# Casual Criminalist

> True crime, investigations, and criminal justice — the YouTube companion site.

## Article Markdown Twins

- ["Sloppy Joe" Metheny: The BBQ Burger Butcher](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/sloppy-joe-metheny-bbq-burger-butcher.md): The horrifying true story of Joseph Metheny, the Baltimore serial killer who murdered up to 13 people, ground their remains into meat patties, and served them to unsuspecting customers from his roadside barbecue stand.
- [A Crime to Remember: The Case of Nicole Gordon](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/a-crime-to-remember-the-case-of-nicole-gordon.md): The shocking true story of Nicole Gordon, who discovered she had been shot in the head by her boyfriend only after doctors found a bullet lodged in her brain—an attack her damaged memory had erased entirely.
- [A Dingo Ate My Baby](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/a-dingo-ate-my-baby.md): Two Australian cases—Lindy Chamberlain and Kathleen Folbigg—where circumstantial evidence led to convictions for infanticide, and where "The Dingo Defense" became a matter of life and imprisonment.
- [Abducted and Enslaved: The Kidnapped Filmmakers Behind North Korean Cinema](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/abducted-enslaved-kidnapped-filmmakers-north-korean-cinema.md): The incredible true story of South Korean actress Choi Eun-Hee and director Shin Sang-Ok, kidnapped by North Korea's Kim Jong-Il and forced to build his film empire before their dramatic escape.
- [Alexander Pichushkin: The Chessboard Killer](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/alexander-pichushkin-chessboard-killer.md): The horrifying true story of Alexander Pichushkin, the Russian serial killer who used a chessboard to track his victims and sought to become the most prolific murderer in modern Russian history.
- [Alfred Packer: The Horrifying Story of the 'Colorado Cannibal'](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/alfred-packer-colorado-cannibal.md): The gruesome true story of Alfred Packer, the Colorado prospector who murdered and cannibalized five companions in the San Juan Mountains in 1874, and the decades-long fight for his freedom.
- [Alfredo Ballí Treviño - The Real Story Behind the Silence of the Lambs](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/alfredo-balli-trevino-real-story-silence-of-the-lambs.md): Discover the true story of Dr. Alfredo Ballí Treviño, the Mexican physician who inspired Thomas Harris to create Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs.
- [An Anthology of Dark Internet Murders (Part 2)](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/anthology-dark-internet-murders-part-2.md): Three harrowing true crime cases where the internet played a central role: a YouTuber's fake alibi for murder, a stepfather's hidden abuse revealed through overlooked videos, and the exploitation of Amanda Todd by an organized network of online predators.
- [Austin Harrouff: The Frat Boy Werewolf](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/austin-harrouff-the-frat-boy-werewolf.md): The horrifying true story of Austin Harrouff, a Florida State University student who murdered and cannibalized an innocent couple in Jupiter, Florida, driven by schizophrenia and clinical lycanthropy.
- [Beauty and The Superfly: The Tragic Case of Nancy Argentino](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/beauty-and-the-superfly-tragic-case-nancy-argentino.md): The disturbing true crime story of wrestling legend Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka and the 1983 death of his girlfriend Nancy Argentino—a case that went cold for 32 years amid allegations of cover-ups and domestic abuse.
- [Bernie Madoff: The $65 Billion Ponzi Scheme](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/bernie-madoff-65-billion-ponzi-scheme.md): How Bernie Madoff ran the largest Ponzi scheme in history for over 40 years, stealing $17.5 billion from 37,000 victims while the SEC ignored repeated warnings.
- [Billy Milligan: Man of 24 Faces or Violent Conman](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/billy-milligan-man-of-24-faces-or-violent-conman.md): In 1977, Billy Milligan became the first person to use multiple personalities as an insanity defense. But was he truly suffering from dissociative identity disorder, or did he exploit the zeitgeist of 1970s clinical psychology to escape justice?
- [Bobby Joe Long: The Classified Ads Rapist](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/bobby-joe-long-the-classified-ads-rapist.md): The harrowing story of serial rapist and murderer Bobby Joe Long, and how one remarkable victim, Lisa McVey, used her wits to survive and bring him to justice.
- [Braemar Hill Murders: The Double Murder that Shocked Hong Kong](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/braemar-hill-murders-double-murder-hong-kong.md): The brutal 1985 killings of two British teenagers on Hong Kong's Braemar Hill exposed colonial policing double standards and became one of the territory's most infamous criminal cases.
- [Carl Panzram: Murderous Monster and Rage Incarnate](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/carl-panzram-murderous-monster-rage-incarnate.md): The terrifying true story of Carl Panzram, one of America's most prolific and depraved serial killers, whose rage-fueled crime spree across the globe claimed dozens of lives.
- [Carl Tanzler: The Depraved Man Who Lived With a Corpse for 7 Years](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/carl-tanzler-the-depraved-man-who-lived-with-a-corpse-for-7-years.md): The disturbing true story of Carl Tanzler, a radiology assistant who became obsessed with tuberculosis patient Elena de Hoyos, dug up her corpse after her death, and lived with her preserved body for seven years.
