The Kent State University tragedy is a dark day in our history. Four college students were killed by Ohio National Guardsmen as the Guardsmen tried to disperse a crowd of Viet Nam War protestors on the university's campus.

On the heels of the World Trade Center bombing and the government's assault on the Branch Davidian compund in Waco, Texas, terrorism hit America and was done by Americans.

Halloween is supposed to be a night of fun and candy gathering, but it is also a night that has the potential to have crime in it as well.

A Review of the book The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia by Jerry Capeci

Sammy "The Bull" Gravano became Sammy "The Rat" when he became an informant for the FBI and was instrumental in getting John Gotti and Vincent Gigante convicted and sent to prison.

Vincent "The Chin" Gigante was one of the most crafty mob bosses to ever live. He feigned mental illness to stay out of jail for almost thirty years. Read more about the man known as "The Oddfather".

Vito Genovese, once an underboss to Lucky Luciano, rose to power to become one of the most powerful crime bosses in the history of the American Mafia.

Wild Bill Hickok was one of the most proficient gunfighters of the Old West and met his demise during a poker game when he was shot in the back of the head.

Known as the meanest man in Texas, John Wesley Hardin once killed a man for snoring too loud and was just one of the 43 men he has killed in his short life.

From Lizzie Borden to the Menendez brothers, parricide, kids who kill their parents, is almost a daily occurrence in the United States. Some cases are in the media for months and some are not even known outside of their local areas.