Strong Words: The Book That Went on Trial for Murder
Can a book on how to murder people be held liable for a real-life crime?
Can a book on how to murder people be held liable for a real-life crime?
The thief left his award certificate for finishing the Sourtoe Cocktail behind.
The tiny yellow dots help law enforcement track counterfeiters.
While much of the film was fictional, Al Capone taking a baseball bat to a rival was based on bloody fact.
The origins of the “Isdal Woman” have been unknown for 46 years. Now, police have finally figured out where she's from.
The blueprints for his "Murder Castle" included 51 doorways that opened to brick walls, 100 windowless rooms, stairs that led to nowhere, two furnaces, and body-sized chutes to an incinerator.
After 27 years, a traffic accident victim can officially be laid to rest.
While it might be surprising, it turns out that stick figures make pretty good forensic art evidence.
Sometimes, a pencil is more effective than DNA at catching bad guys. Find out more about what it's like to be a forensic artist.
Using gloves at crime scenes is a relatively recent procedure—and this grisly case is the reason why.
He's been called America's first serial killer.
Historical bad guys can fascinate even the most law-abiding among us.
The knife-wielding machine could help forensic investigators identify blade characteristics from the holes they leave in fabric.
It would be "more of a crime" to leave incorrect punctuation standing, the man told a reporter.
In 1800, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr—history’s most famous frenemies—teamed up to get Levi Weeks acquitted of murder.
In 1800, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr—history’s most famous frenemies—teamed up to get Levi Weeks acquitted of murder.
A new book collects "compliment cards" carried by Chicagoland gang members in the 1970s and 1980s.
Cracking this code could solve a murder.
More than 100 years ago, brothers Alfred and Albert Stratton became the first people in England to be convicted of murder based on fingerprint evidence. The rest of the law enforcement world took notice.
7. It was Jennifer Aniston who suggested Jake Gyllenhaal and Mark Ruffalo for the film.
Modern research still hasn't solved the case, but these are some intriguing possibilities.
A new neuroscience study explores what "knowing" and "reckless" look like in the brain.
The groundbreaking FX drama shocked a lot of people, including Glenn Close's mother.
He had at least 17 confirmed disguises, and five fully fleshed-out identities complete with fake identity documents, background stories, and even their own penmanship.