Crime & Law

Surprising facts about true crime, historical scandals, law, and government.

Bobby Dunbar Disappeared in 1912 When He was 4-Years-Old. He Was Found Eight Months Later in Mississippi with a Couple Who Denied That It Was Him. Courts Ruled in the Dunbar's Favor. 100 Years Later DNA Evidence Verified That The Boy Was Wrongly Identified.

Crime & Law Bobby Dunbar Disappeared in 1912 When He was 4-Years-Old. He Was Found Eight Months Later in Mississippi with a Couple Who Denied That It Was Him. Courts Ruled in the Dunbar's Favor. 100 Years Later DNA Evidence Verified That The Boy Was Wrongly Identified. January 1, 2023

Crime & Law Marvin Heemeyer Constructed a Killdozer with a Concrete and Steel Armor. He Used it to Destroy 13 Buildings and Was Unstoppable. The Police and SWAT Could Not Stop Him. January 1, 2023
Crime & Law Pope John Paul II Forgave The Man Who Tried to Assassinate Him in 1981. At the Pope's Request, the Italian President Pardoned Mehmet Ali Aca for the Crime and was Deported Back to Turkey. December 31, 2022
Crime & Law Certain Types of Fly Larvae are Used to Treat Gangrene Because They Only Feed on Dead and Infected Tissue. December 31, 2022
Crime & Law The Movie Jeepers Creepers was Based on an Episode of Unsolved Mystery December 31, 2022
Crime & Law Astronauts on the International Space Station Do Not Shower for Six Months. Instead, They Use Damp Towels and Waterless Shampoo to Keep Themselves Clean. December 31, 2022
Crime & Law After an Airline Crash in 2020, Pakistan Airlines Conducted an Investigation and Found Out That 150 Out of Their 434 Pilots Had Bogus or Suspicious Flying Licenses. December 31, 2022
Crime & Law Joseph Henry Loveless was Murdered in 1916 with His Dismembered Body Left in a Cave in Utah. It was Found in 1979 but Only Identified in 2019. December 31, 2022
Crime & Law When El Chapo was Captured in 2014, More Than a Thousand People Marched in Mexico, Demanding He Be Released. December 31, 2022
Crime & Law In the 1971 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, a Photograph of Martin Bormann, Head of the Nazi Chancellery, was Used as the Image of Albert Minoletta, the Golden Ticket Counterfeiter. December 31, 2022
Crime & Law Little Richard Sang the Theme Song for Magic School Bus December 31, 2022
Crime & Law In 1943, Two Germans were Killed While Mishandling Ammo. The Nazis Rounded Up 22 Locals and Decided to Execute Them. In a Ploy to Save Them, Salvo D’Acquisto Confessed to the Crime, and He was Executed Instead. December 30, 2022
Crime & Law Chicago Mayor, Jane Byrne, Moved Into the Crime-Ridden Cabrini-Green Public Housing Project in an Attempt to Improve Its Reputation. She Left Just a Few Weeks Later, Furthering the Public Perception of Cabrini-Green as the Worst of the Worst in the City. December 30, 2022
Crime & Law In 1981, Roger Fischer Had an Idea for a Volunteer to Have ICBM Launch Codes Put in Their Chest Cavity. In the Event of an Emergency, the Volunteer Needed to Carry a Knife to be Killed With. December 30, 2022
Crime & Law Alcatraz was One of the Only Federal Prisons at the Time That Allowed Hot Showers. This was to Deter Prisoners from Acclimating to Cold Water and Escaping Through the San Francisco Bay. December 19, 2022
Crime & Law A Florida Man Used a Cell Phone Jammer Everyday While Travelling to Work Because He Didn't Want Drivers Around Him to be Distracted by Their Phones. December 15, 2022
Crime & Law Walter Earl Morrison, a 20-Year-Old Man from Arizona, Stole a Diamond Valued at $160,000 and Traded it For $20 Worth of Weed. December 13, 2022
Crime & Law A British Woman was Found Dead in her Flat with Her TV and Air Conditioning Still Running. She Had Been Dead for Two Years Before Her Corpse was Discovered. December 11, 2022
Crime & Law According to Analysis Based on the Insurance Industry's Data, People Would Live an Average of 9,000 Years Before an Accident, Murder, or Disaster Got Them. December 10, 2022
Crime & Law Dr. Chaos is a Criminal Who was Incarcerated at the Supermax Prison ADX Florence for Causing 28 Power Failures and Hoarding a Large Amount of Cyanide. He was Released on September 2019. December 9, 2022