- [Caught in the Act - The LuluLemon Murder](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/caught-in-the-act-the-lululemon-murder.md): The shocking true story of the Lululemon murder, where employee Brittany Norwood staged a violent robbery after killing coworker Jayna Murray—only to be undone by forensic evidence that never left the store.
- [Columbine: Mass Murder at a High School](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/columbine-mass-murder-high-school.md): A detailed account of the Columbine High School massacre, exploring the warning signs, the attack itself, and the lasting impact on American society.
- [Darts of Death: The Bullseye Serial Killer](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/darts-of-death-bullseye-serial-killer.md): The shocking true story of John Cooper, the Welsh serial killer who appeared on the UK game show Bullseye just weeks before committing murder, and how his television appearance became crucial evidence in his eventual capture.
- [David Parker Ray: The Toy-Box Killer](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/david-parker-ray-toy-box-killer.md): The horrifying story of David Parker Ray, the Toy-Box Killer who tortured women in a custom-built trailer for decades, and how one victim's escape finally brought him to light.
- [Dennis Rader: The BTK Killer](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/dennis-rader-btk-killer.md): An in-depth examination of Dennis Rader, the BTK Killer, challenging the myth of the criminal genius and revealing the disturbing ordinariness behind one of America's most notorious serial killers.
- [Derrick Bird: One of the Worst Mass Shootings in British History](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/derrick-bird-cumbria-mass-shooting.md): The harrowing story of Derrick Bird's 2010 killing spree across Cumbria, England—one of the deadliest mass shootings in British history that left 11 dead and 12 injured in just over two hours.
- [Dunblane and Hungerford: Two of the UK's Most Horrific Crimes](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/dunblane-hungerford-uk-gun-reform.md): How the Hungerford and Dunblane massacres led to sweeping gun reform in the United Kingdom, banning handguns and assault weapons after two of Britain's worst gun crimes.
- [Gary Ridgway - The Green River Killer](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/gary-ridgway-green-river-killer.md): The shocking true story of Gary Ridgway, the unremarkable truck painter who became America's second most prolific serial killer, murdering at least 49 women over two decades while eluding capture through sheer ordinariness.
- [Gerald Vinton Trained His Own Jury](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/gerald-vinton-trained-his-own-jury.md): He didn't bribe them and he didn't intimidate them. He spent two years sending pamphlets to every adult registered to vote in three counties. By the time he was indicted, the jury pool was his.
- [German Love Stories: Lost in Delusion](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/german-love-stories-lost-in-delusion.md): Two disturbing German true crime stories explore the dark intersection of love, obsession, and delusion—from a lonely academic's doomed romance with a sex worker to an aspiring rapper's deadly bid for fame.
- [Giovanni Brusca: A Mafia Horror Story](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/giovanni-brusca-mafia-horror-story.md): The brutal story of Giovanni Brusca, the Sicilian Mafia enforcer known as "The Swine" who murdered over 150 people before becoming an informant—and walking free.
- [Graham Young: The Teacup Poisoner](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/graham-young-the-teacup-poisoner.md): The horrifying true story of Graham Young, who became obsessed with poison at age eight, killed his stepmother as a teenager, and went on to terrorize his workplace as "The Teacup Poisoner."
- [H.H. Holmes: Ladykiller and Child-Murderer](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/hh-holmes-ladykiller-child-murderer.md): Detective Frank Geyer's eight-month hunt for H.H. Holmes, the conman-turned-murderer who built Chicago's infamous "Murder Castle" and slaughtered the Pitezel children in 1894.
- [Henry Lee Lucas: The Confession Killer](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/henry-lee-lucas-confession-killer.md): The shocking true story of Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole, whose hundreds of false confessions triggered one of America's most spectacular miscarriages of justice, exposed by courageous journalists, victims' families, and a determined district attorney.
- [How A Daughter Was Tricked Into Killing: The Shocking Story of Linda Bailey Brown](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/how-a-daughter-was-tricked-into-killing-linda-bailey-brown.md): The horrifying true story of how 14-year-old Cinnamon Brown was manipulated by her own father into murdering her stepmother Linda Bailey Brown, and the years-long fight for justice that followed.
- [How A Museum Heist Actually Works](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/how-a-museum-heist-actually-works.md): The Hollywood version is wire harnesses and laser grids. The real version is a Tuesday at 4:47 a.m., a service door, and someone on the inside who had reasons.
- [How a Podcast Helped to Find Justice for Kristin Smart](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/how-a-podcast-helped-to-find-justice-for-kristin-smart.md): The story of Kristin Smart's 1996 disappearance, the decades-long investigation, and how musician Chris Lambert's podcast "Your Own Backyard" helped bring her killer to justice after 26 years.
- [Igor Komarov: the Bali Dismembering Case](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/igor-komarov-bali-dismembering-case.md): The disturbing true crime case of Igor Komarov, a Ukrainian tourist kidnapped, tortured, and dismembered in Bali in February 2026, with ransom videos leaked online and connections to fraudulent call centres in Dnipro.
- [Israel Keyes: The Phantom Psychopath](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/israel-keyes-phantom-psychopath.md): The chilling story of Israel Keyes, a methodical serial killer who buried "kill kits" across America, murdered without pattern, and evaded capture for over a decade before a final, fatal mistake.
