Aristocracy of Blood: Historical Serial Killers Before 1900

Applying the modern term "serial killer" to pre-1900 historical figures requires evaluating surviving legal records, political literature, and compromised evidence. Cases like Gilles de Rais and Elizabeth Báthory (and, later, the still-unidentified Jack the……

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When Private Acts Become Public Crimes: Lewdness, Exhibition and Secret Peeping

Criminal privacy cases distinguish between public lewdness and voyeurism based on how privacy boundaries are breached. Public lewdness forces unwilling observers to witness visible sexual acts in shared spaces. Conversely, voyeurism and covert recording……

15 Cannibalism Cases: Fact, Myth & Evidence

From Armin Meiwes and Jeffrey Dahmer to Vince Li, Issei Sagawa and the cases that were labelled “cannibal” before the evidence caught up, this dossier separates confirmed human consumption from confession, allegation, biting, media……

Beyond Brainwashing dossier on famous cults, coercive control and deadly group violence

Beyond Brainwashing: Famous Cults, Control and Deadly Crime

Jonestown, the Manson Family, Waco, Aum Shinrikyo, Heaven's Gate and other notorious groups are often explained with one word: brainwashing. The record is more demanding. Violence emerged through different mixtures of concentrated authority, isolation,……