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Get At Least 5/6 Of These True Crime Questions Correct To Reveal If You Really Know Your Stuff

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This is now considered a pseudoscience but look into the history during one of your 3 a.m. rabbit holes!

The study of an individual's head shape/bumps!

Thanks to TV shows like _CSI_ and _SVU_, this phenomenon is plaguing the court rooms.

The expectation that jurors have for all evidence to be irrefutable and scientific.

Ponzi realized he could buy these coupons in other countries, cash them out for stamps, and take advantage of exchange rates in the US. During the course of eight months in Boston, he took in around $15 million (around $220 million today) from investors who were being paid by newly invested funds. Before Charles Ponzi, this scheme was referred to as "robbing Peter to pay Paul." Ponzi was arrested on charges of Federal mail fraud, jumped bail, was deported to his native Italy, and ultimately died in Brazil with $75.00 to his name in a charity hospital.

International Reply Coupons!

Ponzi schemes are named after Charles Ponzi, a 1920s con artist from Italy. He promised 50% returns for investors, but their funds were being used to purchase:

During the Prohibition era in Chicago, Capone was a crime boss of the Chicago Outfit. He was sent to prison on charges of tax evasion and died of a stroke in 1947.

Al Capone

Which prohibition-era gangster was nicknamed "scarface"?

The FBI was originally named the BOI (Bureau of Investigations) before being renamed in 1935. J. Edgar Hoover was the longest standing Director and a controversial figure, to say the least.

J. Edgar Hoover

Who was the first and longest-serving Director of the FBI?

This man is widely considered to be the first American serial killer. I could write a novel on all the horrors this man inflicted — but someone else did, and it's called _The Devil In The White City_. Do some more research, if you're interested.

H.H. Holmes aka Herman Webster Mudgett

And who is widely considered to be the first American serial killer?

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Get At Least 5/6 Of These True Crime Questions Correct To Reveal If You Really Know Your Stuff

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