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Suspect Was Exonerated For Her Murder… But Did He Actually Do It?
On March 13, 1973, University of Iowa student Sarah Ann Ottens was found dead in her dorm room at Rienow Hall. Much of the campus had emptied for spr…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
The Bodies of Mount Everest: What Happened to Mallory and Irvine?
On June 8, 1924, British climbers George Mallory and Andrew “Sandy” Irvine disappeared into the clouds high on Mount Everest while attempting to beco…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
Would you confess to a murder you didn't commit?
Why would someone confess to a crime they never committed? Real cases reveal how hours of questioning, exhaustion, intimidation, and false claims abo…
4 weeks ago
Teen Girl's Murder Case Unsolved for 55 Years
In January 1968, 18-year-old Iowa State freshman Sheila Jean Collins was trying to get home to Evanston, Illinois, for the weekend. When her boyfrien…
4 weeks, 2 days ago
How a Receipt Solved the Murder of Lesley Herring
In February 2009, 44-year-old Lesley Herring vanished from her Los Angeles home, leaving behind her car, phone, keys, purse, jewellery, and savings. …
1 month ago
Lori Erica Ruff Led Multiple Lives... But What Was She Hiding From?
On Christmas Eve 2010, Lori Erica Ruff died by suicide outside her in-laws’ home in Texas. Afterward, her family found a box of documents revealing t…
1 month ago
Woman found in a BOX dropped from the sky?
In October 1976, a farmer harvesting corn near Otterbein, Indiana, found a small cardboard box about 15 yards from the road. Inside was the body of a…
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Why Did This Man Live as a Dead Child For 40 YEARS?
In 2002, a quiet Ohio man named Joseph Newton Chandler III died by suicide in his Eastlake apartment. He left behind $82,000, but no family, no clear…
1 month, 1 week ago
Only BONES were found : Two Jane Does Who Need Their Names Back
In October 2006, a man harvesting dogwood plants found a young woman’s remains in a marshy field near the Darlington Nuclear Plant in Bowmanville, On…
1 month, 1 week ago
How Nellie Bly Changed the World
In 1887, reporter Nellie Bly faked mental illness to be committed to New York City’s Women’s Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell’s Island. For ten days, she …
1 month, 2 weeks ago