The murder of Sharon Tate and her friends by Charles Manson’s homicidal acolytes represents one of the most sordid and darkly fascinating crimes in American history.

In early 1944 in front of the SS headquarters building in Warsaw, Polish soldiers assassinated an unrepentant Nazi mass murderer.

Wild Bill Hickok was the original Old Western gunfighter. Like most professional purveyors of violence, he left his mark but died both young and hard.

A guy like me penning commentary on fashion would be like Chuck Schumer discussing ballistic coefficients. However, in the brutal murder of fashion icon Gianni Versace we get a peek into a particularly dark and sordid world.

Martin Bryant pled guilty and received 35 life sentences and 1,035 years in prison. He remains in solitary confinement in Hobart’s Risdon Prison today. The profound effects this one psychopath had on Australian culture will never be undone.

It appears Stephen Paddock was the ultimate unstoppable monster. Godless, soulless, emotionless, twisted, evil, and empty, Stephen Paddock was one of the most repugnant human beings ever to have drawn breath.

The Symbionese Liberation Army was an American left-wing terrorist organization that was operational on the West Coast between 1973 and 1975. It was the brainchild of an escaped convict named Donald DeFreeze. DeFreeze called himself “General Field Marshal Cinque.”

Most criminals are not the brightest bulbs in the lamp. However, the North Hollywood shootout showed the country what could happen when smart, determined, ruthless criminals fought like there was literally no tomorrow.

In Micah Xavier Johnson we see a mentally unbalanced racist killer who projected his personal failings onto white Law Enforcement Officers. His rampage resulted in a tragic loss of life among those who were present to serve and protect the very protestors who marched against them.