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True crime, exposed – the innocent, the guilty, and the downright gruesome. Criminal explores the intricacies and complexities of law, order, and crime.
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The Junko Furuta Case: Japan’s Most Disturbing Tragedy of Torture and Injustice. Content Warning.
On 25th November 1988 in Japan, 17-year-old Junko Furuta was kidnapped. She was brutally gang-raped and tortured for 40 days and then murdered on 4th January 1989. The monsters who did this were Hiroshi Miyano, Shinji Minato, Jo Ogura, and Yasushi Watanabe, who were all aged between 16 and 18 years old. Hiroshi and Shinji, despite being teenagers, were already serial rapists. On 25th November 1988, they were out looking for a victim and spotted Junko who was returning home from her part-time job. All of them went to the same high school. Previously, Hiroshi had confessed his feelings to Junko and she had rejected him politely. That night, he decided that their victim would be Junko as a way to take revenge for rejecting him. Hiroshi told Shinji to run away after kicking her off her bicycle and then he would swoop in to help her. Shinji did as he was told. As planned, Hiroshi then went up to her and helped her to her feet. He offered to walk her home and she accepted, not knowing what she was getting herself into. She got off her bicycle, and they started walking and talking. After some time, Hiroshi stopped following her directions and tried to take her into an abandoned warehouse that allegedly had ties with the Yakuza.
By Dharrsheena Raja Segarran9 months ago in Criminal
South Korean Plastic Surgery By Ghost Doctor Resulted In Death (Case of Kwon Dae-Hee). Content Warning.
On 8th September 2016, in Seoul, South Korea, 24-year-old Kwon Dae-Hee underwent plastic surgery. It cost him both 6.5 million won ($5,766) and his life because his surgery was performed by a Ghost Doctor.
By Dharrsheena Raja Segarran2 years ago in Criminal
in good time
…in light of my own changing values – the expansion of my family and the recent deaths from improperly using the technique – I have decided to discontinue the practice. My last piece, a beautiful frame I spent many hours on for someone very special, will be the last of my work to display fractal burning.
By Katie Kelly Koppenhofer2 years ago in Criminal
Something In the Water. Runner-Up in the Whodunit Challenge. Content Warning.
Sascha was the first to find the fish. At least, she thought she must be. The sky outside was still a bruised purple, light gradually seeping through the horizon. No other patients had been in line at the nursing station when Sascha went for her morning meds. She did not know what time it was, only that she had been lying awake in the interminable darkness of her room for longer than she could stand it. Deciding to wander the halls instead, it was by coincidence rather than intention that Sascha was the first to arrive for her medication. The morning nurse had chirped merrily at her, some praise for being an early bird, and did not ask her to wag her tongue when she lifted it after swallowing.
By Elle Marie2 years ago in Criminal
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The Night a Child’s Name Almost Ruined an Innocent Man
Picture a quiet evening in Pataskala, Ohio, April 28, 2002. A 38-year-old mom named Rhonda Bogs is inside her house on the edge of town, stirring something on the stove while her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter Amanda plays nearby. She’d just talked on the phone with her husband Dave-he’s sitting in jail over unpaid child support, nothing violent, just life being messy. Rhonda glances out the window, sees a dark shape move past, shrugs it off. People walk by sometimes. She goes back to dinner.
By KWAO LEARNER WINFREDabout 11 hours ago in Criminal
The Man Who Vanished Into Thin Air: D.B. Cooper and America's Only Unsolved Hijacking. AI-Generated.
The Perfect Crime It was the day before Thanksgiving, 1971. A man who called himself Dan Cooper bought a one-way ticket on Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 from Portland to Seattle. He was polite. Unremarkable. Wearing a black tie and a dark suit, he looked like any other businessman.
By Reich Corpabout 14 hours ago in Criminal
Wisconsins Overlooked Pattern: How Many Cases Are We Not Talking About?
Wisconsin’s criminal history from the 1970s through the early 1990s is often discussed in fragments: a single notorious case, a single wrongfully convicted man, or a single serial offender. What is less frequently examined is the collective landscape—a dense cluster of murders, disappearances, infant deaths, sexual assaults, and investigative failures that unfolded across overlapping geography and time.
By SunshineChristinaabout 14 hours ago in Criminal
The Epstein Files: Secrets, Power, and the Shadows They Hide
Some stories don’t wait for you to discover them .. they grab you by the throat. The Epstein Files are one of those stories. They reveal not just crimes, but a hidden architecture of influence, privilege, and immunity that few dare to examine.
By Aarsh Malikabout 20 hours ago in Criminal
He Stabbed His Girlfrend, Then Drove to Restaurant & Attacked Parents. Content Warning.
Benjamin Walsh battled substance abuse and mental illness, but had never been violent. He realized he needed help with both. in recent weeks. That changed in early 2018 when he went on a rampage that left his girlfriend dead and his parents wounded.
By Criminal Mattersa day ago in Criminal
The Apartment of Candles: The Ukrainian Mother Who Left Her Children to Die. Content Warning.
The story of Vladislava Podchapko is one of the darkest chapters in modern criminal history. It is a tragedy that represents not just neglect, but the pinnacle of human coldness and evil hidden behind a normal face and glamorous social media photos.
By Mayar Younesa day ago in Criminal
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