Law & Crime

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 lot last August has ignited widespread outrage and calls for…

By Kriti Shrivastava 8 Min Read

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Maryland Father Murders Child’s Mother, Grandmother; Sets House Ablaze with Infant Inside

WASHINGTON, D.C., Friday, October 23, 2024 – A Maryland man was sentenced to nearly 70 years in prison for the 2021 murders of his newborn son's mother and grandmother, followed…

By Prathamesh Kabra 6 Min Read

Eleven children from related parents were born inside the incest family that startled the nation

In a rural farming valley, two great-great grandparents had established a horrifying incest cult. Generations…

By Prathamesh Kabra 7 Min Read

Ken Rex McElroy: The Town Bully Nobody Would Stop

Ken Rex McElroy was a towering figure in Skidmore, Missouri. His name alone stirred up…

By Prathamesh Kabra 13 Min Read

TV Star Under Fire! A Brazilian actress may be investigated by police after admitting on live television that she gave her 12-year-old daughter a vibrator as a birthday gift

A well-known Brazilian actress has landed in hot water after revealing on live television that…

By Prathamesh Kabra 5 Min Read

Ten Days Inside the Women’s Asylum by Nellie Bly: Cold Baths, Hunger, Beatings, and Silence

Nellie Bly took an assignment that required her to surrender control of her own life.…

By Prathamesh Kabra 10 Min Read
OffbeatLaw & Crime

Laurie Jean Depies Disappeared Outside Her Boyfriend’s Apartment in 1992, and the Only Clue Was a Print on a Cup

Laurie Jean Depies was last seen pulling into the parking lot of her boyfriend’s apartment complex on August 19, 1992.…

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Music & Entertainment

Jack White will perform live at the American Legion Post to raise money for a new sound system

Garage punk show for a cause! Legion scores a new sound system - everyone wins!

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Law & Crime

“I’m going to f— you up; we need guns, bro… we need guns,” Trump-appointed judge sentences one of the most violent Jan. 6 rioters to 8 years

Zachary Alam (U.S. Attorney’s Office) Washington, Oct. 25, 2024 — A Virginia man convicted of violently breaching the U.S. Capitol…

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Law & Crime

The case of Aruna Shanbaug that changed India’s euthanasia laws

Aruna Shanbaug, an Indian nurse, spent 41 years in a vegetative state after a brutal sexual assault in 1973 left…

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Politics & Government

Man released after allegedly shaking Rep. Nancy Mace’s hand “aggressively,” ordered to stay 100 yards away

Nancy Mace, the South Carolina Republican congresswoman who moonlights as a crusader against transgender bathroom rights, says she was “assaulted”…

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Law & CrimeOffbeat

Inside the Mysterious Disappearance of Dr. Margaret Mary Kilcoyne

Dr. Margaret Kilcoyne went to bed around 10:00 pm Friday, January 25, 1980. Her brother, Leo Kilcoyne, was staying at…

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Gabriel Daniel Fernnandez

Gabriel Daniel Fernnandez was born into a world of instability. His mother, 21-year-old Pearl Sinthia Fernandez reportedly stated she did…

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YesMadam says ‘stressed employees’ weren’t fired but given a break, calls mass firing controversy a publicity stunt

So, here’s the plot twist: Noida-based startup YesMadam says they didn’t really fire over 100 employees for being stressed. Nope,…

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Science & Technology

Harold Shipman, the Story of how Britain’s Trusted Family Doctor, Became the Notorious Dr Death Killer

Detective Superintendent Bernard Postles slightly shook his head while testifying at the Preston Crown Court. He was recounting how a patient known as Elaine Oswald spoke well of Dr Harold…

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Science & Technology

What happened to Ben McDaniel?

Benjamin Wayne McDaniel was born on 15 April 1980 in Memphis, Tennessee. He was the oldest of three brothers and had a great love for the outdoors. He began scuba…

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OffbeatLaw & Crime

Zebb Quinn Disappeared After a Walmart Shift in 2000 and the Case Took a Dark Turn Years Later

Just after New Year’s bells rang in the new millennium, a young man disappeared in Asheville, North Carolina, shaking the community to its core. On January 2nd, 2000, 18-year-old Walmart…

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Law & CrimeOffbeat

The Unsolved Murder of Brian Egg, Whose Torso Was Found in a Fish Tank in his Home

On August 14, 2018, a white van bearing the signage "Aftermath Services" pulled up to a dilapidated house on Clara Street in San Francisco. Neighbours considered it the last straw…

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Law & CrimeOffbeat

Dnepropetrovsk Maniacs

Igor Suprunyuk, Viktor Sayenko, and Alexander Hanzha were all born in the early months of 1988. They came from largely stable backgrounds and attended Secondary School 96 in Dnipro, Ukraine.…

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Law & CrimeOffbeat

Gabriel Daniel Fernnandez

Gabriel Daniel Fernnandez was born into a world of instability. His mother, 21-year-old Pearl Sinthia Fernandez reportedly stated she did not want other children, and even left him at the…

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Law & CrimeOffbeat

Tara Calico went for a bike ride in 1988 & was never seen again: The disturbing Polaroid mystery

Tara Calico (19) left home for her usual 36-mile bike ride and mysteriously never came back. The only evidence found was her Sony Walkman, a cassette tape and an untraced…

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Law & CrimeOffbeat

Tsutomu Miyazaki

The mother of Mari Konno, who was Tsutomu Miyazaki’s first victim, stared in shock at the postcard in her hand. It had been mailed to her family’s address and read,…

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Richard Chase

Richard Chase's actions in the span of a year would earn him the title of infamous serial killer, mentioned among the likes of Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and the…

19 Min Read
Law & CrimeOffbeat

Luis Garavito

In a windowless interrogation room in Villavicencio, Colombia, two tired men sat across from each other. Detective Aldemar Duran had not slept in three days. The other man was a…

20 Min Read
Law & CrimeOffbeat

Chicago Ripper Crew

On June 1, 1981, a house maid employed at the Moonlit Hotel in Chicago’s Villa Park estate complained to her manager that there was a nauseating stench issuing from behind…

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Law & CrimeOffbeat

Marc Dutroux

On a Friday evening in Bertix, Luxembourg, Laetitia Delhex, 14, was walking home after spending the day at a public pool. Marc Dutroux and Michel Lelievre, who were stalking her,…

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Law & CrimeOffbeat

The Arushi Talwar Mystery

On the 16th of May in 2008, Bharti Mandal arrived at her employers’ gate at 6am, ready to start her chores for the day. Bharti, 35, worked as a housemaid…

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Law & CrimeOffbeat

Andrei Chikatilo

In late December 1978, in Shakhty, Russia, 9-year-old Svetlana Gurenkova waited for a streetcar. Her attention was fatefully taken by the interaction happening some distance away involving a young plump…

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Law & CrimeOffbeat

Robert Berdella

On April 2, 1988, a naked Christopher Bryson jumped from the second-story window of a three-story house on Charlotte Street in Kansas City. He broke his foot upon landing and,…

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