Major Crimes and True Crime

In the 1990s and early 2000s, police in Saskatoon, Canada often left people in the cold so they freeze to dea*th. On November 29, 1990, the body of 17-year-old Neil Stonechild was found face down in a field across the street from a manufacturing center five miles north of Saskatoon's city center. That night, the temperature had dropped to -18 degrees Fahrenheit, but Stonechild was dressed only in a T-shirt and jeans along with a lightweight jacket and just one shoe. The last time anyone had seen Stonechild was five days earlier — when he was handcuffed in the backseat of a police cruiser with blood streaming down his face. And the last thing a friend remembers him saying was, "Help me. They're going to ki*ll me." Image: Stonechild’s body was found face down According to the Saskatoon police department's official report, Stonechild d*ied of hypothermia after getting drunk and walking away from a party in order to turn himself in at a police station for an open warr...

At the wheel was the then twenty-year-old Ricardo Adalpe Guerra, while Roberto Carrasco Flores was sitting on the passenger side. The police officer who stopped the car, James Harris, ordered the two to get out of the vehicle and put their hands on the hood. While Ricardo was following orders, Roberto pulled out a gun and shot the police officer four times, killing him. At this point, both boys ran away from the crime scene and, during their escape, Roberto shot in the direction of a passing car, killing the driver. At this point, the police closed the neighborhood where the shooting had taken place, in search of the two boys. Roberto was found a couple of hours later, hiding in a garage, from which he fired again at another police officer, missing the target but being killed during the shootout. Ricardo was found shortly afterwards while hiding under a caravan, arrested and taken to the crime scene, where the police were questioning witnesses. The investigations were conducted in a co...

Over a drug-related scuffle in August 1996, Gary Carl Simmons cut up 21-year-old Jeffery Wolfe before feeding his remains to alligators in Mississippi over a drug-related debt which Gary owed. He was sentenced to diḛ by lethal injection, but before his execution in 2012, his astonishing 29,000 calorie meal request left many scratching their heads. Image: Gary Carl Simmons(top), Jeffery Wolfe(bottom) His last meal may be the largest request a dḛậth row inmate had ever made. And before he was executed, Simmons had eaten almost half of his meal and had tried a bit of everything on the menu. What he asked for as his last meal: One Pizza Hut medium Super Supreme Deep Dish pizza, double portion, with mushrooms, onions, jalapeno peppers, and pepperoni;Pizza, regular portion, with three cheeses, olives, bell pepper, tomato, garlic and Italian sausage;10 8-oz. packs of Parmesan cheese; 10 8-oz. packs of ranch dressing; one family size bag of Doritos nacho cheese flavor; 8 oz. jalapeno nacho che...

A Florida man has been sent to prison for life after killing his ex-girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter in the most horrific way. 27-year-old Travis Ray Thompson was looking after little Jacklyn Schwingel on May 3, 2022, while her mum was at work. Just 25 minutes after the mum left, he rang her and said something was wrong with the toddler. When the mum rushed home, Jacklyn wasn’t breathing properly; her tummy was swollen and she was barely alive. She died soon after. Doctors said the little girl’s spine had been completely snapped in half and she had massive internal bleeding. They worked out that Thompson had slowly bent her tiny body backwards with terrible force until her back broke. A jury found him guilty of first-degree murder on June 4, 2025. The judge gave him life in prison straight away with no chance of ever getting out. The prosecutors called it a monstrous crime and promised he will never walk free again.  Continue reading

Lynn Dejac, was an American woman born in Buffalo, New York. On the evening of February 13, 1993, Lynn Dejac had a heated argument in a bar with her then boyfriend after she discovered he had hired a private investigator to monitor her. When she came back the following day, she met the naked and lifeless body of her 13-year-old daughter, Crystallynn Girard. Autopsy showed she was strangled, she also had some level of cocaine in her system. She was taken into custody and accused of second degree murder. There was no physical evidence or forensic study that tied her to the crime. The only two evidence against her were her boyfriend, Dennis Donohue who testified against her after he was promised immunity and an ex-convict, Wayne Hudson who claimed she confessed to him. Image: Lynn, Donohue and Crystallynn Girard She was convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison. 13 years later, while examining three other unsolved but similar cases, detectives were quick to tie the crime to Donohue. T...

