Crime Stories

A common-law couple was found guilty of the 1990 rape and murder of Taunja Bennett near Portland, Oregon. However, a letter signed with a happy face sent to a Portland newspaper claimed responsibility for the murder of Taunja and others.

Stephen Grant reported his wife, Tara Lynn Grant, missing five days after he said she left their house in an unidentified black car. In Michigan, the Macomb County Sheriff's Office focused on the mystery sedan, but attention soon turned to Stephen himself,

American Atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair and her family vanished in August 1995, leaving behind an ominous note claiming a family emergency.

On Valentine's Day weekend 1999, three tourists from Yosemite National Park disappeared and were found murdered a month later. At the time, handyman Cary Stayner was questioned but released due to lack of evidence.

In March 1992 Claude Hawkins was shot dead while he was fishing in Coshocton County, Ohio. Investigators found no evidence at the crime scene, but Hawkins' murder mirrored multiple deaths in other nearby counties and a psychological profile pointed to Thomas Lee Dillon as a suspect.

When emergency services arrived at the office of respected neurologist Richard Boggs following the report of a patient's death, they had their suspicions regarding the circumstances, but an autopsy found that the man died of natural causes.

On a wintry morning in Sweden, Alexandra Fossmo, wife of pastor Helge Fossmo, was found shot to death in her bed. Soon after, their former nanny Sara Svensson confessed to the murder, but investigators suspected there was more to the story.

In November 1996, Raymond Collin went missing in his hometown of Timmins, Ontario. The discovery of his body days later in a snow-covered truck in downtown Timmins led police to an assortment of possible suspects.

When Erika DeNardo's mother and brother were murdered, she told police and neighbours it had been the work of Albanian thieves. Erika's story began to crumble, and when police uncovered contradictory physical evidence.