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Myopia at Scotland Yard – Murder on Wimbledon Common
Dec. 3, 2012Rachel Nickell, Andre Hanscombe and their son Alex in the parkNot even Scotland Yard’s famed Murder Squad is immune from locking in on one suspect to the exclusion of all others and...
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The Shankill Butchers
Feb. 7, 2013Over a 10-year-year period, from 1972 to 1982, the Shankill Butchers gang, led by psychopath Lenny Murphy, terrorized Northern Ireland Catholics, becoming the most prolific group of serial...
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Black Power, the “Third Man,” and the Assassinations of Bermuda’s Police...
Feb. 18, 2013To avoid race riots and the resulting negative impact on tourism, a succession of Bermudian government administrations has whitewashed the assassinations of Bermuda’s governor and police...
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From Boyfriend to Murderer
Feb. 20, 2013Lyndsay van BlankenEighteen-year-old Lyndsay van Blanken, a promising cartoonist for Walt Disney Animation in Sydney, Australia, was strangled to death by her former boyfriend. by Marie...
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The Brussels Airport Diamond Heist
Feb. 27, 2013Helvetic Airways aircraft at the Brussels international airport (Photo: Associated Press)In a daring, commado-style operation, eight masked, heavily armed gunmen pulled off a lightening...
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A Beautiful Monster: The Fascination with Oscar Pistorius
March 18, 2013"I am the bullet in the chamber. Just do it".-- Nike sports advertisement featuring Oscar PistoriusOscar Pistorius’s rise to world fame was as unlikely as his arrest for the shooting...
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Murder in Versailles
May 19, 2009the Palace of Versailles It took the French government 14 years to bring American expatriate Barrie Taylor to justice for the 1993 murder of her lover's estranged wife. After three trials...
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Princess Diana’s Death
April 11, 2010Princess DianaWas her death really an accident, or was there a hidden hand at work? Many still say that she was assassinated. Not long before her tragic end, she predicted in a letter to...
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The Papin Sisters: France's Crime of the Century
June 19, 2010The Papin sistersThe strange case of the Papin sisters is notable not only for its shocking violence but because the gender of both the perpetrators and victims was female. The case became...
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Beauty, 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...
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The Murder of Yaseen Ege – The Little Boy Who Was Slow to Memorize the Koran
April 10, 2013Yaseen EgeThe murder of 7-year-old Muslim child in Cardiff, Wales in 2010 brought his mother and father to trial. Did the jury convict the wrong parent? by Marie...
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The Murder of the BBC’s Winton Cooper
April 15, 2013Winton CooperPopular BBC reporter Winton Cooper was brutally murdered by his own son. by Ben JohnsonStaff at the BBC, one of the most high-profile broadcasting companies in the world, was...
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Forensics: The Chocolate Factory Case
April 18, 2013How bite marks can lead to convictions. by Liz PorterCriminals are regularly nabbed because they make stupid and careless mistakes. The burglar who robbed a safe at the up-market Haigh’s...
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Hans Van Meegeren – Master Forger
April 22, 2013 Hans van MeegerenHans van Meegeren duped a string of wealthy collectors into paying vast sums for fake artwork of the Old Masters. One victim was Reichsmarschall Herman Goering.by Robert...
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Is the Suffolk Strangler Still at Large?
April, 25, 2013 Steve WrightThe murders of five prostitutes by the Suffolk Strangler in 2006 set off one of the largest manhunts in British history. DNA evidence led to the arrest and conviction of a...
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The Brussels Airport Diamond Heist
Feb. 27, 2013 Updated May 8, 2013Helvetic Airways aircraft at the Brussels international airport (Photo: Associated Press)In a daring, commado-style operation, eight masked, heavily armed gunmen pulled...
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A Beautiful Monster: The Fascination with Oscar Pistorius
March 18, 2013"I am the bullet in the chamber. Just do it".-- Nike sports advertisement featuring Oscar PistoriusOscar Pistorius’s rise to world fame was as unlikely as his arrest for the shooting...
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The Phantom of Hielbronn
May 20, 2013DNA and the transgender Gypsy super-criminal.by Paul BuchananOn the afternoon of April 25, 2007, Michele Kiesewetter, a 22-year-old police officer in the German city of Heilbronn, drove...
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A Brief Criminal History of Austria
June 20, 2013From Austria’s first serial killer, Hugo Schenk, to the internationally shocking case of Joseph Fritzl. by Faye KaravasiliAustria is widely known mostly for its flowing waltzes and...
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The Gay Slayer
Aug. 12, 2013Colin IrelandColin Ireland was a nobody who wanted to become a somebody by becoming a serial killer. Like two serial killers before him, he trolled the Coleherne Pub in Earls Court for gay...
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