- [Jazzin It Out With the Axeman of New Orleans](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/jazzin-it-out-with-the-axeman-of-new-orleans.md): The bizarre true story of the Axeman of New Orleans, a serial killer who claimed to be a demon from Hell and demanded jazz music be played to spare lives.
- [Joel Guy Jr](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/joel-guy-jr-every-parents-worst-nightmare.md): The horrifying case of Joel Guy Jr, who brutally murdered and dismembered his parents after they cut off his financial support, and the detailed murder notebook that led to his conviction.
- [John Edward Robinson: The Internet's First Serial Killer](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/john-edward-robinson-internet-first-serial-killer.md): The shocking true story of John Edward Robinson, the conman turned serial killer who used the early internet to lure victims as "SlaveMaster" in BDSM chat rooms.
- [John Leonard Orr: Firefighter, Arsonist, Murderer](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/john-leonard-orr-firefighter-arsonist-murderer.md): The shocking true story of John Leonard Orr, a respected arson investigator who set over 2,000 fires, murdered four people, and ultimately confessed through his own novel.
- [Joshua Roy Tucker: Killing the Body Snatchers](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/joshua-roy-tucker-killing-the-body-snatchers.md): The tragic story of Joshua Roy Tucker, a Saskatchewan man whose undiagnosed schizophrenia led him to murder his adoptive father while believing he was killing a government clone.
- [Kelsey Turner: The Instagram Model Who Became a Murderer](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/kelsey-turner-instagram-model-murderer.md): The shocking true crime story of Kelsey Turner, an Instagram model and Playboy Italia cover girl who murdered her 71-year-old benefactor Dr. Thomas Burchard and left his body in the trunk of a Mercedes in the Mojave Desert.
- [Killdozer: The Wrath of Marvin Heemeyer](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/killdozer-the-wrath-of-marvin-heemeyer.md): The full story of Marvin Heemeyer and the infamous Killdozer: how a Colorado welder's grievances with local officials led to one of the most bizarre destructive rampages in American history.
- [Larry Nassar: The Olympics' Most Prolific Predator](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/larry-nassar-olympics-most-prolific-predator.md): The shocking true story of Dr. Larry Nassar, the USA Gymnastics physician who sexually abused over 250 young athletes, and the institutional failures that enabled his crimes for decades.
- [Leonarda Ciancuilli: The Cannibal of Correggio](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/leonarda-ciancuilli-cannibal-of-correggio.md): The horrifying true story of Leonarda Ciancuilli, the Italian serial killer who murdered three women, made soap from their remains, and allegedly fed their blood to neighbors as pastries during World War II.
- [Lizzie Borden – Innocent or Axe Murderer?](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/lizzie-borden-innocent-or-axe-murderer.md): Explore the true story of Lizzie Borden, the 1892 axe murders of her father and stepmother, her sensational trial, and the enduring mystery of whether she was guilty or wrongfully accused.
- [Lucy Letby: The Serial Killer Nurse](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/lucy-letby-serial-killer-nurse.md): The shocking true story of Lucy Letby, the neonatal nurse who murdered seven babies and attempted to murder six more at the Countess of Chester Hospital, and how systemic failures allowed her killing spree to continue for nearly a year.
- [Luis Garavito: The Most Prolific Serial Killer in History](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/luis-garavito-most-prolific-serial-killer-history.md): The horrifying story of Luis Garavito, Colombia's "Beast," who murdered at least 193 children and may soon be released from prison after serving just 22 years.
- [Luka Magnotta: The Butcher of Montreal](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/luka-magnotta-the-butcher-of-montreal.md): The shocking true story of Luka Magnotta, the Canadian killer who murdered Jun Lin and posted the video online, and how internet sleuths had tried to stop him for over a year.
- [Mandy Stavik: The Case that took 30 Years to Solve](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/mandy-stavik-case-30-years-solve.md): The decades-long investigation into the 1989 murder of Mandy Stavik, an 18-year-old college student from Acme, Washington, and how a bakery worker's courageous act finally brought her killer to justice.
- [Mary Blandy: The Poisoner](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/mary-blandy-the-poisoner.md): The 1751 case of Mary Blandy, who conspired with her lover Captain William Cranstoun to poison her father with arsenic-laced "love powders," became a landmark trial in early forensic medicine and remains debated today.
- [Mikhail Popkov: 83 and Counting...](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/mikhail-popkov-83-and-counting.md): The chilling true story of Mikhail Popkov, the Angarsk Maniac who murdered at least 81 women across Siberia, evading capture for two decades through police incompetence and corruption.
- [Most Wanted: Robert William Fisher](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/most-wanted-robert-william-fisher.md): The hunt for Robert William Fisher, who murdered his wife and two children in Scottsdale, Arizona in 2001 and vanished without a trace, becoming one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives.
- [Nancy Crampton Brophy: How to Murder Your Husband](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/nancy-crampton-brophy-how-to-murder-your-husband.md): The bizarre true crime case of romance novelist Nancy Crampton Brophy, who wrote "How to Murder Your Husband" before being convicted of murdering her own husband Daniel Brophy.
