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23 People Discuss Suspected Murderers Who Walk Free
If you think about it, you might just know someone who committed murder and got away with it. After all, people getting away with criminal activity is so commonplace, even the most public members of...
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15 Horrific Tactics Jim Jones Used To Keep His Followers On Lockdown
Jim Jones was one of the most successful cult leaders of the 20th century. The charismatic founder of The Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ amassed a loyal following, one dedicated enough to...
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Killers Who Tweeted Before, During, And After Their Crimes
In the modern age of social media, many killers are caught because of the things they post online. Murderers sometimes post warning signs about their future crimes on Twitter, like the man who tweeted...
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Awful Greyhound Bus Tales That Will Make You Want To Walk Instead
Let's face it, if you're riding a Greyhound bus, you shouldn't be expecting much. The low-fare transportation line has a deservedly maligned reputation for long, horrendous rides stocked with...
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14 Facts About 'The Girl In The Box,' A Terrifying Case Of Abduction And Torture
In 1977, 20-year-old Colleen Stan was abducted and held prisoner in Northern California, spending most of her time in a wooden box underneath her captor's bed. She was often only allowed out for...
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Death Row Hail Marys That Actually Worked
The death penalty is a controversial topic in the United States, and many of the people on this list were wrongly convicted. Through last-minute death row stays and the emergence of new evidence,...
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The Mysterious Case of Penny Doe, The Murder Victim Who Is Still Unidentified
On July 22, 1990, the body of an unidentified woman was found in Clarion County, PA. Despite a thorough investigation, no one could identify the body. Thus began the unsolved case of Penny Doe, one of...
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15 Gruesome Facts About Andrei Chikatilo, The Rostov Ripper
Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo (also known as the Rostov Ripper, the Forest Strip Killer, the Butcher of Rostov, and the Red Ripper) was a serial killer active in the former Soviet Union who killed 56...
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9 Truly Horrific Crimes That Happened In Strip Malls
Strip malls are a mundane part of suburban life, often filled with generic and uninspiring restaurants and shops. However, sometimes the banal can become brutal when these malls are transformed into...
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The Most Unhinged And Entertaining High Speed Chases
Who doesn't love high speed car chases? Admit it, when whatever daytime television program you're watching is interrupted by local news reporting some criminal eluding authorities down the interstate,...
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Reasons Ladies Love True Crime Stuff
A 2010 study in the journal of Social Psychological and Personality Science found that women love true crime more than men. Why women like true crime can be boiled down to a host of reasons that...
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The Life And Death Of John Brennan Crutchley, AKA The Vampire Rapist
When a young woman was found found staggering down an unpaved road in Malabar, Florida, in 1985, bound, pale, and nearly naked, the passerby who rescued her could barely believe her horrifying story...
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The Ogre Of The Ardennes: The Sadistic Crimes Of Michel Fourniret
When a 13-year-old girl escaped from a van in Belgium in 2003, having been bound around her wrists and ankles, she was able to identify her abductor as Michel Fourniret. Fourniret, a French husband...
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14 Disturbing Facts About The First Internet Serial Killer, John Edward Robinson
An experienced con man and criminal, John Edward Robinson eventually turned to murder when he started killing young women while living in the Midwest with his wife and four children. With the advent...
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Highway Horrors: Robert Ben Rhoades, The Trucker With A Mobile Torture Chamber
When a state trooper found a nude woman chained up and terrified in the cab of Robert Ben Rhoades's vehicle, he inadvertently stumbled upon a sadistic serial killer who had been using his job as a...
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Family Annihilators: 10 Men Who Took The Lives Of Their Spouses And Children
Family annihilators are people who kill multiple members of their own families, such as their spouses, children, siblings, or parents, often in response to financial, professional, or relationship...
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Why Do Innocent People Confess To Crimes They Didn't Commit?
There are more innocent people who pleaded guilty than you might think. It seems mind-boggling that anyone would confess if they haven't actually done anything wrong. So who are these innocent people...