In August 1996, 33 years old Australian women Marcia Anne Ryan made an unexpected decision to drive nearly 20 hours to her parents ‘ holiday home in Queens land. The choice surprised everyone,In the weeks before she left,Marcia had been showing unusual paranoia, something completely out of character for the normally steady, reliable women her friends knew . The shift in her behavior began shortly after she took in a boarder and later asked him to leave. No one knows what happened between them, but the change in Marcia’s mental state was noticeable. Marcia packed her dog, Ziggy, into her car and started the long drive north. She never arrived. Her vehicle later turned up abandoned. Her wallet was found separately, and several puzzling eyewitness reports placed her in different locations, including one sighting where she was allegedly seen with two unidentified men. Ziggy was never found. Marcia’s past had its storms. In her early 20s, she survived an abusive relationship and struggled w...

The mummified remains of a Colorado family, Christine Vance, 41, Rebecca 'Becky' Vance, 42, and Rebecca's unnamed son were discovered in the Rocky Mountains in July where they had gone to live off-grid to 'escape society'. The 14-year-old boy discovered d-ead alongside his mother and aunt weighed just 40 pounds before he died of malnutrition and hypothermia, autopsy results revealed. Image: The 14-year-old (left) weighed just 40 pounds when he died alongside his mother Rebecca Vance (second from left) and aunt Christine Vance (right) Their stepsister Trevala Jara (second from right) said she begged them not to leave. Survival guides and empty food tins were scattered across their wooded campsite. No heaters were found in their tent which had been covered in snow during the winter.  Continue reading

Violent Attack Caught On Camera: Elderly Woman Dragged Out Of Home In France The video and witness statements led the police to quickly arrest the suspect, whose name hasn't been released.  A horrific video of an attack on an elderly woman and her granddaughter in France has surfaced on social media. It shows a man entering a house and dragging the old woman and the child out on the street and throwing them on the ground.  The video has been posted on Twitter by many notable personalities, including Jordan Bardella, a Member of the European Parliament. According to his tweet, the incident took place in Bordeaux, a port city in southern France.  "These images of a gratuitous attack targeting a woman and a young girl in Bordeaux are terrifying. I don't want a France where you can be attacked, for nothing, on your doorstep. Never get used to this," the politician said, according to a translated version of his tweet posted in French. As the video starts, the woman and her...

Outrage as women caught on camera 'injecting drugs in broad daylight' - just yards away from primary school The two females are sitting in a doorway outside boarded up house with 'needles and a crack pipe'  Graphic video footage shows the moment two women were filmed allegedly taking drugs in a doorway in broad daylight - just yards from a primary school. The women were captured on video slumped outside a boarded-up house in Mount Carmel Street, Derby, at 3.30pm last Friday, October 21. The clip appears to show one of the women sitting on the front step of a boarded-up house while appearing to inject drugs into her left arm. Her companion, a blonde woman, then appears to light a crack pipe while she watches her pal.  The drug taking took place less than 100 yards from St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School where parents were collecting their children for half-term. A furious dad who filmed the women said: "It's a disgrace. You see people outside every day shooting...

The hooded man, 2003 While this picture may look like a fake and creepy image you might see on a creepypasta website or a strange website, the truth is it is an actual real image. This image shows an Iraqi prisoner being tortured in Abu Ghraib prison, and this is one of the tamer images that come from a series of photos that show US soldiers torturing Iraqi prisoners.  This prison was used as a symbol of terror by Saddam Hussein, but the US used it to detain suspected insurgents. This image is taken by Staff Sargent Ivan Fredrick and is one of the thousands taken at the prison. The prisoner here is undergoing psychological and physical torture. He is deprived of sight, his clothes and his dignity. He also had electric wires tied to his fingers so that he would be electrocuted if he fell off the box. His pose is also very Christlike.  The prisoner's name is Ali al-Qaisi. He was wrongly arrested for being an insurgent when he complained of American soldiers dumping rubbish on a ...

