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Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time; a look into all aspects of a guilty verdict from the burden of proof to conviction to the judge’s sentence and more.
Stéphane Bourgoin is Discredited, But His Ed Kemper Interview Has Value
Stéphane Bourgoin has now been branded a "serial liar" by the media, much like George Metesky is forever known as the "mad bomber." He now acknowledges that he never had someone named "Eileen" as a partner. Eileen was inspired by Susan Bickrest, a woman he says he met a few times, and who was slain by serial killer Gerald Stano. He's also inflated his credentials, saying "I met 77 serial killers." In reality, that number is smaller. As he put it: “My lies have weighed me down,” and “It’s a stupid thing that I acknowledge.”
By Wade Wainio6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: The Selfless Marine- The Texas Tower Sniper
“Once a Marine, always a Marine” is a slogan often spouted by members who earned the title in the United States Marine Corps. The only way, properly, for a Marine to be referred to as an ex-Marine or former Marine is if he or she commits an evil so heinous that they ought to be stripped of the moniker. Lee Harvey Oswald became a vicious assassin of the 35th President John F. Kennedy and saw his status as a Devil Dog reduced to the level of a brutal murderer. He would die by Jack Ruby’s firearm. But nearly three years after the murder, Charles Whitman would see a similar punishment.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
The Ruppert family massacre
James Ruppert stood five-foot-six and weighed under 140 pounds. He appeared unremarkable, non-threatening and had experienced many hardships in his life. Ruppert didn’t have any close friends, a job or any significant future plans. He lived at home with his mother Charity, who had grown tired of supporting James at her home on 635 Minor Avenue in Hamilton, Ohio. And it’s the tension between Ruppert and his mother that may have led to the events that transpired on March 30, 1975.
By Marc Hoover6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: Less than Dust-Murderer Richard Speck’s Worth
Hatred is a mighty emotion. If applied objectively, it can be one of the most fruitful emotions to express. If left unchecked and subjective, then the only application can lead to the evil kind of bloodshed.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: The Monster Behind Sylvia Likens’ Murder
The notions of sex and death pervade the culuture. The corruption of and the force associated with both seem to be conceptually entwined in some crime stories. With the case of Gertrude Baniszewski, the inversion of sex and the presence of death at her hands led her to torture and eventually murder of 16-year-old Sylvia Likens in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1965.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: The Freedom Summer Murders
What ought to be addressed about the racial issue is not just social but mystical. In the murders of civil rights workers Earl Chaney, 21, Michael Henry Schwerner, 24, and Andrew Goodman 20, all sought to aid the construction of a Freedom School on Mount Zion Union Methodist Church that had previously been firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: A Dream and a Nightmare in the Same Day- The Career Girl Murders
Years before the “Central Park Five” black and brown young men saw their exoneration, a black man named George Whitmore Jr. would eventually see freedom. The case dubbed “The Career Girl Murders” left New York reeling on August 28, 1963. The day remained fraught with both terror and promise as this also marked the day of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D.C. But just over two hundred miles away in Manhattan, New York City, the horrific slayings of Janice Wylie, 21, and Emily Hoffert, 23, occurred.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: The ‘In Cold Blood’ Murders
A drawing of Jesus hung in display in the chapel for more than two decades. The portrait had looked so refined and accurate that the chaplain decided that the artist warranted some kind of slice of redemption for a minor crime compared to the reason for his future execution. The artist was Perry Smith, one half of the murderous duo with Richard Hickok who brutally dispatched the Clutter family.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: The Murderous, Ugly Souls of Dr. Raymond Finch and Carole Tregoff
Adultery should be blasted away by just being upfront with romantic partners. If one person or both people in the couple choose to seek out extramarital relations, then they should just have the integrity to tell their significant other.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: Charlie Starkweather’s Weapon of Choice was the Firearm
Some people say that sometimes people just like to kill. But what is at the psychological root of such a transgression? With the case of Charlie Starkweather, his ill intelligence did not contribute to his murder spree along with accomplice Caril Ann Fugate.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
Soldier involved in love triangle loses his head
What would you would do if you learned your spouse was cheating and became pregnant by another man? How would you handle the news? On December 7, 1993, Sergeant Stephen Schap (U.S. Army) found himself facing such a dilemma. He became enraged and used brutality against his wife’s lover. The U.S. Army had sent Sergeant Stephen Schap and his wife Diane to Sickles Army Air Field in Fulda, Germany.
By Marc Hoover6 years ago in Criminal
The Eyes of the Devil: Stephanie Lazarus
Who is Stephanie Lazarus? She was a Los Angeles police officer working in departments from patrol, starting the private investigation company, and then making her way to the homicide department before finally landing a high position in the LAPD art theft department. The main question is, how did Stephanie Lazarus get away with murder for over 20 years?
By Nia on Air6 years ago in Criminal