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No Humanity Left: The Awful Life And Crimes Of Javed Iqbal, Killer Of 100 Boys
In less than a year, Javed Iqbal, a middle-aged Pakistani man, allegedly raped and killed 100 young boys and teenagers, taking advantage of apathetic attitudes towards poor children to commit his...
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The Strange And Shocking Case Of Joachim Kroll, The Duisburg Man-Eater
Over the course of more than 20 years, Joachim Kroll murdered 14 people, including very young girls, making him one of the most disturbing German serial killers in the country's history. Not content...
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Fascinating And Disturbing Facts About Sheila Davalloo And Her Deadly Love...
When Sheila Davalloo met Nelson Sessler while working for a pharmaceutical company in Stamford, CT, it was the beginning of a dangerous obsession that left one woman dead and another person clinging...
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Revolting Facts About The Crimes Of The Co-Ed Butcher Edmund Kemper
When he was just a teenager, Edmund Kemper committed a double homicide that shocked both his family and police, leading medical professionals to diagnose the 15-year-old with a serious mental illness....
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True Stories Of Black Market Organ Theft
We all know the urban legend: some unfortunate man or woman wakes up in a bathtub, submerged in ice, only to realize that one of their kidneys has been removed á la the 2002 film Dirty Pretty Things....
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Sickest Of The Sick: Peter Kurten, A Cannibal, Sexual Sadist, And Necrophiliac
Serving as the inspiration behind Fritz Lang's classic film M, Peter Kürten remains one of the most infamous serial killers in European history. Nicknamed the "Vampire of Düsseldorf," Kürten...
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Worse Than Jack: The Crimes Of Peter Sutcliffe, The Yorkshire Ripper
From 1975 to 1980, Peter William Sutcliffe terrorized the people of Yorkshire, England, with his bizarre serial killing style – viciously attacking young woman and teenage girls with a hammer and a...
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Scary Footage Of Home Intruders Caught On Camera
One of the most frightening things about living in a big city is the possibility of a break-in. Even if you aren’t home when the invasion occurs, the thought of someone going through your things is...
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Things You Can't Unlearn About Dennis Nilsen, The Romantic Serial Killer Who...
Dennis Nilsen is one of the more well-known serial killers to emerge from the UK in the late 1970s and early '80s. Dubbed the Muswell Hill Murderer by the British press, Nilsen amassed over a dozen...
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Serial Killers Who Could've Been Caught Sooner But Cops Missed Important And...
People often think of serial killers as modern savants, men and women who gleefully lead homicide detectives in a game of cat and mouse that ends with a dramatic climax and maybe even a skin suit. The...
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Disturbing Facts About Robert Maudsley AKA "Hannibal The Cannibal"
Over the course of several years, Robert John Maudsley killed four victims - including a convicted child molester and a convicted murderer - three of whom he attacked while in prison or a psychiatric...
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Disturbing And Fascinating Facts About The Unicorn Killer, Ira Einhorn
When Philadelphia police made a grisly discovery in the closet of Ira Einhorn's apartment in 1977, they promptly arrested the self-proclaimed environmental activist and Earth Day master of ceremonies...
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Disturbing And Fascinating Facts About The Boy In The Box
In 1957, law enforcement made a shocking discovery: the battered body of a young boy, stuffed inside a cardboard box and dumped by the side of a road just outside of Philadelphia. When Philadelphia...
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Things You'll Wish You Didn't Know About The Cheshire Murders And Their...
In July 2007, the Petit family's idyllic life in Cheshire, Connecticut, became a living nightmare when two convicted criminals, Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky, broke into their house with the...
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Disturbing And Fascinating Facts About Australian Cannibal Katherine Knight
In February 2000, Katherine Knight - a mother of four - committed a crime so shocking and unsettling, many people drew comparisons between her and some of the most depraved and prolific Australian...
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Inconsequential Crimes That Led To Huge Breaks In Major Cases
While many serious criminals - like serial killers and terrorists - have been caught by law enforcement after years of tireless police work, others have been captured by the authorities after being...
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Disturbing And Fascinating Facts About The Consensual Killing Of Sharon Lopatka
In October 1996, Sharon Lopatka and Robert "Bobby" Frederick Glass's first in-person meeting ended in what several people have referred to as "consensual homicide," causing many to question whether or...
