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A Parade in Peril: The Waukesha Christmas Massacre
Parade goers watched on as a red SUV travelling at an estimated 40 or even 50 miles per hour came barrelling down Main Street in the historic downtown core of the small Milwaukee suburb. The sound of…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
What Happened to Jacob? The Abduction That Changed America
This case has been the recipient of many notable claims over the years. It has been called “the case that changed Minnesota.” It has been credited with changing the way that missing children investig…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
How a Survivor’s Courage and a Single Carpet Thread Exposed Bobby Joe Long’s Reign of Terror
In 1984, Tampa, Florida, was gripped by fear as a sadistic predator stalked, raped, and murdered at least ten women, leaving their bodies dumped along highways. The FBI’s only clue? Red trilobal carp…
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How Forensic Sculptors Bring the Nameless Back from Oblivion
In the silent halls of morgues and anthropology labs, forensic sculptors perform a miracle: they give faces—and, with them, names, stories, and justice—to the unidentified dead. Using clay, anatomica…
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A Tropical Getaway Turned Bloody, and the 20-Year Fight for Justice
In 1974, the idyllic Palmyra Atoll—a remote Pacific paradise—became the stage for a real-life horror story. Two couples arrived, but only one left: Buck Walker and Stephanie Stearns sailed back to Ha…
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The Minds Behind Poisoners – Targeted Vengeance vs. Random Terror
Poison is the weapon of the patient, the calculating, and the cowardly—but not all poisoners are alike. Deadly Chemistry dissects the critical divide between targeted killers (who murder with intimat…
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The Phantom of Mulberry Street: Vincent 'The Chin' Gigante, the Genovese Crime Family
For decades, Vincent "The Chin" Gigante ruled the Genovese crime family not from a throne, but from a psychiatric ward—or so he wanted authorities to believe. While other mob bosses held court in ste…
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How DNA Revolutionized Crime Solving and Justice
In the annals of forensic science, few breakthroughs have been as transformative as DNA analysis. Double Helix delves into how this genetic blueprint—extracted from a speck of blood, a single hair, o…
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How Dawn Birnbaum’s Murder Exposed a Trucker’s Trail of Blood
In 1992, the body of 17-year-old Dawn Marie Birnbaum—a runaway from Florida—was discovered dumped beside a rural Pennsylvania road, brutally beaten and strangled. Though she was an outsider, the smal…
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Web of Clues: How Forensic Entomology Unravels Murder Mysteries
When a body is left to the elements, the first detectives on the scene aren’t always human—they’re insects. In Web of Clues, The New Detectives explores the eerie science of forensic entomology, wher…
Published on 1 month, 4 weeks ago