Notorious Criminals Who Just Disappeared
Leaving your life behind and vanishing is surprisingly difficult to do. It is even harder…
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Members of Law Enforcement Who Took Down Famous Criminals
So many of the most successful and celebrated stories are about singing the praises of…
Criminals Foiled by Their Own Stupidity
In big-budget Hollywood films, you nearly always see intelligent supervillains who have concocted a brilliant…
The Terrifying Canadians of Historical Infamy
Canada is stereotyped as a free, wild country with inhabitants that are known for being…
The Terrifying Tale of the Harpe Brothers (America’s First Serial Killers)
Known as Micajah (Big Harpe) and Wiley (Little Harpe), the pair of thieves, rapists, kidnappers,…
The Bloody Episodes That Shaped the American Mafia
The American Mafia: it might not be the first, it might not be the biggest,…
10 Infamous American Gangsters
Americans have always had a love-hate relationships with outlaws, from the folk heroes of the…
Top 10 Exciting Adventures of the Pinkertons
Started by Allan Pinkerton in 1850, the Pinkerton Detective Agency grew so large that it…
10 Incredibly Unfair Life Sentences
When you hear about someone serving a life sentence, you probably imagine that they committed…
10 Bizarre Last Words of Death Row Inmates
As the old saying goes, “you do the crime, you do the time,” but for…
10 Flapper Bandits from the Roaring Twenties
From 1921 to 1927, flapper bandits were all the rage in the media. Young women,…
10 Elaborate Crimes (People Nearly Got Away With)
Criminals tend to have a grandiose view of themselves. They think that they’re smarter than…
10 Disturbing Facts About the Manson Family
In August 1969, the followers of Charles Manson committed some of the most horrific murders…
10 Deadly University & College Professors
Professors fill a highly regarded role in society, being seen as trusted and learned professionals.…
10 Daring Heists (That Actually Worked)
Like all workers, bank robbers are adapting to a changing culture. According to Albert Samaha’s…
10 Notorious Australian Outlaws
The Wild West of the United States sets the stage for famous gunslinger films, but…
Top 10 Countries for Known for Executions
There are many countries with the view that some crimes can only be atoned for…
Top 10 Disasters Caused by Absurdly Negligent Decisions
We may call some catastrophes “accidents,” but in other cases decisions are made — by…
10 Detectives More Interesting Than Sherlock Holmes
They say that truth is stranger than fiction. While storybook detectives like Sherlock Holmes, Hercule…
10 Historical Suicides That Might Have Been Murders
History is full of mysterious deaths. Some of them are deemed suicides, but have enough…
10 of History’s Most Depraved Female Killers
Most of the vicious killers who haunt the popular imagination are male. Part of the…
10 Fascinating Facts About the Narcoterrorist Pablo Escobar
Few people have held an entire country hostage as brutally and efficiently as Pablo Escobar,…
10 Infamous Crimes from the Dark History of London
There is a lot of blood and violence in London’s history. At one point in…
10 Outrageous Adventures of “Florida Woman”
In Florida, the “Sunshine Law” makes it possible for public records in the government to…