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The Ritual Murders of Elanthoor
In Elanthoor, a quiet town in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district, there is a house nearly hidden behind wild creepers and tangled shrubs, where vines have climbed across the tiled roof, pushing…
Ohio cop charged in fatal shooting of unarmed pregnant Black woman accused of shoplifting
The shooting of Ta'Kiya Young, a 21-year-old pregnant Black mother, by an Ohio police officer in a grocery store parking…
The Woman Who Vanished from Her Desk: Cynthia Jane Anderson’s Unsolved Disappearance
On a Tuesday morning in August 1981, everything inside a Toledo law office looked normal. The lights were on. The…
Louise Kerton Walked Into Aachen Station in 2001, Then Vanished
On the morning of July 30, 2001, Louise Kerton was meant to do one simple thing: get on a train…
Father accused of stalking and killing daughter, allegedly acted like a ‘jealous lover’ and was ‘obsessed,’ now on the run, say Police
A Utah father stands accused of murdering his own daughter, a sheriff's deputy, before fleeing the country. The suspect, Hector…
The CCTV Walk: The Murder of James Bulger and What Became of His Killers
Even after all these years, the CCTV still that captured James Bulger’s last walk stays fixed in public memory. For…
The Letters Were Just the Beginning: Inside the Hunt for the Son of Sam
(Letters are attached at the bottom of the article) New York was already on edge. The heatwave hadn’t helped. The blackout had made it worse. But it was the killings…
Necklacing was a brutal vigilante justice method by anti-apartheid mobs, punishing suspected informants and collaborators by setting a gasoline-filled tire ablaze around their necks
What do you get when desperation meets mob justice? A burning necklace of horror that leaves behind nothing but ashes and outrage. Necklacing, a grotesque form of vigilante execution emerged…
Nicole van den Hurk: The 1995 Disappearance, the Cold Case Breakthrough, and the Final Conviction
Nicole van den Hurk was 15 when she disappeared in Eindhoven, Netherlands,…
How the House of Horrors Abortion Doctor, Kermit Gosnell got Away with Murder for Decades
At 8.30 pm, February 18, 2010, the Drug Enforcement Agency initiated a raid on Kermit Gosnell’s clinic. They expected to uncover a prescription drug racket being run out of his…
Giulio Regeni’s Murder and the Alleged Egyptian Secret Police Cover-Up
It was the fifth anniversary of the 2011 Tahrir Square riots. Cairo was on lockdown, swarming with military and plainclothes national security agents with orders to squash any anti-regime protests.…
How a Babysitter’s Obsession With Rachel Barber Turned Deadly
On February, 28, 1999, 15-year-old Rachel Barber, a student at the Melbourne Dance Factory, received a phone call. On the other end of the line was Caroline Reed Robertson, a…
The Unsolved Murder of Backpacker, Kirsty Jones
On August 9, 2000, 23-year-old Kirsty Jones was returning to Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, after a three-day mountain hiking trip. The backpacker went to a local café and mailed postcards…
Inside the Black Panther Kidnapping That Ended in Lesley Whittle’s Death
Content Warning: Some readers may find the descriptions in this article disturbing. Lesley Whittle tried to remain conciliatory as her frightening captor recorded her words. She was inside a drainage…
The Leigh Rennea Story, a Tragic Tale of Rape, Murder and Victim Blaming
Leigh Rennea Mears was an excitable, conscientious Year Eight student at Newcastle High School in 1989. She was the eldest daughter of Robyn Lynne and her stepfather, Brad Shearman. Leigh…
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