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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.

Sleepy Teenagers 4.5 Times More Likely To Become Criminals

A new research study has found sleepy adolescents were more likely to be antisocial during adolescence and were 4.5 times more likely to commit crime by age 29.

Amy Bishop: The University Professor Who Committed Mass Murder

In 2010 Amy Bishop opened fire on her colleagues at a staff meeting at Alabama University, 14 years after killing her brother with a shotgun. What made this middle-aged intelligent woman carry out mass murder?

Facebook Used Once Again To Publicize A Murder

Facebook, it seems, is the go to social media platform to upload gruesome videos of murder being carried out. This Easter Sunday saw 37-year-old Steve Stephens shoot dead 74-year-old Robert Godwin and post a video of his actions on Facebook.

How Slow Motion Footage of Crimes Encourages Juries To Convict

Research from the University of Chicago has revealed that when juries are shown CCTV footage of a crime taking place in slow motion, they are three times more likely to convict of murder than if the footage was shown at real-time speed.
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