The 25-year imprisonment of Blanche Monnier

In 1876, young French socialite Mademoiselle Blanche Monnier was in search of a suitor. She was sought after by many upper-class men for her beauty and kindness, but at the age of 25, she fell in love with an older lawyer. Her mother strongly disapproved of the ‘penniless’ attorney, and in hopes of ending the affair, she committed a heinous crime against her daughter for a quarter of a century.

New Podcast Episode: Kill Me if You Can

On July 29th 1999, Mark O. Barton unleashed his paranoid wrath in the form of a shooting spree that targeted his colleagues at two day trading firms in the Buckhead area of Atlanta. The close proximity and similar settings of the two office buildings made for much confusion among authorities and 911 dispatchers, allowing Barton to flee the scene. As a manhunt for Mark ensued, investigators uncovered a history wrought with delusion, and murderous rage.