For true crime lovers, what could be more tantalizing than viewing the details of all the murders in Chicago between 1870 and 1930? Check out Homicide in Chicago 1870-1930, Northwestern University's Chicago Historical Homicide Project. Not only can you search 11,400 homicide records, by name, date, address, weapon used, and many other search terms, but links provide access to twenty-three crimes of the century and ten online articles detailing aspects of crime in Chicago during those decades.

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