Criminal Justice & True Crime

John List meticulously planned the killing of his family and then disappeared.

Despite the oath to tell the truth, witnesses frequently lie in court. But, there’s a class of liar that stands below all the rest―the jailhouse snitch.

In the late 1880s, American-born Florence Maybrick faced trial in England for the murder of her husband James. Was she guilty or innocent of poisoning him with arsenic? Here's her compelling story.

1 in every 100 people in the US currently resides in a prison. Many more are on parole. How does a prior conviction affect voting rights for the current or formerly incarcerated, and how might this shape US politics forever?

This article will address several misconceptions—as well as mistruths—surrounding the highly debated case of Darlie Routier.

This real-life tragedy will bring you nightmares.

Bad physicians and police officers receive plenty of regional and national media coverage in the United States. But, reports about bad or criminal teachers and school staff rarely reach beyond the immediate city or state that's involved. Yet, bad teachers can do great damage to future generations.

The system is broken. The odds are stacked against the many while privilege is reserved for the few. Life indeed is a hand of cards we are all dealt, but why are these hands so unfairly uneven?

Kali Ann Poulton was the "apple of her mother's eye," and an only child. One day she vanished with her pink and white Big Wheel, sending the city of Rochester into a panicked search for a kidnapper.

On a chilly October night over ten years ago, Baby Lisa vanished into the night. Her parents believe she was trafficked, but the police focused on them as suspects, and may have missed critical evidence.

Gary Heidnik abducted six women in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the mid-1980s. What he did with them is what nightmares are made of.

Our prisons are overflowing with people. Let's not forget that. People who for whatever reason landed within the confines of cell walls. And who gives a damn?

The Sausage Ghost is one of the enduring haunting stories of the French Quarter, based on the Moity case of two women brutally murdered and stuffed into trunks before their killer escaped into the swamps.

In 1917, a Canadian artist of outstanding talent vanished on a canoe trip in Ontario's Algonquin Park.

In this article, I look at evidence pertaining to the Zodiac Killer in hopes of finding a way that he might be linked to or rebutted as Gary Francis Poste.

In November 1970, a woman's body was found in Norway. Who was she? Where did she come from? As yet, there are no answers.

Here is a handy timeline of Gabby Petito's disappearance and some theories about what happened.

Gabby Petito is an adventurous and free spirit who had embarked on a cross-country journey with her boyfriend. All of the sudden her texts to her family stopped and her boyfriend showed up back home alone.

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

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 . . .

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.

James Richard Shinn was a book lover. But besides loving books, he was also a master book thief. And his targets were public libraries in America where he would masquerade as a "jolly," well-educated professor and ultimately pillage rare books to the tune of more than half a million dollars.

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".

A 19-year-old woman was 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?

Twenty-one-year-old Kelcey Fike was brutally murdered in Kearney, Nebraska, and her home was set on fire. Who could have done this? Police have no leads and need the publics' help. Someone knows something.

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?

Danielle Karlen was a young woman who was brutally murdered in the California's Central Valley. Oildale is a small community on the outskirts of Bakersfield. Filled with abject poverty and other social ills, this is just one of its tragedies. Danielle was a real person and this is a true story.