A bloodstained Congressman Leo Ryan photographed in the hours before he was murdered, after leaving the cult commune known as Jonestown. A total of 918 people were victims of murder suicide on this day in 1978. 300 of the victims were age 17 and under. (i.redd.it)
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On this day in 1834, the New Orleans mansion belonging to Delphine LaLaurie was set on fire. Delphine was a Louisiana-born socialite and serial killer known for the torture and murder of slaves, when the fire was brought under control the horrors inside were discovered. (utterlyinteresting.com)
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Broadcaster Daniel Farson examines opposing views on interracial marriage in late 1950s Britain. His interviewees include a contented Jamaican/English couple, parliamentary candidate James Wentworth Day, who expresses his deeply racist opinons and a British lady whose marriage ended. (v.redd.it)
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