The Vietnam veteran turned assassin in Narcos was inspired by a real person
Narcos is one of the most famous Netflix crime chronicles. The crime drama television series captures the rise of the cocaine trade in Colombia just as it happened in real…
How the Hashshashin were the most feared assassins of the ancient world
Hashshashin have gone by many namesakes and the word assassin derives from the original religious cult. They consumed hashish to create visions and assassinate Christian crusading leaders and Muslim sultans…
How people give Abraham Lincoln the last laugh at his killer
It was not an ending befitting a man of Lincoln’s personal stature. He died in a bed at the House of a local tailor, William Petersen. He didn’t die right away, instead dying the next morning after a night of labored breathing. His assassin, John …
Alleged Russian assassins claim they are simple tourists
Two men accused by London of poisoning former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter with a military-grade nerve agent have told Russia’s state-funded RT television station they visited the British city of Salisbury in March 2018 as tourists.
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