fact or fiction
Is it fact or merely fiction? Fact or Fiction explores the myths and beliefs we hold about copycat killers, eyewitnesses testimony, what makes a murderer and more.
The Neighbor Who Never Forgot My Name
When I first moved into Maplewood Apartments, I didn’t know anyone. I was fresh out of college, broke, and just trying to survive the city. My new place was small, with cracked paint and creaky floors, but it was mine — and I was proud of it.
By Malaika Piolet6 months ago in Criminal
Blackbeard
In the 18th century, Blackbeard never killed anyone. He did, however, shoot his own crewmates. In duels on his own sea vessel, he tested his own men. He plundered everything from food and liquor to weaponry but there are extremely scarce reports of him actually taking a life.
By Skyler Saunders6 months ago in Criminal
El Chapo: The Tunnel King of Mexico. AI-Generated.
Few figures in modern crime have fascinated the world like JoaquĂn “El Chapo” Guzmán. To some, he was a hero — a poor boy who built an empire. To others, he was a monster — a man whose greed and violence turned Mexico into a battlefield.
By shakir hamid6 months ago in Criminal
The Night the Town Forgot Her Name
When I moved to Oakridge, I wanted quiet. A fresh start. A small town where no one asked too many questions. I found a little house near the edge of town — pale yellow, half hidden by trees, the kind of place where life moves slowly and everyone waves from their porch.
By Malaika Piolet6 months ago in Criminal
Raffaele Imperiale: The Drug Lord Who Collected Van Gogh. AI-Generated.
In the strange overlap between high art and high crime, one name stands out — Raffaele Imperiale, an Italian mafia boss who treated drug trafficking and fine art with the same obsessive care. He built a billion-euro cocaine empire stretching from South America to Europe, yet behind his mansion’s walls lay a secret treasure: two stolen Vincent van Gogh paintings.
By shakir hamid6 months ago in Criminal
The Art of Crime: The Untold Story of Raffaele Imperiale, the Drug Lord Who Stole Van Gogh. AI-Generated.
In the quiet suburbs of southern Italy, behind high walls and manicured gardens, one of the most unusual mafia figures in Europe built his empire. His name was Raffaele Imperiale, and his story combined art, drugs, and deception in ways the world had never seen before.
By shakir hamid6 months ago in Criminal
The Fall of El Chapo: The Man Who Built a Drug Empire Beneath the Earth. AI-Generated.
Deep in the rugged mountains of Sinaloa, Mexico, a boy named JoaquĂn Guzmán Loera was born in 1957 into poverty. His father was a poor farmer who sometimes grew opium poppies to survive. From a young age, JoaquĂn learned two truths: power came from money, and money came from risk.
By shakir hamid6 months ago in Criminal
Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States:
Forensic science sits at the intersection of evidence, behavior, and belief. When performed with discipline, it brings order to chaos and truth to uncertainty. When it drifts into assumption or politics, it risks turning science into spectacle.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin6 months ago in Criminal
The Fifth Key. AI-Generated.
The rain was a cold, relentless drumbeat on the window of the interrogation room. Detective Elias Thorne, a man whose face was a roadmap of sleepless nights, watched the suspect across the table. Sarah Vance, a retired librarian in her late sixties, was knitting a lavender scarf, her needles clicking with unnerving calmness. She was the prime, and only, suspect in the murder of her neighbor, Mr. Arthur Finch.
By Hussein Gazo6 months ago in Criminal
The Ghost of MedellĂn
In the late 1970s, deep within the misty mountains of Colombia, a man began building an empire that would terrify the world. His name was Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria, a man born into poverty who would one day command more power, money, and fear than many governments combined.
By shakir hamid6 months ago in Criminal
