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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.
Red Rooms: Fact or Fiction? Inside the Alleged Dark Web Torture Chambers. Content Warning.
There’s a chilling legend that circulates among dark web enthusiasts and thrill-seekers — whispers of a place where the worst nightmares come to life in real-time. They’re called “red rooms,” a name that conjures images of blood-soaked walls and unimaginable horror. Allegedly, red rooms are hidden live streams on the dark web where people can pay to watch torture or murder as it happens, with viewers even able to dictate the fate of the victims.
By Victoria Velkova2 years ago in Criminal
The Corpsewood Manor Murders. Content Warning.
Dr. Charles Scudder was a rich man who had a “good job” by definition as a pharmacology professor at Loyola University in Chicago. Known for being “brilliant,” “polished,” and “soft-spoken, but confident,” Scudder eventually became tired of the city and left his beautiful Chicago property in 1976 to live a more modest life.
By Victoria Velkova2 years ago in Criminal
Chained And Starved: The Story Of The Turpin Children. Content Warning.
A seventeen-year-old girl informed the police that she had recently escaped a house nearby where she said her twelve siblings were being held hostage by their parents. Sheriff’s deputies arrived at the house after picking up the girl and discovered that the girl had been right.
By Victoria Velkova2 years ago in Criminal
The Circleville Letter Writer: A Mystery of Threats and Murder. Content Warning.
The small town of Circleville, Ohio, might seem like an unlikely setting for a twisted mystery, but in the 1970s, it became the center of a bizarre and unsettling series of events that still captivates true crime enthusiasts today. The story of the “Circleville Letter Writer” is one filled with anonymous threats, a tragic murder, and a series of questions that remain unanswered.
By Victoria Velkova2 years ago in Criminal
The Setagaya Family Murders: He left behind baffling evidence
On the night of December 30, 2000, in a quiet suburban neighborhood in Setagaya, Tokyo, a family of four was brutally murdered in their own home. The Setagaya family murders remain one of Japan’s most puzzling and unsettling unsolved cases, with the killer leaving behind an eerie trail of evidence, a crime scene that seemed to tell a strange story, and a haunting sense of mystery that has yet to be unraveled.
By Victoria Velkova2 years ago in Criminal
The Delphi Murders: The Conviction of Richard Allen in a Case That Shook America
The Delphi Murders have haunted the nation since the tragic day in February 2017 when the lifeless bodies of Liberty German (14) and Abigail Williams (13) were discovered near Monon High Bridge in Delphi, Indiana. For over five years, this small town lived under the shadow of uncertainty as the investigation unfolded, capturing the attention of true crime enthusiasts and the media alike. In a major breakthrough, Richard Allen, a Delphi resident, was convicted on November 11, 2024, finally bringing a semblance of closure to one of America’s most gripping unsolved mysteries.
By Amanda Goodwin2 years ago in Criminal
Charged with using lost debit card 4 times for alcohol, found ‘picking through trash on the side of the road’
By LENNY COHEN PORT ORANGE, Fla. (CohenConnect) – The call to police started as a theft investigation, but was actually the case of a stolen debit card used four times without the owner’s permission.
By Lenny Cohen2 years ago in Criminal
Traffic stop with 3 passengers, ‘all of which I am familiar,’ cop says, leads to K9 officer and drug charges
By LENNY COHEN FRUITLAND PARK, Fla. (CohenConnect) – It was like a one-two punch. Ashley Finley drove her “tannish gray-in-color Nissan” through a stop sign, “pausing beyond the white stop bar,” a police officer reported.
By Lenny Cohen2 years ago in Criminal
The Mysterious Death of Cindy James: A Case That Defies Explanation. Content Warning.
Cindy James was a vibrant, kind-hearted nurse living in Richmond, British Columbia, when her life took a dark and mysterious turn. For nearly seven years, Cindy claimed to be the target of relentless harassment and stalking. Her tormentor seemed to operate in the shadows, leaving cryptic notes, making threatening phone calls, and even physically attacking her. On June 8, 1989, Cindy’s body was found in a chilling scene that only deepened the mystery surrounding her life and death.
By Victoria Velkova2 years ago in Criminal
The Abduction of Angela Hammond: A Chilling Unsolved Mystery. Content Warning.
On a quiet night in Clinton, Missouri, in 1991, 20-year-old Angela Hammond disappeared under circumstances so bizarre and tragic that they continue to haunt her family, her fiancé, and the small community she called home. More than three decades later, Angela’s case remains unsolved, a mystery that feels like a puzzle missing its final pieces.
By Victoria Velkova2 years ago in Criminal