- [Nannie Doss: The Giggling Granny](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/nannie-doss-the-giggling-granny.md): Discover the horrifying true story of Nannie Doss, the sweet-faced grandmother who poisoned four husbands, her mother, sister, and grandson while giggling through her confessions.
- [Obsession Turned Deadly - Rachel Barber and Caroline Reed Robertson](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/obsession-turned-deadly-rachel-barber-caroline-reed-robertson.md): The bizarre true crime case of Caroline Reed Robertson, who murdered 15-year-old Rachel Barber in a delusional attempt to steal her identity and become the talented, beautiful dancer she envied.
- [Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka: The Ken and Barbie Killers](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/paul-bernardo-karla-homolka-ken-and-barbie-killers.md): The horrifying true story of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, Canada's infamous "Ken and Barbie Killers," whose picture-perfect appearance masked a reign of sexual violence and murder.
- [Pedro Lopez: Monster of the Andes](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/pedro-lopez-monster-of-the-andes.md): The horrifying true story of Pedro Lopez, the Monster of the Andes, who confessed to murdering over 300 young girls across Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador — and was released after just 14 years in prison.
- [Pedro Rodriguez Filho - The Brazilian Punisher Turned YouTuber](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/pedro-rodriguez-filho-brazilian-punisher-youtuber.md): The shocking true story of Pedro Rodriguez Filho, Brazil's most prolific serial killer with 71 confirmed murders, who went from prison to becoming a YouTube personality.
- [Peter Kürten: The Vampire of Düsseldorf](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/peter-kurten-vampire-of-dusseldorf.md): The horrifying true story of Peter Kürten, the "Vampire of Düsseldorf," whose blood-fueled killing spree terrorized Germany in 1929 and left at least nine victims dead.
- [Phil Spector - Music Producer and Murderer](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/phil-spector-music-producer-and-murderer.md): The dark story of Phil Spector, legendary music producer behind the Wall of Sound, who murdered actress Lana Clarkson in 2003 after decades of violent, controlling behavior.
- [Revisiting Lucy Letby...](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/revisiting-lucy-letby.md): An in-depth look at Lucy Letby's failed appeal, her retrial and 15th life sentence for attempted murder, the online controversy surrounding her case, and her current life in prison.
- [Richard Kuklinski: Real Assassin or a Perpetual Liar?](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/richard-kuklinski-iceman-real-assassin-or-perpetual-liar.md): Explore the dark life of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious "Iceman" hitman. Was he a prolific mafia assassin with 200+ victims, or a pathological liar who exaggerated his crimes for fame?
- [Richard Ramírez: The Night Stalker](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/richard-ramirez-the-night-stalker.md): The disturbing story of Richard Ramírez, the Night Stalker, from his abusive childhood and Vietnam War veteran cousin's influence to his brutal murder spree across California in 1984-1985.
- [Robert John Maudsley: Britain's Most Dangerous Prisoner](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/robert-john-maudsley-britains-most-dangerous-prisoner.md): Discover the chilling story of Robert John Maudsley, Britain's most dangerous prisoner who became a serial killer behind bars, spending 44 years in solitary confinement in a glass cage.
- [Rod Ferrell: The Vampire Clan Murders](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/rod-ferrell-vampire-clan-murders.md): The shocking true story of Rod Ferrell, a teenage vampire cult leader who murdered two parents in Eustis, Florida in 1996, inspired by the roleplaying game Vampire: The Masquerade.
- [Sherri Papini: The Woman Who (Allegedly) Faked Her Kidnapping](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/sherri-papini-woman-who-allegedly-faked-kidnapping.md): The shocking true story of Sherri Papini, the California mother who disappeared in 2016 and claimed she was kidnapped by two Hispanic women—only for investigators to uncover a stunning hoax years later.
- [Solving the Mystery Behind the Mean Girls Murder](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/solving-the-mystery-behind-the-mean-girls-murder.md): The shocking true story of how two teenage best friends planned and murdered 16-year-old Skylar Neese, and the investigation that finally brought them to justice.
- [The "Roofman": The Bizarre Story of the Bandit Who Lived in a Toy Store](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/roofman-bizarre-story-bandit-lived-toy-store.md): The incredible true story of Jeffrey Manchester, the polite armed robber who stole from McDonald's through the roof, escaped prison, and secretly lived inside a Toys "R" Us.
- [The Angel of Death: Kristen Gilbert, The Serial Killer Nurse](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/angel-of-death-kristen-gilbert-serial-killer-nurse.md): The chilling true story of Kristen Gilbert, a VA nurse who murdered patients with epinephrine overdoses to impress her boyfriend, and the statistical investigation that helped bring her to justice.
- [The Apartheid Killer...](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-apartheid-killer.md): The shocking true story of Louis van Schoor, the Apartheid-era security guard who murdered dozens of black men and boys with impunity, supported by a racist judicial system that viewed him as a hero.
- [The Assassination of Beverly van Schoor](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-assassination-of-beverly-van-schoor.md): The shocking true story of how Sabrina van Schoor hired a hitman to murder her mother Beverly, revealing the dark history of South Africa's most notorious family.
