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Coolest Gifts for the Crime-Obsessed
While you may find it a bit strange that your friend is a little over-the-top obsessed with mysteries and criminality, many of us feel a strange degree of closeness to the otherwise dark and otherworldly realities so often associated to them. Mysteries and psychological horrors are the best kind of late night movies for these kids, oftentimes called "crime-obsessed."
Patricia SarkarPublished 7 years ago in CriminalLondon—1890
London—1890 Lydia Michaels was a petite girl with long flowing locks of dark brown hair and bright blue eyes. She lived with her father and her three brothers in a mansion in the middle of London. Since her father, Daniel Michaels was working for the Queen, her and her family had money. She wore tight corsets and stunning dresses every day of her life.
Julia BarkerPublished 7 years ago in CriminalOur Crime and Punishment
Over the years the world has evolved and during this evolution practices and views have changed to fit the times. During this time capital punishment has remained the same in some places. Capital punishment is defined as being an order issued by the legal system to punish a convicted criminal to punishment by death. Some people believe capital punishment should be abolished, while others believe it should remain the way it is. This type of punishment has claimed the lives of many innocent people. Causing hurt amongst families, mistrust against the judicial system, and drastic life altering circumstances for those wrongly accused. Not to mention how the actual criminal is still in the community waiting for his or her moment to strike again.
Screamin TearzPublished 7 years ago in CriminalSerial Killer Deep Dive: Robert Pickton
Disclaimer: this article contains graphic crime scene photos. Imagine you're at the grocery store shopping for dinner. Deciding that you're going to make spaghetti and meatballs, you pick up a package of fresh ground pork. You get home, prepare your meal and sit down to enjoy it. You turn on the six o'clock news and begin to eat. Suddenly a public health advisory flashes on the screen. As you swallow your first meatball, you discover that you might've just eaten human flesh: Dead prostitute flesh.
Jenny ReedPublished 7 years ago in CriminalScarface Remake Has New Lead, Could Al Pacino Join the New Film?
In a time of reboots and remakes, it shouldn't come as a surprise to hear of a Scarface reboot being in the works. Yes, the 1983 version of Scarface was a reboot in itself but we're in for yet another reboot sooner than expected, well maybe not.
Charles 'Mass Murderer' Manson Dies at 83
Charles Milles Maddox, otherwise known as Charles Manson, is the wild-eyed man known for leading the Manson Family cult. Manson was deemed responsible for committing the infamous, disturbing murders of actress Sharon Tate Polanski, Tate Polanski's unborn baby, and six other victims (Abigail Ann Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Steven Earl Parent, Jay Sebring, Leno La Bianca, and Rosemary La Bianca) in the solemn year of nineteen sixty-nine.
Tabitha RenoPublished 7 years ago in CriminalBest Mystery Novels to Keep You up at Night
Even if you're not a bookworm, people love a good mystery novel. All you want to know is what happens next, but every single chapter is just a brand new cliffhanger and this literally makes us go to the next chapter — it's like a cycle until we eventually reach the end of the novel (but we never want stories to end!).
Jacqueline HanikehPublished 7 years ago in CriminalI Love and Hate You Part Two
Chapter 1 Monti drove up to the door of the restaurant, all the lights where off but I could see someone inside. "Stay here," I said to him as I opened the door. I silently opened the front door and moved in. I was at the kitchen when I heard talking.
D'Naja LynchPublished 7 years ago in CriminalBlood Princess
The pitch black sky turned the whole Kingdom dim and shadowy, the mass numbered stars doing nothing to illuminate the darkness. Flowers sleep in the dark as the galloping of a dark horse treading encoded through the place I call home. The men guarding me carried swords and shields of steel and iron.
Madison RifflePublished 7 years ago in CriminalI Love and Hate You
HANNAH'S POV "I need to leave, get out and away!" I screamed in my head as my father kicked me again. I tried to get up but every time I tried he would kick me down again. He pulled out a knife and ran its cold blade along my arm until it was just above my elbow. I could feel the tip digging into my skin, I screamed out in pain as he dug in and dragged it up my arm until it met my shoulder.
D'Naja LynchPublished 7 years ago in CriminalHarm By Accusation
I see many examples of demands that someone should make amends for “harm done” in the past. Allegations are treated as if they are irrefutable fact. The accused is publicly punished. No trial by peers, no detailed examination of actual evidence. No examination of context or of the social normality prevalent at the time of the alleged “offence.”
Peter RosePublished 7 years ago in CriminalThe Chilling Mystery of the Black Dahlia
The Black Dahlia is one the most highly publicized unsolved crimes in US history. Over the years, there's been more than 200 suspects and more than 60 false confessions, and yet we still don't know for sure who killed Elizabeth Short.
Joseph FarleyPublished 7 years ago in Criminal