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25 Animals That Have Been Imprisoned or Arrested

There have been some pretty cute criminals prowling the streets.

25 Animals That Have Been Imprisoned or Arrested

Justice Branch: Tree DNA Helps Secure Conviction of a Lumber Thief

Tree DNA just made legal history.

Justice Branch: Tree DNA Helps Secure Conviction of a Lumber Thief

Why Do Police Officers Wear Blue?

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Why Do Police Officers Wear Blue?

The Perfect Crime May Be Possible in Yellowstone Park

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The Perfect Crime May Be Possible in Yellowstone Park

8 Bizarre Places Where Bodies Have Been Found

The Phantom Manor at Disneyland Paris.

The Myth of How Al Capone Gave Us the Term ‘Money Laundering’

Al Capone got the scars that gave him his Scarface moniker in a barroom brawl.

The Time the Kansas City Royals Had to Wear the Milwaukee Brewers’ Jerseys… In a Game Against the Brewers

Actual Milwaukee Brewer Robin Yount wearing his own uniform during a home game in the 1970s.

How the FBI's National Stolen Art File Reunites Lost Works With Their Rightful Owners

N.C. Wyeth's The Duel was recovered from a Beverly Hills, California pawn shop in 2014, thanks to the FBI's National Stolen Art File database.

11 True Crime Books to Add to Your Collection

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Al Capone's Hobby: Rewriting Songs

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13 Facts About The Haunting True Story Behind The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson in The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021).

11 Facts About the Salem Witch Trials

The Salem witch trials were a troubling time in Colonial America.

Massacre on the Mary Russell: When a 19th-Century Ship Captain Murdered His Crew

Something wicked this way comes.

8 Old-Timey Scams, Grifts, and Cons

The Brooklyn Bridge wasn't actually for sale.

Cow Tip: Some Cattle Helped Police Apprehend a Suspect Following a Car Chase in Wisconsin

The long farm of the law.

Jailhouse Block: Liverpool Drug Dealer Shares Photo of Stilton Cheese, Promptly Gets Caught

"This stinks!"