29 July

Bishop Malestroit publishes the findings of his inquiry into the rumours of missing children.

Gilles de Rais Executed

A Marshal of France who fought beside Joan of Arc was hanged at Nantes in 1440 for murdering children. Can his confession be trusted?

Stede Bonnet is christened in Christ Church parish, Barbados.

Stede Bonnet Executed

A rich Barbados planter bought a ship, hired a crew and went pirating in 1717. Eighteen months later Charles Town hanged him, despite his pleas.

On appeal the sentence is cut to seven months and eight days.

Mona Lisa theft Convicted

In 1911 a glazier walked out of the Louvre with Leonardo's portrait. It was gone 28 months, and the empty wall made it the world's most famous painting.

Elizabeth Short is born in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston.

Black Dahlia Unsolved

Elizabeth Short, 22, was murdered in Los Angeles in January 1947. Hundreds confessed, dozens were suspected, and no one was ever charged.