fact or fiction

Is it fact or merely fiction? Fact or Fiction explores the myths and beliefs we hold about copycat killers, eyewitnesses testimony, what makes a murderer and more.

he Snow Burns Red . AI-Generated.
Chapter 1 – Moscow, 1993: The Silence After the Collapse The Soviet Union had fallen, and with it, the old order turned to dust. The streets of Moscow were lined with black-market dealers, ex-soldiers selling their medals for vodka, and young men with nothing to lose.
By shakir hamid3 months ago in Criminal
The Shadow Banker: Michele Sindona’s Deadly Game. AI-Generated.
In post-war Italy, money was the new weapon of power. As gangsters traded guns for bank accounts, one man learned to turn both into tools of control — Michele Sindona, the banker who became known as “The Shark.”
By shakir hamid3 months ago in Criminal
The Gentleman of the Underworld: Vito Genovese’s Ruthless Empire. AI-Generated.
n the early 1900s, when the streets of New York City echoed with the dreams of immigrants searching for a better life, a young man named Vito Genovese arrived from a small Italian village near Naples. Unlike most who sought honest work, Genovese came with a different ambition—to rule the streets.
By shakir hamid3 months ago in Criminal
The Incredible True Story of a Woman's Self-Performed C-Section: Survival Against All Odds
The Incredible True Story of a Woman's Self-Performed C-Section: Survival Against All Odds Imagine this: a woman alone in a remote Mexican village, wracked with pain for 12 hours. Her baby won't come. No doctor in sight. So she grabs a kitchen knife and cuts herself open. This isn't a movie plot. It's the real tale of a self-performed C-section in 2000 that saved two lives.
By Story silver book 3 months ago in Criminal
🌊 The Ghost Ship Mary Celeste: The Crew That Vanished Into Thin Air
The ocean has always been a place of mystery. It carries ships, dreams, and sometimes, secrets that refuse to die. On a cold December morning in 1872, a merchant ship called Mary Celeste was spotted drifting aimlessly across the Atlantic Ocean. Her sails flapped weakly, her rudder turned slowly with the wind — but no one answered the call of her name.
By Amanullah3 months ago in Criminal
The Neighbor Who Never Forgot My Name
When I first moved into Maplewood Apartments, I didn’t know anyone. I was fresh out of college, broke, and just trying to survive the city. My new place was small, with cracked paint and creaky floors, but it was mine — and I was proud of it.
By Malaika Piolet3 months ago in Criminal
Blackbeard
In the 18th century, Blackbeard never killed anyone. He did, however, shoot his own crewmates. In duels on his own sea vessel, he tested his own men. He plundered everything from food and liquor to weaponry but there are extremely scarce reports of him actually taking a life.
By Skyler Saunders3 months ago in Criminal
El Chapo: The Tunnel King of Mexico. AI-Generated.
Few figures in modern crime have fascinated the world like Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. To some, he was a hero — a poor boy who built an empire. To others, he was a monster — a man whose greed and violence turned Mexico into a battlefield.
By shakir hamid3 months ago in Criminal
The Night the Town Forgot Her Name
When I moved to Oakridge, I wanted quiet. A fresh start. A small town where no one asked too many questions. I found a little house near the edge of town — pale yellow, half hidden by trees, the kind of place where life moves slowly and everyone waves from their porch.
By Malaika Piolet3 months ago in Criminal
Raffaele Imperiale: The Drug Lord Who Collected Van Gogh. AI-Generated.
In the strange overlap between high art and high crime, one name stands out — Raffaele Imperiale, an Italian mafia boss who treated drug trafficking and fine art with the same obsessive care. He built a billion-euro cocaine empire stretching from South America to Europe, yet behind his mansion’s walls lay a secret treasure: two stolen Vincent van Gogh paintings.
By shakir hamid3 months ago in Criminal
The Art of Crime: The Untold Story of Raffaele Imperiale, the Drug Lord Who Stole Van Gogh. AI-Generated.
In the quiet suburbs of southern Italy, behind high walls and manicured gardens, one of the most unusual mafia figures in Europe built his empire. His name was Raffaele Imperiale, and his story combined art, drugs, and deception in ways the world had never seen before.
By shakir hamid3 months ago in Criminal
The Fall of El Chapo: The Man Who Built a Drug Empire Beneath the Earth. AI-Generated.
Deep in the rugged mountains of Sinaloa, Mexico, a boy named Joaquín Guzmán Loera was born in 1957 into poverty. His father was a poor farmer who sometimes grew opium poppies to survive. From a young age, Joaquín learned two truths: power came from money, and money came from risk.
By shakir hamid3 months ago in Criminal