incarceration

Incarceration, rehabilitation, recidivism: The reality of prison life and what it's like to be an inmate locked up behind bars.

A Father's Fight
Jeff Green stands in front of the Evansville Civic Center holding a sign in his left hand and a picture in the other. The sign reads, "MURDER COVER-UP, OFFICER INVOLVED, LEAVE NO CHILD BEHIND" in simple black bubble letters on a piece of white poster board. The picture is of a beautiful young woman, makeup done and her hair brushed to perfection. He is very soft-spoken, his words enunciated with care, his story heartbreaking.
By Phoenixx Fyre Dean3 years ago in Criminal
"The Thin Blue Line: A Cop's Loyalty and Love for His Family"
Detective Jack Murphy had always wanted to be a police officer. He grew up in a rough part of the city, where gangs ruled the streets and violence was a daily occurrence. As a kid, he saw his fair share of crime and knew that he wanted to make a difference.
By anthony3 years ago in Criminal
The Bellevue Massacre
The Bellevue killings, also known as the Bellevue massacre, took place on the evening of January 3 and the early hours of January 4, 1997. Alex Baranyi and David Anderson, both 17 years old, tricked Kim Wilson, 20, into going to a park where they killed her.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Criminal
How Investigators Solved Lisa Ziegert's Case
Genetic evidence was needed to solve the 1992 rape and murder of 24-year-old Lisa Ziegert, according to investigators. But, the killer's written confession unexpectedly landed into their laps.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Criminal
The Horrific Murder Of Nancy Merle Pfister
American Nancy Merle Pfister was murdered on February 26, 2014, and her body was discovered in a walk-in closet of her remote home in the Rocky Mountains. With a hammer, an ax, and a lantern, she had been struck in the head and the chest.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Criminal
DAHMER BY RYAN MURPHY LINKS QUEERNESS TO MONSTROSITY
What happens when a true crime story about Jeffrey Dahmer is combined with the style of Murphy's brand and his straight-up pandering? I was sixteen years old and having issues with my sexuality when Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested in 1991.
By Elle 3 years ago in Criminal
HOW DO YOU PREVENT EXPLOITATION WHEN FICTIONALIZING REAL CRIME?
Character studies with a crime hook are my favourite types of thrillers. They are narratives about people's deeds, responses, behaviours, and feelings against the backdrop of a gripping mystery. They focus on characters first and crime second. Great examples include books like The Girls by Emma Cline, which features a Manson-like cult; Whisper Network by Chandler Baker, which features a #MeToo-like storyline; and Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll, which features a Columbine-like shooting.
By Elle 3 years ago in Criminal
WARREN G. HARDING: DIRECTLY OUT OF A COEN BROTHERS' MOVIE: 100 YEARS SINCE THE DEATH OF A PRESIDENT
Warren G. Harding: Straight Out of a Coen Brothers Movie 100 Years After a President's Death Did the widespread corruption and incompetence of the Harding Administration pave the way for a new century of politics? "We are the forgettable, adequate American interim presidents.
By Elle 3 years ago in Criminal
THE 1934 SMITH FAMILY MASSACRE IN DEMOPOLIS, ALABAMA: "THEY JUST WEREN'T THE KIND OF PEOPLE FOR THAT"
on "an appalling family tragedy" that turned up again in a 1944 mystery book. 1. The Death of the Smith Family, composed of Frank Clements and Elsie Hildreth, in 1934 Although the investigation revealed that the Smiths frequently left windows and doors unlocked at night, the coroner added that there was no evidence that the house had been forcedly entered.
By Elle 3 years ago in Criminal
A 19th-century sex cult's founding in upstate New York
John Humphrey Noyes was a shy and reserved young man before he discovered religion and founded his own utopian, open-marriage cult. When he was younger, John Humphrey Noyes was so agonisingly shy that he could hardly stand to be around women. He recorded in his diary, "I could face a battery of cannon with less trepidation than a room full of ladies with whom I was unfamiliar." He was the fourth of nine children born in 1811 on the frontier of Vermont to former congressman John Noyes Sr. and flame-haired Polly Hayes, whose nephew, the frail, underweight Rutherford B. Hayes, would go on to become the nation's nineteenth president. John Humphrey was a bright student who entered Dartmouth College at the age of fifteen.
By Elle 3 years ago in Criminal
MOST GLAMOROUS GANG IN LONDON HISTORY
"On Alice Diamond, Queen of Thieves, and her "girls" from The Forty Thieves, who stole their way to notoriety in the first half of the twentieth century," according to the citation. The tall, fashionable woman lingered next to a rack of fur coats in an upscale department store in London, her diamond rings glistening as her fingers caressed the most opulent sable.
By Elle 3 years ago in Criminal
THE REAL-LIFE MYSTERY BEHIND EDGAR ALLAN POE'S "THE BLACK CAT"
The bones were discovered by George Stebbins while he was tearing down a stone wall in the cellar of his house in Northfield, Massachusetts. The bones of the head, spine, arms, and legs all emerged first. The fact that the remains were crammed into a space less than three feet square suggests that the body had either been dismembered or had decomposed to a skeleton before being buried. Had Stebbins, who ran a ferry service on the Connecticut River close to the state's border with Vermont and New Hampshire, disturbed an unmarked grave? Or did the discovery have a more sinister justification?
By Elle 3 years ago in Criminal