It was the most infamous of all gangland slayings in America, and it savagely achieved its purpose — the elimination of the last challenge to Al Capone for the mantle of crime boss in Chicago. The St. Valentine’s Day massacre shocked a city that had been numbed by Roaring ’20s gang warfare over control of illegal beer and whiskey distribution. “These murders went out of the comprehension of a .
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Top 10 Creative Ways Someone Has Committed Murder
You wouldn’t necessarily think of murder as an art form, but there are definitely some creative ways to go about it, from food to spy tools to medieval torture devices. Forget guns and knives! How about a rock-hard loaf of bread instead? These ten criminals and assassins were just some of the more creative murderers history has seen.
10 Leg of Lamb Bludgeoning your husband to death with a frozen leg of lamb may not be your go-to, but when opportunity strikes, anything will do. A character named Mary uses this odd tactic in Roald Dahl’s short story “Lamb to the Slaughter.” After her husband tells her that he’s leaving her, something in Mary snaps. Not only is he divorcing her, but he also doesn’t want her to make dinner he’s going out instead. Reason enough to swing the frozen leg of lamb at the back of his head, right? Eh…