This man had over 100 sets of human remains in his house. Police discovered his macabre collection after seeing bones and skulls visible in the back seat of a car near an abandoned cemetery in Philadelphia. 34-year-old Jonathan Christ Gerlach of Ephrata, Pennsylvania, was arrested on January 6, 2026, after an investigation that lasted several…
FORT WORTH, Texas — A 32-year-old Fort Worth woman has been arrested and charged with murder following the fatal stabbing of her uncle on December 26, 2025, according to court documents and police reports. The motive? He locked her outside and asked her to cook. Ashley Marie Siebenaller is accused of killing 64-year-old Tony Vernon…
When Bethany Anne Decker disappeared from her Virginia apartment on a cold January day in 2011, her family had no idea they were about to embark on a heartbreaking journey that would span more than a decade. This Friday night, Dateline correspondent Keith Morrison revisits this tragic case in “Bethany Vanished,” a gripping episode that…
In the small community of Linville, Louisiana, a November evening took an extraordinary turn when deputies responded to what appeared to be a routine trespassing complaint. What they discovered would become one of the most bizarre arrest stories of 2026: a woman who refused to leave her neighbor’s pond because she was “trying to be…
In a case that seems straight out of a movie, a 57-year-old nurse in Mantova, Italy, kept his mother’s mummified body hidden for THREE YEARS while collecting her pension checks. The Elaborate Disguise When his mother’s ID card expired, the man didn’t give up his scheme. Instead, he put on a wig, makeup, and women’s…
On November 30, 2025, a Utah mom of four bought one-way tickets to Europe after espousing “end-times” beliefs. Their father hasn’t heard from them since and is desperate to locate them. 35-year-old Elleshia Anne Seymour allegedly forged passport documents for the children to enable international travel. She left behind a note described by her ex-husband…
A few days ago, TikToker Samara – samaraispinkk (5.7M followers) posted a GRWM video about her family cutting ties after the internet discovered her father killed his employee. Recently, people have been digging into Samara’s life and found out that in 2021, her billionaire father killed 54-year-old Gerhard van Wyk, his farm manager, on Boulter…
In the blink of an eye, everything can change. On May 9, 2020 YouTuber Corey La Barrie posted a video titled “Deleting This Video in 24 Hours . . .” advertising a Twitch stream the next day to celebrate his 25th birthday. “We might get a little bit drunk,” he says before fading out the…
Kristofer Hivju’s new show Twin is a surprisingly necessary mashup of two genres — crime and surfing — that don’t get together as often as they should. In that sense, it’s the perfect project for Hivju, whose best-known character Tormund Giantsbane never managed to make babies with Brienne of Tarth on Game of Thrones. And…
Love & Hip Hop Atlanta star Sas DeLeon allegedly may have witnessed a shooting that resulted one homicide and another death. According to Atlanta’s Fox 5, police believed Sas — real name Lyndon Akhil Smith — “may have information about a shooting” that took place on Monday, August 27th. Officers who responded to the initial…
While Demi Lovato is receiving intensive rehab treatment after an almost fatal opiate overdose last month, her $8.3 million Hollywood Hills home was almost burglarized. TMZ reports that the LAPD arrested some people on charges unrelated to Demi Lovato. During this arrest they found electronic evidence that these people were planning to break into the…
Wildly successful family vloggers The ACE Family (Austin McBroom, 8-month pregnant Catharine Paiz, and toddler daughter Elle McBroom uploaded a 30 minute video on Thursday, August 16, 2018 detailing a troubling situation. The family had taken a day trip Disneyland and returned home to their home burglarized and ransacked. Now Internet sleuths, YouTube drama channels…
On the morning of June 21, 2018 8-year-old Curtis Gilbert Collman III was hungry for breakfast, but there was no food in the house. He did search for it, however, and instead found granules of meth on the table, which he thought might be breakfast cereal. The amount of meth the boy ate was staggering…
Earlier this year DaddyoFive’s Mike and Heather Martin lost custody of two of their kids, Cody and Emma, over incidents involving their popular prank channel. It’s now been revealed that the consequences for their emotionally and physically damaging prank videos do not end there. Both Mike and Heather were charged with two counts of child…
31-year-old actor Shia LaBeouf, who has had many run-ins with the law over alcohol related incidents and attended rehab for alcohol last year, has yet again been arrested for public drunkenness in Tybee Island, near Savannah, Georgia. He’s been staying in Savannah to shoot a film, The Peanut Butter Falcon, and early Saturday morning his…
This week Ronda Rousey revealed on Live With Kelly and Ryan, with Jerry O’Connell filling in for Ryan Seacrest, that her house had been burgled this April, right before she and her now-finance were jetting off to a romantic New Zealand getaway where he popped the question. Before they left for the airport, they went…
A post shared by Lil' Kim (@lilkimthequeenbee) on May 29, 2017 at 1:14pm PDT Lil’ Kim (real name Kimberly Jones) might not appear for a scheduled BET Awards performance tonight because she’s the person of interesting in an armed robbery. The trouble began when she wasn’t happy with the house she rented for a pre-BET…
Embed from Getty Images Excessive social media use can take its toll in myriad ways, but sometimes it can have devastating consequences. In the case of 21-year-old Cheyenne Summer Stuckey, too much Facebook led to the death of her 6-month-old Zayla Hernandez. On June 13, Cheyenne made a bath for her baby girl. She says…
The employees at an unspecified fast food restaurant in Tacoma, Washington were given quite a scare this week when a 19-year-old woman pulled a gun on them for shorting her a chicken nugget. The lady first shows signs of extreme agitation when she didn’t get her drink in a timely manner because the restaurant was…
New Hampshire mom Felicia Farruggia (29,pictured left) has been sentenced to a year in jail for demanding that her friend Rhianna Frenette inject her with heroin and meth while she was giving birth to her baby boy last September. She asked that no one so much as call 911 until they’d given her some illegal…
Around 9:30 A.M. Saturday morning a couple left a Kountry Kitchen restaurant in Vero Beach, FL and encountered a woman who tried to hand them a toddler. 31-year-old Amanda Warner first told the couple that she’d found the baby boy but as the conversation continued she admitted that she was doing this because she “couldn’t…
So Fetty Wap has been through kind of a lot over the past few days. The short version is he got into an argument with a gentleman with whom he’d had previous disagreements and ran for his life when that gentleman drew down on him. (The Fetty Wap shooting video has since gone public.) Then,…
Discovery Channel’s true crime reality series Killing Fields returned for a second season tonight as detectives Rodie Sanchez and Aubrey St. Angelo of Louisiana’s Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Office continue to try to close the nearly 20-year-old unsolved murder of former Louisiana State University student Eugenie Boisfontaine. In addition to that cold case, however, when a…
Tonight’s 20/20 delves into a strange case of a wannabe actor who thought he could act his way into getting away with murder. Daniel Wozniak was arrested at his bachelor party after his elaborate scheme to get away with a double murder failed. The unemployed community theater actor was desperate about money, and decided to get…
There’s a brand-new kink in the Kris Jenner OJ Simpson stories–or, at least, there will be if the National Enquirer has anything to say about it. The Enquirer’s current cover story alleges that the Kris Jenner OJ Simpson connection was so strong that Kris took it upon herself to hide the murder weapon OJ used…
Two years ago Ethan Couch was a 16-year-old with a serious drug and alcohol problem. He says he doesn’t remember plowing into a group of pedestrians who were trying to help someone on the side of the road, killing four of them. He pleaded guilty to four counts of intoxication manslaughter and two counts of…
Why would an innocent person confess to murdering someone? It’s a concept that’s hard to imagine, but it does happen. Tonight’s Dateline features a troubling 20 year case involving a 16-year-old boy who confessed to a murder he didn’t commit. Daniel Villegas of El Paso, Texas says police coerced him into admitting he killed two…
A 11-year-old Tennessee boy is being charged with murder after shooting and killing an 8-year-old classmate following an argument over puppies. The boy’s name has not been released; the East Tennessee community is in shock. According to local media, the boy and girl–8-year-old McKayla Dyer–got involved in a minor spat over puppies. McKayla was playing with…
Former surgeon Gregory Konrath is currently serving time for fleeing the house arrest he was serving for stalking charges. He was originally charged with plotting to kill his ex-wife, but those charges were dropped. The published fiction writer is now speaking out in an effort to explain away his detailed explanation of how he would…
The story of David Sweat and Richard Matt’s prison escape is almost like the plotline of The Shawkshank Redemption. Last year David Sweat (34) sawed a hole in the back of his prison cell at the Clinton Correctional Facility, and began making nightly explorations in the tunnels underneath. Eventually, both he and fellow inmate Richard Matt…
Sometimes you can’t help but wonder what’s happening behind the scenes during the production of delicious Doritos Locos tacos or Nachos Bell Grande, and if you live in Cedar Rapids, you have a right to be a little worried. 4:42 a.m. Tuesday morning officers were called to the site of a Iowa Taco Bell location…
Bobbi Kristina has been in hospice care for over two weeks, but her family remains hopeful that an evenutal autopsy will lead to a murder charge–and that the ensuing criminal trial will bring both justice and closure. According to celebrity coroner Dr. Cyril Wecht, the alleged brain trauma that Bobbi Kristina suffered at the hands…
According to WOWKTV.com, two of the members of the outrageous White family, from the Johnny Knoxville-produced documentary The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia have been arrested. Sue Bob and Virginia White stopped by the Martin County, KY Sheriff’s Office today to pay bond for their relative Eric White. When the sheriff informed them that they’d…
The shocking new lawsuit that Bobbi Kristina’s conservator has filed on her client’s behalf means that Nick Gordon’s legal troubles are just beginning–and that their consequences could be dire. Bedelia C. Hargrove’s civil lawsuit seeks $10 million in damages from Nick Gordon, for alleged domestic abuse and outright theft. In Hargrove’s words, Gordon manipulated Bobbi…
The strange tale of Robert Durst just keeps getting more twisted. The night before his arrest, and seemingly right before he was about to flee the country, Robert Durst was ambling around New Orleans packing heat. A man named John Phillips said he saw Durst make his way towards Mahogany Jazz Hall Burlesque and Absinthe…
After the fall of Silk Road, Evolution had become one of the major illegal marketplaces on the dark web. Over night the black market site shut down completely, with reports that it’s admins took off with the $12 million of Bitcoin in their accounts. Evolution was apparently the best coded and easiest to use of…
Tonight’s Dateline deals with the 2009 murder of Dallas art student Samantha “Shelley” Nance. At the time of her murder, 20-year-old Shelley was enjoying her life in Dallas after growing up in small town Italy, Texas, and was in a relationship an adorable relationship that prosecutors say Daniel Willyam, her boyfriend’s roommate, became obsessed with….
Tonight’s Dateline tells the story of a 2004 murder that chillingly took place while there were cops on the victim’s porch. Lynn Schockner’s millionaire husband Manfred Schockner hired a hitman to kill his estranged wife because he feared losing $7 million in their divorce. Frankie Jaramillo, who knew Manfred from the gym, was paid $50,000…
An aspiring Irish car thief is now a viral sensation after being caught on video attempting to throw a brick through a car window only to have it bounce back and hit him in the face, knocking him out cold. The blockhead’s hilarious brickochet wasn’t his only bungled criminal act that night, however, as he…
Tonight’s Dateline, “Secrets at the Sunshine Hotel” delves into the grizzly 2013 attack of 78-year-old Yakima, Washington real estate broker Vern Holbrook. The man was lured to a vacant home by a couple posing as home buyers. Luis Gomez-Monges and Adriana Mendez left their three children behind in the car when they followed Holbrook into…
You can be forgiven for associating Jason Barnum with the circus. In addition to his name, the man’s body is a veritable firestorm of tattoed mayhem reminiscent of the sideshow acts of yore. But Barnum is in the news for perhaps the very wrongest of all wrong reasons: An Alaska court has convicted him to…
The man you’re going to read about is likely the most considerate, remorseful, penitent burglar you will meet during this brand-spankin’ new year. But, despite all his apologies and good intentions, he is also still behind bars. 20-year-old Johnathan Johnson was not in search of an exciting new name when he broke into a…
An unnamed woman–whose anonymity has been preserved by the legal system because of the nature of her claims–says that she was kept as a sex slave by financier Jeffrey Epstein from 1999 to 2002, during which time the woman was a minor. And one of the parties she names among the many she says…
Johnny Trinh, one of two of Wahlberg’s hate crime victims, has spoken publicly for the first time since the attacks, and says he’s long since forgiven the actor. See what other long-standing miscommunication he cleared up regarding his injuries.
Bryan Joseph Kryscio, of Pontiac MI, was upbeat and cooperative after being pulled over in a stolen ambulance. Perhaps he was thinking of his intended destination…
Dwayne Fenalson got so drunk he forgot where the same ditch was three different times. The guy stranded each of his vehicles trying to get out the one he’d lost during the trip before. Two were pickup trucks; check the story to see what the third was.
Cameron Shenk is being held on six charges ranging from Mayhem (a real charge!) to Attempted Murder. It started when he stripped naked in the bathroom, and only got weirder from there. Come: bask in the absurdity.
Bryan Santana stabbed his roommate to death, raped her corpse, attacked another roommate with pepper spray and a knife and then calmly went and got a hair cut, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
First, Stefanie Woods robbed some Girl Scouts. Then, she robbed an old man and a gas station, and violated her probation over a dozen times. Finally, she turned 24. Meet one of the most ambitious criminals the talent-rich state of Florida has produced.
The Real Housewife of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice is known for being a bubbly socialite who loves fancy dinners, vacations, and trips to the mall. However, that may soon change for the 42-year old after her sentencing next month. According to sources, Teresa will be sentenced to house arrest for pleading guilty to nine counts of mail, wire, bank and bankruptcy fraud.
A Florida teen who recently made national headlines after she, along with a friend, set a rare tortoise on fire, stomped it to death and shared video of the torture online is now facing sex charges brought about by an encounter with a young boy during a game of hide-n-seek.
The teaser for the next episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians mentions a robbery that occurred at the home Khloe Kardashian shared with her ex husband Lamar Odom. Did they ever catch who stole Lamar’s jewelry?
Teresa and Joe Guidice were supposed to be sentenced for federal fraud charges July 8, but their sentencing has been postponed to September 23 because of the sudden death of Joe’s father. Teresa may be able to avoid prison, but it is inevitable that Joe will get some prison time, and he could also possibly get deported after he serves his sentence.
At around 9:30 p.m Thursday night during a Broadway performance of Cabaret, actor Shia LaBeouf was arrested for creating an aggressive disturbance. The acting out did not stop once he got in handcuffs, he was put in a face mask after he threatened officers and wouldn’t stop spitting.
Friends‘ David Schwimmer’s security camera helped police solve a stabbing crime in his NYC apartment building. Schwimmer’s neighbor was enjoying the company of a transvestite prostitute around 5 a.m. Monday morning when an intruder came into his apartment and tried to steal his laptop. It’s thought that the prostitute may have been an accomplice because…
While AMC’s explosively popular series Breaking Bad was in it’s peak, a man named Walter White was running a meth empire in Alabama. He wasn’t just any meth cook, either, he’s described as a “meth chef” in a new VICE documentary, just like Breaking Bad’s Walter White.
Criminals with a conscience! Burglars in California returned stolen goods to the San Bernardino County Sexual Assault Service when they realized who they victimized. They also included a note apologizing for their actions.
An up-and-coming rapper with undeniable talent was murdered while performing last weekend. One audience member caught the chaotic, tragic scene on film.
Ramona Singer and the ladies of The Real Housewives of New York have just begun filming the sixth season of the show. Before the season got underway, the gang was in an extended hiatus and with a little extra time on her hands, Ramona took it upon herself to fight crime. After one of her friends was targeted by a jewelry thief who she later discovered was her nanny, Ramona helped her set the woman up and hand her over to authorities.
Amanda Knox has made $4 million from the sale of her memoir Waiting to Be Heard, including a $1.5 million advance, but she says she’ll probably be broke soon because of past and future legal fees.
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