In one of the country's most "embarrassing" cases, German police spent years tracking down a killer only to turn the investigation back on themselves Theresienwiese Fairground in Heilbronn. Credit :BERND WEISSBROD/DPA/AFP/Getty How many years does it take to track down a killer who doesn’t really exist? Two years, police in Germany found out in 2009, after it was revealed that one of the country’s most ... View more
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How Did Jeffrey Dahmer Die? The Details of the Serial Killer’s Death 30 Years Ago — and How It Mirrored One of His Gruesome Crimes
30 years ago on Nov. 28, Jeffrey Dahmer died in prison while serving 16 consecutive life sentences Jeffrey Dahmer. Credit:EUGENE GARCIA/AFP/Getty Jeffrey Dahmer's death bore an eerie similarity to the first murder he committed. On Nov. 28, 1994, the serial killer — who bludgeoned a hitchhiker named Steven Hicks to death in 1978 — suffered the same fate at the hands of fellow inmate Christopher Scarver while ... View more
‘My Ex the Serial Killer’: A Woman Left Her Abusive Husband. Then She Learned Disturbing Extent of What He’d Done (Exclusive)
Four years after escaping her marriage, Lobna Yakout learned her ex-husband Karim Selim is the so-called "New Cairo Serial Killer" Karim Selim (left); and Lobna Yakout. Credit : courtesy Lobna Yakout Karim Selim, 37, was convicted in August of torturing and killing three sex workers in Cairo, Egypt His ex-wife, Lobna Yakout, is speaking out about her marriage to the so-called "New Cairo Serial ... View more
Empty Frames and Unanswered Questions: The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist
In the early hours of 18 March 1990, two men dressed as police officers rang the buzzer at the side entrance of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Claiming to be responding to a disturbance call, they were granted entry by one of the two night guards on duty. What followed would become the largest art theft in modern history—a meticulously timed operation that stripped the museum of thirteen irreplaceable works of ... View more
Genie Wiley: The Story of a Feral Child Lost to Tragedy and Science
In October 1970, a malnourished and frail young girl, later known as Genie, shuffled into a welfare office in Los Angeles County. Her entrance was accidental—her mother, nearly blind from cataracts, had entered the wrong office while seeking services for the visually impaired. But as welfare staff caught sight of Genie, they couldn’t help but stare. She moved in a peculiar way, holding her hands in front of her like a rabbit, ... View more
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