Major Crimes and True Crime

The Buck Ruxton "Jigsaw Murders" case Skull no. 2, photograph B, 1935 Investigators photographed the Skull No. 2 in the same orientation as an existing photograph of Mrs. Ruxton. Then they laid a photo-transparency of this skull over the portrait to establish that the skull was Mrs. Ruxton's. On September 14, 1935, Buck Ruxton, an Indian-born physician who lived in Lancashire, near the English-Scottish border, murdered his wife Isabella and her maid Mary Rogerson, and then mutilated their bodies and scattered the parts, in an effort to make them unidentifiable.  After a passerby discovered some remains under a bridge in Scotland, a team of forensic experts was assembled. Using an array of scientific methods, the experts identified the victims and unmasked the perpetrator. The painstaking reconstruction of the bodies of Isabella Ruxton and Mary Rogerson by forensic pathologist John Glaister Jr. and anatomist James Couper Brash—and pioneering use of p...

Minnesota Man Threw Methamphetamine-Fueled ‘Death Party’ For His Dying Wife When Minnesota police responded to noise complaints after 58-year-old Duane Johnson threw a meth-fueled "death party" for his ailing wife, they found her corpse wrapped in the sheet at the top of the stairs surrounded by 47 guns. Debra Lynn Johnson's final wishes included "rocking out" to Quiet Riot's 'Metal Health,' smoking meth, and having sex with her 58-year-old husband, Duane.  Now The story in Full Sending a spouse off to the great unknown is not an easy task. For the Johnson family of New Ulm, Minn., a proper end required meth, death metal, and sex. To be beside your loved one in their final days of life is one of the most difficult challenges one could ever endure, but for a southwestern Minnesota man and his wife, a methamphetamine-fueled “death party” which ended with nudity and biblical references was the way to do just that.  Duane Jo...

CCTV shows girl, six, being led away before she is raped and murdered in Thailand horror A CCTV picture has been released in Thailand showing a six-year-old girl being led away by the hand by a stranger before being brutally raped and then strangled. A 32-year-old man is being held for the rape and murder of the six-year-old nicknamed “Cartoon” who was caught on camera being led from a Skytrain station in the capital Bangkok ten days ago.  Her father Sayan Petchdon had taken her to a Thai folk music concert on December 6 and shortly after 10pm he took her to sleep in his pick-up truck outside the venue. When he returned at 11pm she was gone. Sayan wept uncontrollably when he was shown the girls floral pants. Her body had been found in a deserted area near the city’s Sukhumvit Soi 105 yesterday. CCTV footage had caught her abductor in Bearing skytrain station.  Police reported him as saying: “I’m sorry my girl. I shouldn’t have left you...

The Munich massacre, 1972 The Munich massacre was an event that happened during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany. It occurred from the 5-6th of September. The massacre was caused by the armed extremist group from Palestine called "Black September." The group infiltrated the Olympic Village, where all the athletes stayed, taking 11 Israeli athletes hostage. The group demanded the release of 234 Arab prisoners in Israeli jails. After two hostages resisted their captors, they were killed, leaving 9 hostages left. Police began negotiating with the captors. However, the extremists were adamant about their demands and would not settle for less. The police then began to make a plan to free the hostages. The Police concocted a plan. They decided to fly the terrorists with the hostages by 2 helicopters to the Fliegerhorst airport. There, the terrorists would be passed to Cairo in Egypt. The police placed 5 snipers around the airport. The plan c...

The boy who was forced to grow up as a Girl for an evil science experiment, 1965 Bruce and Brian Reimer were twin brothers born in Winnipeg, Canada in 1965. Both boys were healthy but suffered from phimosis, which is when the foreskin on the penis is too tight, which leads to difficulty urinating. To solve this, both boys would have a circumcision. Bruce had the operation first, but it went wrong when the doctor used a burning method instead of a blade. Bruce lost his penis during the operation. Bruce's parents were devastated and looked for a solution, and met John Money, a famed psychologist who studied gender and sex.  Money claimed that gender was a societal concept and that babies are born gender-neutral, and that gender was taught and was not biological.  Money suggested that Bruce should be raised as a girl and never told about his operation. Bruce's parents agreed. Bruce then became Brenda, she took supplements for breast growth and had prosthe...

The Short, Inspiring Life Of Quentin Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt’s Youngest Son Quentin Roosevelt responded to the call of duty and fought during World War I, but the former president's son was tragically shot down over France on July 14, 1918. In July 1918, the youngest son of former President Theodore Roosevelt entered the massive aerial fight on World War I's Western Front. A promising U.S. Army pilot, Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt made his first confirmed kill on July 10th. But just four days later, the 20-year-old was surrounded by German planes and shot down. When German forces realized that they had killed the son of a president, they took the extraordinary step of holding a military funeral for him. More than 1,000 German soldiers reportedly looked on as Roosevelt was buried under a wooden cross that was held together with wire from the wreckage of his plane. Meanwhile, in the United States, the Roosevelts mourned their loss and the country grieved alongsi...

