Criminology
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Matriarchs of the Macabre: Women in Occult Crimes Throughout History
Throughout history, women in occult practices have been perceived as wielders of esoteric power or dangerous deviants challenging social norms.…
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The Hellish Reign of Pope John XII: Vice, Violence, and Veneration
At eighteen, Pope John XII turned the Vatican into a center of vice, conducting pagan rituals, sexually abusing nuns, committing…
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Catherine Monvoisin (La Voisin): The Sorceress Behind the Shadows of the Sun King
La Voisin’s influence exposed the dark side of Louis XIV’s court, where ambition drove the elite to poison and dark…
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The Affair of the Poisons: Murder and Black Magic in Louis XIV’s Court
The Affair of the Poisons exposed a macabre underworld in Louis XIV’s court, where an aristocracy obsessed with power turned…
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The Black Widow of Victorian England: Mary Ann Cotton’s Reign of Arsenic Killings
Mary Ann Cotton shattered Victorian ideals of femininity and domesticity, using poisoning to turn household trust into a tool of…
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Delphine LaLaurie: Cruelty Behind the Facade of Southern Elegance
Delphine LaLaurie epitomized Southern sophistication, charming New Orleans’ elite with her elegance while secretly harboring darker, abusive tendencies. Behind her…
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The Blood Countess: Unveiling the Gothic Horrors of Elizabeth Báthory’s Reign
Elizabeth Báthory, the “Blood Countess,” is a historical figure whose reputation as a symbol of gothic horror is intertwined with…
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Gilles de Rais: From Heroic Marshal to Gothic Monster—A Descent into Darkness
A tragic tale of heroism turned horror—Discover how Gilles de Rais, once a trusted military leader, became one of France’s…
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The Supernatural Trials Concerning the Witchcraft Act, 1735
The Act of 1735 has been persistently misrepresented as a survival of medieval superstition and a measure designed for the…
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Criminal Queens: Foucault’s Royal Genealogies
In what ways do Victorian’s project negative images about Victoria through their representations of shadow queens?
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Jesse Strang and the Cherry Hill Murder
Given the more or less immutable traits of human nature, including our innate potential for violently antisocial behaviour, it is…
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Bloody Serial Killers of History’s Worst Murder Sprees
This article discusses how serial killers do not resemble those we see in cinema or literary works. In truth, the…
