Major Crimes and True Crime

Murderer, womanizer, and a general who lost his leg because of a reckless decision — meet Daniel Sickles. Sickles was an unusual man, known more for his wild personal life than for anything he did in the military. He was born into a wealthy family and didn’t have any major problems while growing up. But everything changed one day when he shot and killed his wife’s lover in broad daylight in Lafayette Square, right next to the White House. He didn’t go to jail because he claimed he was temporarily insane, using a legal defense often tied to "crimes of passion." After that, he became involved with many different women — from high society to prostitutes. He even had an affair with a girl who was only sixteen. When the Civil War started in 1861, Sickles joined the fight as a general. But his leadership came to a crashing end in 1863 during the Battle of Gettysburg. He made a risky move by placing his troops in a bad spot, which led to massive losses. Although it slowed d...

Mona Fandey was obsessed with the idea of fame. She performed as a pop singer and was a water ballet dancer in her younger days. Unfortunately her career didn’t progress, so alternative routes were carved into her new journey. With her husband’s influence, Mona became involved in spiritual witchcraft activities and was formerly known as a ‘witch doctor’. Alongside her assistant, all three began offering services to clients, most of whom were from the upper-class society. This included politicians. Mazlan Idris, a politician, begged for invincibility. He wanted power, craved for it! He sought the services of Mona, who demanded 2.5 million in Malaysian money, in return for a talisman consisting of a cane and hat. Agreed upon, a further appointment was made for Mazlan to undergo a cleansing ritual at Mona’s house. He lay on the floor, face up, eyes closed, whilst Mona placed flowers on him. “Wait for the money to fall from the sky” she said. With Mazlan waiting, the assistant gra...

In Plain Sight: The Baffling Disappearance of Sharon Pretorius Sharon Pretorius got home from school like usual on Friday afternoon, September 28, 1973. After finishing her weekly piano lesson, the 13-year-old left her house in Dayton, Ohio to collect money from the people on her paper route. Her brother saw her leave, holding her collection book from the Dayton Journal Herald — but she never made it to any of the houses. Sharon never came home, and no one has seen her since. Her mother called the Dayton Police at 10:30 that night to report her missing, but they told her she had to wait at least 24 hours before filing a missing person report. Sharon Pretorius got home from school at her usual time on the afternoon of Friday, September 28, 1973. After finishing her weekly piano lesson, the 13-year-old left her Dayton, Ohio home to collect money from the customers on her paper route. Sharon’s brother saw her leave with her Dayton Journal Herald collection book in her hand, but s...

She might not be the most evil woman in ALL of history but she's definetly right up there. She's easily the most evil woman in the past 200 years though, IMO. That evil woman's name is Belle Gunness, A.K.A. Hell's Belle. Belle Gunness not long after immigrating to the United States from Norway. Belle was born either Bella Paulsdatter or Brynhild Paulsdatter Størseth, on November 11, 1859 in Norway. She immigrated to Chicago, Illinois in 1881. Eventually she settled down at a small farmhouse she bought in La Porte, Indiana. The beginning of our story needs to start at the end of her story, her death. On April 28, 1908, police were called to a fire out on Belle's farm. Once the blaze was out the police discovered the bodies of an adult female and three children. Assuming that the bodies were Belle's and her kids, she was originally portrayed as a hero. They described her in the local paper as a hard working widow with three kids that had tried valiantly to save he...

The most scariest criminal justice story you've heard A criminal profiler working with the FBI was interviewing serial killer Edmund Kemper. Alone. He had no gun on him. And when he buzzed the guards to collect him… no one came for over half an hour. Kemper, a 6′9″ and 300 pound man, leaned over and said the following words: “If I went apeshit in here, you’d be in a lot of trouble, wouldn’t you?” It was pretty chilling. Because Kemper was a 100% correct — he could harm the profiler. He could absolutely, and with great ease, take his life. The FBI man knew this. He even tried to negotiate a little with Kemper. Told him he’d be in trouble, that he’d be put in solitary… Kemper wasn’t fazed, replying that he’d been in solitary before, and that they would not place him there forever. In fact, killing an FBI officer would only elevate his status among other prisoners, and he knew he would never walk free anyway… For fifteen minutes that must have felt like hours, Kemper toyed wi...

The untold story of Churchill's heroine: Female British secret agent who parachuted behind enemy lines and took out 30 German trains during Second World War before being executed in Dachau aged just 26 The incredible heroism of a British agent who parachuted behind enemy lines into  France  and who took out 30 German trains during the Second World War will be retold in a new book Eliane Plewman, who belonged to Winston Churchill's elite Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War, was involved in a number of highly successful sabotage missions. During one daring operation in 1944, the diminutive 5ft agent, together with her brother Albert Browne-Bartroli, evaded German patrols to lay explosives under the Marseille-Toulon railway line.   When they exploded, 30 locomotives were put out of service, hampering the enemy's attempts to move troops and supplies by rail.  The explosion caused so much damage that it took Germany four...

1 OF 37 THE HORRORS OF THE THIRD REICH NEXT LIST Nazi Germany didn't just seek to eradicate those who didn't meet the criteria of their ideal race. They also fought to create a super genetic line through selective breeding in the ultra-secret, undeniably twisted Lebensborn program. It was akin to Josef Mengele's concentration camp experiments to the extent that it involved Nazi "science" and a total lack of bioethics. This program, created by the SS, was a state-supported, registered association sparked by the shrinking birth rate in Nazi Germany. Lebensborn mothers faced a moral predicament. While many already were fervent followers of Hitler, for some, it was a matter of survival in war-torn, Nazi-occupied Europe. The Lebensborn program attempted to breed racial purity through a very specific set of phenotypic criteria. The children of Lebensborn were often kidnapped from their Nordic and Eastern European families, forced to erase their past identities and be ...