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On This Day in True Crime History

1789·The Doctor Who Wanted Death to Be Humane: Joseph Guillotin Proposes a Single-Blow Beheading Machine

1865·Australia's Only Chinese Bushranger: Convicted of Murdering a Constable Without Understanding His Own Trial

1866·"I've Done Away With the Kangaroo": A Butcher's Callous Boast Led Police to His Door in Sydney

1880·The Enduring Bermagui Mystery: Five Men Vanish Without a Trace Off New South Wales

1960·Caught by a Picnic Blanket: Australia's First Kidnap-for-Ransom Killer Arrested at Colombo

1965·The Moors Murders: Police Find the First Victim on the Moor

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