On December 29, 1942, in the afternoon, four prisoners escaped from the Auschwitz Concentration Camp: Otto Küsel, Jan Baras, Mieczyslaw Januszewski, and Dr. Boleslaw Kuczbara. Otto Küsel, a German Jew who worked as a horse cart driver, loaded four cabinets with the other three prisoners hidden inside. Since this was part of his usual work, the SS guards didn’t check him, and he was able to reach an open field without being stopped. Mieczyslaw Januszewski, who was dressed in an SS uniform and carrying a rifle, sat next to Küsel as they left the camp. Januszewski showed a fake SS identification, which helped them escape. After leaving, they contacted a Polish resistance group called the Polish Home Army for help. Many escapes from Auschwitz took place from outside work sites. The support of local civilians was crucial for the success of these escapes. The Auschwitz camp commander wrote in 1940 that the local Polish people were strongly against the SS and would do anything to help escapee...

One night in April 2017, James Saltmarshall fell asleep with his 8-month-old daughter in his arms. Waking up, he saw the motionless body of his little girl laying by his side. She was taken to the hospital right away, where doctors claimed they found cuts on her rectal area and signs of a head injury. They quickly came to the conclusion that James had abused and killed his daughter. Image: (left frame)Distraught James after learning his daughter had passed James was quickly arrested and detained. Weeks later, he was brought to court, where he learned his daughter had died. He was charged with first degree murder and sexual abuse of a minor. Two months later, the story changed after an expert pathologist determined Janiyah died of asphyxia; James had mistakenly rolled on her little body , suffocating her in her sleep.  Continue reading

On March 18, 1980, John Favara of Howard Beach, New York made the worst mistake of his life — and the last. He was driving through his neighborhood when a 12-year-old boy darted out in front of him on a motorbike. Favara, who was reportedly drunk and speeding at the time, struck the boy and dragged him some 200 feet before he even realized what had happened. What Favara also didn't realize at first was that the boy he had just run over was the middle son of his neighbor — none other than legendary mob boss John Gotti. Soon after, Favara disappeared and was never heard from again. Gotti is rumored to have had Favara dismembered with a chainsaw while he was still alive and then dissolved in a vat of acid, but nothing has ever been proven to this day. John Gotti.  Continue reading

In May 2020, Eleanor Williams made a post on Facebook claiming that she had been gang-rậped by Asian men in her small town of Barrow, England. She also posted pictures of herself showing one of her eyes severely swollen, her legs and stomach covered in bruises, and the tip of her little finger nearly severed. People went crazy protesting against Asian men in the small town. Funds were raised, and groups were formed to fight for justice. Asian business owners in the area were met with extreme hatred, and three of them even attempted to ǩ-ill themselves. Eleanor claimed that the Asian business owners operated a s-x trafficking gang, and she even provided a list of other victims. When police began investigating the list, they were baffled when none of the supposed victims corroborated Eleanor's claims. It was then that investigators realized that all of her accusations were fabricated. She was ultimately sentenced to 8.5 years in prison.  Continue reading

Noir Crime: The Mad Killer Of Suffolk County A lone plate sat on the counter top at Bailey’s Restaurant in Westhampton Beach. There was a fried egg that lay untouched on the plate. Beyond the table, the cash register door was opened and all the cash was gone. A customer cautiously called out for the proprietors and got no answer.  It was still hot in the early morning hours of August 9, 1959 in Westhampton Beach and the weary customer had decided to stop at the new establishment for a cup of coffee. Bailey’s had been open for only six weeks. The customer later told police he had been wanting to try the coffee there. He also reported that as soon as he entered the restaurant, he felt that something was wrong. But he continued to call out.  Thinking the restaurant staff was most likely busy in the back area, he peered through the door marked “Employees Only” and noticed that the rest room door was ajar and something was lying on the floor. As his eyes adjusted to the dim lightin...

The Menendez brothers murder their parents After Kitty Menendez and her husband José were shot dead in their Beverly Hills mansion by their sons Lyle and Erik in the summer of 1989, her sons dumped their shotguns on Mulholland Drive before continuing to a local movie theater to buy tickets as an alibi. When the pair returned home, Lyle called 911 and cried, "Somebody killed my parents!"⁠  ⁠ And for months the boys fooled the police, going on expensive shopping sprees with their inheritance money that included new cars, Rolexes, and vacations. The boys were only brought to justice when Erik confessed to his therapist and launched one of the most infamous trials in American history —   ⁠Lyle and Erik Menendez shoot their parents, Jose and Kitty, to death in the den of the family’s Beverly Hills, California, home. They then drove up to Mulholland Drive, where they dumped their shotguns before continuing to a local movie theater to buy tickets as an alibi. When the pair retur...