LONDON — A saddlemaker ambushed outside a brewhouse. A man stabbed to death after he stumbled over a heap of dung while trying to flee a fight. And a priest killed by three knife-wielding assailants, ...

Some medieval crimes were so strange – and so unsolved – that they still baffle historians today. In this video, we examine a few of the most mysterious murders from the Middle Ages. With puzzling ...

A map pinpointing hundreds of homicides in 14th-century England could help teach medieval history. By Isabella Kwai A spice merchant stabbed by a fruit seller over a longstanding feud. A street ...

On a recent, grim Friday afternoon, I met Manuel Eisner, a compact, dapper professor of criminology at the University of Cambridge, in the lobby of his hotel in Oxford. Eisner, who is Swiss, was in ...