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2nd January 1981: Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, better known as the Yorkshire Ripper, arrested by police

2nd January 2025
Tagged as: Crime, England, Murder, Peter Sutcliffe, Police, Serial Killer, True Crime, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Ripper

Sutcliffe was found guilty of murdering 13 women over a six-year period, and of attempting to murder a further seven.

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17th November 1894: H. H. Holmes, one of America’s earliest serial killers, apprehended in Boston

17th November 2024
Tagged as: America, Chicago, Criminal, Fraud, Insurance Scam, Murder, Serial Killer, True Crime, United States, USA

During Holmes’ time in Chicago, he owned a multi-story building that later became known as the “Murder Castle” thanks to sensationalist newspaper reports from the time.

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2nd January 1981: Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, better known as the Yorkshire Ripper, arrested by police

17th November 1894: H. H. Holmes, one of America’s earliest serial killers, apprehended in Boston

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

5th September 1698: Peter the Great of Russia imposes a tax on beards

4th September 476: End of the Western Roman Empire when Romulus Augustulus is overthrown by the barbarian general Odoacer

3rd September 1260: Battle of Ain Jalut allows the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt to permanently halt the Mongol advance

1st September 1604: The Sikh Adi Granth first installed at the Golden Temple

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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