After spending 53 years in prison and being denied parole more than 20 times, Manson Family killer Leslie Van Houten was finally released in July 2023.Los Angeles Public LibraryManson Family member Leslie Van Houten served 53 years in prison for her role in the August 1969 murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca before being paroled in 2023.
Before Leslie Van Houten stabbed Rosemary LaBianca in the back 16 times as a member of the Manson Family in August 1969, she was a normal, middle-class girl who was homecoming queen at her high school. Read More...
Five people paid $250 a plate for artist Mao Sugiyama's genitals. Unfortunately, the food and legal repercussions made the banquet less than a success. YouTubeMao Sugiyama
“Please retweet. I am offering my male genitals (full penis, testes, scrotum) as a meal for 100,000 yen… I will prepare and cook as the buyer requests, at his chosen location.”
That was the tweet Tokyo illustrator Mao Sugiyama sent out in 2012 after he received elective genital-removal surgery (“gender nullification”). Read More...
Regarded as a financial genius in the criminal underworld, Meyer Lansky used Swiss bank accounts and shell companies to hide the Mafia's vast wealth from the FBI.The 1920s and 1930s saw organized crime shift from a street game to a streamlined method of business. Meyer Lansky, also known as the “mob’s accountant,” was a key figure in that transition.
Lansky helped to establish the association of multi-ethnic criminal organizations that the press dubbed the “National Crime Syndicate” in 1934. Read More...
