John Wayne Gacy John Wayne Gacy was an American serial killer who killed 33 young men and boys---29 of whom were found underneath his house. Clown by Day, Killer by Night John Wayne Gacy was born March 17, 1942. Family, friends and neighbors thought of Gacy as a friendly man who enjoyed entertaining children. As …
Teaching Children About Abductors
My (almost) Abduction Once as a ten-year-old, I was followed by a car as I was walking home. I was just down the street from my house when I noticed a car had pulled close to the sidewalk and was driving just behind me. They must've been going 2 MPH at the most, and they …
11-year-old Girl Arrested for Child Abuse
One-year-old Paxton Davis 11-year-old Girl Arrested An 11-year-old girl has been charged with first-degree child abuse charges after an infant in her care died from multiple injuries to his upper body on February 28. The 11-year-old's mother left her daughter to watch 1-year-old Paxton Davis while she ran errands on February 24 in Maryland. In …
Abducted in Plain Sight Review
Abducted in Plain Sight Documentary Poster It's one of the hottest new true crime shows streaming on Netflix right now, but is it really worth an hour and a half of your time? My immediate answer is ABSOLUTELY! YES! Everyone should take the time to at least give Abducted in Plain Sight a chance. Be …
Do You Know How to Stay Safe and Alert?
Unfortunately, we live in a world where anyone can become the next victim of a violent crime in the blink of an eye. Here are some ways to help you stay safe in a chaotic world. Get Off Your Phone Young woman walking a city alone by night, using mobile phone, texting, listening music. Don't be this woman. …
About Me
For me, a perfect Friday night would be sitting at home watching Dateline and other documentaries about chilling murders and the psychopaths responsible for them. Some of famous cases that I can’t get enough of are JonBenet Ramsey, the Jonestown cult mass suicide/murders, and probably the least famous of these three, the disappearance of Susan …
Unsolved: The Black Dahlia, 1947
It's one of the city of Los Angeles's oldest cold cases to date, and by far the most famous. The victim of this gruesome crime was 22-year-old aspiring actress Elizabeth Short, later nicknamed "the Black Dahlia." Elizabeth was nicknamed Black Dahlia by newspaper reporters, because back then, it was common practice for newspapers to give …
Valerie Reyes Death
Photo of Valerie Reyes One of the most recent true crime stories to reach national news was the death of 24-year-old Valerie Reyes, whose body was found stuffed inside a suitcase on the side of a highway in Greenwich, Connecticut on February 5. Where is Valerie? On January 28, Valerie called her mother in a panic telling …
The Gruesome Murder of Lauren Giddings
Mercer University Law School student Lauren Giddings, 27, was preparing to take the bar exam and graduate from law school in June 2011. Her friends began to worry that something terrible had happened to her when she failed to show up for regularly scheduled study sessions and she hadn't answered her phone in several days. …
How to Solve a Murder
Disclaimer: I have never solved a murder, nor have I had any training on how to solve a murder other than my own internet research and what I've picked up on from hours of watching Dateline. This is just an overview law enforcement's side of murder. 1. Arriving at the Crime Scene The first thing law enforcement must do when …
Only a Matter of Crime 