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Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time; a look into all aspects of a guilty verdict from the burden of proof to conviction to the judge’s sentence and more.
Master of the Murder Castle
When the police began searching the business/apartment complex at Sixty-third and Wallace in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago in 1895, they were horrified by what they saw. There were confusing passageways, trap floors, walk-in vaults that sealed airtight, with hoses that allowed all the air to be removed. Sequestered away was a dissection room, still littered with the tools that had cut apart over a dozen people. And, buried deep in the basement was a high-powered incinerator, capable of burning at a temperature more than hot enough to burn a human body. Chicago Police—and indeed, the rest of the world—had never encountered anything like this. Unlike the mass murders of before, this was methodical, a process of killing that had become a matter of efficiency the likes of which greatly surpassed the actions of any other man. Hundreds of miles away, Herman Webster Mudgett, under the alias of H.H. Holmes, sat in his jail cell awaiting trial for the murder of Benjamin Pitezel. He had been accused of killing nine people, although later estimates have placed that number as high as one hundred, in roughly an eleven-year time span. As he penned his first memoir in an attempt to prove himself the innocent victim of happenstance, Holmes’ “Murder Castle” revealed a horror show that would earn Holmes the title of America’s first serial killer.
By Robin Laurinec5 years ago in Criminal
Injustice with traces of indignation
After the crisis, in 2008, I had to leave university and try to get a job. Since I didn’t have a driver’s license and no experience, I didn’t get any decent job. After getting some money for selling books, and got my license, still I was unemployed. With a few gigs, I was at the age of 22, entering into a Secretarial course because of being unemployed. It was at that moment that this happened.
By Sofia Duarte5 years ago in Criminal
Not Knowing Kills Me
It’s been said that when you die, God answers all your lifelong questions. As much as I would like to know the meaning of life and how to solve world hunger, the questions that have haunted me are not as existential. What would really give me peace is to know the truth behind some of the biggest true crime stories.
By Amanda Mitchell5 years ago in Criminal
The Voiceless
The Voiceless The murder of 11 women all found within the same vicinity seemed like an unlikely horror movie. A monstrosity that would not be possible in modern time due to current laws and updated police technology. But this was no movie and the horrors that took place on Imperial Avenue on Cleveland’s east side were all too real.
By AvalonWrites5 years ago in Criminal
Mom Sentenced to Probation After 6-Year-Old Beats13-Day Old Sister to Death
In Largo, Florida, a six-year-old boy beat his 13-day-old baby sister to death while locked inside of a minivan. Mother Kathleen Steele,62, was sentenced to five years’ probation in the 2016 incident.
By Criminal Matters5 years ago in Criminal
Howard Unruh's infamous walk of death
Howard Unruh was a mild-mannered war veteran, often described as a quiet loner. He joined the army in October 1942 and fought the Germans in Europe during WWII. His superiors considered him a model soldier. He followed orders and caused no trouble. Howard even kept meticulous records of his combat experiences. He recorded the number of German soldiers he killed, dates, times, and sometimes described the bodies.
By Marc Hoover5 years ago in Criminal
The Ughill Murders, Sheffield, England.
I was initially aware of this story as a kid from my parents. I grew up not too far away from Ughill, and I remember my dad would always comment “that's where that man killed the babysitter”. That was not what happened, but the local gossips always had a theory about the events that occurred September 21, 1986.
By Armchair Detective5 years ago in Criminal
A house decorated with the body parts of women?
On November 16th, 1957 officers in Plainfield Wisconsin walked into one of the most gruesome crime scenes in history. On a remote farm they found a house decorated with the body parts of women. There were waste paper baskets made from heads. Chairs upholstered with human skin. Masks made from tripled faces. It was a house of horrors unlike anything the state had seen before and it was all the work of one man - Ed Gein.
By Victoria Velkova5 years ago in Criminal
Man had Girlfriend Rape 11-year-old Autistic Son Because he Thought the Boy was Gay
Sean Cole's 11-year-old son was visiting him in Huntsville, Alabama, for Thanksgiving week in 2016. The young autistic boy lived full-time with his mom in Georgia but often seen his dad.
By Criminal Matters5 years ago in Criminal
Breaking Bad Middle East
I often get asked what we do in terms of risk and crisis management. It’s not all about disasters and evacuations, sometimes it much more surreal involving the actions of employees putting the business, personnel and assets at risk. Sometimes, you really couldn’t make it up!
By Ilyas Campbell5 years ago in Criminal
