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Unraveling the deception of the Mississippi Capitol’s ‘Egyptian Princess’
San Diego Giant on display at side show. In December of 1896, a group of anatomists and anthropologists from Washington, D.C. traveled to a sideshow in Atlanta to examine a mummy known as the San Diego...
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The legend of Blackbeard’s silver-plated skull
The pirate flag of Captain Edward Teach, aka Blackbeard. The flag shows a skeleton spearing a heart and toasting death. Image credit: Fred the Oyster via Wikipedia. There is an area of land on the west...
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Is this the face of ‘Bella in the Wych Elm’?
Facial reconstruction of ‘Bella in the Wych Elm’. Digital reconstruction by Dr. Caroline Wilkinson. To see full size image click here. In February 2018, Dr. Caroline Wilkinson, forensic anthropologist...
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How an instructor of Frances Glessner Lee’s ‘Homicide School’ helped to solve...
Image credit: D. Wiberg at Wikipedia Commons. Frances Glessner Lee (25 March 1878 – 27 January 1962) is best known as the creator of the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death that are miniature,...
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Where is the grave of Revolutionary War hero Captain Margaret Corbin?
Margaret Corbin’s grave and memorial at West Point Cemetery. Image credit Ahodges7 at Wikipedia. A contractor tasked with constructing a new retaining wall for the Molly Corbin Enhancement Project at...
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The crime scene investigator’s ‘murder bag’ was created because of this...
Vintage murder bag used by detectives at crime scenes. A ‘murder bag’ or ‘detectives box’ is a kit used by crime scene investigators that contains protective gear and tools to recover evidence. The...
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The ‘shark arm murder’ mystery that shocked Australia
In honor of the 30th anniversary of Shark Week, I wanted to see if I could find a murder that involved this notorious predator. Per usual, Google did not disappoint. I’m a little sad that I had not...
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Stockholm’s Unsolved Vampire Murder
Crime scene drawings and evidence from Atlas Vampire case. Credit: Holger.Ellgaard on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) Not All Vampires Wear Capes Some of history’s most depraved murderers have had a...
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Vampire archaeology: How scientists identified a 200-year-old vampire
The grave of “JB55” showing the skull and thigh bones in a “skull and cross bones” orientation. Credit: Daniels-Higginbotham et al (2019). CC by 4.0. The community of Griswold, CT had forgotten about...
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The sinister story of LA’s ‘Murder Mansion’
Article on the Perelson murder-suicide published in The Los Angeles Times on December 7, 1959 Many neighborhoods have at least one creepy house that has inspired ghost stories. That house in Los...
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