The Unsolved Murder Of Septic Tank Sam
Despite innovative forensic technology that has closed mysterious chapters of once unexplainable crimes, every year thousands of cold cases go unsolved.
Read MoreDespite innovative forensic technology that has closed mysterious chapters of once unexplainable crimes, every year thousands of cold cases go unsolved.
By Alexandra Simon Read MoreThanks to DNA analysis and genetic genealogy, unsolved murders and cold cases have a new chance at being put to the test and to rest.
By Mina Nakatani Read MoreAuthorities would arrest Terry Rasmussen under his many false names for over 40 years. His arrests included crimes such as child abandonment and child abuse.
By Alexandra Simon Read MoreChristman Genipperteinga was a German man of questionable fact who reportedly killed an unthinkable number of people before he was brought to justice.
By DB Kelly Read MoreThings escalated and a shot rang out. Hawkins had been hit. The crowd dispersed. Sixteen-year-old Yusuf Hawkins was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
By Samantha Sanders Read MoreIn the 1990 classic crime film Goodfellas, Henry Hill's life story is told from the perspective of a former Lucchese crime associate turned FBI informant.
By Branden C. Potter Read MoreHans Schmidt is the only Catholic priest to ever be executed. Convicted of murder in the early 1900s, the priest had a history of deviant behavior.
By Jeff Somers Read MoreJeffrey Dahmer was eventually caught after committing at least 17 murders and is among one of America's most prolific serial killers.
By Alexandra Simon Read MoreLizzie Borden was famously acquitted for the brutal axe-murder of her father and stepmother in 1892. Here's what happened after her not guilty verdict.
By Aimee Lamoureux Read MoreTerry Peder Rasmussen, "The Chameleon Killer," was a serial killer straight out of the wildest fiction. The murderer earned his name through his MO.
By Nick Vrchoticky Read MoreThere are some true crime stories that make you question the aptitude of the police. One such story is the disappearance of 17-year-old Virgil Wade Tackett.
By Cody Copeland Read MoreBefore Andy Summers, there was another Police guitarist who was just as skilled and influential in his musicianship, and who happened to help found the band.
By Branden C. Potter Read MorePolice work tirelessly to find murderers and other criminals to bring them to justice, but sometimes they can't find the perpetrator or get charges to stick.
By Brian Boone Read MoreOne infamous guest at the Cecil Hotel in the 1980s was none other than Richard Ramirez, and many want to stay in the Night Stalker's room.
By Karen Corday Read MoreSuper Bowl stars aren't immune to making mistakes or leading a life of crime, from drugs, to guns, to assault, to even murder.
By Daniel Johnson Read MoreThe Netflix series Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel has reignited interest in the Elisa Lam case, and some want to stay in her room.
By Samantha Sanders Read MoreOne of the more recent fatalities put the shabby old Skid Row Cecil Hotel on the internet's map in 2013, when Elisa Lam mysteriously disappeared there.
By Cody Copeland Read MoreHe and his friends were unaware that the barrel contained the remains of the victims of a man who would go on to be known as The Chameleon Killer.
By Cody Copeland Read MoreThe mystery of the bodies found around Gilgo Beach continues to haunt Long Island. What's the real reason the Long Island serial killer murders remain unsolved?
By Pauli Poisuo Read MoreMurderers come from all backgrounds, but people will still wonder if Arias' background was any different. Here's the sad truth about her childhood.
By Nick Vrchoticky Read MoreBefore Jodi Arias killed Travis Alexander, she was in another relationship with another man, a relationship that painted a very different picture of her.
By Alexandra Simon Read MoreIn a mass grave at the bottom of a 43-foot shaft in Spain, scientists found evidence of the first murder victim in history.
By Cody Copeland Read MoreThe BTK Killer terrorized Wichita, Kansas from 1974 to 1991 and may have never been caught if it weren't for a mistake he made in 2005.
By Aimee Lamoureux Read MoreAbout 30 years ago, a four-month-pregnant Angela Hammond went missing, and her mysterious disappearance is still unsolved.
By Alexandra Simon Read MoreKnown as the Hi-Fi Murders, as many as six men mercilessly attacked several people during an electronics shop robbery in April 1974.
By Cody Copeland Read MoreKnown as the Hi-Fi Murders, a brutal attack that resulted in the murders of three people changed the town of Ogden, Utah, forever.
By Cody Copeland Read MoreGreat Britain's history is filled with unsolved mysteries and curious cases, but one has the added historical note of being the first handgun murder in London.
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