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12 Crimes of Christmas: Missing Messiah
In 2008, the baby Jesus was stolen from a nativity scene from the lawn of a community center in Wellington, Florida.
12 Crimes of Christmas: Santa's Spree
Just before Christmas in 1987, Ronald Gene Simmons began a murder spree that claimed the lives of 14 memebers of his family and 2 strangers over the course of several days. Ronald invited his 7 children and their partners over for a holiday dinner, with a plan to systematically murder all of them.
12 Crimes of Christmas: Christmas with the KKK
On Christmas night 1951, civil rights activists Harry and Harriette Moore were bombed in their home by the Florida Ku Klux Klan. The Moore’s were known for having started the Brevard County Chapter of the NAACP in 1934, and later the Florida State branch.
12 Crimes of Christmas: Holiday Spirit
In 2011, a man was arrested for decorating a neighbor’s house for Christmas…while on bath salts. Terry Trent, a man from Dayton, OH, got high on bath salts and was apparently filled with the holiday spirit.
12 Crimes of Christmas: Tragic Traditions
On Christmas day 1929, the Lawson family was getting ready for Christmas in Stokes County, North Carolina. They were a family of 9 with the father, Charlie, age 43, Fannie, the mom, age 37, 17 year old Marie, 16 year old Arthur, 12 year old Carrie, 7 year old Maybell, 4 year old James, 2 year old Raymond, and a baby, Mary Lou.
12 Crimes of Christmas: A Petrifying Package
On Christmas Eve, 2008, Bruce Jeffery Pardo knocked on the door of his former in-laws’ home while dressed in a Santa suit and holding a gift-wrapped package. When an eight-year-old girl answered the door, Pardo blasted her with a semiautomatic handgun. Then, the unhinged Santa entered the Covina, Los Angeles home and began indiscriminately firing through the crowd of festive partygoers.
12 Crimes of Christmas: A Robbery at Santacon
In 2014, a man dressed as Santa robbed a bank in San Francisco while attending an event called Santacon.
12 Crimes of Christmas: Santa Robs a Bank
On December 23, 1927, a gun-toting Santa Claus and his three bandits robbed the First National Bank of Cisco, Texas before setting off on a wild, week-long chase with the police. Although the costume was donned by a decidedly young and lanky man, the image of the beloved Christmas hero allowed this Santa to distract the bank patrons while his bandits filed into the building undetected.
12 Crimes of Christmas: Santa for Halloween
In 2017, a bad Santa Claus wreaked havoc on his friends during a Halloween party the he was hosting.
12 Crimes of Christmas: Ice Cold Frosty
In 2011, a man dressed as Frosty the Snowman was arrested after fighting with police and kicking a police dog at a Christmas parade.
12 Crimes of Christmas: Bad Santa 2
In late November, 2005, an east London man was stabbed to death in his bed by an intruder dressed in Santa gear. Sikander Shaheen, 25, was struck repeatedly by the killer, who appeared to have gained entry to Shaheen’s shared house in Green Grove Road without any sign of forced entry or struggle.
12 Crimes of Christmas: Bad Santa
On Christmas Day, 2011, Aziz Yazdanpanah dressed as Santa Claus and gathered with his extended family in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine. While everyone was opening presents, Yazdanpanah fatally shot his estranged wife, their two teenage children and three other relatives before turning the gun on himself.
New Podcast Episode: Mary Johnson is Missing
Mary has been missing for just over a year, and there are few clues about what could have happened to her. However, Mary's tumultuous relationship with her husband seems like it may have been a factor. Mary is also indigenous, and her case has not received the attention it deserves from law enforcement and the media.
New Podcast Episode: The Secret Life of David Fuller
This time last year, David Fuller was arrested at his flat in Kent, England in connection with two murders dating back to 1987. 25-year-old Wendy Knell and 20-year-old Caroline Pierce were killed in a similar fashion and their cases had enough similarities that police instantly connected them and dubbed them 'The Bedsit Murders.'
New Podcast Episode: The Dating App Killer
On November 22nd 2016, 20-year old Sarah Butler was murdered by Khalil Wheeler-Weaver, now known as the Dating App Killer. The serial killer had already claimed the lives of two prior victims that year and attempted to murder a third, Tiffany Taylor.
New Podcast Episode: The Jonestown Massacre
Forty-three years ago this week, over 900 people lost their lives in the Jonestown Massacre. The mass-murder-suicide took place just a year and a half after Jim Jones moved hundreds of his followers from California to a large plot of land outside Georgetown, Guyana.
Baltimore Gunman Killed by Off-Duty Police Officer
A man who went on a shooting spree in Baltimore was killed by an off-duty police officer, after having gone on a shooting spree that left two people dead and one injured.
New Podcast Episode: Randall Saito's Escape
Today marks four years since Randall Tashio Saito's escape from the Hawaiian psychiatric hospital where he was being held. Saito had murdered 29-year-old Sandra Yamashiro in a random attack in 1979, and had taken a plea that made history in Hawaii.
Who is the 'Raincoat Killer'?
The man who became known as the 'raincoat killer is Yoo Young-chul. He was a 33 year old jobless man when he was caught by police in 2004.