Truly Chilling: Here at the Crime Museum we have a particular interest in bizarre crimes, especially in October, when we’re working to bring you Fright at the Museum. Working with Kalila Smith, an expert on New Orleans history and the…
On February 18, 2011, the Green River Killer pleaded guilty to his 49th murder. Gary Ridgway, the confessed killer, is currently serving 48 consecutive life sentences in Washington State Penitentiary for his slaying spree that began in 1982. His targets were…
On January 17, 2013, Maryland courts found a former police officer guilty of murder. Richmond Phillips was found guilty of the first degree murder of his mistress Wynetta Wright and their infant child Jaylin. According to the prosecution, Phillips shot…
Believe it or not, Lance Armstrong comes clean about his drug history. Despite decades of vehement denial, the infamous cyclist and philanthropist Lance Armstrong openly admitted to a career-long history of doping during an Oprah interview that was broadcast this…
With new advancements in forensic science, there are many different things that could happen with forensics in the future. It may look a lot like what you see on TV or even more high-tech and imaginative. With the way the…
You've seen them on TV crime dramas. A potential suspect is wired to a machine via a series of sensors attached to his body while he is grilled by an expert operator with a series of probing questions. Eventually, a…
What would you do if your pen ran out of ink? Get a new pen, right? Unfortunately for Trish Vickers, when her pen ran out of ink, she kept writing. After Vickers lost her eyesight to diabetes in 2005, she…
In Fort Bragg, North Carolina, investigators came to a home filled with of murdered individuals – Colette, Kimberly, and Kristen MacDonald. The suspect in this case was the lone survivor of the killings – Jeffrey MacDonald. With the evidence presented…
Dharun Ravi, 20, a former Rutgers University student accused of spying on and intimidating his gay roommate by use of a webcam was found guilty on all accounts. Ravi was found guilty of invasion of privacy, bias intimidation, witness tampering,…
Citizens Medical Center, located in Victoria, TX, enacted a policy about a year ago banning applicants with a BMI over 35. BMI stands for Body Mass Index, and is calculated solely based on a person’s height and weight. The policy…