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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.

The Cecil Hotel:
The Cecil Hotel: The Building Where Death Checked In and Mystery Never Checked Out Behind the doors of a downtown Los Angeles hotel lies a century of tragedy, notorious killers, unexplained circumstances, and one disturbing question: Can a place become so saturated with suffering that its history begins to feel alive?
By Lilithea Adasia18 days ago in Criminal
Inside The Murders Of Joseph And Gail Bailey, The Utah Couple Killed By Their Own Daughter
Just after 7 p.m. on June 18, 2024, gunshots rang out inside a house near Chinook Drive in Washington City, Utah. By the time police arrived, a married couple lay dead in their own home, and the person who had shot them was gone.
By Rare Stories20 days ago in Criminal
The Death Of Ibrahim Diakite, The Ohio DoorDash Driver Dragged Under An SUV After A Kroger Parking Lot Crash
On the morning of Wednesday, October 22, 2025, two vehicles bumped into each other in the parking lot of the Kroger at 55 West Schrock Road in Westerville, Ohio. Police later called it a minor traffic accident.
By Rare Stories20 days ago in Criminal
Where Is E?
Where Is E? Eighteen Years Without Edmond Webster He was my brother's best friend. He became part of our family. In 2008, he disappeared, and almost two decades later, we're still waiting for answers.
By Dakota Denise 20 days ago in Criminal
Northern Myanmar’s Scam Industry Won’t Die in a Courtroom
CCTV aired A Record of the Fall of Telecom Fraud in Northern Myanmar . Many viewers felt relief. On screen, bosses who once ruled compounds with absolute authority have shaved heads, wear prison uniforms, and stand in court. Put their faces beside the wanted notices and little changes. Scroll back further and most came from ordinary backgrounds. Some ran small shops. Some drifted through casinos. Some ran errands along the border. Their common trait was location, guns, and connections. They dared to kidnap and defraud. In another place, without armed groups collecting protection money, without cross-border money laundering, without truckloads of young people tricked over, many might be street debt collectors, labor contractors, or small bosses.
By Jin21 days ago in Criminal
His Parents Said He Was Too Young to Understand. A Court Still Made Them Pay.
On August 27, 2025, in Liuyang, Hunan, a 9-year-old boy named Liu rode a bicycle along the south auxiliary road of Huapao Avenue. He turned right without warning and crossed the motor vehicle lane. Nie was riding a motorcycle in the same direction with Dai on the back. Nie could not stop in time. Both vehicles crashed. Three people were hurt. Two vehicles were damaged.
By Jin21 days ago in Criminal
Bart Whitaker, The Texas Son Who Planned His Family's Murder — And The Father Who Saved Him From Execution
On the evening of December 10, 2003, the Whitaker family of Sugar Land, Texas, went out to celebrate. Their oldest son, 23-year-old Thomas Bartlett “Bart” Whitaker, had told them he was about to graduate from Sam Houston State University, and his parents, Kent and Tricia, took him and his 19-year-old brother Kevin to dinner at a Pappadeaux restaurant in nearby Stafford. Bart unwrapped a Rolex watch, a graduation gift.
By Rare Stories22 days ago in Criminal
Myanmar Said No Chinese Died. Chinese Police Dug Up Three Bodies.
December 2023, Laukkai, Kokang, northern Myanmar. Fighter jets flew overhead. Explosions sent smoke up from positions in the distance.
By Jin22 days ago in Criminal
They Killed a Stranger to Seal a Deal. Then They Smiled in Court.
Chen Dawei told his men to find a stranger. Anywhere. His men dragged a man out of the dark room. The man was in solitary because he would not submit to the park’s discipline. Chen Dawei pushed him onto the sacrifice platform. Gunshot. Sworn brotherhood. Glasses filled. Someone asked what it felt like to shoot. Chen Dawei said, What feeling was needed? None.
By Jin22 days ago in Criminal
They Buried the Bodies. Then They Rebuilt the Scam Compounds.
On the evening of October 5, 2026, the three-part documentary The Downfall of Northern Myanmar’s Telecom Fraud Empire premiered on CCTV’s main channel. The Ministry of Public Security and China Media Group co-produced it. The team spent 10 months filming in 10 Chinese provinces, 18 cities, and Kokang in northern Myanmar.
By Jin23 days ago in Criminal
The Murder of Sister Cathy Cesnik
On 3 January 1970, George Brown and his ten-year-old son found the decomposing body of a young woman wearing a navy-blue skirt and white slip. She was lying on her back and had a winter coat on.
By Sam H Arnold23 days ago in Criminal
Stop Choosing the Bear. Become the Bear.
Stop Choosing the Bear. Become the Bear. Cornell University, sexual assault, 57 men in a group chat, more than 1,200 reports, and a system that keeps asking victims to carry the burden of everyone else's choices.
By Lilithea Adasia24 days ago in Criminal