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The Halo Effect’s Surprising Limits: When Beauty Can’t Sway Justice

By Robin Kramer, University of Lincoln You might think attractive people get preferential treatment in life – and research suggests you’d be right. Some...

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A Mysterious Crime in Houston’s Inwood Forest: The Complex Trial That Followed Golf Pro Gary Cooper’s Murder [Part 2]

The brutal murder of golf pro Gary Cooper in Houston's upscale Inwood Forest community left investigators with a complex web of relationships to untangle.
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Was Ann Marie Burr Ted Bundy’s First Victim?

She was an innocent blond child who got into the wind, snatched from her home in the dead of night and carried off into oblivion...
True Crime & Justice

Lindbergh Kidnapping: Did Charles Lindbergh Kill His Son?

Given Charles Lindbergh's stature as an international hero, investigators in 1932 didn't consider the unthinkable... that Lindbergh was a suspect in the death of his son.
Psychology of Murder

When Narcissistic Rage Ends In Murder

When a true narcissist is challenged they can explode in a narcissistic rage, an anger so fierce it can result in violence and in some cases, murder.

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Unraveling the Fiona Beal Murder Case

The shocking case of Fiona Beal, a primary school teacher who murdered her partner and buried him in their garden. Uncover the chilling details of her confession, alter ego, and the investigation that led to justice.
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A Crime of Passion or Pre-Meditated Murder?

Family Violence & Homicide
While love can be a wonderful thing, it is a powerful emotion and one that can prove deadly. In October 2016, Stuart Gallear stabbed his wife to death after discovering she was having an affair with a man he considered a friend.
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How Jennifer Pan Planned Her Parents’ Murder from Within

True Crime & Justice
The Canadian case of Jennifer Pan in 2010 features some unique characteristics within the dark world of parricide; when a child kills their own parents.
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New Approach To Keep People With Mental Illness Out Of Prison

Crime Research
A new intervention reduces criminal convictions, jail time, and hospitalizations by roughly 50 percent among people with severe mental illness.
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True Crime Book Reviews
Book Reviews

The Cases That Haunt Us By FBI Profiler John Douglas

From Jack the Ripper to JonBenet Ramsey, the FBI’s legendary Mindhunter sheds new light on the mysteries that won’t go away.
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Irish True Crime: The O’Leary Family Murder

Family Violence & Homicide
On 10th March 1924 a farmer named Michael Walsh was walking through a field in Kilkerran when he made a shocking discovery. Under a bush lay a sack which appeared to contain parts of a dismembered human corpse. A severed head lay some yards away...
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Deaths in Police Custody in the United States: A Research Review

Crime Research
A string of high-profile deaths of black men in police custody has raised questions about how black Americans are treated during and after their arrest.

Crime and Gender: Why Men May Commit More Crime

Crime Research
A lower resting heart rate partially explains why men commit more crime than women, according to a new study by the University of Pennsylvania.

The Lazarus Files, A Cold Case Investigation: Did LAPD Protect a Love-Sick Homicidal Cop?

Book Reviews
In a packed true crime book, The Lazarus Files goes behind the scenes in the murder of Sherri Rasmussen, killed by LAPD cop Stephanie Lazarus, it was a shocking crime that went unsolved for decades.

Joker Makes For Uncomfortable Viewing – It Shows How Society Creates Extremists

Crime Spotlight
Films like Joker invite us to question the line between reality and fiction. Do such films reflect social conditions or do they, in the end, help create them?

United in Grief: The Murder of Stephanie Scott

Book Reviews
In April 2015, Stephanie Scott went missing in Australia. The horrifying truth of what happened came in a confession from the individual responsible.

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Thomas Kwan: A GP’s Elaborate Plot to Poison for Inheritance

True Crime & Justice
Everything seemed routine. The nurse spoke with a slight Asian accent, checked O'Hara's blood pressure, and asked standard health questions. But this wasn't a legitimate medical visit. It was the beginning of a calculated murder plot.

Holly Newton: The Tragedy That Exposed Teen Relationship Abuse Laws

True Crime & Justice
Holly Newton's murder at age 15 by her ex-boyfriend in Hexham sparked her mother's campaign to change UK laws that don't recognize domestic abuse victims under 16.

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Why shouldn’t addiction be a defence to low-level crime?

Crime Research
Should addiction be a mitigating factor that lessens the responsibility for crime? And should the issue of whether or not addiction is a disease make any difference to that judgement?

Talking with Serial Killers

Book Reviews
Former detective Geoffrey Barton reviews two books by author Christopher Berry-Dee focusing on his conversations and interviews with convicted serial killers.

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