The tale of Salome is not very different from those of other women who have tempted powerful leaders, take for example Delilah who has been referred to earlier in this book. Her motivation for betraying Samson was money, but in this instance it seems to have been Salome’s desire to appease and ob...
In late 19th century France, a modern-day Bluebeard emerged, Henri Landru, a fraudster who ensnared eleven women and killed them, selling their possessions and cashing in their savings.He was born in Paris in 1869, the son of a fireman at a local ironworks. He studied at the School of Mechanical ...
Meanwhile, Charles Manson and his co-defendants, the ragged bunch of hippies who had worshipped him and still did, tried their best to disrupt proceedings, to put her off her stride. Every now and then, Manson, himself, would look hard at her across the courtroom, threat oozing from every pore, a...