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Mystery

Unsolved crimes, kidnappings left without resolution, and mysteries that will keep any internet sleuth puzzling all through the night.

15 Unsolved True Crime Cases that Haunt Our Readers

15 Unsolved True Crime Cases that Haunt Our Readers

It's the unanswered questions that consume us...

Serial Killers

By Kelsey Christine McConnell

Unsolved Crimes

The Tragic Unresolved Murder of Sharmini Anandavel 

The Tragic Unresolved Murder of Sharmini Anandavel 

By Orrin Grey

Family Murders

Little Girl Lost: The Heartbreaking (and Unsolved) Short Family Murders 

Little Girl Lost: The Heartbreaking (and Unsolved) Short Family Murders 

By Orrin Grey

Unsolved Crimes

UNSOLVED: The Horrific 1986 Killing of Shawn Edwards 

UNSOLVED: The Horrific 1986 Killing of Shawn Edwards 

By Orrin Grey

Unsolved Crimes

More Questions Than Answers in the Horrific Anaqua Springs Ranch Shooting 

More Questions Than Answers in the Horrific Anaqua Springs Ranch Shooting 

By Jena Brown

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Murder in Paradise: Jamaica’s “Mad Doctor” Lewis Hutchinson

Murder in Paradise: Jamaica’s “Mad Doctor” Lewis Hutchinson

Jamaica's first recorded serial killer lured his victims into a private castle on the hill, where he dismembered their bodies and even drank their blood.

By Steven Casale

Cemeteries

Margaret Morton and Kyrgyzstan’s Ancestral Cemeteries

Margaret Morton and Kyrgyzstan’s Ancestral Cemeteries

Journey to the mountains of Kyrgyzstan, where eerie monuments to the deceased line the hills.

By Matthew Thompson

The Brutal Murder that Started 9-1-1

The Brutal Murder that Started 9-1-1

In 1964, Kitty Genovese was stabbed and killed in her New York City apartment building, and 38 witnesses did nothing to help her.

By Nina Lassam

CW

Most Wanted List: 7 Surprising Facts About Cannibalism

Most Wanted List: 7 Surprising Facts About Cannibalism

Care to take a bite?

By The Lineup Staff

Return to Leakin Park: 6 Intriguing Developments After “Serial”

Return to Leakin Park: 6 Intriguing Developments After “Serial”

ay Wilds gave a revealing interview and Adnan has been granted another appeal. But what else has happened since the "Serial" podcast ended?

By The Lineup Staff

Honest Abe’s Not-so-True Crime Tale

Honest Abe’s Not-so-True Crime Tale

Three brothers are accused of murder after an Illinois man vanishes in this sensationalized true crime story penned by Abraham Lincoln.

By Abraham Lincoln

Thriller Books

Most Wanted List: The Great Suicide Con of 1859

Most Wanted List: The Great Suicide Con of 1859

Midwestern drifter A.V. Lamartine traveled from town to town in search of a sucker to nurse him back to health.

By The Lineup Staff

7 Prisoners Who Found Love Behind Bars

7 Prisoners Who Found Love Behind Bars

Some relationships defy all logic. These are seven such stories.

By Steven Casale

How Not to Get Away with Murder: The Case of Ruth Snyder and Henry “Judd” Gray

How Not to Get Away with Murder: The Case of Ruth Snyder and Henry “Judd” Gray

Bored housewife Ruth Snyder thought she had hatched a clever plot to kill her husband – until she blundered her way through the entire thing.

By The Lineup Staff

This is the Photo That Makes Me Lock My Doors at Night

This is the Photo That Makes Me Lock My Doors at Night

After browsing Reddit late one night, the author stumbled across an image she wished she could unsee.

By Chrissy Stockton

Historical Crimes

Little House of Murder: The Bloody Benders

Little House of Murder: The Bloody Benders

In the 1870s, Kansas was settled by wholesome homesteaders – and a family of serial killers called The Bloody Benders.

By Steven Casale

Unexplained

The Vanishing Crew of the Carroll A. Deering: A Maritime Mystery

The Vanishing Crew of the Carroll A. Deering: A Maritime Mystery

In 1921, the ship was spotted in North Carolina under suspicious circumstances. Days later, the crew and their belongings had disappeared – for good.

By Elisabeth Tilstra

Behind the Veil: How We Dress for Death

Behind the Veil: How We Dress for Death

This month The Metropolitan Museum of Art pays respect to a century of mourning attire with the exhibition Death Becomes Her.

By Jennifer Jackson

What’s the Real Story Behind Edgar Allan Poe’s Death?

What’s the Real Story Behind Edgar Allan Poe’s Death?

Was it alcoholism, rabies, or a violent election day scam? More than 160 years later, the burning question remains: What killed Edgar Allan Poe?

By Matthew Thompson

Creepy Photos

Killer Ink: Decoding Russian Criminal Tattoos

Killer Ink: Decoding Russian Criminal Tattoos

Get up close and personal with Russian gangsters and their intricate – and meaningful – body art.

By The Lineup Staff

Crime and No Punishment in Prohibition-Era New York

Crime and No Punishment in Prohibition-Era New York

Author and Prohibition-era expert Michael Mayo finds the ghosts of mob bosses past in modern-day New York City.

By Michael Mayo

Mystery

Born to Be Wild: The Original Hells Angels Biker Gangs

Born to Be Wild: The Original Hells Angels Biker Gangs

Hit the road with the Hells Angels in these killer vintage snapshots.

By The Lineup Staff

Kate Webster: A Real-Life Sweeney Todd Story

Kate Webster: A Real-Life Sweeney Todd Story

In 1879, Irish housekeeper Kate Webster killed her employer, boiled her body, and fed the fat to small children.

By Jennifer Jackson

Murder in a Nutshell: Frances Glessner Lee and her Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Deaths

Murder in a Nutshell: Frances Glessner Lee and her Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Deaths

Step inside Lee's shrunken world of unsolved murders.

By Matthew Thompson

The Legend of Spring-Heeled Jack

The Legend of Spring-Heeled Jack

He terrified young women in Victorian England with his clawed hands, fiery breath, and ability to leap onto tall buildings.

By The Lineup Staff

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