British police as we know them haven’t always been around, in fact there was a time when there wasn’t a police force at all. Before the police, the army was used to minimise disruption, control any rioters, and arrest smugglers. However, this wasn’t an ideal situation for anyone, and often resulted in injured and dead …
The Japanese Cannibal: Issei Sagawa
Born in Japan in 1949 to a relatively wealthy family, Issei Sagawa had a fairly happy childhood; preferring his own company, he would spend hours reading. He was born premature and remained undersized all his life - as an adult standing around 5ft tall. Medically, his size caused some issues especially in childhood and his …
Zodiac 340 Cipher Solved
In late 1960s, The Zodiac killer was spreading fear in California several brutal killings. There are five confirmed murders, but he claimed as many as thirty-seven. One of his tactics was to send ciphers to various newspapers, taunting them. Three of these ciphers have been famously unsolvable for nearly fifty years and, because no one …
Jennifer Pan’s Story
In 1979 Bich Ha and Huei Hann Pan moved from Vietnam to Canada to provide a better life for their family. The couple worked for a car manufacturing company, but had higher dreams for their two children Jennifer and Felix. They believed their children would have great opportunities in Canada and be more successful than …
The Case of Chris Smith
Chris Smith (1978) had a passion for life, surfing and partying; he believed in living and adventure. He was used to having money, and professionally he was very successful, but it didn’t control him, Chris was someone who would have been just as happy being a bartender on a beach. Growing up California, his family …
Tiktok Misadventures – update
This post is an update on a previous one, find the original here. In June 2020, the body of Jessica Lewis, mother of four, was found inside a suitcase washed up on the beach by some teenagers shooting a TikTok video, upon arrival, the police found a second suitcase with Austin Wenner inside. The couple …
The Disappearance Of Kris Kremers And Lisanne Froon
The two Dutch nationals, Kris Kremers (21) and Lisanne Froon (22) met whilst working in a cafe in Amsterdam, and later shared a student house. In 2014, after they graduated with degrees in Cultural Social Education and Applied Sciences respectively, they decided to travel to South America to improve their Spanish, whilst working in a …
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The Mysterious Grimes Sisters
The Grimes Sisters, Barbara and Patricia (15 and 13 respectively) left home for the cinema on Friday 28th December 1956, to see a showing of Love Me Tender. Both were big Elvis Presley fans and this was their fifteenth time seeing the film. They were spotted cheerfully buying popcorn at the cinema by a friend. …
The Wrongful Conviction of James Joseph Richardson
In 1967, an African American man named James Joseph Richardson lived with his wife Annie Mae in Florida with their seven children – six girls and one boy between the ages of 2 and 11. They were not a wealthy family and both parents worked at an orange grove picking fruit whilst the children were …
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TikTok Misadventures
During quarantine, TikTok has become a source of entertainment for many. Dance videos, cooking tutorials, and sleepy animals amusing thousands around the world. Of course, this brought along challenges and games for people to film – getting a ping pong ball into a cup by bouncing it off of various surfaces, for example. Randonautica is …