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Disturbing And Fascinating Facts About "Metal Fang," Soviet Serial...
From 1979 to 1981, Nikolai Dzhumagaliev (nicknamed Metal Fang by the press) brutally murdered at least seven young women in his home country of Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union, the nation that is known today...
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Horrifying High Profile Cases In Which Cops Were Accused Of Framing Suspects
They're supposed to protect and serve, but sometimes law enforcement officers cross the line and carry out injustice. While it's not exactly common, there are plenty of cases where cops framed...
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Disturbing Facts About Ahmad Suradji, The Shaman Serial Killer
Serial killers aren't solely an American phenomenon. There are plenty of serial killers in other countries, such as Ahmad Suradji, an Indonesian murderer. Suradji, also known as the Black Magic...
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Disturbing And Fascinating Facts About The 'Preppy Killer,' Robert Chambers
While there are scary stories of murders in universities, Jennifer Levin's horror story occurs between high school and college. In the summer of 1986, Jennifer Levin was happily college-bound when she...
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14 Facts About The Rampart Scandal, A Corrupt Anti-Gang Unit That Terrorized LA
Gangs like the Bloods and Crips are well-known criminal enterprises and are often vilified as evils of society. But another gang, a gang in blue, walked the streets of Los Angeles in the 1990s: the...
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10 Backpackers Who Mysterious And Tragically Disappeared
The practice of backpacking comes with all sorts of risks, the least of which is ending up on a list of the many backpacker disappearances over the years. Given the various creepy experiences...
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Things You Didn't Know About Amy Lynn Bradley
On March 24, 1998, Amy Lynn Bradley went missing from a cruise ship en route to Curacao from Aruba. Although the disappearance of Amy Lynn Bradley did not initially generate the same media response...
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Terrifying Charles Manson Facts
There is perhaps no American criminal more recognizable than Charles Manson. The diminutive cult leader and madman who led his followers on a streak of bloody homicides during the late 1960s -...
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11 Gruesome Facts About Migrant Worker Serial Killer And Rapist Juan Corona
Juan Vallejo Corona was an infamous serial killer who killed at least 25 men in 1971. An immigrant from his native Mexico, Corona worked as a labor contractor in Yuba City, CA, where he hired migrant...
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Nauseating Facts About Joe "The Cannibal" Metheny, Who Sold His...
In 1996, Joe "The Cannibal" Metheny joined the ranks of serial killers who decided to serve their victims' bodies to people in food. He claimed to have killed several women, dismembered their bodies,...
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The Horrorcore Murders Were A Case Of Online Courtship Gone Wrong
Farmville is a sleepy little town about sixty miles west of Richmond, Virginia. It is a college town hosting Longwood University and the second oldest college in the country, Hampden-Sydney, just down...
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People Who Solved Their Own Murders
There have been multiple cases where murder victims left messages and notes for the police to point them toward the killer. In some situations, victims created a digital trail for investigators to...
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Facts About The Kentucky Cannibal That'll Keep You Up At Night
The name "Kentucky Cannibal" sounds like it might refer to a deranged cousin of Jeffrey Dahmer, or perhaps be a perverse association to fried chicken. However, the Kentucky Cannibal actually refers to...
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Terrifying Facts About John Lynch, The Worst Serial Killer In Australian History
John Lynch, also known by his pseudonym, John Dunleavy, was one of several well-known Australian serial killers. He went down in history as the Berrima Axe Murderer, due his weapon of choice - a...
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That One Time A Scottish Family Killed And Cannibalized 1,000 Innocent People
To call the story of the Sawney Bean cannibal clan history would be a bit of a misnomer; "Sawney Bean folktales" is a more appropriate moniker. While there's likely some truth to Sawney Bean, also...
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Unbelievably Grim And Surprisingly Mundane Photos From Jeffrey Dahmer's...
WARNING: This article contains graphic photos.Before the police found him, Jeffrey Dahmer appeared to be an ordinary man who kept to himself. That image was shattered on July 22, 1991, when he was...
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