Best True Crime

Best True Crime

by Judith A. Yates

History Society & Culture True Crime

Season 2

Cargivers Turned Killers - the demise of Jazzmyne Fikes

Jazzmyne Fikes' days were supposed to be healthy. Her legal caregivers assisted her with a prolonged death,

Funeral Crashed By A Woman Scorned

Blair Whitten was a "woman scorn'd." So, she drove through her ex-lover’s funeral in an SUV in an attempt to kill people.

The Aramoana Massacre of New Zealand

On November 13, 1990, gunman David Gray started the deadliest mass shooting in New Zealand’s history for 29 years. It was 2 days of hell in the tiny village of Aramoana.

Join A Cult! How members are recruited and why they stay

Recruitment and membership in a cult is easier than most people believe. Also, my book "The Golden People- into the cult."

FBI profiler Mark Safarick on the Bittaker-Norris case

Criminologist and FBI profiler Mark Safarick discusses Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris. Bittaker and Norris murdered at least five girls in 1979. We also discuss sadistic killers, victimology, and bust the myth of "that" tape: the Shirley Ledford "torture recording."

Effects of childhood bullying on adults - how schoolyard bullying continues

Studies show how schoolyard bullying continues to affect people well after high school graduation. Social media posts reveal how adults continue to feel the repercussions of their childhood bullying.

Unit 731 - A Crawl Through Hell No One Survived

Unit 731 was a covert warfare research facility of the Imperial Japanese Army operating from 1936 to 1945. No prisoners survived. And America benefitted from the atrocities. (WARNING Disturbing Content) (photo of Unit 731 Photo By 松岡明芳 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0)

Old Episcopal Burying Grounds - the Underground Railroad, cholera and faith

The Old Episcopal Burying Grounds sits hidden in the middle of Lexington, Kentucky. A dedicated volunteer is shedding light on dark history that includes a hero who history forgot. Until now.

Drag Haters & Law Makers- Tennessee’s time warp

Tennessee is the first state this year to outlaw drag shows, “a prurient interest.” Have they moved through a time warp?

Meet Apache Female Warrior “Two Spirit” Dahteste

Dahteste was a warrior, mother, wife, and two- spirit. Meet one of the fiercest warriors of her time. Her spirit is revered despite what was done to her life.

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