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Marquis de Sade Criminal Profile: Crimes and Allegations

Marquis de Sade criminal profile: criminal, serial killer, or myth? Rose Keller, Marseille, sadism, and the evidence.…

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The Crime Ledger: September 2, 2026

Daily Breaking True Crime Briefing As of: September 2, 2026, evening ET Scope: Last day and a half, worldwide. US, Canada, UK/NI, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, South Africa, Madagascar. Plymouth’s Clancy jury went home deadlocked…

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The Crime Ledger: September 1, 2026

Daily Breaking True Crime Briefing As of: September 1, 2026, evening ET Scope: Last 24 hours, stretched only where a court record or affidavit moved. Georgia, Los Angeles, Charlotte, Texas, Ohio. Newton County closed the…

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The Crime Ledger: August 31, 2026

This briefing includes a mosque massacre, the homicide of a child, family violence, and a historical rape-murder. Names below are only those released by police, prosecutors, or court records. Daily Breaking True Crime Briefing As…

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The Crime Ledger: August 30, 2026

This briefing includes homicides of children and other family members. Details are limited to what authorities and reputable outlets have released. Daily Breaking True Crime Briefing As of: Sunday, August 30, 2026, midday ET Scope:…

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The Crime Ledger: August 29, 2026

This briefing includes child homicide, family violence, and elder-care killings. Names below are only those released by police, prosecutors, or court records. Daily Breaking True Crime Briefing As of: Saturday, August 29, 2026, afternoon ET…

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The Crime Ledger: August 28, 2026

This briefing includes child homicides and a family annihilation. Victim names below are those officially released. Daily Breaking True Crime Briefing As of: Friday, August 28, 2026, midday ET Scope: Cases with a verified arrest,…

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The Crime Ledger: August 27, 2026

This briefing includes the deaths of young children and family annihilations. Victim names below are those officially released. Daily Breaking True Crime Briefing As of: Thursday, August 27, 2026, afternoon ET Scope: Cases with a…

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The Crime Ledger: August 26, 2026

This briefing includes the deaths of children and family annihilations. Victim names below are those officially released. Daily Breaking True Crime Briefing As of: Wednesday, August 26, 2026, afternoon ET Scope: Cases with a verified…

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The Crime Ledger: August 25, 2026

This briefing includes two U.S. mass killings, a Tucson recruit homicide, and a Massachusetts insanity-trial day. Names below are those officially released in this window. Billings victims are still unnamed here. Forest Grove names were…

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The Crime Ledger: August 24, 2026

This briefing includes a school-event juvenile homicide and a family-annihilation trial involving young children. Victim names below are those officially released. Daily Breaking True Crime Briefing As of: Monday, August 24, 2026, afternoon ET Scope:…

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The Crime Ledger: August 23, 2026

This briefing includes a family-annihilation trial involving three young children and a toddler homicide. Victim names below are those officially released. Daily Breaking True Crime Briefing As of: Sunday, August 23, 2026, afternoon ET Scope:…

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The Crime Ledger: October 1, 2026

The Crime Ledger: October 1, 2026. Tennessee fails to execute Christa Pike, a stabbed flydubai captain is named and a German doctor…

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The Crime Ledger: September 30, 2026

The Crime Ledger: September 30, 2026. Christa Pike’s stay is lifted, her execution fails, a pilot is allegedly stabbed and Abby Choi’s…

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The Crime Ledger: September 29, 2026

Police found petrol, not a bomb, in the RAF Fairford vans; five were jailed over Macon’s park shooting; bail was denied in…

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The Crime Ledger: September 28, 2026

Wedela’s tavern toll rose to 18 with no arrest; NYPD charged a man with murder in a Central Park death; five men…

The Crime Ledger: September 27, 2026

Eight gunmen with AK-47s and pistols opened fire on patrons at Dora’s Tavern in Wedela, near Carletonville on Gauteng’s West Rand, on…

The Crime Ledger: September 26, 2026

Allegheny County police added rape, sexual assault and robbery charges Saturday against Elijah Hemingway, already accused of climbing through a back window…

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The Crime Ledger: September 25, 2026

Prosecutors in Przemyśl drew up murder charges Friday against Ihor M., the 31-year-old Ukrainian accused of stabbing five people on the grounds…

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The Crime Ledger: September 24, 2026

Police in southeastern Poland arrested a 31-year-old Ukrainian man after a knife attack at Jarosław’s 17th-century abbey killed a priest and wounded…

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