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Whodunnit, and why? All about criminal investigations and the forensic methods used to search for clues and collect evidence to get to the bottom of the crime.
Monster with 21 Faces
Katsuhisa Ezaki, President of Glico (Creator of Pocky), was bathing in the bathroom when two armed masked men kidnapped him and took him to a warehouse in Ibaraki, Osaka. Before finding Ezaki, they had tied up his mother, wife, and eldest daughter. When the wife offered them money, they said, “Be quiet. Money is irrelevant." Despite saying this, they demanded one billion yen, almost eleven million in today’s dollars, and 220 pounds of gold bullion. This was the largest ransom ever demanded in Japan. The kidnappers called themselves, “The Monster with 21 Faces”. Ezaki escaped three days later and the ransom wasn’t paid. The criminals didn’t seem to care about the money though. What did they really want?
By SharvaStudio5 years ago in Criminal
The Tragedy of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon
The story of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon has always fascinated me ever since I learned about it in 2016: the story of two girls who went on a hiking trip, only to never return, chilled me to the bone the first time I heard it, and I can't say that I've ever forgotten it due to how eerie and downright surreal the entire story is.
By Arvind Pennathur5 years ago in Criminal
The Mystery of the Missing Muncie Mom
Ashley Morris Mullis of Muncie (Royerton area), Indiana, was a 27-year-old mother of three who devoted her life and love to her children. Friends described her as "the most beautiful person in the world." Ashley was well loved and kind, caring, and compassionate to those she cared about. An honest, dedicated woman, Ashley was a human being worth having around as she left nothing but happiness wherever she went.
By Dani Banani5 years ago in Criminal
Last Sunrise in Tokyo
Tokyo was a wonderland teeming with neon lights, shining adamantine towers, and the promise of unfamiliar excitement and opportunities. This held even more true for a young foreign woman being away from home for the first time in her twenty-one years. Lucie Blackman stepped foot in Tokyo in May of 2000 resolute on taking full advantage of the experience. She was memorized by the city and enthusiastic about obtaining a well-paying job, paying off her debts, and making her dreams come true. All of those aspirations drifted away into the humid light polluted skies when she one day ventured out in high spirits and was consumed by the vilest evil.
By M.R. Cameo5 years ago in Criminal
JonBenet
Any story revolving around a murder or some sort of kidnapping petrifies me! When those stories include the senseless, brutal death and taking of a child's life, it tugs at my heartstrings in a completely different way. The type of way that makes your blood boil and causes chills to run down your spine! And if that isn't enough and the perpetrator is never apprehended or brought to justice, well, let's just say there aren't enough words in a dictionary to describe the type of emotion that I feel behind that inhumane brutality.
By Nakia Palmer5 years ago in Criminal
I Was Born With the Devil In Me
Born Herman Webster Mudgett in a small town in New Hampshire, it was thought that this young man would turn his intelligence into a passionate career as a medical doctor. For Herman Mudgett was impassioned regarding the medical field, even rumored to have assisted the local doctor in his birth town as a young man. Mudgett enrolled initially at the University of Vermont at the age of eighteen but left after being dissatisfied with his first-year studies. He transferred his studies to the University of Michigan, focusing on surgical procedures. Mudgett completed his studies at the University of Michigan Medical School in the year 1884, however, a widowed woman making claims about his proposal to a baseless marriage nearly thwarted his graduation.
By Riley davidson5 years ago in Criminal