- [The Bizarre Case of Paul Warner Powell: The Man Who Sent Himself to the Electric Chair](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/bizarre-case-paul-warner-powell-man-who-sent-himself-electric-chair.md): How convicted murderer Paul Warner Powell escaped death row through a legal technicality, then wrote a taunting letter to prosecutors that placed himself back on Virginia's electric chair.
- [The Bloody Harpes: America’s 18th Century Serial Killer Duo](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-bloody-harpes-americas-18th-century-serial-killer-duo.md): The horrifying true story of Micajah and Wiley Harpe, America's first documented serial killers, who terrorized the frontier with brutal murders, kidnappings, and atrocities during the Revolutionary War era.
- [The Boston Strangler: Serial Murder, Solved or Unsolved](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/boston-strangler-serial-murder-solved-unsolved.md): Between 1962 and 1964, 13 women were strangled in Boston. Albert DeSalvo confessed, but did he do it? Explore the evidence, theories, and DNA breakthrough in this infamous case.
- [The Boy in the Box: The Shocking Case of Joseph Augustus Zarelli](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-boy-in-the-box-joseph-augustus-zarelli.md): After 65 years, Philadelphia's most famous cold case victim finally has a name. Learn how DNA technology identified Joseph Augustus Zarelli and why his murder remains unsolved.
- [The Bricked House on Hadley Lane](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-bricked-house-on-hadley-lane.md): A walled-off basement, a missing-persons report no one followed, and three decades of the wrong question being asked.
- [The Brutal Slaying of Shad Thyrion...](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-brutal-slaying-of-shad-thyrion.md): The shocking true story of Taylor Schabusiness, who murdered and dismembered her high school friend Shad Thyrion in a Green Bay basement, sparking one of Wisconsin's most gruesome criminal cases.
- [The Bungled Kidnapping of Princess Anne](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/bungled-kidnapping-princess-anne.md): In March 1974, Princess Anne survived a dramatic kidnapping attempt on The Mall in London. Read the full story of Ian Ball's failed plot, the heroic bystanders who intervened, and the lasting impact on royal security.
- [The Butcher Baker: Alaska’s Most Dangerous Game](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-butcher-baker-alaskas-most-dangerous-game.md): The horrifying true story of Robert Hansen, Alaska's most sadistic serial killer who hunted women like animals across the Alaskan wilderness for over a decade.
- [The Butcher of Berlin and his Bloody Bratwurst](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-butcher-of-berlin-and-his-bloody-bratwurst.md): In 1920s Berlin, Carl Grossman murdered women in his apartment and may have sold their flesh as sausages from his hot dog cart, turning unwitting customers into accidental cannibals.
- [The Case of Diane Downs: Hungry Like the Wolf](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/diane-downs-hungry-like-the-wolf.md): The shocking true story of Diane Downs, the Oregon mother who shot her three children on a dark road in 1983, and the investigation that uncovered her deadly obsession with a man who didn't want kids.
- [The Chilling Case of John Wayne Glover: The Mosman Granny Killer](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/john-wayne-glover-mosman-granny-killer.md): The horrifying true story of John Wayne Glover, the serial killer who terrorized Sydney's affluent North Shore in 1989, murdering elderly women in one of Australia's most shocking crime sprees.
- [The Christmassy Criminalist: A Santa Clause Heist](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-christmassy-criminalist-a-santa-clause-heist.md): In 1927, Marshall Ratliff and his crew robbed a Texas bank dressed as Santa Claus and his elves, sparking a chaotic shootout, manhunt, and one of the most bizarre true crime stories in American history.
- [The Cleveland Strangler: House of Horrors](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-cleveland-strangler-house-of-horrors.md): The horrifying true story of Anthony Sowell, the Cleveland Strangler, who murdered 11 women in his Imperial Avenue home and the shocking police failures that allowed him to continue killing.
- [The Costa Mesa Manhunt: The Man Who Thought He Could Get Away with Murder](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/costa-mesa-manhunt-man-who-thought-he-could-get-away-with-murder.md): How a struggling actor staged one of Orange County's most shocking double murders, framing his victim and nearly escaping justice.
- [The Cryptocurrency Mixer That Wasn't](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-cryptocurrency-mixer-that-wasnt.md): For four years it advertised perfect anonymity. For four years it logged every single transaction. The indictment dropped the same week the operator listed his Miami condo.
- [The Detective Who Kept the Files](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-detective-who-kept-the-files.md): When he retired in 2009 he carried out twenty-eight banker's boxes of working notes — every interview, every tip sheet, every margin annotation from thirty-one years on the job. Two of those boxes broke a case in 2024.
- [The Eight Immortals Murders](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-eight-immortals-murders.md): In 1985, a gambling debt led to the massacre of ten family members at a Macau restaurant. Discover the horrifying true story of the Eight Immortals Murders.
- [The Family Massacre That England Got Wrong](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/family-massacre-england-got-wrong.md): Jeremy Bamber has spent nearly 40 years in prison for one of Britain's most notorious family massacres. But mounting evidence suggests this may be one of England's worst miscarriages of justice.
