One of North Carolina’s many claims to fame is that NASCAR racing, one of its gifts to the world, had its origins in bootleggers and moonshiners building cars fast enough to outrun the cops. While it’s often...
When we talk about identity theft today, almost certainly the conversation turns to technology. Stolen PIN numbers, and credit card skimmers. Hacked passwords and digital bank fraud. All the ways that crooks get access to our electronic...
When we think of getaway cars, certain famous images spring to mind: Bonnie and Clyde’s rickety jalopy, for instance. Or a sleek 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, which Burt Reynolds used to evade the law in spectacular...
Here on Crime Capsule, we don’t beat around the bush. Empires come and empires go, but if there’s one timeless truth throughout the ages, it’s this: sex sells. And in the lurid Idaho brothels of the small...
Every
great gangster has an origin story. In the age of classic mobsters, tales of the
rascally kid from the Bronx or the self-made thief from the Boardwalk give us a
hero we can all root for, someone whose rags-to-riches...
It
was almost the perfect crime. Stabbed forty-four times, sixteen-year-old Tina
Faelz had been murdered in a tucked-away blind spot of Pleasanton, California, her
body found in a drainage ditch just a stone’s throw away from her home. No
witnesses to...
The Mississippi State Penitentiary in Sunflower County—better known as Parchman Farm—has been much in the news lately. In late 2019, overcrowding, inhumane conditions, and internal corruption at Parchman led to the violent deaths of thirteen inmates. Almost...
We've profiled exceptional lawmen and women before, but as the first of several articles highlighting the contributions of African-Americans to our country’s law enforcement and judicial systems, today we wanted to introduce you to an impressive...
Few
crimes in American history are more famous than the Lindbergh kidnapping. An
international sensation from its beginning, the saga of aviator Charles Lindbergh’s
infant son disappearing from his crib overnight captivated the world with its
drama, its mystery, and ultimately,...
Can
the dead commit a crime?
Until
the late 19th century, residents of New England thought so, given the trail of corpses
that littered local communities from Massachusetts to Vermont. Gaunt, wasted,
afflicted by bloody, painful symptoms,...