12 Crimes That Changed the LGBT World
May 23, 2013 Originally published on Advocate.com May 07 2012 by Diane Anderson-MinshallLast March, when gay 24-year-old Daniel Zamudio was beaten so severely, after having swastikas carved into his...
View ArticleMurder by Mail-Order
June 13, 2013Anastasia Solovieva-King (Photo AP)The murders of two mail-order brides in Washington State led the U.S. Congress to enact the Federal International Marriage Broker Regulation Act in 2005....
View ArticleSharon Kinne: La Pistolera
Sharon KinneShe was one of the most remarkable criminals in U.S. history. A housewife, she turned cold-blooded killer. In 1969 she escaped from a Mexican prison and disappeared without a trace.by J. J....
View ArticleHow Lizzie Borden Got Away With Murder
Lizzie BordenWhen Lizzie Borden axed her stepmother and father to death in 1892 it was unthinkable that a woman of such upbringing could commit such vicious crimes. The savagery of the murders set her...
View ArticleThe Murder of Madalyn Murray O'Hair: America's Most Hated Woman
Updated Sept 23, 2003Madalyn Murray O'HairWhen atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair, her son, and granddaughter mysteriously disappeared from their Austin, Tex., home in 1995, the police didn't lift a finger...
View ArticleThe Life and Times of Clarence Ray Allen
Dec. 1, 2009Clarence Ray AllenA coward and a megalomaniac, Ray Allen gave orders that resulted in the deaths of many people. At age 76, he was the oldest person ever executed by the State of...
View ArticleSex, Money, Murder
Dec. 18, 2009Peter RollackPeter Rollack’s Sex, Money, Murder gang found its niche in running drugs from the projects of the Bronx to North Carolina in the early 1990s. By age 19, "Pistol Pete" was a...
View ArticleScott Peterson: The Pregnant Wife Killer
Oct. 6, 2010Scott PetersonFor murdering his pregnant wife and unborn son, Scott Peterson became one of the most reviled husbands in the annals of crime. by Denise NoeLaci Peterson is missing!On...
View ArticleMy Friendship with Charles Manson
Oct. 28, 2010Charles MansonIn 2004, Denise Noe wrote "The Manson Myth" for Crime Magazine, an article debunking the charismatic image of Charles Manson propagated by Prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi in the...
View ArticleBeauty, Wealth and a Dead Bride
Jan. 10, 2011 Updated April 1, 2012Shrien and Anni Dewani on their wedding day. (Photo was handed out to the media.)Both brilliant and beautiful, Anni Dewani was shot to death on her honeymoon outside...
View ArticleWalking While Black: The Killing of Trayvon Martin
July 25, 2013Trayvon MartinBased on the dictates of Florida’s Stand Your Ground law, the jury in the Trayvon Martin murder case had virtually no legal basis to do anything but acquit George Zimmerman...
View ArticleAaron Hernandez: Life in the Fast Lane
July 29, 2013Aaron HernandezBack in 2010, the button-downed New England Patriots discounted the scouting reports that said Aaron Hernandez scored at the bottom of the “social maturity” scale. In 2012,...
View ArticleDownfall of the Delinquent: The Short Unhappy Life of Bob Wood
Aug. 1, 2013After an 11-day bender, Bob Wood, the co-creator of the infamous comic book Crime Does Not Pay, admits to beating his girlfriend to death in a whisky and blood-drenched hotel room. This...
View ArticleAaron Hernandez: Life in the Fast Lane
July 29, 2013Aaron HernandezBack in 2010, the button-downed New England Patriots discounted the scouting reports that said Aaron Hernandez scored at the bottom of the “social maturity” scale. In 2012,...
View ArticleMurder Thy Father and Thy Mother
Aug. 19, 2013William RouseIn an affluent suburban Chicago mansion, 15-year-old Billy Rouse murdered his mother and father in their master bedroom. Fifteen years later, after squandering his $1 million...
View ArticleCold Case: The Keddie Murders
Aug. 22, 2013Sharp familyCold Case: The most brutal murders in Plumas County history occurred on April 11, 1981 in Keddie, California, a down on its heels resort town that time had passed by. No one...
View ArticleJustice in New Zealand Cold Case
Sept. 9, 2013Menzies HallettFor 33 years, Menzies Hallett got away with murder because a New Zealand law prohibited Hallett’s wife from testifying against him without his permission. by Lisa AgnesBy...
View ArticleWalking While Black: The Killing of Trayvon Martin
July 25, 2013Trayvon MartinBased on the dictates of Florida’s Stand Your Ground law, the jury in the Trayvon Martin murder case had virtually no legal basis to do anything but acquit George Zimmerman...
View ArticleCold Case: The Keddie Murders
Aug. 22, 2013Sharp familyCold Case: The most brutal murders in Plumas County history occurred on April 11, 1981 in Keddie, California, a down on its heels resort town that time had passed by. No one...
View ArticleOur Search for Natalee
Nov. 4, 2013Natalee HollowayIn 2005, 18-year-old Natalee Holloway was in Aruba on a high school senior trip. On the last night of her vacation she took a late-night ride with islander Joran van der...
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