Crime
What do you get when you mix a high-energy shelter dog with expert training and a second chance? A crime-fighting K9—and a new lease on life. Redemption Ranch K9, an Indiana nonprofit founded by Officer Rob Prichard, is celebrating one powerful year. The group rescues overlooked shelter dogs and trains them to become police K9s. […]
Alcatraz Prison’s 10 Most Notorious And Infamous Inmates Alcatraz, often referred to as “The Rock,” was more than just a prison; it was a formidable fortress designed to house some of the most dangerous and uncontrollable criminals in American history. Located on a lonely island in the middle of San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz was as […]
Karen Read’s second murder trial over the death of her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O’Keefe, has entered its sixth day of witness testimony. Read is accused of striking John O’Keefe, her Boston police officer boyfriend, with her SUV and leaving him to die alone in a blizzard outside of a house party at the home […]
In 2022, Nichole Rice, was arrested and charged with felony murder in the death of Anita Knutson, who was found stabbed to death on June 4, 2007. At the time of the murder, the two women were roommates. Their friends said the two had a strained relationship, with one friend claiming that Rice told Knutson, […]
GREENWOOD, Ind — One person was shot several times just before 3 a.m. Monday on Dietz Drive in Greenwood. The person who was shot was rushed to an Indianapolis hospital, and another person is in custody. Police are still piecing together what happened.
Music has long been a scapegoat for violent crimes that have been committed. There are several examples of famous songs that have allegedly inspired murders. One that often comes to mind is “Helter Skelter” from The Beatles’ White Album, which cult leader Charles Manson claimed contained lyrics with subliminal messages from The Beatles to him. […]
David Berkowitz, who is infamously known as “Son of Sam”, murdered six people and wounded seven others with a .44 Bulldog revolver during his reign of terror in New York City in the late seventies. Berkowitz was arrested on August 10, 1977, and subsequently indicted for eight shootings. He confessed to all of them, and […]
A video was recently released by supporters of Richard Allen, the man who was convicted of killing Abigail “Abby” Williams and Liberty “Libby” German in 2017, showing the final moments before the girls were murdered. The 43-second video shows Abigail “Abby” Williams, 13, and Liberty “Libby” German, 14, walking on a railroad bridge in Delphi, Indiana, […]
John Wayne Gacy, one of the most infamous serial killers in history, raped, tortured, and murdered at least 33 young men and teenage boys in his home in Chicago. He buried most of his victims in his crawlspace. Gacy was known in his community for frequently dressing up as his alter ego, Pogo the Clown, […]
Luigi Mangione is facing a second-degree murder charge in New York City in connection with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan. An extradition hearing is schedule for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. Mangione is a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate from a prominent Maryland real estate family. He was taken into custody Monday […]
GARY, Ind. — State Police say a Gary man with a criminal record was arrested after a seemingly simple traffic stop Monday turned into a fight with a trooper and his K-9. Trooper Ben Beers stopped Shelley Cooper near Burr Street and 10th Avenue for an “improper headlight.” There, he learned that Cooper had a […]
In 1964, Edmund Kemper committed his first set of murders, taking the lives of his paternal grandparents. He was only 15 years old. Following the murders of his grandparents, Kemper was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic by court psychiatrists and sentenced to the Atascadero State Hospital in California as a criminally insane juvenile. He was […]
