The Dark Side of Humanity
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The mind of the fanatic, according to social philosopher Eric Hoffer in The True Believer, needs something to worship, even to the point of annihilation. He will sacrifice everything for the impossible dream. Many…
Open file : The Heaven’s Gate Cult: Marshall Applewhite, Hale-Bopp and the 39 Deaths at Rancho Santa FeAlso on file
A Washington killer filed under "werewolf syndrome", a hermit burned at Dole, a peddler who blamed a curse,…
On 7 November 1974 the Lucan family nanny was beaten to death in a Belgravia basement and the…
Standing just a tad under six-feet tall, with a thick head of black hair and piercing blue eyes,…
This edition gathers verdicts, sentences, charges and arrests from 20 countries, all reported since the evening of Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. In Dallas, three shootings in the Deep Ellum nightlife district kill four people…
Even though the sun had long set over the verdant hills of Springfield, Oregon, Thursday, May 19, 1983, remained as warm at night as it had at noon. There was…
The day is stiflingly hot, over one hundred degrees, even though it is not yet noon. The elderly man, still in his heavy morning…
"Human thought is the process by which human ends are ultimately answered."
Sylvia Likens, 16, was left to board at a house on East New York Street in Indianapolis in the summer of 1965. By October…
In October 1931 two trunks shipped from Phoenix to Los Angeles held the bodies of Agnes Anne LeRoi and Hedvig "Sammy" Samuelson. Winnie Ruth…
Content warning: This case file describes the abduction, sexual assault and murder of children and teenagers in British Columbia in 1980 and 1981. It…
Lana Clarkson, 40, was shot dead in the foyer of Phil Spector's Alhambra house hours after they met at the House of Blues. The…
A forger's sentence at Douai in 1796, escapes from the bagnes at Brest and Toulon, then twenty years as the informer and chief of…
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Breaking NewsThis edition gathers verdicts, sentences, charges and arrests from 20 countries, all reported since the evening of Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. In…
Cults & ExtremismThe mind of the fanatic, according to social philosopher Eric Hoffer in The True Believer, needs something to worship, even to the…
A Washington killer filed under "werewolf syndrome", a hermit burned at Dole, a peddler who blamed a curse, and a rare psychiatric…
On 7 November 1974 the Lucan family nanny was beaten to death in a Belgravia basement and the Countess of Lucan ran…
Standing just a tad under six-feet tall, with a thick head of black hair and piercing blue eyes, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel seemed…
Even though the sun had long set over the verdant hills of Springfield, Oregon, Thursday, May 19, 1983, remained as warm at…
Breaking NewsThis edition gathers verdicts, sentences, charges and arrests from 23 countries, all reported since the evening of Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026. In…
The day is stiflingly hot, over one hundred degrees, even though it is not yet noon. The elderly man, still in his…
"Human thought is the process by which human ends are ultimately answered."
Breaking NewsThis edition gathers verdicts, sentences, guilty pleas, trials, charges and arrests from 24 countries, all reported since the evening of Wednesday, Oct.…
Sylvia Likens, 16, was left to board at a house on East New York Street in Indianapolis in the summer of 1965.…
In October 1931 two trunks shipped from Phoenix to Los Angeles held the bodies of Agnes Anne LeRoi and Hedvig "Sammy" Samuelson.…
Breaking NewsVerdicts, sentences, guilty pleas, trials, charges and arrests from 41 countries reported since the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026. A 42-year-old…
Content warning: This case file describes the abduction, sexual assault and murder of children and teenagers in British Columbia in 1980 and…
Lana Clarkson, 40, was shot dead in the foyer of Phil Spector's Alhambra house hours after they met at the House of…
A forger's sentence at Douai in 1796, escapes from the bagnes at Brest and Toulon, then twenty years as the informer and…
Seven young travellers vanished from the roads south of Sydney between 1989 and 1992. Their remains were found in the Belanglo State…
Between June and August 1980, six women and girls were killed in Los Angeles. A confession by Carol Bundy led police to…
In February 1910 the music hall singer Cora Crippen, known on stage as Belle Elmore, vanished from her home in north London.…
On March 18, 1993, Edward Gingerich, an Old Order Amish man in Rockdale Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, killed his wife, Katie. A…
Even though the sun had long set over the verdant hills of Springfield, Oregon, Thursday, May 19, 1983, remained as warm at night as it had…
The day is stiflingly hot, over one hundred degrees, even though it is not yet noon. The elderly man, still in his heavy morning coat, reclines…
"Human thought is the process by which human ends are ultimately answered."
