lynching in 1881, his story took a gruesome turn: a local doctor used George’s skin to make a pair of shoes and a medical bag. The shoes were worn in public—and still exist today. It’s a real tale of crime, frontier justice, and one of the most macabre post-mortem punishments in history.

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Michael Rockerfeller was the son of New York Governor and future U.S. Vice President Nelson Rockefeller—an heir to one of America’s richest dynasties. But in 1961, while collecting tribal art in remote Papua New Guinea, Michael vanished without a trace after his boat capsized. Official reports claimed he drowned, but rumours of cannibalism, tribal justice, and a government cover-up swirled for decades. His disappearance remains one of the most haunting unsolved mysteries of the 20th century—a collision of privilege, colonial legacy, and a world far from home.

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Cropsey is the chilling urban legend that came to life on Staten Island, New York. For decades, kids whispered about a boogeyman who snatched children and lived in the shadows of the abandoned Willowbrook State School. But in the 1980s, the legend collided with reality when a convicted sex offender named Andre Rand was linked to the real-life disappearances of several local children. Cropsey isn’t just a campfire tale—it’s a haunting mix of myth, mystery, and true crime that continues to unsettle to this day.

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