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Aug 08He Resigned One Day After the Ethics Probe Began: Inside the Sexual Misconduct Allegations That Ended Eric Swalwell’s Career in Congress Aug 06“We’re Going to Beat Up the Haole Boys”: California Family Says Maui Vacation Ended in a 30-Person Resort Attack Aug 04He Warned That Bad Cops Had “Tainted the Badge”—While Under Investigation for an On-Duty Affair Inside a Middle School Aug 02Everyone Thinks They Know Who Did It—Yet These 3 Infamous American Murders Were Never Solved Jul 31“Miracle or Manipulation?” Viral Videos of Worshippers Convulsing Put Pastor Kathryn Krick Under Fire Again Jul 29“She Was Terrified to Leave”: Wife’s Reddit Posts Reveal Marriage Turmoil Before Husband Killed Her and Their Six Children Aug 08He Resigned One Day After the Ethics Probe Began: Inside the Sexual Misconduct Allegations That Ended Eric Swalwell’s Career in Congress Aug 06“We’re Going to Beat Up the Haole Boys”: California Family Says Maui Vacation Ended in a 30-Person Resort Attack Aug 04He Warned That Bad Cops Had “Tainted the Badge”—While Under Investigation for an On-Duty Affair Inside a Middle School Aug 02Everyone Thinks They Know Who Did It—Yet These 3 Infamous American Murders Were Never Solved Jul 31“Miracle or Manipulation?” Viral Videos of Worshippers Convulsing Put Pastor Kathryn Krick Under Fire Again Jul 29“She Was Terrified to Leave”: Wife’s Reddit Posts Reveal Marriage Turmoil Before Husband Killed Her and Their Six Children
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Everyone Thinks They Know Who Did It—Yet These 3 Infamous American Murders Were Never Solved
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Everyone Thinks They Know Who Did It—Yet These 3 Infamous American Murders Were Never Solved

The Black Dahlia, the Hall-Mills murders and the Lizzie Borden case became part of American folklore, producing famous suspects, sensational trials and endless theories. Yet beneath the headlines, all three cases share one haunting truth: no one was ever legally proven to be the killer.

BY MARIE NOVAK/ AUG 02 /13 MIN
He Checked Into Room 1046 With No Luggage — Days Later, Hotel Staff Found A Bloodbath
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He Checked Into Room 1046 With No Luggage — Days Later, Hotel Staff Found A Bloodbath

In 1935, a mysterious young man checked into Kansas City’s President Hotel under the name Roland T. Owen. He carried no luggage, sat alone in a dark room, spoke of a man named “Don,” and was later found brutally tortured in Room 1046. Nearly 90 years later, the case remains one of America’s strangest unsolved hotel murders.

BY MARIE NOVAK/ JUL 17 /10 MIN
Eight People Were Murdered in Their Beds. More Than 100 Years Later, the Villisca Axe Killer Is Still Unknown
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Eight People Were Murdered in Their Beds. More Than 100 Years Later, the Villisca Axe Killer Is Still Unknown

The 1912 Villisca Axe Murders left eight people dead inside a small Iowa home, including six children, and more than a century later the killer has never been identified. With strange crime scene details, multiple suspects, two trials, and a restored house now known for both true crime history and alleged paranormal activity, the case remains one of America’s most haunting unsolved mysteries.

BY MARIE NOVAK/ JUL 15 /15 MIN
She Thought a Stranger Was Helping Her. Then Alicia Reynolds Vanished From the Highway
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She Thought a Stranger Was Helping Her. Then Alicia Reynolds Vanished From the Highway

Alicia Showalter Reynolds vanished in 1996 after her car was found abandoned along a Virginia highway with a napkin tucked under the windshield, even though the vehicle had no mechanical problems. Investigators later learned that several women had been approached by a clean-cut man in a dark pickup truck who pretended to warn them about car trouble, raising fears that Alicia had been targeted by a killer posing as a Good Samaritan.

BY MARIE NOVAK/ JUL 02 /4 MIN
Daughter Was Linked to the Trans Cult, Zizians. Police Say She Helped Kill Her Own Parents
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Daughter Was Linked to the Trans Cult, Zizians. Police Say She Helped Kill Her Own Parents

Michelle Zajko, a woman tied to the Zizians, has been charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy in the deaths of her parents, Richard and Rita Zajko, inside their Pennsylvania home. Prosecutors say she did not act alone, raising new questions about who else may have been involved and whether the killings connect to the group’s wider trail of violence.

BY MARIE NOVAK/ JUN 27 /3 MIN
“What Did You Put in My Drink?” Pregnant Woman’s Final Words Revealed in Ex-Football Star’s Murder Trial
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“What Did You Put in My Drink?” Pregnant Woman’s Final Words Revealed in Ex-Football Star’s Murder Trial

Former Arkansas State football player Blaise Taylor is on trial for allegedly poisoning his pregnant girlfriend, Jade Benning, and their unborn daughter with cocaine. Prosecutors say Benning called her best friend before becoming unresponsive and asked, “What did you put in my drink?” while the defense argues Taylor was an excited father-to-be who called 911 for help.

BY MARIE NOVAK/ JUN 26 /3 MIN
She Left a Movie in the VCR and Vanished. Nearly 40 Years Later, Police Say Someone Still Knows the Truth.
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She Left a Movie in the VCR and Vanished. Nearly 40 Years Later, Police Say Someone Still Knows the Truth.

Carla Anderson vanished from her Wadena, Minnesota apartment in 1987, leaving behind her purse, a rented movie in the VCR, and a locked door. Nearly 40 years later, police have announced a new reward and say they still believe someone knows what happened to the 23-year-old Hardee’s employee known as “Spud.”

BY MARIE NOVAK/ JUN 25 /6 MIN
He Smiled Beside His Frog Project, Then 7-Year-Old Kyron Horman Vanished From School
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He Smiled Beside His Frog Project, Then 7-Year-Old Kyron Horman Vanished From School

Seven-year-old Kyron Horman vanished from his Oregon elementary school after proudly showing off his red-eyed tree frog science fair project in 2010. More than 16 years later, his disappearance remains unsolved, but investigators say new technology and digitized case files could still help uncover what happened that morning.

BY MARIE NOVAK/ JUN 24 /5 MIN
They Called It a “Satanic” Murder. He Spent 22 Years in Prison — Now He’s Won $24M and the Killer Is Still Unknown
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They Called It a “Satanic” Murder. He Spent 22 Years in Prison — Now He’s Won $24M and the Killer Is Still Unknown

Jeffrey Clark spent more than 22 years in prison for a Kentucky murder prosecutors once described as “satanic.” Now, after DNA testing helped overturn his conviction and a jury awarded him more than $24 million, the case remains deeply unsettling for another reason: Rhonda Sue Warford’s real killer has still never been convicted.

BY MARIE NOVAK/ JUN 22 /4 MIN
Her Lunch Was Still Warm. Then Police Found the 13-Minute Window Where Patrice Endres Vanished
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Her Lunch Was Still Warm. Then Police Found the 13-Minute Window Where Patrice Endres Vanished

Patrice Endres vanished from her Georgia hair salon in a mysterious 13-minute window, leaving behind her purse, keys, warm lunch, and an empty cash drawer. Nearly two years later, her remains were found in Dawson Forest, but with multiple suspects, a recanted confession, and no charges filed, her murder remains one of true crime’s most haunting unsolved cases.

BY MARIE NOVAK/ JUN 21 /4 MIN