The shocking story of Richard Leopold and Nathan Loeb, two wealthy college students who murdered a 14-year-old boy in 1924 to prove they were smart enough to get away with it.
When Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, it was seen as an anomly. As such, there were no new safeguards put in place to protect the president from would-be assassins.
In the only major speech of his presidential campaign, Garfield spoke to 50,000 in New York on the issue closest to his heart: the fate of ex-slaves in the South.
When James Garfield came face to face with slavery during his time fighting in the South, his belief in the cause of abolition and freedom was strengthened.
President James Garfield was only four months into his presidency when he was shot by Charles Guiteau, who claimed that God had instructed him to kill the president.
During the Great Depression, gangsters became unlikely heroes. They were glorified in movies and fueled American imaginations, desperate for entertainment.
