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Whodunnit, and why? All about criminal investigations and the forensic methods used to search for clues and collect evidence to get to the bottom of the crime.

Bunty Chor: The True Story of India’s Most Notorious Super Thief Who Committed Over 500 Robberies
A man sat quietly behind the iron bars of a police lockup, holding a living lizard between his fingers. Without showing fear or hesitation, he swallowed it whole.
By parwinder singh3 months ago in Criminal
Mona Fandey Murder Case: The Malay a Black-Magic Ritual
Content Warning: This true-crime story contains descriptions of murder, dismemberment, occult rituals, and execution. Some criminal cases are remembered because of their brutality. Others survive because of the mystery surrounding them. The Mona Fandey murder case contains both.
By parwinder singh3 months ago in Criminal
The Babysitter Who Never Came Home
On a warm July afternoon in 1973, Juliana Pockett, who was then seven years old, got on her green bicycle and cycled down the quiet road close to her house in Tolland, Connecticut. She told her mother that she was going to get a butterfly which she had left under a piece of cardboard that same day. It was the simple and innocent errand that any child might carry out on a long summer day. She never came back.
By Kirsten Schmidt3 months ago in Criminal
Sonia Exelby Murder Case Explained: Did She Hire Her Own Killer and Fly to Florida to Die?
Content Warning: This article discusses murder, mental-health struggles and possible self-harm. True-crime cases are often built around familiar motives such as money, revenge, jealousy or personal conflict. However, the alleged murder of 32-year-old Sonia Exelby presents a far more unsettling question: what happens when a person apparently asks someone else to end their life, but may change their mind when it is already too late?
By parwinder singh3 months ago in Criminal
The Smiling Dentist - A Broken System
Earlier this year, police shot and killed Steven Lim. He was holding a knife during the confrontation. Tragic as that was, he should never have been on the streets. The justice system failed yet again. Here is why.
By Calvin London3 months ago in Criminal
The FBI’s Most‑Wanted Professor: A Decade Behind the Lectern
In 2018, Chinese police took into custody a foreign teacher who had taught at East China Normal University for more than a decade. In 2024, that individual was formally transferred to U.S. law enforcement. Six years passed between those two dates. From my own enrollment in 2019 to the moment I learned of this case, another five years had gone by.
By Jin3 months ago in Criminal
No Arrests 18 Years After Mass Shooting Killed Five Women in a Chicago Clothing Store
On the morning of February 2, 2008 , a woman whispered the location of a Lane Bryant clothing store to a 911 dispatcher in Tinley Park, a suburb southwest of Chicago, Illinois.
By Cat Leigh3 months ago in Criminal
Something's wrong in Oklahoma
Today, we're headed to Oklahoma. It's often celebrated for its warmth and beauty, (although when I think Oklahoma... I think of huge tornadoes that send you straight to Hell.. but I digress) it also bears the weight of a dark, persistent reputation within the justice system. It boasts having one of the highest incarceration rates in the whole country. In 1996 alone, the state saw over two hundred homicides, but few were as chilling as the one that unfolded along a pitch black shoulder of U.S. Highway 75.
By Sara Wilson3 months ago in Criminal
The Mystery Reddit Rabbit Hole That Stole My Evening
I opened Reddit expecting a few minutes of scrolling and somehow ended up spending three hours trying to solve the disappearance of a college student who vanished more than twenty years ago.
By Nolan Reed3 months ago in Criminal
The True Story of a Real Life "Killer Clown"
A few days ago, I saw a promo on Lifetime for one of their upcoming thrillers, Killer Clown , which will premiere on the network on August 1. This was one of two August Lifetime movie previews that I've seen; the other one being She Stole My Son's Heart , which will premiere on Lifetime on August 8. Regarding Killer Clown , here's the synopsis, according to Lifetime:
By Clyde E. Dawkins3 months ago in Criminal
The Persian Princess Hoax: How a Forged Mummy Nearly Fooled the World
In October 2000 , Pakistani police received a tip about a Karachi resident allegedly in possession of a videotape showing a mummy inside a wooden sarcophagus. Rumor was that Ali Akbar was attempting to sell the artifact on the black market for 600 million rupees (about 11 million US dollars).
By Cat Leigh3 months ago in Criminal
I Spent 31 Years Thinking I Understood the O.J. Simpson Trial. Then I Read the Divorce Settlement.
I first noticed a detail in an interview with Henry Lee. When he talked about the blood evidence at the Simpson crime scene, he didn’t use the phrase “procedural justice.” He said, “That glove. Simpson couldn’t put it on in court.”
By Jin3 months ago in Criminal