The Death of Harry Houdini
The famed magician and escape artist Harry Houdini's death was ruled an accident. He allegedly suffered complications from a ruptured appendix. However, days later, headlines begged the question: "Was Houdini Murdered?" It is theorized that Houdini was killed by a group of Spiritualist assassins who believed that they could communicate with the dead. Even devoted Spiritualist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of Sherlock Holmes, promised that Houdini would "get his desserts very exactly meted out...I think there is a general payday coming soon."
Lizzie Borden
"Lizzie Borden took an ax / And gave her mother forty whacks / When she saw what she had done / She gave her father forty-one." It's a popular children's rhyme, but it also tells the story of Lizzie Borden, 32, who was accused of murdering her parents with an ax in 1892. Lizzie was acquitted, but the town turned against her, believing her to be the killer. Did Lizzie get away with murder? We may never know.