How Plea Agreements Work in Canada
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East St. Louis Family Homicides: Five Killed, Two Teens Charged
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A father and son were convicted of murdering Yevhen Petrov in Kharkiv. Explore the Kostiukov case, mutilation evidence, disputed cannibalism claims and trial.…
Ed Kemper (Edmund Kemper): The Murders, Victims, Evidence and Conviction
At 15, he shot his grandmother to 'see what it felt like.' By his mid-twenties, Edmund Kemper had murdered his own mother and six college students around Santa Cruz, decapitating most of them and keeping…
Paul Bernardo: The Scarborough Rapist, DNA Delay and Victim Record
He was a well-dressed, well-liked professional in an affluent suburb, before DNA evidence connected him to a string of Scarborough rapes that predated the murders of Leslie Mahaffy, Kristen French, and Tammy Homolka. The file…
Consensual Annihilation: Armin Meiwes the Rotenburg Cannibal
A forensic analysis of Armin Meiwes, the Rotenburg Cannibal, examining the consensual murder of Bernd Brandes and cannibalism.…
Sexsomnia and the Law: A Difficult Forensic Defence
Sexsomnia is a genuine sleep disorder, but proving it caused an alleged sexual offence requires careful medical, forensic and legal examination.…
The Menendez Brothers Case: Murders, Abuse Claims and the Justice System
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The Bus Freezer Killing of Julia Dardar
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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……
The Jennifer Pan Case: R. v. Pan, Markham, Ontario, November 8, 2010
Main Street, Unionville, Markham, Ontario, 2024. The Pan family home, where Bich Ha Pan was killed on November 8, 2010, was in Unionville. This photograph does not show the house. Credit: Nath87 / Wikimedia Commons…
The Chicago Rippers: Inside the Ripper Crew’s Satanic Serial Killers Who Terrorized 1980s Chicago
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Ted Bundy Case: The Damning Evidence That Finally Bit Back
Ted Bundy's charm was a weapon. This case study examines the forensic evidence, crime scenes, psychology, and systemic failures that let him keep killing.…
Dmitry Luchin: A Crime of Imitation and Cruelty
Valdai, Novgorod Oblast, from the air, July 2018. Olga Budunova was killed in her apartment in the town. Credit: A.Savin / Wikimedia Commons (FAL). The Spectre of Milwaukee: Luchin’s Fixation on Jeffrey Dahmer The Trial…
Herbert Mullin Killing Spree
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The Preppie Murder Killing in Central Park: A Legal Autopsy
Dorrian’s Red Hand, 300 East 84th Street, Manhattan, 2023. Jennifer Levin and Robert Chambers left the bar together at about 4:30 a.m. on August 26, 1986. Credit: DylanJKennedy / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). II.…
The Marquis de Sade Criminal Profile: Violence, Power and the Man Behind “Sadism”
A sourced Marquis de Sade criminal profile reviews the confirmed allegations, overturned death sentence, imprisonment, writings, and origin of “sadism.”…
The Case of Zoe Adams: When “Kinkier” Becomes Criminal
St Mary's parish church, High Street, Wigton, Cumbria, 2006. Adams attacked Kieran Bewick at her home in Wigton on July 29, 2017. Credit: Humphrey Bolton / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0). On the night of…
Case File: Tracey Wigginton The Lesbian Vampire Killer
Explore the chilling case of Tracey Wigginton, the notorious Lesbian Vampire Killer, in this true crime deep dive revealing dark motives and haunting details.…
The Sukagawa Cult Murders: Faith, Violence, and the Fall of Sachiko Eto
Explore the chilling case of Sachiko Eto, the "Drumstick Killer" of Fukushima, whose blend of spirituality and violence resulted in multiple murders.…
Order of Nine Angles (O9A): The Nazi-Occult Network Built for Radicalization
Understand the Order of Nine Angles (O9A), a neo-Nazi Satanic cult with roots in esoteric Hitlerism. Learn about its violent ideology, recruitment tactics, and the counter-extremism efforts to combat its spread.…
Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka: Convictions, Plea, and the Tapes
Learn about the shocking true crime story of Canada's Ken and Barbie Killers, Karla and Paul, and their twisted love story turned nightmare.…
Cannibal Cop Case: Exploring Fantasies vs. Reality and Crimes of Thought
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The Vampire of Sacramento: Richard Chase’s Reign of Terror
In the late 1970s, the city of Sacramento was terrorized by a bloodthirsty serial killer known as the Vampire of Sacramento.…
Candy Barr: America’s First Porn Princess of the 1950’s
Candy Barr (Juanita Dale Slusher) pranced into Dallas in 1949 as a wide-eyed 13-year-old runaway with a baby-doll face, but with a body that would make Bettie Page blush.…
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