The Old West's most famous gun battle lasted all of about thirty seconds, but it left three men dead, three other men shot, and enough questions t...
Called “the darkest deed of the nineteenth century,“ the brutal 1857 murder of 120 men, women, and children at a place in southern Utah called Mountai...
“Susan B. Anthony is not on trial; the United States is on trial.“--Matilda Joslyn Gage More than any other woman of her generation, Susan B. Anthony ...
A framed photograph of the scene depicted on this homepage, the execution of thirty-eight Sioux on December 26, 1862, used to fascinate me when, as a ...
Never has an American trial produced such an impressive set of key players: the defendant-- Aaron Burr, founding father, Vice President, and slayer o...
The true story of the 1789 mutiny on the Bounty is far more complicated than suggested by film versions of the event, which have emphasized the gratui...
No country values free expression more highly than does the United States, and no case in American history stands as a greater landmark on the road to...
O Christian Martyr Who for Truth could die When all about thee Owned the hideous lie! The world, redeemed from superstition's sway, Is breathing f...
Providing an account of the trial of Jesus presents challenges unlike that for any of the other trials on the Famous Trials Website. First, there is t...
The McMartin Preschool Abuse Trial: A Commentaryby Doug Linder (2003)The McMartin Preschool Abuse Trial, the longest and most expensive criminal trial...