The man who could walk through walls (Le Passe-Muraille) Le Passe-muraille, 1943 "Le Passe-muraille", which means "the passer through walls", is a story from France, which tells of a story of a man who discovers that he can pass through walls. After leaving his job, the man began to abuse his power, using it to steal and seduce. He eventually becomes stuck in a wall. The sculpture seen above is meant to be the man, who is stuck in the Paris catacombs and was made by trespassers as a joke. Here is the story The passer-through-walls (French: Le Passe-muraille), translated as The Man Who Walked through Walls, The Walker-through-Walls or The Man who Could Walk through Walls, is a short story published by Marcel Aymé in 1941. A man named Dutilleul lived in Montmartre in 1943. In his forty-third year, he discovered that he possessed the ability to pass effortlessly through walls. In search of a cure he consulted a doctor, who prescribed intensive work and a m...

Police Release Updates Sketch of Uncaught Serial Killer "The Doodler" This is a serial killer I have never heard of before. In the 1970s, a serial killer targeted white gay men in San Francisco. He killed at least 6, although that number could be higher. This is a serial killer I have never heard of before. In the 1970s, a serial killer targeted white gay men in San Francisco. He killed at least 6, although that number could be higher. Police believe that he hunted for victims at gay bars and diners. One of the surviving victims told police that he had met the man the Truck Stop Diner. The man claimed to be an art student and kept drawing animals on his napkin throughout dinner. The police have received several leads, some more promising than others, but the Doodler has never been caught. Police were able to develop a sketch, and they just released an updated version. At the time of the murders, the Doodler was 19 to 25. He's an African American man who is...

Pablo Escobar, arguably the biggest drug lord of all time, stands in front of the White House with his son, 1981 Pablo Escobar was a drug lord from Colombia, South America. He was called "The king of cocaine", as he created one of the most infamous drug cartels in history, the Medellín Cartel. Escobar is speculated to have been the wealthiest criminal of all time. By the time of his death in 1993, Escobar had amassed a fortune of 30 billion US dollars, equalling 70 billion US dollars today. During the 1980s, it is speculated that Escobar was shipping out 70 - 80 tonnes of powder cocaine a month. It is rumored that he had to spend 2,500 US dollars a month on rubber bands to hold his money together.  There is even a story that while on the run in 1992, Escobar was with his daughter in a hideout house, which became cold. To warm her up, he burned 2 million US dollars in banknotes. In the picture above, Escobar stands in front of the White House with his son. He w...

A Mohawk warrior attacks a Canadian Soldier while defending his territory during the Oka Crisis, 1990 The Oka Crisis was a conflict between the indigenous Mohawk people and the town of Oka in Canada. Oka sought to expand a golf course into the Mohawk territory of Kanahsetake in a pine forest known as "The Pines." This area is where the Mohawks held ceremonies, and the forest also contained a graveyard for their people, meaning that the Pines Forest was sacred land to the Mohawk tribe. For 270 years, the Mohawks fought for the recognition of their territory. However, it was continuously refused by the British and Canadian Governments. In 1989 and 1990, the Mohawks began heavily campaigning for the recognition of their land and their right of way, however, plans to build the golf course resort continued, so the mohawk people retaliated.  The Mohawk tribe has been historically known to be fierce and brave warriors, especially when it comes to defending the...

Remember her from American Horror Story: Coven? You won't believe what this real life maniac did It was April 10 and the Lalauries were entertaining their guests. The fire started in the kitchen and the fire brigade went through the courtyard to put it out. They heard screams and moans from a room on the third floor, so they went to investigate. Since the door to the room was locked, the firemen rammed it open. At once they smelled the unmistakable odor of death and some of them vomited. Yet it wasn't just the dead slaves chained to the walls that got their attention, but the living ones, who were only barely alive. One woman was so startled by their entrance that she fled toward a window and jumped.  Most of the victims had been severely maimed by medical experiments. Some were even strapped to tables. One man had been surgically transformed into a woman, and a woman looked like a human crab. Her arm and leg bones had been broken and reset into odd angles, and sh...

