The phrase “missing person” conjures images of serial killers, human traffickers, and horrible endings. Missing is just a stop on the way to “body discovered.” But sometimes, remarkably, missing people are found alive. Mostly, it’s not hardworking sleuths uncovering criminal activity. Instead, kidnapped people escape, or bureaucratic hiccups reveal runaways and assumed identities. Here are …
It’s common knowledge that words and symbols can have double meanings. It’s the basis of a massive number of jokes and puns, for example. Who doesn’t love a good double entendre? But sometimes double meanings can take on a much more sinister nature. An online activist says that this is the case with the cheese …
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First, a warning: if animal abuse makes you squeamish, don’t read further. This is not a happy story. In France, a brutal, almost ritualistic serial killer has struck dozens of times during this year. Some might say that the killing spree has a silver lining, however, as the murderer is not targeting people. Instead, they …
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Ah, ninjas, those silent, deadly sneaks of the night. Everyone knows their reputation – you will not see or even hear them coming before it’s too late. Such is their reputation for stealth. Except that now a gang of thieves has beaten the ninjas in their own game. On August 17, under the cover of …
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The speakeasy was an unintended side effect of the US prohibition laws on alcohol, in place between 1920 and 1933. Since then, it has become a cultural icon, and many modern bars and restaurants are modeled after the infamous speakeasy. For those less familiar with American history, the speakeasy is essentially an illegal bar. When …
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In Germany, one citizen’s sleuthing has helped solve a series of crimes that plagued the country’s capital Berlin. Only in this case, instead of money or jewels, the criminal was stealing shoes and wasn’t even a person. An independent investigation by Christian Meyer, from the Zehlendorf neighborhood in southwestern Berlin, found that a local sly …
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Have you ever wished you could just… Disappear? That you could become somebody else and leave all your worries behind? Sure you have. Everyone has those moments every now and then when the times get tough, but most of us don’t try acting on it. Running from your problems rarely works, after all, and often …
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With self-defense, you’re supposed to use whatever you have at your disposal. I’ve never understood throwing a gun that runs out of bullets at your assailant, the way they do in movies. But throwing a pizza at someone? That seems to work. This story comes to us from the mean streets of Greenwood, Delaware. Not …
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As the old saying goes, kids will do the darndest things. But using a global health crisis as a cover to get your booze on is pretty scummy even by those standards. It has been difficult enough to get people to wear masks in the face of the raging COVID-19 pandemic. But now that stores …
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We’ve covered events that resembled famous movie scenes before. This is one more of those, but this time the genre has switched to horror. On July 7, Dutch police officers raiding a criminal gang’s hideout made a bloodcurdling discovery. The gang had constructed a torture chamber that could just as well have been a set …
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