reign of terror

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They’re currently hitting smaller home haunts across the city, but Silva says, if you go to just one this season, make it Reign of Terror.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

The agency conducted a sprawling investigation that culminated in the arrests of three of Brown’s relatives, including her brother-in-law, Ernest Burkhart, bringing an end to what the Osage called the Reign of Terror.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2023

The FBI deemed that the Reign of Terror also lasted only five years in the '20s when in reality it had lasted about two decades.

From Salon • Oct. 9, 2023

Known as the Reign of Terror, it sparked a major FBI investigation involving J Edgar Hoover.

From BBC • May 15, 2023

During the French Revolution, royal family members and aristocrats went underground to escape the Reign of Terror.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti