CRIME WATCH DAILY

The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre: Chicago’s Most Notorious Gangland Killing

Seven men were gunned down inside a Chicago garage on February 14, 1929. Investigators suspected organized crime, but the murders were never successfully prosecuted. Revi

Grandma’s Suitcase Was Full of Stolen Civil War Cannonballs

A routine airport baggage inspection in Alabama uncovered something security officers never expected: five stolen Civil War cannonballs hidden inside a grandmother’s suit

Concrete and Corruption: Inside New York's Mob-Run Construction Racket

In 1980s New York City, something as routine as pouring concrete on a major building site could mean dealing with far more than contractors and unions — federal prosecuto

The Ransomware Rescue That Became a $19 Million Fraud Investigation

On October 7, 2026, federal prosecutors announced charges against cybersecurity expert Zohar Pinhasi, accusing him of secretly paying ransomware criminals while promising

Gotta Hide 'Em All: Pokémon Packs Turn Up in a Kentucky Fugitive's Boxers

Police say a man shoplifted unopened Pokémon card packs from a Walmart and drove off in an SUV with Tennessee temporary tags. When officers tried to stop him, he allegedl

He Was 14: The Arrest That Could Solve a 20-Year-Old Double Murder

For twenty years, the murders of 26-year-old Chynna Dickus and her 10-year-old stepson Blake haunted the small community of Franklin, Indiana. Now police have arrested a

Fake Cop, Real Police Gear: The 3:30 A.M. Robbery in Fayetteville

A man appears at a North Carolina home at 3:30 in the morning wearing a police uniform, ballistic vest, badge, and a handgun—and says he’s working undercover. The equipme

Poisoned in Plain Sight: The Litvinenko Radiation Murder

Former Russian security officer Alexander Litvinenko walked into a London hospital in 2006 with a mystery illness that baffled doctors — until tests revealed polonium-210

Cold Case Cracked: How DNA Finally Named a Suspect in Tyler Hall's Murder

On September 17, 2026, the GBI announced murder and related charges against Rashad Jackson in the 2020 death of 21-year-old Tyler Hall, who was found shot in his Norcross

The Second Autopsy: New Answers in the Stephen Smith Case

In 2015, 19-year-old Stephen Smith was found dead on a rural South Carolina road, his death initially ruled a hit-and-run. Eight years later, his body was exhumed and re-

SpongeBob Wanted a Hitman: How a Cartoon Avatar Nearly Sold a Murder in Cyprus

On a Signal chat in August, a user called “Sponge Jobb” advertised a contract killing with a SpongeBob SquarePants avatar and a cryptocurrency fee. A Danish undercover of

Hidden Phone in the Locker Room: Tracy High Football Coach Arrested After Students Catch the Recording

Students at Tracy High School east of San Francisco found a cellphone actively recording them as they changed in the boys’ locker room on September 10. Police say the pho

The Birkin Cannon: How a 22-Year-Old Blew a $245 Million Heist

When 22-year-old Malone Lam helped orchestrate the theft of over 4,100 Bitcoin, he didn’t stash the proceeds in an offshore trust—he set them ablaze across Miami and Los

The Hidden Crisis: $18 Billion and Rising – Workplace Violence Against Healthcare Security

Hospitals in the United States lose more than $18 billion annually to workplace and community violence, with over half of healthcare workers reporting the problem is wors

Branding Fear: Inside the Cartel Propaganda Playbook

Cartels don't just move product — they build brands, and narcocultura is the marketing engine behind it. This episode looks at how cartels use music, imagery, social medi

850 Cases, No Mind Reading: Jana Monroe on Real FBI Profiling

Jana Monroe broke ground as the first female FBI agent in the Behavioral Science Unit, consulting on roughly 850 homicide cases over her career, including work connected

The Adams County Prison Riot: How a Gang Fight Turned Deadly

On May 20, 2012, a gang fight inside a privately run Mississippi prison exploded into a multi-hour riot that left the facility in chaos. Twenty-four-year-old Senior Corre

Manufacturing a Myth: The G-Man Legend and the Machine Gun Kelly Arrest

The legend goes that gangster "Machine Gun" Kelly coined the term "G-Men" when he begged federal agents not to shoot during his 1933 arrest — but the real story is a less

The Imposter in the Abbey: Michael Dongarra and the Psychology of Sanctuary

In 1997, a fugitive con man who had stolen over a million dollars in religious artifacts while posing as an Anglican priest sought refuge inside a Benedictine monastery i

Cut Lines: The Anatomy of a Parachute Murder

In 2006, a seasoned Belgian skydiver leapt from a plane only to find that neither of her parachutes would open. What first looked like a freak equipment failure was actua