political scandal

The Watergate Scandal is a U.S. political crime case centered on a 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters and the White House cover-up that forced President Nixon to resign in 1974.

A German journalist has documented how the country's domestic intelligence service knew about the right-wing extremists behind the NSU terror murders since 1998 but chose silence. A new book based on 1,000 classified pages reveals systematic protection of agents at the expense of victims.

On the night before Halloween 1975, fifteen-year-old Martha Moxley was bludgeoned to death outside her family home in Belle Haven, Greenwich, Connecticut. Twenty-seven years later, her killer—Michael Skakel, a Kennedy family cousin who was also fifteen at the time—was convicted in a 2002 trial that captivated the nation and raised uncomfortable questions about wealth, privilege, and the American legal system.

Author Hallberg explores a Swedish case in which two people were killed but only one murder led to a conviction. The book critically examines how the justice system failed — and argues the flaws run far deeper than a single case.

The Baker Street robbery has become legendary in true crime circles, often wrapped in claims of royal involvement and scandal. Yet verified English-language sources on this case remain scarce, raising questions about which details are historical fact and which are modern myth.

Between 1982 and 1988, Dorothea Puente ran a boarding house in Sacramento, California, where she systematically poisoned elderly and mentally disabled tenants, buried their bodies in the yard, and cashed their Social Security checks. Her arrest in 1988 uncovered one of California's most disturbing serial killing cases.

Between 1895 and 1901, Jane Toppan, a highly regarded private nurse in Massachusetts, poisoned at least 31 people—and possibly over 100. Known as 'Jolly Jane' for her warm bedside manner, she used her trusted position to administer lethal doses of opium and strychnine to elderly patients and their families.

John Z. DeLorean, the former General Motors executive who became famous for designing the iconic DMC-12 sports car, faced two separate federal criminal trials in the mid-1980s—one alleging drug trafficking, the other accusing him of defrauding investors of $8.5 million. He was acquitted in both cases.

Between 1972 and 1978, John Wayne Gacy murdered at least 33 young men and boys in suburban Chicago while maintaining a public persona as a friendly clown performer. His arrest in December 1978 exposed one of the most disturbing double lives in criminal history.

Tracy Burleson, a Texas pastor, has been convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife. The case drew significant media attention as investigators uncovered evidence suggesting premeditation in the killing.

Serial killer Michel Fourniret and his wife Monique Olivier abducted and murdered at least seven women and girls in France between 1987 and 2003.

Between 1963 and 1965, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley abducted, tortured, and murdered five victims in North West England, burying most bodies on Saddleworth Moor. The case became one of Britain's most infamous crimes—yet one victim, 12-year-old Keith Bennett, was never found.

On August 14, 1962, robbers dressed as police officers stopped a U.S. Postal Service armored truck on Route 3 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and made off with $1.5 million in cash. Six decades later, the money remains missing and no one has ever been convicted.

On June 10, 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was abducted near a bus stop in South Lake Tahoe, California, by Phillip and Nancy Garrido. She would not taste freedom again for 18 years.

Between April 1971 and September 1972, an unidentified perpetrator murdered six young African American girls in the Washington D.C. area. The case remains unsolved to this day.

Between December 1976 and February 1977, Christopher Robin Worrell and James William Miller murdered seven young women across Truro and surrounding areas of South Australia. The crimes shocked the nation and exposed a deadly partnership forged in prison.

Chinese triad organizations have established an extensive criminal network that reaches far beyond Asia. Sun Yee On, Wo Shing Wo and the 14K Triad are among the largest players behind international drug trafficking, human trafficking and large-scale money laundering.

Italian-American Ylenia Maria Sole Carrisi vanished on January 6, 1994, in New Orleans. The daughter of famous Italian singers was declared dead in 2014, but the mystery of her fate has never been solved.

On March 16, 1978, Italian former Prime Minister Aldo Moro was ambushed and kidnapped by the Red Brigades in Rome. After 54 days of captivity and failed negotiations, the Marxist-Leninist militant group executed him on May 9, 1978, leaving five bodyguards dead and a nation traumatized.