The Shocking Murder of William Desmond Taylor in Hollywood’s Silent Era
William Desmond Taylor was Hollywood’s most prolific Irish director at the time, working behind the camera on some 60 movies and as an actor in 27 more. He worked with some of the greatest actors and...
View Article3 Haunting Questions About The Disappearance Of Maura Murray
On February 9, 2004, University of Massachusetts student Maura Murray crashed her car on an icy road in New Hampshire, over 100 miles from her dorm room where she should’ve been quietly studying. She...
View ArticleMan Convicted Of Murdering Chandra Levy Won’t Be Retried And More Crime News!
These are the crime stories making headlines today, July 28, 2016 … Man convicted in Chandra Levy’s murder won’t be retried. Washington, D.C.’s U.S. Attorney’s Office said they are dropping the charges...
View ArticleFBI Asks Public For Help Hunting For 13-Year-Old Girl’s Killer In Cold Case
These are the crime stories making headlines today, September 1, 2016 … The FBI’s Chicago Division has appealed to the public for help solving a cold case involving the brutal murder of a 13-year-old...
View ArticlePossible Link Found Between Missing College Girl and Robert Durst
In 1971, 18-year-old Middlebury College student Lynne Schulze disappeared without a trace. Police know that she was last seen on December 10 at a bus stop across the street from a Vermont health-food...
View ArticleLAPD Releases Sketches of Two Suspects Linked To Woman Killed Near Manson Site
The Los Angeles Police Department has released sketches of two men considered persons of interest in the 47-year-old murder of a young woman found near a Manson Family murder site. Reet Jurvetson, 19,...
View ArticleMan Walks Into Police Station And Confesses To Killing 14 Years Ago — God...
It’s a case that could have remained cold and unsolved, but now it appears that one murder victim’s family may finally be seeing justice. The Broward County Sheriff said a man walked into a police...
View ArticleOhio Ex-Mayor Admits To Repeatedly Raping Four-Year-Old Child, Says She Was...
These are the crime stories making headlines today, September 14, 2016 … An Ohio ex-mayor has admitting to repeatedly raping a four-year-old child, and called her “willing,” according to prosecutors....
View ArticleCrime History: The Unsolved Piano Murder of Sigrid Stevenson
Does the ghost of Sigrid Stevenson still haunt Kendall Hall? According to rumors at what is now The College of New Jersey, yes, it does. The murder of 25-year-old graduate student Stevenson happened...
View ArticleFrom College Senior to Cold Case: Who Killed Tammy Zywicki?
On August 23, 1992, Grinnell College senior Tammy Zywicki drove off from the Chicago suburb of Evanston toward the school’s Iowa campus. She never made it. The following day, an Illinois State Trooper...
View ArticleDigging Up Dead Bodies: How GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar) Helps Crack Cold...
For years, police have been using Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) — the same technology used in construction projects to find underground water, power, and sewer lines — to dig up forensic evidence...
View ArticleThe “Dating Game Killer” Charged With Another Murder In A Wyoming Cold Case
Rodney Alcala has been described as one of the most prolific serial killers to terrorize California. His first known crime was the brutal rape and beating of eight-year-old Tali Shapiro in 1968....
View ArticleMaking A Murderer’s Steven Avery Engaged To Woman He’s Only Met Once
These are the crime stories making headlines today, September 26, 2016 … Making a Murderer star Steven Avery is set to tie the knot with Lynn Hartman, a legal secretary. Avery has been dating Hartman...
View Article26 Years Later, Pellet Gun Arrest Links Suspect to Child Rape and Double Murder
Last August, Cape Coral police arrested Joe Zieler, 54, for shooting his son with a pellet gun. Subsequent DNA discoveries have now positively linked the Florida resident to the unsolved 1990 rape and...
View ArticleLead Investigator In Derrick Rose Case Dies From Apparent Suicide
These are the crime stories making headlines today, October 13, 2016 … LAPD Detective Nadine Hernandez, lead detective in the criminal investigation into rape claims against New York Knicks guard...
View ArticleSerial Killer Cinema: 6 Films Based On The Zodiac Killer
The Zodiac Killer, a serial slaughterer who struck repeatedly in northern California during the late 1960s and early 1970s, has never been apprehended. His terror spree remains one of the most...
View ArticleJury Selection Begins In Retrial Of Man Accused Of Murdering 6-Year-Old Etan...
These are the crime stories making headlines today, October 21, 2016 … Jury selection has begun in the retrial of Pedro Hernandez, the man accused of murdering six-year-old Etan Patz (above), who...
View ArticleSerial Killer Cinema: The Top 10 Films Inspired By Jack The Ripper
In real life, authorities never captured Jack the Ripper — the infamous, even legendary, serial slasher known to have murdered prostitutes and terrorized the hardscrabble Whitechapel section of London...
View ArticleCrime History: A Look Back At The Still Unsolved Murder Of Martha Moxley
On the evening of October 30, 1975, 15-year-old Martha Moxley was on her way home from a Halloween party at the home of her classmates Tommy and Michael Skakel in the exclusive Belle Haven neighborhood...
View ArticleWho Killed James Adamski? How A 1982 Halloween Cold Case Haunts Upstate New York
Someone in upstate New York holds the key to a 1982 Halloween murder mystery about which theories continue to run rampant. Now, more than 30 years later, the victim’s brother is sharing more details...
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