Category: Crime Mysteries
In March 1983, 21-year old Robin Benedict was brutally murdered by former Tufts professor William Douglas. He confessed to striking her in the head with a 2-1/2 pound sledge hammer, dumping their blood-stained clothes in a trash barrel, discarding her…
The Santa Claus Bank Robbery Two days before Christmas, 1927, Santa Claus walked into the First National Bank of Cisco, Texas, followed by several delighted children who had seen him on the street. Then Santa pulled out a gun and…
Cheryl Gene Grimmer was a three-year-old toddler who was kidnapped on 12 January 1970 from Fairy Meadow Beach in Wollongong, Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia. She had been in the beach shower block when witnesses claim a man took her…
In the Japanese city of Fukuyama during the mid-1980s, a string of highly unusual murders began. The majority of killings took place between September and November of 1985, with some isolated incidents before and after. All of the victims were…
Brittanee disappeared while on a spring break trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in 2009. She traveled south with friends, without her parents’ knowledge or permission. On the third day of her trip — on April 25, 2009 — she…
It was a busy night in Paderborn on June 20, 2006, as people filled the bars of the west German city to watch the World Cup game between England and Sweden. One of these people was Frauke Liebs, a 21-year-old…
Over 1,500 pounds of metal was stolen, including over 700 pounds of gold. This was meant to be sent to Zurich and New York. A group of armed robbers stole a haul of gold bullion worth at least…
The Summer Bliss Robbery (2012) – 216 kg Gold Bars November 30, 2012, masked men in “Police” jackets boarded the the “Summer Bliss” fishing boat in Curacao and stole 70 gold bars weighing a total of 216kg with an estimated…
Croydon Airport Gold Robbery (1935) – 20 kg of Gold Bars & Coins The “Croydon Aerodrome Gold Robbery”, also known as “The Imperial Airways Gold Heist” was the theft of just over 20kg of gold bullion, made up of gold…
We love a good true crime story here at cool interesting stuff, and the freaky case of Dr. Carl Tanzler is one of the best. In the 1920’s, Carl Tanzler (later known as Carl von Cosel) emigrated from Germany to…
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre In 1974, director Tobe Hooper revolutionized horror with his film “inspired by a true story,” THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. Almost immediately after the film’s release, rumors began to circulate that there was an actual chainsaw wielding…
Texarkana, a small town that straddles the state line between Texas and Arkansas, is also known as The Town That Dreaded Sundown. The mysterious Moonlight Murders rocked the sleepy southern town of Texarkana in 1946. Police on either side of…