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Don’t mess with the mob; a look into organized crime networks and mafia families, the real-life gangsters that inspired The Godfather.
June–July 2025 Los Angeles Immigration Protests
In the early summer of 2025, Los Angeles—one of America’s most diverse and vibrant cities—became the epicenter of a storm that engulfed the entire nation. What began as targeted immigration enforcement quickly transformed into a massive civic upheaval that questioned the very principles of American democracy, federalism, and human rights.
By Fawad Khan6 months ago in Criminal
Why Czar Nicholas II and the Romanovs Were Murdered
When Nicholas Romanov was crowned czar of Russia in 1894, he seemed bewildered. “What is going to happen to me…to all Russia?” he asked an advisor when he assumed the throne. “I am not prepared to be Czar. I never even wanted to become one.”
By Kristen Orkoshneli6 months ago in Criminal
Why I Think My Neighbor Is a Serial Killer
I live in a quiet neighborhood where nothing ever happens—at least that’s what people like to believe. Rows of identical houses, tidy lawns, and the occasional barbecue. It’s the kind of place where everyone waves but no one truly knows each other. That illusion of peace shattered for me the night I began watching Mr. Derren.
By MUHAMMAD JALAL6 months ago in Criminal
Ashes in the Rain: A Brother’s Brutal Hunt for the Truth Behind His Sister’s Death
The rain had been falling for four days when Claire Wade disappeared. Her brother, Daniel, figured she just needed space. Nurses worked too hard for too little, and life had a way of grinding people down. But when her ten-year-old daughter, Emma, showed up at his garage alone, soaked and shivering, Daniel knew something was wrong.
By Ubaid Ur Rehman6 months ago in Criminal
Military robbery | The most dangerous armed operation in the world (the reason for arming the police). Content Warning.
On the morning of February 28, 1997, a fleet of news helicopters flew toward a bank in a quiet neighborhood in North Los Angeles. When they arrived, they pointed their cameras at the bank’s parking lot and began broadcasting live. What appeared on the screens was a bank robbery—expected to be routine, like thousands before it—but this time, it was completely different.
By Ink pulse(different angle)6 months ago in Criminal
The Fifth Witness
The case was supposed to be open-and-shut. Mitchell Cavanaugh, 43, software consultant, father of two, had been found dead in his downtown apartment — a single gunshot wound to the chest. His estranged wife, Claire, was arrested at the scene, the gun still warm in her shaking hands.
By ATTAULLAH SHAH6 months ago in Criminal
Black Hand #5 – The Original Jeffrey Epstein
There was once a wealthy billionaire philanthropist who owned houses in Palm Beach, New York, and France, as well as a Caribbean Island paradise where he hosted young girls for elite sex parties, far away from prying eyes. Like the infamous paedophile people trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, this Harvard graduate sent his employees into the streets to recruit young girls for him to coerce and molest.
By Johnny Vedmore6 months ago in Criminal
Black Hand #4 – A Match Made in Hell
At the height of the Cold War, in a country experiencing the final throes of a post-war economic boom, one strange man went on to play a central role in a scandal that brought down the British government. In a master class of how to get away with grand espionage, Hod Dibben coasted through danger seemingly without any fear. The night clubs of London, which have been the focus of our attention so far, are all under new ownership after a series of tragic deaths of their previous owners and hostesses. As always, with anything Horace Dibben did during this period, elite sex parties and sadomasochistic orgies were a key part of what would eventually develop into the Profumo Affair.
By Johnny Vedmore6 months ago in Criminal
Black Hand #2 – The London Night Club Trap
In the previous instalment of this series, we examined the tragic death of Esmeralda Gullan, the founder of Esmeralda’s Barn, a night club located in an affluent part of London’s West End. However, Esmeralda was not the only female night club owner or hostess to be found dead or dying during this period. In fact, as we are about to discover, she was just one of a collection of inter-connected women who were involved in night club management and whose deaths were ruled as accidental or as suicides around the same time.
By Johnny Vedmore6 months ago in Criminal
Black Hand #1 – A Song For Esmeralda
Esmeralda Gullan, also known as Esmeralda Noel Smith, was a talented young starlet who was beginning to become famous before the outbreak of World War II. After the war, she became a strong and powerful businesswoman and, by 1955, Esme had created four unique establishments in and around Knightsbridge, Mayfair, and Belgravia including the notorious London nightclub, Esmeralda’s Barn.
By Johnny Vedmore6 months ago in Criminal
How One Mistake Trapped the Dark Web King
A man was sitting inside his luxurious Bangkok villa, browsing on his laptop, when suddenly, a loud crash echoed from outside. Unaware that the luxurious life he had built was moments away from its end, he left his laptop open and rushed outside.
By Jehanzeb Khan6 months ago in Criminal