- [The Five Hundred Million Dollar Inspector: History’s Most Corrupt Police Officer](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/five-hundred-million-dollar-inspector-history-most-corrupt-police-officer.md): The incredible true story of Lui Lok, the Hong Kong police detective who amassed half a billion dollars through corruption, controlled the city's entire underworld, and got away completely scot-free.
- [The Forger Who Fooled A Museum](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-forger-who-fooled-a-museum.md): He didn't paint a Vermeer. He painted what a Vermeer would have looked like if Vermeer had had a quieter year — and the museum bought it.
- [The Grandparent Scam That Keeps Evolving](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-grandparent-scam-that-keeps-evolving.md): The phone call has been around since the 90s. The new version uses voice cloning and a wire instruction that is technically correct.
- [The Hinterkaifeck Murders](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-hinterkaifeck-murders.md): In 1922, six people were brutally murdered on a remote Bavarian farm. Over a century later, the Hinterkaifeck murders remain unsolved, with theories ranging from vengeful neighbors to hidden intruders and deathbed confessions.
- [The Horrifying Kyoto Animation Massacre](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-horrifying-kyoto-animation-massacre.md): In 2019, a man set fire to Kyoto Animation's Studio 1, killing 36 people and wounding 33 more in Japan's deadliest mass killing since World War II. This is the complete story of the attack, the trial, and the victims.
- [The Juror Who Asked the Wrong Question](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-juror-who-asked-the-wrong-question.md): On day six of deliberation she sent a note to the judge. The note was sealed, read, and filed. Eleven months later a clerk pulled it from a box of trial exhibits, and the appeal pivoted on what it asked.
- [The Las Vegas Shooting](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-las-vegas-shooting.md): A comprehensive account of the October 1, 2017 Las Vegas shooting, the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history, examining the attack, investigation, victims, and aftermath.
- [The Ledger Found in the Walls](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-ledger-found-in-the-walls.md): A 2024 renovation pulled drywall in a 1960s ranch house and dropped a ring-bound ledger onto the kitchen floor. The first entry was dated June 1971. The last was three weeks before the original owner went missing.
- [The Lipstick Killer: The Shocking True Story of a Serial Killer who Left a Message in Lipstick](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-lipstick-killer-shocking-true-story-serial-killer-lipstick-message.md): The shocking true story of the Lipstick Killer murders in 1940s Chicago, and the disturbing questions about whether William Heirens was wrongfully convicted for crimes he did not commit.
- [The Mad Trapper of Rat River: A Cop-Killer Manhunt](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/mad-trapper-rat-river-cop-killer-manhunt.md): In 1932, a mysterious trapper sparked Canada's largest and longest manhunt after killing an RCMP officer. The Mad Trapper of Rat River evaded capture for 53 days across 150 miles of arctic wilderness before his dramatic final confrontation.
- [The Midnight Sun Killer: Terror of Anchorage](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/midnight-sun-killer-terror-anchorage.md): The chilling story of James Dale Ritchie, the Midnight Sun Killer who terrorized Anchorage, Alaska in 2016, murdering five people before his dramatic confrontation with police.
- [The Monster of Malherbe Street](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-monster-of-malherbe-street.md): The horrifying true story of Gert van Rooyen and Joey Haarhoff, South Africa's first confirmed serial killer couple, and the six missing girls whose fates remain unknown three decades later.
- [The Monster of Rillington Place](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-monster-of-rillington-place.md): The harrowing true story of John Christie, the serial killer who murdered eight victims at 10 Rillington Place and framed innocent Timothy Evans, sending him to the gallows in one of Britain's worst miscarriages of justice.
- [The Moors Murderers](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-moors-murderers.md): The horrific true story of Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, whose murders of five children on Saddleworth Moor shocked Britain and changed criminal justice forever.
- [The Murder of Anna Repkina](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-murder-of-anna-repkina.md): The shocking true crime story of Anna Repkina, a Russian woman who moved to Oregon to marry the man she loved, only to become the victim of a brutal murder that led to one of the most bizarre appeals in legal history.
- [The Murder of Grace Milane](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-murder-of-grace-milane.md): The harrowing true story of British backpacker Grace Milane, who was murdered by a man she met on Tinder during her gap year in New Zealand, and the shocking details that emerged during his trial.
- [The Murder of Sylvia Likens](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-murder-of-sylvia-likens.md): The harrowing true story of Sylvia Likens, a 16-year-old girl tortured and murdered in 1965 Indianapolis, and the collective apathy that enabled her suffering.
- [The Murderous Story of Burke and Hare: The Anatomy Killers](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/burke-and-hare-anatomy-killers.md): The dark true story of William Burke and William Hare, who murdered at least 16 people in 1828 Edinburgh and sold their corpses to medical schools for dissection.
- [The Mushroom Murders: When Erin Patterson Poisoned Her In-Laws with Beef Wellington](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-mushroom-murders-erin-patterson-beef-wellington-poisoning.md): The gripping true crime story of Erin Patterson, who poisoned her in-laws with death cap mushrooms hidden in beef wellington, leading to three deaths and one of Australia's most shocking criminal trials.
