Today in True Crime

On this date in 1974, US President Gerald Ford pardoned his predecessor Richard Nixon for all crimes committed while in office, ensuring that he would not be prosecuted for his role in the Watergate scandal.

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On this day in 1996, Tupac Shakur was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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On this day in 2006, fifty-one-year-old Susan Kuhnhausen was forced to do the unthinkable: she killed a man in self-defense. However, it wasn’t a would-be thief or potential rapist that she killed. Instead, it was a hitman... sent by her own husband.

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On this day in 1930, serial Killer Carl Panzram was executed at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary for the murder of laundry foreman Robert Warnke.

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On this day in 1977, a violent, years-long conflict between two rival gangs in San Francisco’s Chinatown culminated in one of the bloodiest shootouts the city had ever seen – The Golden Dragon Massacre.

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On this day in 2012, cocaine queenpin Griselda Blanco was gunned down in her hometown of Medellin, Colombia.

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On this day in 1946, Dan White, future murderer of Harvey Milk and George Moscone, was born.

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On this day in 1981, Eric Witte shoots his father, Paul Witte in the family home at his mother's orders.

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On this day in 1888, Jack the Ripper killed his first victim, Mary Ann Nichols.

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On this day in 1850, Harvard Professor Dr. John W. Webster was executed for murdering a member of Boston's upper class.

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