Old World: "The owner was very cruel, so at one point the citizens rioted and brutally murdered him"
The USA: "See, there once was this weird Janitor..."
Although to be fair, "it was built on an indian graveyard" was a gift that kept on giving alot ;)
We had the "built on an Indian graveyard" trope about our local little league fields. Turns out, true story bro. Ref attached 1960 newspaper story, "From an Ancient Indian Burial Ground":
https://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=sfcn19600623-01...
https://www.fireislandnews.com/history/long-islands-native-a...