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Three men escaped Alcatraz with dummy heads - and vanished

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Charles Ponzi promised to double your money in 90 days

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The first murder solved by DNA cleared an innocent man first

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The 1963 Great Train Robbery stole millions in untraceable banknotes

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Fingerprints solved their first murder in 1892

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The empty frames of the world's biggest art heist

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Interpol has 196 members - but makes no arrests

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14 Feb 1929

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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

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20 Mar 1995

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The Tokyo subway sarin attack struck the morning rush hour

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8 Aug 1963

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The Great Train Robbery struck in England

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31 Aug 1888

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Jack the Ripper's first canonical victim was murdered

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29 Sep 1829

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London's new Metropolitan Police walked their first beat

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26 Feb 1993

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A van bomb tears a crater under the World Trade Center

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23 May 1934

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Bonnie and Clyde are killed in a Louisiana ambush

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23 May 1701

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Pirate Captain Kidd is hanged in London

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7 Jul 2005

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Coordinated bombings struck London's transit system

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