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Remembering Victims 🪦
Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 & USA 🇺🇸
Miscarriages of justice ⚖️
Remembering heroes 😇
Emmett Till 🪦

One of the racists responsible for his death in 1955 dies of cancer #OTD in 1980, hopefully painfully 🇺🇸

Ever remembered 🪦
Emmett Till ⚰️

The mutilated and bloated body of the 14 year old boy is found #OTD in 1955 by two boys fishing in the Tallahatchie river 🇺🇸

Till was nude and his body weighted by a fan blade fastened around his neck with barbed wire. His body was returned to Chicago for burial ⚰️

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December 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Simon Wiesenthal 👶🏻

#OTD in 1908 he is born in Buchach, Ukraine 🇺🇦 which was then part of Austria-Hungary 🇦🇹

A Shoah survivor he became an author and famous Nazi hunter after the end of World War 2 ☠️

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December 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Pelé ⚰️
(Edson Arantes do Nascimento)

#OTD in 2022 the greatest football player the world has ever seen dies aged 82 years in São Paulo 🇧🇷

Winner of three World Cups and a scorer of two goals in the first final at 17 years ⚽️

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December 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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#OtD 29 Dec 1890 the Wounded Knee massacre took place in South Dakota when US troops massacred over 200 Lakota men, women and children, many unarmed and fleeing. Learn more about Indigenous genocide and resistance in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/500...
December 29, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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On this day in 1890, U.S. troops fired at and killed more than 250 Lakota people in a massacre at Wounded Knee; over half were women, children, and elderly tribal members.
Dec. 29, 1890 | U.S. Troops Kill Over 250 Lakota in Massacre at Wounded Knee
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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December 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Isabelle Cooke 💨

#OTD in 1957 the 17 year old goes missing after leaving her home in Mount Vernon to attend a dance in nearby Uddingston 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The schoolgirl was stalked, raped, killed and buried close to her home by a local serial killer ⚖️

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December 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Heidi Koseda 🪦

#OTD in 1984 a Juvenile Bureau Inspector, a Health Visitor and a police officer enter her home in Hillingdon under the power of a warrant 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

As it was due to concerns about her half sister they didn't even enforce a check on her, though, and she remained unseen ⚖️

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December 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Brendan Gorrie ⚰️

#OTD in 2002 the 5 year old was beaten to death with a golf club by his mother as he lay asleep at their home in New Bells Court in Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

She suffered from a depressive mental illness and could barely remember carrying out the attack ⚖️

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December 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Sara Sharif 🪦

#OTD in December 2024 the 10 year old's killers were sentenced to life imprisonment at London's Old Bailey courthouse 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

The parent got a minimum term of 40 years, while the wicked stepmother a minimum term of 33 years ⚖️

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December 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
George Stinney 🪦

His murder conviction was vacated #OTD in 2014 with a South Carolina court ruling that he had not received a fair trial, and was wrongfully executed in 1944 ⚖️

The 14 year old is the youngest American with an exact birth date to be executed in the 20th century 🇺🇸

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December 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Today we remember the victims of the #SandyHook #Newtown massacre and say their names.
December 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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on this day in 2012, 20 children and 6 adults are killed in mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. And with the awful shooting at Brown University yesterday, we still haven't done anything on meaningful national gun laws. Enough is enough.
December 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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It's been 13 years since Sandy Hook.

These kids should be in college right now.

Instead, families are still mourning—and gun violence is still the #1 killer of kids in America.

Our children deserve leaders who do more to protect them.
December 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Caroline Glachan 🪦

Three of the 14 year old's killers are convicted of murder #OTD in 2023 at the Glasgow High Court 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

One of her murderers had died and was never charged. Caroline's mother was able to see the successful court case ⚖️

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December 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Sarah Payne 🪦

#OTD in 2001, after a 4 week trial before a jury, her killer was convicted of abduction and murder and sentenced to life imprisonment ⚖️

The trial judge said it was a rare case in which a life sentence should mean life 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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December 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Khyra Ishaq 🪦

#OTD in 2008 her funeral takes place at Salafi Mosque in Small Heath after Friday prayers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Her father paid tribute to his "wonderful" and "beautiful" daughter, who he said could now "rest in peace" 🕌

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December 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Sara Shariff 🪦

#OTD in 2024 her male parent and evil stepmother were found guilty of murder. Her uncle was found guilty of allowing her death ⚖️

At the trial the 10 year old's 70 injuries were revealed including being hung and a burn on her buttock caused by a domestic iron.

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December 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Asiah Kudi ⚰️

#OTD in 2019 the 20 month old baby dies of starvation after being left by her teenage female parent in her Brighton flat for six days 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

The parent is found guilty of manslaughter despite having left her child alone at least six times previously ⚖️

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December 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Scott Chiriseri 🪦

#OTD in 2014 his mother is arrested in Alva after being found in the family home with his elder sister on the day of his death 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

She was initially thought to be competent but was later declared mentally insane due to psychosis at the time of his death ⚖️

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December 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Say Their Names ⚰️

We don't name murderers as this is a site for victims to be remembered.

Sadly victims’ details can be much harder to find and photos can be unavailable if historic or if victims were unloved.

It’s important all are still remembered 🪦
December 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Alesha MacPhail 🪦

#OTD in 2018 the six year old’s killer pleaded Not Guilty to her abduction, rape and murder at Glasgow High Court 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

He later admitted his crimes before he was sentenced to life imprisonment ⚖️

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December 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Joseph Zarelli 🪦

#OTD in 2022, 65 years, 9 months and 13 days after his body was discovered, the 4 year old is positively identified 🧬

He had been left inside a box beaten, scarred and malnourished at the side of a Philadelphia road in February 1957 🇺🇸

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December 8, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Karen Price ⚰️

#OTD in 1989 workers discovered a rolled up carpet buried in the ground in Cardiff. Inside were the 15 year old’s skeletal remains 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

There was a plastic bag over her head and her arms were tied behind her back. It took months to identify the murdered teenager 🧬

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December 8, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Heidi Koseda 🪦

#OTD in 1984 two midwives called at the family flat after reports that her mother had given birth in the Hillingdon flat 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

The family were asleep in the living area, there was no heating or lighting in the flat. They stated the dead child was staying with friends.

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December 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Scott Chiriseri ⚰️

#OTD in 2014 the 5 year old is found at home stabbed to death with his heart completely removed in the village of Alva 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

His mother is later found to be insane with religious ideology. He loved life, going to church and playing Mario Kart 🎮

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December 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM