True Crime

In a picturesque English village, 30‑year‑old Vikki Thompson went on a routine dog walk and never returned home. What followed led to a groundbreaking legal case that challenged the long‑standing double jeopardy rule — the principle that once acquitted, a person could not be tried twice for the same crime, even murder. When new forensic evidence emerged years later, that protection was set aside, allowing a second trial and marking a landmark shift in British law.

What began as a routine missing‑person case quickly turned into murder, but the mystery was only just beginning. A ghostly voice captured on live television and a deadly, inexplicable crash would soon transform the investigation into one of Japan’s most unsettling cases. The story of Miyako Hiraoka and Yoshiharu Yano is far stranger than it first appeared.

Have you heard of Anthony Arkwright? Most people haven’t. Yet his crimes were among the most shocking Britain has ever seen. Arkwright didn’t just kill; he performed. He staged grotesque crime scenes, boasted about his murders, and taunted the police with playing cards. Yet despite his efforts to secure infamy, he is barely remembered. He wanted to carve his name into history. Instead, history erased him.

Renae Wicklund’s nightmare began with a brutal assault—but it ended in a triple homicide. Driven by revenge, Charles Campbell was freed by a justice system that failed to protect. His release let a monster walk free, leading to unimaginable tragedy—one that should never have been allowed to happen.

Atafona Beach Incident In the summer of 1966, Miguel José Viana, Manoel Pereira da Cruz, and Elcio Gomes were conducting their latest experiment on Atafona Beach in Brazil. Witnesses watched in awe as a luminous object descended over the ocean, shot upwards, and then exploded above the sea. The blast created a huge fireball that […]

In the close-knit community of Cheetham Hill, a suburb of Manchester, a horrific tragedy occurred in 2010 that shocked the entire country. Tia Rigg, a bright and innocent 12-year-old girl, fell victim to a gruesome act of violence committed by a man with an obsessive interest in violent pornography. Under the guise of babysitting, he […]