What made them do it? What were they thinking? As our nation developed, the bush prospered and the cities grew, these were some of the terrible crimes that took away our innocence, crimes destined never to be solved that live on in our history... crimes that confound us with their cruelty, stagger us with their brilliance and amaze us with their sheer audacity. features those people who were often unwilling participants in the events that would make local and national headlines at the time.