Today in True Crime

A 32-year-old bricklayer mortally wounded Anton Cermak, the Mayor of Chicago, at a rally — though his intended target was President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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Indigenous Purépechan monarch Tangaxuan II was burned at the stake by Spanish conquistador Nuño de Guzmán.

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French authorities arrested a sex worker known as Mata Hari in Paris, believing she was a spy for Germany during World War I.

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Fifty minutes into a routine faculty meeting, assistant professor Amy Bishop opened fire on her colleagues. 

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Driven by paranoia and rage, small-time drug dealer Maksim Gelman killed four people and injured five more.

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The LAPD posted a $1 million reward for information on an ex-cop whose revenge-fueled shooting spree claimed four lives. Guest hosted by Lanie Hobbs from Crimes of Passion, a Spotify Original from Parcast. 

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While preparing for a hotel rendezvous with a man he met online, David Messerschmitt was instead accosted by a woman and stabbed to death.

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A crowd of people gathered to witness the execution of the one-time Queen of Scotland and France.

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The Greek cargo ship and its crew of 21 Filipino sailors were held captive for eight months as Somali pirates negotiated for ransom.

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The Italian noblewoman was later convicted in the murder of her abusive father, and sentenced to death by Pope Clement VIII.

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