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Ransom Letter Sent to JonBenet Ramsey's Parents Shock Docs – Ransom Letter Sent to JonBenet Ramsey's Parents
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JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered December 26, 1996. Patsy Ramsey, her mother, found this ransom letter at 5am, hours before they discovered JonBenet’s body in the basement of the home.

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The Inquest Testimony of Lizzie Borden Lizzie Borden – The Inquest Testimony of Lizzie Borden
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On August 4th, 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were found axed to death in their home. Their daughter, Lizzie Borden, was tried for their murders. She was acquitted, but historians today still puzzle over the details of the Bordens' deaths.

Lizzie Borden had an axe/
She gave her mother 40 whacks,
When she saw what she had done/
she gave her father 41.

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