Philadelphia police charged two suspects with murder in the death of a 70-year-old man. Taray Herring, 47, and Jeanette Pace, 43, face charges after police found a dismembered body in the back of a U-Haul truck. The victim, Peter Gerold, died in February. Authorities charged Herring, a registered sex offender, with abuse of a corpse, criminal trespass, theft and evidence tampering. Then, they added a murder charge.
Authorities charged a mother, daughter and daughter's boyfriend with murder for hire plot in Indiana.
Jane Toppan, also known as "Jolly Jane," was well liked among her peers. She was always cheerful, caring and easy to talk to. Her colleagues loved listening to the stories she told about her life, and never doubted the grand nature of them. At the time, in the late 19th Century, doctors worked to develop medicine and medicinal practices. No one questioned when a patient died, because it happened all the time. It was almost a natural occurrence. No one questioned Jane when her patients started dying either.
You may have noticed a whole lot of very similar headlines in recent years about gunmen kidnapping schoolchildren in Nigeria, and you might recall the Bring Back Our Girls campaign, but what is really happening over there?
This week an assailant with a modified AR-15 terrorized the patrons of a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado, claiming 10 victims including a responding police officer.
After watching American Horror Story: Hotel, you start to wonder how many hotels have actually been haunted by paranormal entities. While doing some research, I stumbled upon some interesting, yet terrifying hotels that you can stay at.
Denver Women’s Correctional Facility released Krystal Jean Kenney, 34, on parole following her resentencing. Kenney helped Patrick Frazee cover up the 2018 murder of Berreth, his fiancée. Officials charged Kenney with evidence tampering and sentenced her to three years in prison Jan. 2020. They resentenced her to 18 months.
"L.A. Not So Confidential" is a not so typical true crime podcast. The hosts, Los Angeles-based psychologists Dr. Shiloh and Dr. Scott, examine cases through the lens of forensic psychology and offer their hot takes on all things crime with a little snark and a whole lot of criminal justice expertise.
Since the shooting at a King Soopers grocery store Monday afternoon, authorities identified the suspect. The victims include Denny Strong, 20, Neven Stanisic, 23, Rikki Olds, 25, Tralona Bartkowiak, 49, Suzanne Fountain, 59, Teri Leiker, 51, Kevin Mahoney, 61, Lynn Murray, 62, and Jody Waters, 65. The final victim is 51-year-old Boulder Police officer Eric Talley.
Officers responded to a 911 call in Boulder, Colorado after a man started shooting inside a local grocery store Monday. According to ABC, multiple people were injured inside King Soopers grocery store. When authorities arrived, the shooter opened fire on them with a long gun. Soon after, the state SWAT team arrived to help. However, the store remained an active crime scene for hours to come.
After a 2-year-old boy consumed fentanyl, a dangerous narcotic, authorities charged a Kentucky mother with murder. Kenton County Commonwealth’s Attorney, Rob Sanders, criticized Baker for not keeping the drugs out of reach. He described the situation as "tragic and senseless."
There are a few descriptors that come to mind when journalists think of Ronald Tammen. Wrestler, jazz musician, frat boy and residence hall counselor, to name a few. But there is more to this enigmatic 19-year-old that meets the eye. Other adjectives for Ron include "nice, smart, and studious." Nothing less of a sophomore at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Which is why his disappearance just makes no sense.
Marquis Jaylen Brown, known to friends and family as Jaylen or JB, died under mysterious circumstances on the night of October 4th, 2018. Police were called to Duquesne University to check on Jaylen, who seemed to be in distress. Campus police say that soon after they arrived to his dorm room, he jumped out the 16th story window to his death, completely unprovoked.
Mary Stella Gomez-Mulett, went missing on February 18, 2021. After her husband had a too-perfect explanation for every line of questioning the police pursued, they finally discovered her remains last Friday, March 5th.
When 8-weeks pregnant Kelsie Schelling went missing back in 2013, her boyfriend Danthe Lucas also had a long list of excuses.
If you're like me and love a good murder-mystery show, you know that fingerprints are like the holy grail in murder investigations. Once forensics finds a clean set of prints, the mystery is solved and the culprit caught. But, how exactly does fingerprint analysis work, and is it as reliable as they say?
Roger Kibbe, the I-5 Strangler, met his end in prison just last week on February 28th. But his crimes date back to at least the 70s.
Hunter Chenoweth murdered 3 relatives in their family home in Arkansas, and then fled the scene, abducting his infant nephew to join him in a statewide road trip. But they were intercepted by state troopers.
Take a load off and fill out this spooky Murder Libs story, An Unlikely Arrest, about a mysterious marauder and their dubious capture! For more goofy true crime fun, check out our first edition.
Lady Gaga is offering a $500,000 reward for the return of her beloved French bulldogs after they were stolen and her dog walker was shot on Wednesday night.
On Feb. 27, 2012, Thomas M. "T.J" Lane III took a .22 handgun to Chardon High School and shot six kids. Three of them died, two were in critical condition and one was paralyzed. Within a few hours, the entire community of Chardon, Ohio, was rocked to its core. Chardon was a place you took your kids to raise them. People waved to each other on the street and everyone knew each other. No one imagined that such a violent event could happen.
Malcolm X's family released new evidence for the investigation in a news conference Saturday. According to the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the family obtained a letter written by Raymond Wood, a former undercover NYPD police officer. Wood, now deceased, stated that the NYPD forced him to lure the X's security team into a trap and arrest them.
Tim Burton, the directing god of all things spooky, will direct Netflix's new series on Wednesday Addams. According to IndieWire, the eight-episode series will follow present day Wednesday navigating her way through the supernatural Nevermore Academy.
