investigation
Whodunnit, and why? All about criminal investigations and the forensic methods used to search for clues and collect evidence to get to the bottom of the crime.
The Serial Killer . Content Warning.
Why America's Most Prolific Murderer Wanted to Be Caught THE CONFESSION NOBODY BELIEVED đ± On a quiet Tuesday evening in November 2009 a man walked into a police station in Hammond, Indiana, sat down across from the desk sergeant and calmly announced that he had killed multiple women over a span of two decades and that he was tired of carrying the weight of what he had done and wanted to confess everything before he lost the courage to tell the truth, and the desk sergeant who had been processing paperwork and who initially assumed this was either a prank or a mentally ill person seeking attention asked the man to wait while he called a detective, and the man who identified himself as Darren Deon Vann sat patiently in the lobby of the police station like someone waiting for an appointment at the dentist while inside the detective division officers debated whether to take the confession seriously, and they decided to interview him primarily because Indiana law required them to investigate any confession regardless of how improbable it seemed, and what unfolded over the next forty-eight hours of interrogation would reveal one of the most prolific serial killers in Indiana history and would raise disturbing questions about how he had operated for so long without detection in communities where women disappeared regularly and where law enforcement had not connected the cases because the victims were poor, Black, and involved in sex work, demographics that American criminal justice systems have historically treated as less worthy of investigation and protection than other victim populations đ
By The Curious Writerabout 11 hours ago in Criminal
The Devil in the Living Room: Susan Woodsâ Second Chance at Life was Cut Short by a Monster She Called a Friend.
Imagine, for a second, itâs a humid Friday night in July 1987. Youâre at a local fair in a small Texas town called Hico. You can smell the funnel cakes, hear the mechanical whir of the Ferris wheel, and the distant, muffled screams of kids on the tilt-a-whirl. For thirty-year-old Susan Woods, this was supposed to be the night she finally felt "normal" again.
By KWAO LEARNER WINFREDa day ago in Criminal
Restorative Justice, Without the Hype
A victim leaves court with paperwork in hand, a case number attached to the worst day of her life, and a strange empty feeling she did not expect. The offender was processed. The lawyers spoke. The judge ruled. The file moved. From the outside, the system did what it was built to do. From the inside, a lot of people still walk away feeling as though the central fact never got touched. Harm happened. Everybody talked around it.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin2 days ago in Criminal
She Claimed She Had Been Kidnapped. Authorities Say She Took Her Own Life.
Rita Maze had business to tend to in Helena, Montana, on September 6, 2006. She left her home in Great Falls early in the day, telling family sheâd return home in a few hours. It would be the last time loved ones saw her alive. Ritaâs death sparked a mystery with answers she took with her to the grave.
By Criminal Matters3 days ago in Criminal
The Most Dangerous Job in Crime
The Port of Antwerp is not just a shipping hub; it is a metallic continent that never sleeps. Spanning over 11,000 hectaresâlarger than the city of Parisâit is a landscape of towering steel cliffs and endless canyons formed by millions of shipping containers. Throughout the night, the ground trembles with the weight of rolling trucks and massive cranes shifting cargo. But amidst this industrial symphony, a different kind of work is happening.
By Edge Words3 days ago in Criminal
UN Declares Transatlantic Slave Trade the Gravest Crime Against Humanity. Content Warning.
April 2, 2026 In a watershed moment for international justice and historical accountability, the United Nations General Assembly has formally recognized the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity. The resolution, adopted by a vote of 123 in favor, 3 against, with multiple abstentions, marks one of the most consequential acknowledgments in the UNâs historyâone that confronts centuries of denial, erasure, and unresolved harm.
By TREYTON SCOTT3 days ago in Criminal