Sylvia Likens, 16, was left to board at a house on East New York Street in Indianapolis in the summer of 1965. By October 26 she…
In October 1931 two trunks shipped from Phoenix to Los Angeles held the bodies of Agnes Anne LeRoi and Hedvig "Sammy" Samuelson. Winnie Ruth Judd was…
Lana Clarkson, 40, was shot dead in the foyer of Phil Spector's Alhambra house hours after they met at the House of Blues. The defence said…
A forger's sentence at Douai in 1796, escapes from the bagnes at Brest and Toulon, then twenty years as the informer and chief of the Paris…
In February 1910 the music hall singer Cora Crippen, known on stage as Belle Elmore, vanished from her home in north London. Her husband said she…
On March 18, 1993, Edward Gingerich, an Old Order Amish man in Rockdale Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, killed his wife, Katie. A jury found him guilty…
On September 11, 1857, Mormon militiamen in southern Utah, with some Southern Paiutes they had recruited, killed about 120 emigrants from Arkansas at Mountain Meadows after…
In June 1979 Susan Reinert, an Upper Merion English teacher, was found dead outside Harrisburg, and her children Karen and Michael were never seen again. William…
Herb, Bonnie, Nancy and Kenyon Clutter were killed in their farmhouse near Holcomb, Kansas, on November 15, 1959. Richard Hickock and Perry Smith were convicted in…
Marilyn Reese Sheppard was beaten to death in her Bay Village home on July 4, 1954. Her husband was convicted in 1954, and in 1966 the…
James Crawford came to work a little early that Tuesday morning. The Boss had ordered some rosebushes and Crawford promised him that he would be there…
Content warning: This case file describes the shooting death of Bonny Lee Bakley, a murder prosecution that ended in acquittal, allegations of solicitation to commit murder,…
Unsolved"Truth exists, only falsehood has to be invented."
ClosedTDSH Case File · Los Angeles · 1994 to 1997O.J. Simpson Trial: Acquittal, Civil Liability and the RecordThe downtown Los Angeles criminal courts building, now the…
ConvictedShepherd’s BushLondon → BristolWoolwich Crown CourtCase dossier · UK · Double murderConvicted 21 Jul 2025The Clifton BridgeSuitcase MurdersAvon GorgeExhibit 01Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol.Photo: Gothick, Wikimedia Commons,…
ConvictedChris Watts pleaded guilty in 2018 to murdering his pregnant wife Shanann and daughters Bella and Celeste in Colorado. The lies, the confession and evidence.
ConvictedNicolas Claux was convicted of the 1994 premeditated murder of Thierry Bissonnier in Paris. The record, the nickname, and what was never proved.
ConvictedThe Fritzl property on Ybbsstrasse, Amstetten, May 1, 2008, days after the case broke. Credit: wisdom / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). Between 1984 and 2008,…
Mixed OutcomesDowntown Waco, Texas, from Interstate 35. City context for the apartment-pool arrests. Credit: HuecoBear / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). Criminal privacy cases distinguish between public lewdness…
ArchivedMinshull Street Crown Court, Manchester, where Josh Baxter was sentenced in February 2026 after convictions for grievous bodily harm and intentional strangulation. Credit: Bristol Filer /…
ConvictedThe Granville Road walk-up building identified in the Commons record as the site of the 1999 case. Credit: Szetoyanlun / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). In…
UnresolvedEvidence-led Gerd Wenzinger dossier covering Dana Franzke, Sabrina Graf, the “Havel Ripper” nickname, medical-boundary abuse, Brazil allegations, extradition and the untried murder evidence.
ActiveLindsay Clancy is on trial for the deaths of Cora, Dawson and Callan Clancy. Follow the evidence, postpartum psychosis defence, jury deadlock and legal case.
