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A high-profile murder of a mother and son from a prominent South Carolina family uncovers other potential brutal crimes.

In this article, I suggest that misrounding Canadian cashiers are generally doing it deliberately and that Canadian consumers should stick up for their nickels.

How the national budget is passed in the Philippines.

Charles Cullen is a former nurse and the most prolific serial killer in New Jersey state history. In December 2003 Cullen told authorities that he had murdered as many as 45 patients during a 16-year period while working for 10 hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

A Yale University student goes missing and is later found hidden in the wall of the lab she worked in.

In 2011, a twisted web of murder, fundamentalist Protestantism and a thread of deceit unravelled in the loyalist town of Coleraine. The shockwaves are felt to this day.

Carl was only seven when he committed his first crime. By age eleven, he was sent to the first of many correctional facilities. Physically abused and sexually violated, Carl soon began to hate all mankind. A series of events sent him on a mission of vengeance whose like had never been seen before.

Insurance fraud is quite common; it even extended into the rarefied world of equestrian sports in the 1970s and '80s.

Asha Degree is a young girl who has been missing since February 14, 2000. There have been very little leads in this case. Someone knows what happened to her. Here is her story.

A little girl goes missing and is murdered in 1973. Find out what the police did 45 years later to catch her killer . . .

Ulamas or religious scholars can help resolve local conflicts and build social cohesion.

Hearing a mysterious whistle with no clear origin would be an unsettling experience for anyone. Here are a few cases people have chosen to report, and the possible explanations behind them.

Louis Le Prince invented the single-lens motion picture camera in 1888. He was on his way to a public premiere of his invention in New York in 1890. Le Prince boarded a train in France and disappeared. William Kennedy Dickson of the Edison Company is often given credit for inventing it in 1891.

While mandatory arrest laws seem to have been born of good intentions, in practice, they often have negative results. They amplify the existing systemic racism in the criminal justice system, and they can also negatively impact the victims of crimes in a variety of ways.

Little five-year-old Summer Wells was out planting flowers with her mother and grandmother at their house in the beautiful mountains of Tennessee. One minute she was there and the next minute gone.

Living life beyond the pale offers immense perspective. Luke wrote these musings down in 2017, after a west coast adventure that ended in the Sonoran Desert. Enjoy his reflections and wisdom gleaned from his time in Slab City, California.

How long have Americans debated presidential emergency authority? Sixteen of the most extreme emergency actions of the U.S. president appear in this article. Learn about instances of presidential abuse with these actions. What are PEAD's and how are they used in such times?

In 2009, a man calling himself Peter Bergmann was found washed up on an Irish beach. Twelve years later, police, journalists, and investigators are still trying to unravel his identity. He is aptly called the "man with no past".

19-year-old woman found dead inside a freezer at a hotel in Rosemont IL. Police say it was an accident, others say it was foul play.

A day trip ended in disaster when an 18-year-old woman disappeared near Omaha, NE in 2019. No official suspects, no leads, where is Sunny?

Ricky Lane Thomas Jr., 13, left to go to his cousin's home one day and was never seen again. The family believes he ran away but the police think it was foul play. Where is Ricky?

West Des Moines murderer still on the loose 10 years later. Who killed this Realtor during the open house? Ashley Okland’s murder is still unsolved; she was 27 years old.

Looking for a true crime rabbit hole to keep you up all night? Despite tons of weird clues, the mysterious unsolved disappearances of Andrew Gosden, Jacob Cabinaw and New York boys Christopher Dansby, Shane Walker and Andre Bryant have all gone cold but they still have loved ones looking for them.

A young girl gets wrapped up in hanging with a gang and faces the ultimate betrayal of her friends as she watched her grave being dug.

Ötzi, the iceman was shot in the back with an arrow. The arrow hit the main artery and death was almost instantaneous. Was it an act of revenge? Who had killed him at this desolate location? One of Europe’s most renowned detectives, Chief Inspector Alex Horn was called to investigate the case.

There are thousands of unsolved murder cases throughout the United States, but thanks to advancements in DNA technology, justice is not out of reach for the families of the victims.

t was a beautiful summer day on July 25, 1985. Two sisters, Rozlin Rochelle Abell, 18, and younger sister Fawn Marlene Abell, 15, were last seen at their home . . .

A young woman was found in 1992, then another woman is found several months later in the state of Wyoming. How many more others were victims of Clark Perry Baldwin?

Where did Lars Mittank go after he ran away from the airport? Was he involved with drugs, or did he have a psychotic break? Were people really after him or was he just paranoid?

Brian Shaffer disappeared from a bar in Ohio on April 1st, 2006. Video shows him entering the establishment but never leaving. Where did he go? Was it foul play, an accident, or did he run away to start a new life?

A nine-year-old went missing on a cold stormy night, where did she go? Asha left her home between 2:45 am, and 3 am on Valentine's day 2000. Nobody has seen her since.

A young girl was shot dead in her Omaha, Nebraska home. Sixteen years later, there have still been no answers or arrests. Who killed Sarah Neal?

Where did Peggy McGuire go? Did she run away like her boyfriend claims or did something worse happen to her? She left behind her son and a fulfilling new career. What happened to her?

What happened to this missing mother and son? Was the husband involved or did she run off with another man?

A three-wheeled vehicle was briefly all the rage during the oil crisis of the early 1970s.

The U.S. Capitol has seen its share of violence over its more than 220 year history. In 1998, a despicable act of violence was perpetrated inside the Capitol by a deranged person. This is a brief history of what happened.

A series of break-ins and hair thefts plagued the city of Pascagoula, Mississippi in 1942, and questions remain about who exactly was responsible, and what their motives might have been.

One of the most horrific murders in this century happened in 2016, in Knoxville, Tennessee. The brutal murders of Joel and Lisa Guy remain forever etched in the memories of their family members.

A new idea is gaining momentum in city planning, the 15-Minute City, that seeks to improve access to essential services for all residents.

Blanche Monnier was a beautiful French socialite who was tragically held captive by her mother for 25 years, cut off from the outside world completely. Her heartbreaking story and incomprehensible mistreatment is disturbing and cruel, and shows just how monstrous her mother and brother truly were.

Leaving behind a baby boy, Chelsea disappeared in the early morning hours on May 7th, 2016. She was troubled and very vulnerable. Did she get forced into human trafficking or did she simply walk away from her life?

At just 4 years old Sofia vanished within minutes from her home and nobody ever saw her again. Few leads and fewer suspects make this case a difficult one to solve.

The mysterious disappearance and death of a young woman with Down's Syndrome has traumatized a small community in Arizona.

Firefighters discovered the body of a baby in the burned remnants of a house, but where is the baby's mother?

Is the U.S. Constitution faulty? Should it be replaced? Read about the most common complaints about the constitution and the intended solutions put in place by the Founding Fathers.

He left his hotel in February 1995 and was never seen again. Police say he killed himself, others say he's still out there. Did this guitarist fake his own death?

Monica was just 16 when she vanished from her aunt and uncle's home in October 2003. There was no sign of a struggle or foul play, and she's never been seen again.

It was a June summer night in 2009, when a little girl, who was scared of the dark, began to walk home from her friend's in McCleary, Washington. She never made it home.

On the November 2020 ballot in Illinois is a change to the Illinois constitution that changes the way the income tax rates can be changed. This will discuss this change.

Body parts started showing up in central London in 1888; did they belong to a previously unknown victim of Jack the Ripper?