John D. Lee and the Mountain Meadows Mess
A wagon train from Arkansas was slaughtered in Utah in 1857, and one man later took the fall while the rest looked a bit shifty.Read More 
When Baltimore Lost Its Temper Over The Trains
A strike spread like bad gossip, a city filled with smoke, and men who usually mind their own business decided to behave like absolute scenes.Read More 
Mollie Maguires and the Coalfield Shadows
An undercover Pinkerton, a violent secret society of miners, and a valley that could not stop talking about who was guilty.Read More 
Dolly's Brae: A Parade That Lost Its Mind
On July 12 1849 a Twelfth march into a narrow glen turned into a bloody scrap that left County Down counting the cost.Read More 
Dic Penderyn Hanged After Iron Ruckus
An 1831 workers' uprising got brutal, a man called Dic took the fall, and the town pretended justice had been done.Read More 
John Fleming and Myall Creek killings
A country massacre, a leader who vanished, and a court that chose to hang some men while others were ghosted by history - sheesh.Read More 
Peter Lalor and the Terracotta Revolt (Almost)
A furious heap of pickaxes, a hastily nailed barricade and one dashing fellow who lost an arm and gained a career-this is how a colony tried civil engineering on a whim.Read More 
Paul Bogle and the Courthouse Uproar
A grass-roots uprising in Jamaica turned into a colonial fiasco that sent governors and gentlemen into theatrical panic.Read More 
Why Neal Dow's Temperance Parade Turned Ugly
A mayor with a crusade, a suspicious cask, and a seaside crowd that decided manners could wait.Read More 
That Courthouse Full of Men and Bad Decisions
When a Louisiana ballot fight turned into a slaughter, a paramilitary led by Christopher C Nash left a town shaking and the law embarrassed.Read More
