SinisterCrimes

On this day

23 September

  1. 1901

    Czolgosz's trial opens in Buffalo.

    McKinley Assassination Executed

    Buffalo, 1901: a young anarchist hides a revolver under a handkerchief in the president's receiving line. Eight days later McKinley is dead.

  2. 1943

    She is arrested for underage drinking in Santa Barbara, leaving fingerprints on federal file.

    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.