• The murder of
Edward the Martyr, England, 978 • The
Becket controversy, England, 1163–1170 • The
Tour de Nesle affair, France, 1314 • King
Edward IV of England's marriage to
Elizabeth Woodville, England, 1460s and 1470s • The
Princes in the Tower, England, 1483 • The imposture of
Martin Guerre, France, 1560 • The
murder of Lord Darnley, Scotland, 1567 • The
execution of Mary Stuart, England, 1587 • The
Gunpowder Plot, England, 1605 • The execution of
Robert-François Damiens, France, 1757 • The
Douglas Cause, Great Britain, 1760s •
Ireland Shakespeare forgeries, Great Britain, 1790s • The
Burr Conspiracy and ensuing
show trial, United States, 1805–1807 • The
Marie Lafarge case, France, 1840 • The
Parkman–Webster murder case, United States, 1849–1850 • The
Mortara case, Papal States, 1850s and 1860s • The
Tichborne case, United Kingdom, 1860s and 1870s • The
Vera Zasulich trial, Russia, 1878 • The
R v Dudley and Stephens cannibalism case, United Kingdom, 1884 • The
Haymarket affair, United States, 1886 • The
Dreyfus affair, France, 1890s and 1900s • The murder trial of
Lizzie Borden, United States, 1893 • The libel trial of
Oscar Wilde, United Kingdom, 1895 • The murder trial of
Maria Barbella, United States, 1895 • The murder trial of
Adolph Luetgert, 1897 • The
Brown Dog affair, United Kingdom, 1900s • The
Los Angeles Times bombing, 1910 • The
Beilis case, Russian Empire, 1913 • The
Preparedness Day bombing, United States, 1916 • The
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, British India, 1919 • The
Sacco and Vanzetti appeals, United States, 1920s • The
Ponzi Scheme, United States, 1923 • The
assassination of Giacomo Matteotti, Italy, 1924 • The
Scopes Monkey Trial, United States, 1925 • The
St. Valentine's Day Massacre, United States, 1929 • The
Scottsboro Boys case, United States, 1931 • The
Lindbergh kidnapping, United States, 1932 • The
Mrs Freer case, Australia, 1936 • The
Port Chicago disaster, United States, 1944 • The
bombing of Dresden,
Germany, 1945 • The
Bhawal case, India, 1946 • The
Derek Bentley case, United Kingdom, 1953 • The
Petrov Affair, Australia, 1954 • The shooting of
William Woodward Jr. by his wife
Ann Woodward, United States, 1955 • The
killing of Johnny Stompanato, United States, 1958 • The
assassination of John F. Kennedy, United States, 1963 • The
Tate-LaBianca murders, United States, 1969 • The
Soledad Brothers case, United States, 1970 • The
Thorpe affair, United Kingdom, 1970s • The
Watergate scandal, United States, 1972–1974 • The
disappearance of Lord Lucan, United Kingdom, 1974 •
Ted Bundy's impending trial in Aspen, 1977 • The
Jonestown Cult Suicide, Guyana, 1978 • The trials of
Claus von Bülow, United States, 1982–1985 • The
Đorđe Martinović incident, Yugoslavia, 1985 • The
murder of the Goldmark family, United States, 1985 • The
Rodney King beating, United States, 1991 • The
murder of Shanda Sharer, United States, 1992 • The
Peter Ellis trial, New Zealand, 1993 • The
murder of Stephen Lawrence, London, 1993–2015 •
O. J. Simpson murder case, United States, 1994–1995 • The
Terri Schiavo case, United States, 1998–2005 •
David Camm, United States, 2000 • The
Bain family murders, New Zealand, 2004 • The
Amanda Knox trials, Italy, 2009–2015 •
Sergei Magnitsky's death, Russia, 2009 •
Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation, Tunisia, 2010 • The
Julian Assange extradition, United Kingdom, 2011 • The
Pussy Riot trial, Russia, 2012 • The
Delhi gang rape, India, 2012 • The
Causeway Bay Books disappearances, China, 2015 • The
assassination of Marielle Franco, Brazil, 2018 • The
assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, Turkey, 2018 • The
Sea of Japan radar targeting incident, Japan and South Korea, 2018 • The
Kidnapping of Alexandra Măceșanu and Luiza Melencu, Romania, 2019 • The
murder of George Floyd, United States, 2020 • The
murder of Sarah Everard, United Kingdom, 2021 • The
arrest of Jacob Zuma, South Africa, 2021 • The trial of
Kyle Rittenhouse after the
Kenosha unrest shooting, United States, 2021 •
Depp v. Heard, United States, 2022 • The
murder of Moïse Mugenyi Kabagambe, Brazil, 2022 • The
death of Mahsa Amini, Iran, 2022 • The
murder of Brianna Ghey, United Kingdom, 2023 • The
killing of Brian Thompson, United States, 2024 • The
killing of Austin Metcalf, United States, 2025 • The
assassination of Charlie Kirk, United States, 2025 == Fictional examples ==