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From OJ onward, explore the less glamorous side of celebrity life and famous faces accused, vindicated and convicted.
3 Big Brother Naija Housemates Sentenced to Prison.
No one is above the law. Before Big Brother Naija contestants make their way into the Big Brother house, we as a nation are mostly not aware of them. We do not know them or the life that they lived prior to coming unto the show until we are told, they the contestants reveal it, or we find out about it.
By Jide Okonjo5 years ago in Criminal
A murder in Boston and Charles Dickens's final novel
Charles Dickens’s “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” has posed many mysteries of its own down the years, not least that of how Dickens intended to conclude the book. He died on 9th June 1870 from a stroke, having written his final words only a few hours before, with possibly half of the intended text still unwritten.
By John Welford5 years ago in Criminal
Death by Fake Gurus
Many people fall for a scam at some point in their lives. I know I have. Most of us forget about it and carry on, but for some, that’s not an option. When a get-rich-scam or a self-help seminar goes wrong it can have drastic consequences — from suicide to negligent homicide.
By Liesl Baumann5 years ago in Criminal
I Keep Hearing It, Like A Ghostly Voice
Trigger Warning: This deals with rape. On Sunday, January 13, 2013, the 70th Golden Globe Awards were held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel International Ballroom in Beverly Hills, California. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler co-hosted the event. In attendance was this woman, Misty Upham. She was a Native Blackfoot woman from the Seattle area. Isn’t she beautiful? Here she is shown attending the 2013 Golden Globes, as she had worked on the film, Django Unchained, which was nominated for Best Drama but lost to Argo.
By Steve McManus5 years ago in Criminal
Charles Ponzi. Top Story - March 2021.
The maxim that a fool and his money are soon parted is never more true than when the method used for doing the parting is a fraudulent financial scheme of the “pyramid” type in which people are promised massive returns on their investment but there is no proper foundation for such confidence. Such schemes are often dubbed “Ponzi schemes”, but why are they so called?
By John Welford5 years ago in Criminal
Somewhere in the Twilight Zone
For five seasons, host Rod Serling appeared in living rooms across the land with an extraordinary tale from the Twilight Zone. If you’re too young to recall this classic show, do yourself a favor and watch it on Hulu or Netflix. The show had many actors who would become Hollywood legends. For instance, Robert Redford, Dennis Hopper, Carol Burnett, Elizabeth Montgomery, and Burgess Meredith all visited the Twilight Zone.
By Marc Hoover5 years ago in Criminal
5 Things You Didn't Know About Bonnie and Clyde
They robbed, they murdered, they destroyed lives(including their own)but there's so much more that happened with these two during this time after the Depression that many don't even know about it. So I wanted to take a moment and share with you some things that you may have never known about Bonnie and Clyde.
By Kathy Lester5 years ago in Criminal
BILLY THE KID
A LIKELY SCENARIO... To fully understand this scenario, you must trust that certain things happened for the reasons I am about to give you here. Beforehand, there are a few facts that you need to understand to fully appreciate what happened back in Scottish history that brought about the evolution of surnames. Those events were also the causes of certain other events taking place that dictated an identifiable future.
By Bob Carswell5 years ago in Criminal
