Klan-Approved, Voter-Recalled
How bad, really, can you be? America has had its fair share
of terrible leaders, from corrupt Congressmen to brothel-frequenting senators
to arrogant governors who have claimed the only way they can...
Building Criminal Empires in Galveston, Texas
In the Lone Star State, Texans have always prided themselves
on their resourcefulness and resilience, topped off with a dash of down-home
humor. It’s just a part of the...
May 1992, Morris Township, northern New Jersey. What would
normally be a sunny late-spring is instead a season chilled and overshadowed with
the news of a heinous crime. In late April, Sidney Reso, an executive at Exxon,
was kidnapped from...
A Rogue’s Gallery of Ravishing Rascals
Let’s be honest: who doesn’t love a great mug shot? Posters
of Frank Sinatra’s face as a rakish young man in lockup adorn countless college
dorm room walls, charming us...
You gotta hand it to him. Like a Danny Ocean of his day,
Alvin Karpis—public enemy number one in the mid-1930s—didn’t rob the train
because he had to. He robbed the train because he wanted to.
The Strange Shadows Murder Casts
As we here at Crime Capsule have explored before, it’s no secret that crime scenes quickly become destinations for more than just law enforcement and investigators. Tourists, snoops,...
Oh, those nice, industrious Midwesterners. So friendly and hard-working. Always building cities, raising barns, and—wait—smuggling booze?
You betcha! Don’t tell us you’re surprised. It’s no secret that the upper Midwest was one of...
We here at CrimeCapsule.com love a good urban legend, especially when it’s tied to something nice and nefarious. Time and distance have a way of twisting and distorting facts that to our minds is just irresistible: both...
Take a wildly successful businessman, a patriarch of an extensive family, a beloved city leader. Add one beautiful seaside setting, a pinch of elite vacationers, and throw in a curious lack of witnesses: for Adolph Coors Sr.,...
Striking images of the murderers, robbers, and swindlers who orchestrated a complex prison break from the infamous Leavenworth Prison in 1931
More mug shots, you say? Another serving of...