PinnedMember-onlyAfter 3 Decades an Arrest is Made in the Cold Case Murder of Joshua HarmonThe child went missing while playing near his home in 1988 and the cold case was solved in 2021 using new DNA technologies — On May 15, 1988, Eight-year-old Joshua Harmon was playing in the woods behind the Roswell, Georgia, apartment complex. He was still exploring the area. The family had only moved in three weeks ago. It was a warm evening, and many children were playing in the area. He loved nature, and…True Crime3 min readTrue Crime3 min read
21 hours agoMember-onlyBank Employee who Stole $200k in 1969 Identified by Deathbed ConfessionTheodore John Conrad had been living as Thomas Randele for more than 50 years — Seventy-one-year-old Thomas Randele had lived a very seemingly normal life. He had been married to his wife for forty years, and they lived in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. He worked at a Country Club as a golf pro. His daughter was grown and starting a family of her own. But Thomas was…True Crime5 min readTrue Crime5 min read
3 days agoMember-onlyMan Who Posed as Pastor to Scam People Out of Life-Savings SentencedNathan Peachey was the mastermind in a four-man operation that spanned to Norway. — Four men worked together to defraud the hard-earned life savings and retirement funds from multiple people across the United States. Nathan Peachey of Pennsylvania considered the mastermind, would pretend to be a pastor looking to get donations and investments towards ministries named The Joseph Project, Jericho Outreach, Jericho Outreach-Norway, and…True Crime3 min readTrue Crime3 min read
5 days agoMember-onlyPolice Have Identified Philadelphia’s Oldest Doe Homicide VictimJoseph Augustus Zarelli, formally known as “Boy in a Box,” was found on February 25, 1957. — On February 25, 1957, that would start the oldest homicide cold case worked by the Philadelphia Police Department. A college student was out in the woods in Philadephia, Pennsylvania, when he stumbled upon a cardboard box. Inside the box was what he believed was a doll, but upon further inspection…Cold Case2 min readCold Case2 min read
Mar 21Member-onlyStory of Serial Killer Nurse Charles CullenHe is believed to have killed dozens, if not hundreds, of people while working in hospitals. — This case is incredibly disturbing, and not just because of the heinous acts carried out by this sick individual, but the multiple medical institutions that never reported their suspicions to the authorities. …Serial Killers5 min readSerial Killers5 min read
Mar 19Member-onlyFormer Weather Man Posed as CIA ‘Spy’ to Con Millions Out of CompaniesGarrison Courtney convinced private companies that he was a deep cover agent working on American soil — Have you heard the term “fake it till you make it”? This fraudster we will discuss took that phrase and ran with it his entire career. His lies eventually put him in a position to swindle companies out of millions of dollars. From 2012 to 2019, Garrison Courtney convinced at…True Crime5 min readTrue Crime5 min read
Mar 16Member-only3 of the ‘Bear Brook Victims’ Identified, Detectives Looking to Identify Final VictimMissing since 1971, DNA has finally identified the missing mother and her two daughters — On November 10, 1985, a group of hunters discovered two bodies in a metal drum at the Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. Determined to be an adult female between the ages of twenty-three and thirty-three with dark curly hair and extensive dental work, and a girl between…Cold Case4 min readCold Case4 min read
Mar 14Member-onlyKiller Identified in 1983 Murder of Restaurant Owner Joette SmithDNA identified the killer thirty-nine years later — On March 29, 1983, a man was walking his dog on the banks of the San Lorenzo River on the two-hundred block of woodland drive in Ben Lomond, California, when he saw a body floating in the river. She only wore one nylon, a black boot, and a string of…Cold Case4 min readCold Case4 min read
Mar 6Member-only“Happy Face Killer” Victim gets Identified 16 Years After ConvictionKnown until now as Blue Pacheco Jane Doe, who was killed in 1993 — On June 3, 1993, a woman’s body was found on the side of the westbound Pacheco Pass highway near Gilroy, California, by a truck driver who had stopped to take a break. She wore blue jeans, a blue T-shirt, and a blue jacket. …Jane Doe3 min readJane Doe3 min read
Mar 2Member-onlyDNA Helps Identify Both Victim and Killer in 30 Year Old Cold CaseStacey Lyn Chahorski was reported missing in January 1989 — On the morning of December 16, 1988, two state transportation workers found the body of a very decomposed woman on the side of Interstate 59 in Dade County, Georgia, close to the Alabama border. By that afternoon, authorities, including the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, arrived at the crime scene. The…Cold Case4 min readCold Case4 min read
