The assassination of William Goebel

In 1900, William Goebel became the first and only U.S. governor to be assassinated while in office. While Goebel was walking to the Old State Capitol, he was shot by an unknown gunman. This was after he won the hotly contested governorship election in Kentucky. Despite his gun wound, he lived and sworn in the following day. Three days later, however, he died. Some of his political rivals were suspected of the murder. However, the actual killer remains unidentified.

The sensational murder case of William Desmond Taylor

When actor William Desmond Taylor was killed, it was the heyday of Hollywood, and the media was thirsty for anything they could sensationalize. Taylor’s body was found inside his home on February 1, 1922. He died from a gunshot in the back. More than a dozen suspects were named, but evidences to convict the suspect were lost in the midst of the chaos in the crime scene and corruption within the Los Angeles police force. Fellow actor Margaret Gibson owned up to the crime, but she couldn’t be convicted for insufficient evidences.