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Criminals
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Casebook: Jack the Ripper 
 An extensive collection of information on the infamous Jack the Ripper cases can be found at this searchable site. Includes victim, suspect, and police biographies; contemporary documents and news reports; scanned copies of the Ripper's letters; background on the Victorian era; a timeline; a witness chart; and much more. http://www.casebook.org/ Topics: Correspondence, Crime, History By Place, Mysteries and More, Notable People Last updated Jun 18, 2007 Charles Manson and the Manson Family
Contains biographical information on the cult leader, an overview of the 1969 California "Helter Skelter" murders, information on the subsequent investigation and trial, updates on members of "the family" (including Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, "convicted of attempting to assassinate President Gerald L. Ford in 1975"), and bibliography. From Courtroom Television Network's Crime Library site, a collection of hundreds of "nonfiction feature stories on major crimes, criminals, trials, forensics and criminal profiling by prominent writers." http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/manson/murder_1.html Topics: Crime, Notable People, Presidents by Name, Religion Last updated Jul 30, 2008 Crime Library
Contains hundreds of "stories on major crimes, criminals, trials, forensics and criminal profiling." Content " focus[es] mostly on recent crimes, but an expanding collection also delves into historically notorious characters, dating back to the 1400s and spanning the globe." From TruTV.com http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/ Topics: Crime, Mysteries and More, Notable People Last updated Jul 30, 2008 Dillinger, John -- 1903-1935
Public Enemy #1: Legendary Outlaw John Dillinger features a timeline, personal letters, laws inspired by the bank robber, newsreels, recommended resources, newspaper accounts, a map, and a chronology of Dillinger's final crime spree. Also provides information on Evelyn Frechette, contemporary gangsters and criminals, Matthew Leach, Melvin Purvis, women in law enforcement, the FBI, and gangster films. Online companion to PBS film of the same title, this site also contains a program transcript and teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dillinger/ Topics: Correspondence, Crime, Notable People Last updated Mar 28, 2002 The FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives
Official information from the FBI about its ten most wanted fugitives. Profiles of the fugitives include photos, descriptions, aliases, and reward details. Some profiles available in languages other than English. http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/fugitives/fugitives.htm Topics: Crime, Notable People, Social Issues Last updated Mar 22, 2006 Investigating Sierra Leone
Companion site to an American RadioWorks program investigating the indictment by the "UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone [of] Charles Taylor, the president of Liberia, for crimes allegedly committed during the civil war in neighboring Sierra Leone." Includes a transcript and audio clip of the program, profiles of Taylor and others who have been indicted by the court, a glossary, and related links. http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/sierra_leone_trial/ Topics: Crime, Military, Notable People, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Apr 5, 2004 The Manson Myth
This 2004 article considers the myth of Charles Manson as "the possessor of a charisma and sexual magnetism so extraordinary that he ruled a 'Family' of fanatically devoted followers willing to kill at his command." The article concludes that "the real life Charles Manson was not some charismatic leader gone bad, but a pathetic figure from the very beginning." From Crime Magazine. http://crimemagazine.com/04/manson,1212.htm Topics: Crime, Notable People Last updated Aug 2, 2007 NARA Interagency Working Group: The Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group
In 1999 "in accordance with the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act ... President Clinton established the Nazi War Criminal Records Interagency Working Group (IWG). The group is ... directed to locate, inventory, recommend for declassification, and make available all classified Nazi war criminal records ... to the public." This site provides extensive finding aids to documents from various government agencies, bibliographies, glossaries, Holocaust timelines, and related documents. From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). http://archives.gov/iwg/ Topics: Crime, Military, Notable People, World War II Last updated Jun 1, 2006 |
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