Alabama Executes Jeremiah Reeves After Police Torture Him Into False Confession Mar 28, 1958: Alabama executed Jeremiah Reeves for allegedly raping a white woman, who claimed rape after being discovered in her home having sex w/Jeremiah.  It was suspected that the sex was consensual. He was 16yrs old, 22 at execution. On March 28, 1958, a 22-year-old Black man named Jeremiah Reeves was executed by the state of Alabama after police tortured him until he gave a false confession as a 16-year-old child. In July 1951, Jeremiah, who was a 16-year-old high school student at the time, and Mabel Ann Crowder, a white woman, were discovered having sex in her home. Ms. Crowder claimed she had been raped by Jeremiah, and he was immediately arrested and taken to Kilby Prison for “questioning.” Police strapped the frightened boy into the electric chair and told him that he would be electrocuted unless he admitted to having committed all of the rapes white women had reported that ...

Mob Hit List in Philadelphia-South Jersey Area With AM-Mob Arrests, Bjt Rocco Marinucci (1952-15 March 1982) was a Philadelphia crime family associate. He was responsible for planting a bomb under Philip Testa's porch, killing the boss, and Testa's son Salvatore Testa avenged his father by killing Marinucci in 1982. Rocco Marinucci worked as Peter Casella's chauffeur and bodyguard within the Philadelphia crime family, and he was recruited into the conspiracy to whack Philip Testa.  On 15 March 1981, he planted a bomb on Testa's porch, killing him. Testa's son Salvatore Testa was ordered by Nicky Scarfoto kill those responsible for his father's death. Marinucci was killed by Testa on 15 March 11982, and body was found on Federal Street in Southwark,  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with bullet wounds to the neck, chest, and head. His mouth was stuffed with three firecrackers. Rocco Marinucci (1952-15 March 1982) was a Philadelphia crime family associate...

70 Years Ago Today… Tragedy in Brooklyn: Mother Kills Three Children and Herself At 6:20 yesterday morning, William Morey, of 311 20th Street, Brooklyn, yelled for help. Inside the Morey apartment, police found the bodies of three Morey children, hacked to death by their mother, Mrs. Mary Morey. She lay dead on a cot; she had cut her own throat. William Morey, and his oldest child were wounded. Her farewell note read: “We all have syphilis disease. This is the best wayout.”  Police said she was deluded. The police department firedMorey in 1938 for drinking, he hasn’t kept a job since then.  Morey went out Tuesday evening and came home to… about 1:30 a.m. Stuned by a crack on the head, he came to in time to see his wife cut her throat. The first-floor flat at 311 Twentieth street, Brooklyn, New York, shaken at frequent intervals by screams, wails, curses and crashing furniture was silent for the first time since the Moreys moved in.  Mrs. William Morey (34), and ...

In 1981, 20-year-old Cynthia Anderson vanished from her workplace (law firm) in Ohio. A year before she vanished, someone had painted “I LOVE YOU, CINDY—BY GW” on a wall opposite her workplace. The message remained on the wall for six months before being erased. However, the GW creep rewrote it. Cynthia started receiving anonymous calls, even at the office, and she started having nightmares. Her boss suggested keeping the office doors locked all the time. Cynthia also had a buzzer installed on her desk. Sadly, nothing worked in her favor. At noon on Aug 4, 1981, Cynthia’s boss arrived at the office to find the lights on. He smelled nail polish odor, suggesting Cynthia must have been there. Cynthia vanished without leaving a note, which she used to do earlier. Her car was still in the parking, but her purse and keys were gone. Among the most unsettling details is the suggestion that the office doors were locked from the inside when the boss arrived, there...

Thomas Grant Hadwin was logging engineer in British Columbia, who had come from a long line of loggers. In 1997, something just snapped in him and he decided to take a trip to Queen Charlotte Island and purchased a chain saw. He then headed out to locate a tree, and not just any tree. This tree in particular was knows as the “Golden Spruce,” and the tree was considered sacred by the “Haida” people that lived on the island. He then started to make a series of cuts in the tree which caused the tree to fall over a few days later. The Haida people were horrified at his actions, but according to Hadwin it was done in protest against the very logging company owned by his family. The logging companies were up to shady stuff at the time and Hadwin figured he needed to do something about it. By this time he had left the island returned home and started to send out a fax to all the local media outlets to claim responsibility for the act in question. He was later a...

In January 2013, Elisa Lam, a 21-year-old Canadian student, set off on a solo trip across the West Coast. The first few days, she regularly contacted family and updated social media. She looked and sounded content. However, things took a turn for the worse on January 26th when Lam arrived in Los Angeles and checked into the Cecil Hotel. Originally, she was supposed to share a room with a few others, but her roommates complained she was behaving oddly, so she was forced to change rooms. Then, on January 31st, Elisa Lam disappeared. Her posts on Facebook and Tumblr abruptly ceased. Her daily calls to her parents stopped without explanation. To speak in cliché, it seemed Lam had fallen off the face of the earth. Initially, there were no clues, no evidence. Hotel staff reported that Lam had been alone that day, but in good spirits. Other than that, nothing. Her face was on fliers across the city and her parents flew out to help the investigation. Soon howe...