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The local coroner’s report was once classified and now can be yours for a cool $80,000.
politics

For Sale: President William McKinley’s Top-Secret Autopsy Report

After McKinley’s assassination, a local Buffalo coroner was called in to tell the nation how the 25th president died.
April White February 6, 2024
The City of Light has a city of darkness underground.
tunnels

The Fight Between Cataphiles and Underground Police in the Paris Catacombs

Will the tunnels, host to many illegal parties, get filled with concrete?
Frank Jacobs October 27, 2023
Hiroshi Igushi, principal of Kamiyama Elementary School in Ichinomiya, Japan demonstrates the use of a <em>sasumata</em>, the same day he actually used one to subdue an intruder.
weapons

In Japan, School ‘Intruder’ Drills Are Full-Contact and Unpredictable

In response to safety concerns, teachers and staff are trained to subdue and disarm.
Allan Richarz May 13, 2022
Giulio Iannarone, of the Carabinieri Tutela Patrimonio Culturale, slides out one of the racks of valuable paintings in the vault.
secret

Inside Rome’s Secure Vault for Stolen Art

Some of the art is real, some fake, but it's all had a brush with the criminal underworld.
Alessio Perrone November 10, 2020
New Yorkers are hearing the ubiquitous ice cream truck jingle emanating from police cruisers across several boroughs.
police

Why Are NYPD Cruisers Playing the Ice Cream Truck Jingle?

The melody occupies a niche space at the intersection of ice cream, entertainment, and Black history.
Luke Fater June 16, 2020
In June, the fence around Lafayette Square became a gallery. Now curators are working to collect some of the signs when they come down.
museums

How D.C.’s Museums Plan to Preserve the New Era of Protest

The effort to document Black Lives Matter and more—in real time.
Jessica Leigh Hester June 11, 2020
Cars at a standstill in rush hour in Bangkok on May 25, 2020, following the lifting of the city's pandemic restrictions.
medicine

Motorcycle Midwives Brave Bangkok's Traffic to Help Expecting Mothers Deliver

The first episode of TED's Far Flung podcast looks at the city's unique challenges.
Anna Phelan June 3, 2020
London, England

Myddelton Passage Police Graffiti

These marks in Myddelton Passage aren't your run-of-the-mill vandalism, and they weren't made by your typical vandal.
Bangor Police Museum
Bangor, Maine

Bangor Police Museum

This museum explores the history of policing and is also home to a very popular taxidermied duck.
The Cells
Manchester, England

Greater Manchester Police Museum & Archives

This 19th century police station now puts the history of the Manchester City Police on display.
Sheffield, England

The Green Police Box

This police call box harkens back to an era of pre-radio communications, and has a rather unique feature.
The Police Moose and sidekick
Toronto, Ontario

The Moose at the Toronto Police Museum

Along with his smaller donkey pal, he guards the museum’s exhibits and memorabilia.
Peter the dog.
Brisbane, Australia

Queensland Police Museum

It's home to the taxidermy remains of Peter, the dog who helped convict a murderer.
Uniforms and gear.
Belfast, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Police Museum

This hidden museum examines the complex history of the country's law enforcement.
Police uniforms throughout the world.
Glasgow, Scotland

Glasgow Police Museum

This hidden gem reveals the history of Britain's first police force.
Royal Malaysian Police Museum
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Royal Malaysian Police Museum

This surprising museum tells the story of modern Malaysia through the history of its law enforcement.
Officer Tony Marsh protects a reintroduced lady's slipper orchid near Carnforth, Lancashire, in May 2010.
flowers

This British Orchid Is Under Guard in a Secret Location

The last wild lady's slipper in the U.K. is a target for thieves.
Reina Gattuso April 11, 2019
Sam Howe with one of his crime-clippings scrapbooks at police headquarters in city hall, 1908.
museums

The Scrapbooking Lawman Who Documented 19th-Century Colorado

Sam Howe filled his books with newspaper clippings about crime in Denver.
Felicia Brower April 10, 2019

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