TRUE CRIME

I am a mistake of nature, a mad beast... Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo, infamously dubbed “The Rostov Ripper,” stands as one of the most notorious serial killers in Russian history. Between 1978 and 1990, his grisly acts of murder, sexual assault, and mutilation claimed the lives of over 50 victims. While the brutality of his crimes shocked the world, the complex web of his personal history, the Soviet Union’s flawed ... View more

On the night of 22 January 1999, Graham Staines and his two sons, Philip and Timothy, settled into their station wagon in the small village of Manoharpur, Odisha. The jungle camp they were attending was an annual Christian gathering where fellowship and faith were celebrated. For the Staines family, such events were part of their mission-driven lives, fostering a sense of community among tribal Christians. The boys, aged just ... View more

There are few figures in organised crime as infamous, feared, and mythologised as Griselda Blanco. Depending on who you ask, she was either a visionary in the drug trade, a ruthless killer, or a survivor who clawed her way to the top of a male-dominated underworld. Either way, her impact on the global cocaine trade is undeniable. From her early days running the streets of Medellín to building an empire worth millions, ... View more

On the night of 24 May 1911, in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, Laura Nelson and her teenage son, L. D. Nelson, were dragged from their jail cells by a white mob. They were taken to a bridge over the North Canadian River, where they were lynched—strung up and left hanging as a warning to the Black community. The next day, a local photographer captured their lifeless bodies suspended over the water, with white onlookers standing ... View more

Jacques Mesrine wasn’t just any criminal—he was a one-man crime wave, a walking, talking, bank-robbing spectacle who made law enforcement look like a bunch of bumbling extras in a slapstick comedy. Known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces," Mesrine was France’s most infamous outlaw, a master of disguise, and a compulsive escape artist who seemed to view prison sentences as mere inconveniences. He was the kind of criminal who ... View more