- [The Perfect Daughter's Dark Secret: The Jennifer Pan Story](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-perfect-daughters-dark-secret-the-jennifer-pan-story.md): The shocking true story of Jennifer Pan, who orchestrated a murder-for-hire plot against her own parents after years of deception about her academic achievements came crashing down.
- [The Phantom Killer of Texarkana: Hunting a Cold-Blooded Murderer](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/phantom-killer-texarkana-hunting-cold-blooded-murderer.md): In 1946, a masked killer terrorized lovers' lanes in Texarkana, Texas and Arkansas, leaving five dead and three wounded in one of America's most infamous unsolved murder sprees.
- [The Pusher - The Canal Killer of Manchester](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-pusher-canal-killer-manchester.md): Investigating the Manchester Pusher, an alleged serial killer blamed for dozens of deaths in Manchester's canals. Are these murders, accidents, or something else entirely?
- [The Rare Case of Ellen Friar](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-rare-case-of-ellen-friar.md): The disturbing true crime case of 15-year-old Ellen Friar, who conspired with her older boyfriend and his friend to murder her father Aaron Friar in Medford, Oregon in 2017.
- [The Real-Life Harley Quinn](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-real-life-harley-quinn.md): The twisted true story of Veronica Compton, a Hollywood screenwriter who fell under the spell of serial killer Kenneth Bianchi and attempted to become a copycat killer to free him from prison.
- [The Recruiter Who Stayed Twelve Years](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-recruiter-who-stayed-twelve-years.md): She wrote the welcome packet, ran the orientation weekend, and helped place forty-three new members. Then a single phone call from a stranger made her ask the question she'd spent a decade not asking.
- [The Rostov Ripper: Butcher, Sadist, Savage](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-rostov-ripper-butcher-sadist-savage.md): The horrifying true story of Andrei Chikatilo, the Soviet serial killer who murdered 53 to 57 people over more than a decade, and the police incompetence that allowed him to roam free.
- [The S-Bahn Murderer: The Serial Killer in Nazi Germany](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/s-bahn-murderer-serial-killer-nazi-germany.md): How Kripo detectives hunted Paul Ogorzow, the Nazi-era serial killer who preyed on women in blacked-out Berlin's S-Bahn trains, while Joseph Goebbels tried to cover up the crimes.
- [The Son of Sam: The Boogeyman of 1970’s New York](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/son-of-sam-boogeyman-1970s-new-york.md): The terrifying true story of David Berkowitz, the .44 Caliber Killer who terrorized New York City for a year, leaving six dead and eleven injured in his satanic killing spree.
- [The Spectacular Stockholm Helicopter Heist](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/spectacular-stockholm-helicopter-heist.md): On September 23, 2009, a professional gang used a stolen helicopter to raid a Stockholm cash depot, escaping with millions. Discover how Swedish police tracked them down through wiretaps, DNA, and geographic profiling.
- [The Springs House of Horrors](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/springs-house-of-horrors.md): The shocking true story of the Springs House of Horrors, where five children endured years of torture, neglect, and abuse at the hands of their parents in South Africa.
- [The Strange Disappearance of Maura Murray: An Unsolved Mystery](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/strange-disappearance-maura-murray-unsolved-mystery.md): The baffling 2004 disappearance of Maura Murray, the nursing student who vanished after a car crash in rural New Hampshire, remains one of the internet age's most enduring mysteries.
- [The Tilly Conspiracy: The Conman who Enslaved a Family](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-tilly-conspiracy-conman-enslaved-family.md): The shocking true story of Thierry Tilly, a manipulative conman who exploited an aristocratic French family through elaborate conspiracy theories, psychological abuse, and forced labor for nearly a decade.
- [The Tragedy of Kitty Genovese: The Silent Witnesses](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-tragedy-of-kitty-genovese-the-silent-witnesses.md): The shocking true story of Kitty Genovese, whose 1964 murder in Queens, New York became infamous for the alleged apathy of 38 witnesses—though the real story proved far more complicated.
- [The Tragic Trials and Tribulations of Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle - The Forgotten Silent Movie Star](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/roscoe-fatty-arbuckle-tragic-trials-tribulations-forgotten-silent-movie-star.md): Discover the tragic story of Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, the pioneering silent film comedian whose career was destroyed by scandal, three trials, and Hollywood's first blacklist—despite his eventual acquittal.
- [The Trial of Sarah Boone - A Public Defender’s Worst  Nightmare](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-trial-of-sarah-boone-public-defenders-worst-nightmare.md): The bizarre case of Sarah Boone, who went through eight public defenders after her boyfriend Jorge Torres was found dead inside a suitcase. From drunken hide-and-seek claims to damning video evidence, this is the story of a defendant who became her own worst enemy.
- [The Twisted Tale of "Lyin’ Randall": The Appalachian Wanderer](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/twisted-tale-lyin-randall-appalachian-wanderer.md): The horrifying true story of Randall Lee Smith, a pathological liar who murdered two hikers on the Appalachian Trail in 1981 and attacked two more men nearly three decades later.
- [The Unabomber: The Biggest Manhunt in FBI History (Part 1)](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/unabomber-biggest-manhunt-fbi-history-part-1.md): The complete story of Ted Kaczynski's 18-year bombing campaign, the FBI's most expensive investigation, and how a genius-level intellect waged war on modern society from a 10x12 foot cabin.
