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Alexander Pearce was an Irish convict and thief who was sentenced to seven years of hard labor on Sarah Island, the Macquarie Harbour on the West Coast of Tasmania in March 1822. Shortly after his arrival, Pearce and seven other inmates escaped and became fugitives. Pearce later confessed to killing
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YouTube nearly banned my account after I uploaded a video I produced called the Beautiful Suicide of Evelyn McHale. If you haven’t heard the story, I recommend you at least looking at the famous photo surrounding it. Anyway, the Gods of YouTube apparently have a firm stance against self-destruction
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Trace the grim history of the guillotine in France, exploring the tales and final moments of those who met their end by the infamous blade.
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Belle’s Inferno Joe Maxson knew how lucky he was to be alive, and had he not fixed that second bedroom window just two weeks before… well, he’d be a dead man right now. Death came dangerously close in the wee hours of April 28, 1908, bringing along the