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Death of an Angel
Zahra Clare Baker was born in Wagga Wagga, Australia. When she was reported missing in October of 2010, she was just 10 years old. And when her dismembered remains were found in November, her killing...
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America’s Forgotten Desperado
Born in rural Alabama on January 15, 1916, Rufus William ‘Whitey’ Franklin is one of America’s forgotten desperadoes. As incorrigible a criminal as they come, he started small, grew big, and then...
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The Lethal Lawyer
When (and if) people think of the British city of Plymouth (my hometown, by the way) they might think of its history. Notable events such as the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, the departure of...
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The Lululemon Horror
It was Saturday, March 11, 2011, in Bethesda, Maryland. An employee of Lululemon Athletica, arriving for work, encountered a gruesome scene. In the back of the sports apparel store lay two bloodied...
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The Vampires Who Didn’t Drink the Blood
Interview with the Vampire was released in late 1994. By 1996, it had inspired weird, strange, and just plain lonely kids around the world. The story of the vampire became a very public item, and it...
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Stephen Kinzey: Teacher, Biker, Big-Time Meth Dealer
If you’re a fan of TV’s “Breaking Bad”, some of this may sound familiar: a college professor, loved and respected by his students and colleagues, living a second life as the meth-dealing leader of a...
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Lacey Spears Breaks Her Silence
Blogging mommy Lacey Spears seemed like the all-American mom who got dealt a bad hand in life. Her son’s father had allegedly died in a car accident, leaving Lacey to raise their son as a single mom....
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One Last Caress
Professional photographer Sunny Jo is used to having requests from grieving families who have lost a loved one or family pet. Through his “One More Time” series, Sunny Jo uses Photoshop to create...
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The Peachtree Bandit
Time once more for one of America’s forgotten criminals, a young man whose callousness and egotism proved his undoing and whose crime assured him a place in State history. Given his nickname, you’ve...
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The Hanging of Ruth Ellis
The case of Ruth Ellis, executed in 1955 for murdering her ex-boyfriend and the last woman hanged in Britain before the death penalty’s abolition, is both a distinctive and tragic affair. Born (and...
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The Savage Life of Carl Panzram
Carl Panzram ranks among American history’s most violent and anti-social criminals. A rapist, murderer, thief and sadist, Panzram met what many might consider a well-deserved end atop the gallows at...
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Five of the Creepiest Unsolved Murders
There are thousands of murders that go unreported and unsolved around the world. Over time police investigations come to a standstill, tips lead to dead ends, families are left without closure, and the...
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The Final Days of Virginia Christian
The case of Virginia Christian stands out for a number of reasons. She was the only female juvenile executed in the USA during the 20th century. She was mentally-retarded and, at best, semi-literate....
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The Wayne Theory
Are violent felons, particularly murderers, more likely to have the middle name Wayne? That’s the rumor that’s been swirling around true crime circles for some time now. When I first heard this, I...
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The Iron Widow
The case of Ruth Snyder is a Jazz Age classic, one whose influence in popular culture was huge in the 1920’s and continues to this day. Considered one of America’s ‘classic’ crimes, it inspired the...
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The Inmate Who Refused to Die
It could never be said that the electric chair has had a particularly happy history. From its first use on murderer William Kemmler on August 6, 1890 its history has been marred, initially by a...
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Racial Inequality Within the American Court System
The case of Duane Edward Buck, convicted in Harris County, Texas for a double murder in 1995, raises questions about the American justice system, defendants’ access to effective defense counsel and...
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Bloody Babs Graham
Born Barbara Elaine Ford in Oakland, California on June 23, 1923, ‘Bloody Babs is now often forgotten. In early-1950’s California she was, unwillingly, front page news as either a cold-blooded femme...
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A Young Mother Dies Amid Flint Water Crisis Court Proceedings
19-year-old Sasha Bell and her friend, 19-year-old Sacorya Reed, were found shot in Bell’s Flint, Michigan apartment on April 19, 2016. The women were rushed to an area hospital, but both were...
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The Murder of Karla Mendez Brada
September 1, 2011 Karla Mendez Brada was found dead in her bed by her live-in boyfriend, Eric Earle. Earle immediately dialed 9-1-1 where the panicked Earle can be heard telling the operator how he...
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