- [The Unsolved Mystery of the Black Dahlia Case](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/unsolved-mystery-black-dahlia-case.md): Explore the unsolved 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia, from the brutal discovery of her body to the enduring theories that continue to captivate true crime investigators.
- [The Watts Family Disappearance](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-watts-family-disappearance.md): The disturbing true story of the Watts family murders, where social media perfection hid dark secrets that led to tragedy in Frederick, Colorado.
- [The Weepy-Voiced-Killer: Calls of Regret](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-weepy-voiced-killer-calls-of-regret.md): Explore the chilling case of Paul Michael Stephani, the Weepy-Voiced-Killer, whose tearful 911 calls confessed to brutal murders across Minnesota in the early 1980s.
- [The Witness Who Never Came Forward](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-witness-who-never-came-forward.md): She drove past the house twice that morning. Once at 6:14, once at 7:02. She watched the second car pull in. For thirty-one years she said nothing — until a 2024 cold-case task force found her name on a Costco receipt.
- [The YouTube Killer: The Strange Case of Andrew Blaze](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/the-youtube-killer-strange-case-andrew-blaze.md): The disturbing true story of Randy Stair, a YouTube creator who became obsessed with Columbine, cartoon ghosts, and ultimately committed a workplace massacre before taking her own life.
- [Tom and Jackie Hawks: Tragedy at Sea](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/tom-and-jackie-hawks-tragedy-at-sea.md): The shocking true story of Tom and Jackie Hawks, a retired couple living their dream on a yacht, who were brutally murdered at sea by a group of predators led by Skylar Deleon.
- [Tsui Po Ko: Hong Kong’s Devil Cop](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/tsui-po-ko-hong-kongs-devil-cop.md): The horrifying true story of Tsui Po Ko, the Hong Kong police officer who used his uniform as a cloak for murder, robbery, and betrayal of his fellow officers in the early 2000s.
- [Unmasking the Killer: How the Police Caught Robert Napper](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/unmasking-killer-how-police-caught-robert-napper.md): The inside story of how a dedicated team of five investigators finally captured serial rapist and killer Robert Napper, solving the Green Chain Rapist case and the murders of Rachel Nickell, Samantha Bisset, and Jazmine Bisset after years of Metropolitan Police failures.
- [Unsolved: The Atlanta Ripper](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/unsolved-the-atlanta-ripper.md): Discover the horrifying story of the Atlanta Ripper, a prolific serial killer who murdered up to 21 Black women in Georgia between 1911-1912, yet remains largely forgotten compared to Jack the Ripper.
- [UNSOLVED: The Oakland County Child Killer](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/unsolved-oakland-county-child-killer.md): The horrifying true story of four murdered children, a wealthy county's dark underbelly of pedophile rings, and a father who spent 43 years searching for answers that never came.
- [Unsolved: The Yuba County Five](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/unsolved-the-yuba-county-five.md): In 1978, five men from a California disability support program vanished after a basketball game. Four were found dead under inexplicable circumstances; the fifth remains missing. Explore the enduring mystery of the Yuba County Five.
- [Velma Barfield: The Death-Row Granny](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/velma-barfield-death-row-granny.md): The shocking true story of Velma Barfield, a grandmotherly poisoner who murdered five people with arsenic to feed her drug addiction and maintain control, becoming the first woman executed by lethal injection in the United States.
- [Wallace Souza and Canal Livre - Murder for Ratings](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/wallace-souza-canal-livre-murder-for-ratings.md): How Wallace Souza, a former police officer turned politician and TV host, allegedly orchestrated murders to boost ratings for his sensationalist crime show Canal Livre in Manaus, Brazil.
- [Wayne Williams: the Atlanta Child Killer](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/wayne-williams-atlanta-child-killer.md): The full story of Wayne Williams and the Atlanta Child Murders that terrorized Georgia from 1979 to 1981, including the investigation, trial, and ongoing questions about his guilt.
- [What Happened to Natalee Holloway?](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/what-happened-to-natalee-holloway.md): The complete account of Natalee Holloway's 2005 disappearance in Aruba, her family's two-decade search for answers, and Joran van der Sloot's eventual confession in 2023.
- [What Happened to Rebecca Reusch: Dead or Alive?](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/what-happened-to-rebecca-reusch-dead-or-alive.md): The mysterious 2019 disappearance of 15-year-old Rebecca Reusch from Berlin-Britz. Explore the investigation, the prime suspect brother-in-law, and the theories that still surround this unsolved case.
- [What The Second Search Warrant Found](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/what-the-second-search-warrant-found.md): The first warrant was for a phone. The second was for a chest freezer. Most prosecutions hinge on what the second warrant turns up — and on whether a judge signs it.
- [Wife, Nurse, Mother, Murderer: The Crimes of Daisy de Melker](https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/wife-nurse-mother-murderer-crimes-daisy-de-melker.md): The shocking true story of Daisy de Melker, South Africa's first female serial killer, who poisoned two husbands and her own son for financial gain in the early 20th century.

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