The context of how Kennicott’s body was discovered was also important. Strychnine poisoning can cause muscle spasms, yet Kennicott was found on top of undisturbed dirt. Had he gone into spasms, the ...

A new book published Thursday - 'Buried Alive' by A.J. Griffiths-Jones - dives into spine-chilling cases of people who were ...

Our subject today is death and classical music. There’s a story, Jay Capperauld tells me, about Anton Bruckner that is frankly rather morbid.

Richard III has long stood accused of murdering his nephews in 1483, but some experts doubt it. A new piece of evidence has ...

A 12-year-old boy from Co Donegal murdered in the Omagh bomb had his life taken in the "most evil and barbaric fashion", his ...

Pictured is the Shrine of Saint Valentine in Whitefriar Street Church in Dublin. Saint Valentine, a priest in ancient Rome, ...

Vampire panics occasionally seized Europe and North America. Some old graves feature iron stakes through hearts, ...

Jurors in 2022 awarded $1.1 million for the father of Frankie Kerrigan and $400,000 for his sister. A body found in Fountain Valley had been misidentified as Kerrigan.

A state appeals court Monday affirmed a lower court’s ruling ordering a new trial and overturning a $1.5 million jury verdict for a father and sister who were wrongly told by Orange County Sheriff’s ...

He died soon afterwards, and his body was so radioactive that when his lead coffin was exhumed decades later, the remains still brought out a crazed chatter from the Geiger counter. Radithor was ...

At handing over of exhumed remains justice minister says he hopes racist tendencies deterred by coffin case Address by the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Michael Masutha, MP, (Adv) on ...