SinisterCrimes

On this day

18 November

  1. 1720

    Rackham is hanged at Port Royal.

    Anne Bonny and Mary Read Convicted

    Two women sailed with John Rackham for barely two months in 1720. Their trial in Jamaica is the solid record; almost everything else is later legend.

  2. 1876

    The three Younger brothers, having pleaded guilty, are sentenced to life in the state prison at Stillwater.

    Jesse James Killed before trial

    Northfield's townspeople broke the James-Younger gang in seven minutes in 1876. Six years later a new recruit shot Jesse James in his own parlour.