Crime
Busted by a tornado
A tornado recently ripped through the town of Kingsport, Tennessee, damaging homes and scattering belongings, including all the stuff that Jerrod Christian had in his home, allowing his neighbors to see it and realize that 'Hey, wait a second! That looks like our stuff that was recently stolen.'One of Christian's neighbors said, "I kind of had suspicions, but you can't just accuse people without proof."
Christian is now locked up, awaiting trial. [ABC News]
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jul 30, 2014 -
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Category: Crime
They Don’t Make Titles Like That Anymore
Read the whole book here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 01, 2014 -
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Category: Crime, Death, Books, Nineteenth Century
Jeez! The Kid’s Got a Real Gun!
What are the actual odds that Billy would be deader'n a doornail as a result of his impetuous behavior?
Original ad here. (On page 35.)
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 24, 2014 -
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Category: Crime, Stupid Criminals, Death, Toys, Comics, 1940s
Catch Us If You Can
Proof that you do not need video games as flight simulators to encourage hijacking.Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 13, 2014 -
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Category: Crime, Flight, Children, 1940s
1920s Anti-Forgery Pen
To read the text better, visit original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 21, 2014 -
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Category: Crime, Technology, 1920s
The Ore Knob Mine Murders & The Nashville Flame
That's the Nashville Flame his own damn self up there.
More photos here.
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 15, 2014 -
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Category: Crime, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Death, Drugs, 1980s
Iceland’s First Bank Robbery
This happened in 1984, for pete's sake!
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 21, 2014 -
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Category: Crime, 1980s, Europe
Mystery Criminal
What horrid crime did this nice little old lady commit? Murder? Embezzlement? Drunken driving?
Answer after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 02, 2013 -
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Category: Crime, 1920s
Justice
Richard Thomas broke into a woman's home last July and raped her then left. He was caught and prosecuted and took a plea bargain, then he got the bad news. The woman he raped has HIV and by raping her he exposed himself to the disease. He is now waiting for test results to see if his sentence will be more severe than the 5 years 4 months he is going to spend in jail.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Sep 03, 2013 -
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Category: Crime
Criminals and their ears
In his post yesterday, Chuck mentioned that police were using "earprints" to track down criminals. The use of earprints may be something new, but the use of ears to identify criminals is actually pretty old.Back in the late 19th century, the French detective Alphonse Bertillon developed an elaborate ear classification system, in the belief that ears could be used as a unique means of identification, in the same way that fingerprints were. The Strand Magazine (May 1904) ran an article, with accompanying ear pictures, about Bertillon's system:
Bertillon's ear classification system was quite influential. It's the reason that police started taking mugshots from the side, as well as from the front, so that they could get a picture of the criminal's ear.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Aug 12, 2013 -
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Category: Crime, Nineteenth Century
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