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 …
Why Do Women Love True Crime?
If you are reading this post, odds are you're a woman. Why is that? Why are a majority of crime junkies women? One of the most popular true crime podcasts, "My Favorite Murder," is hosted by two women and became number one on iTunes just five months after it launched in 2016. Most of the …
4 Ways to Not Scare “Normal” People with Your True Crime Obsession
Have you ever been talking to a group of people, and a topic comes up that reminds you of a really juicy true crime story you heard recently? And then you were afraid to share it because you didn't want to scare people with your knowledge of murder? Or perhaps you shared it anyway, and …
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“Cold” Podcast Review
The Cold Podcast is a podcast hosted by Dave Cawley, who did years of extensive research and investigating on the high-profile, unsolved case about the disappearance of Susan Powell before beginning "Cold." The disappearance of Susan Powell is a mind-blowing and disturbing case that I have been closely following since day one. Susan Powell was …
