Criminal Archives

Today's case will talk about a kidnapping which lasted 3096 days, almost 9 years. It was only due to the victim’s survival instinct, never giving up trying to be free, that when the right moment presented itself, she acted without hesitation and escaped. For many years, Natascha refused to confirm whether or not she had suffered abuse during her imprisonment. In her official statement, in in...

Serra da Mantiqueira is a mountain range that intersects three Brazilian states: São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro. In São Paulo, Pico dos Marins, in the municipality of Piquete, a most intriguing mystery took place in 1985. This story is about the disappearance of 15-year-old scout Marco Aurélio on a climbing excursion. He just disappeared without a trace and the mys...

A dream wedding: two young people with a wonderful future ahead of them. A boy loved by everyone and a gentle, religious girl from a traditional family. Cody and Jordan were married in June 2013, but little did they know that tragedy would strike their community when Cody was found at the bottom of a 100-meters cliff just 8 days after their nuptials. 📱 Notification of new cases on Instagram: http...

In June 2021, in Greece, a man called the police asking for help because intruders had attacked and robbed him and his wife in their house. The investigations took place over the following weeks and an unexpected twist changed the entire case. The crime received significant attention in the national media. When the attacker was finally apprehended, live televised coverage of the Euro Cup in Greece...

In 1998, a disappearance occurred on a cruise ship as it navigated between some Caribbean islands. The case became so complex that the American government, without jurisdiction to investigate crimes on international waters, became involved in this mystery. It is a case that intrigues many to this day and due to the amount of clues available, it suggests that the missing young woman, is both close...

You know the saying “and my life changed overnight”? That's what happened to Monika Glennon, in 2015. She went to sleep one night as a mother, wife, good citizen, but woke up as the most hated woman in the city. All because of CyberBullying. 📱 Notification of new cases on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/criminalarchives/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In January 2018, Jordan Turpin, the 17 year old daughter of David and Louise Turpin, frantically climbed out of a window at their home. Having escaped, she accused her parents of mistreating both her and her 12 siblings for years. The facts of the case came to light and the macabre scenes later found at the Turpin home shocked American authorities.   David and Louise Turpin had imprisoned the...

Today I'm going to tell you the story of Katie Pladl, a girl who fell in love with (and legally married) her biological father. But unfortunately, due to his excessive jealousy, her husband - I mean father -  ended her life and the lives of other family members in an incredibly tragic way. The reason that led him to do this is unbelievable. This is the story of the Pladl Family. 📱 Notificati...

In October 2015, a young woman named Sasha was found with no life in her apartment. The police could not identify a suspect because the girl had been a kind of person with no known enemies. However, the police had no idea that the person responsible for the crime was right in front of them. This is the story of Sasha Samsudean. 📱 Notification of new cases on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/c...

Alexis was a digital influencer. She was the director of a beauty products brand, married, and if you believe what you read and see on social media, she was one of the happiest people in the world. But here is a famous phrase that has been circulating on the internet “And outside of your Stories, are you ok?”. In November 2020 Alexis suddenly disappeared. The day after… her body...

Today's case took place in 2017 in the city of Rosemont, near Chicago in the USA. It was marked by numerous controversies caused by rife speculation on the internet. Part of the evidence was videos shared on social media apps which were later deleted, causing even more confusion. Today I'm going to talk about the case of Kenneka Jenkins who disappeared after leaving a party in the middle of the ni...

Today's case became well known around the world in 2015 because of a 2-minute snippet of a hearing. Judge Mindy Glazer recognized the accused as her former schoolmate. This is what everyone knows. But few people knew who Arthur Booth was, about his childhood and adolescence and the crimes he committed as an adult until he arrived at this meeting with his ex-college classmate. 📱 Notification of ne...

In 2017, a young girl arranged a date on the Tinder app with another girl she had been talking to for some time. But this meeting was the last time she was ever seen alive. This soon had repercussions in the broadcast media and on the internet. Soon the Lincoln police, along with the state patrol and the FBI joined together to try to find the girl and the suspects who had disappeared. They kept po...

Today's case is a story about a disappearance that was only solved more than two decades later with the use of technology and an attention to detail. The solution appeared by chance. In Wellington, Florida, a man named Jerry Nyman, who worked in the Palm Beach County School District in the Department of Transportation, routinely used Google Maps as part of his job. His work included the tracking o...

On March 21, 2001, around 10 pm, Carlos Terra received a phone call from his son, informing him that he had some assignments to do that night at the religious institution he regularly attended. What Carlos could not have imagined was that that would be the last time he would hear his son’s voice. Today's case will talk about the murder of Lucas Terra, which happened in 2001 and to this day,...

In today's case I will talk about the bizarre disappearance of a 10-year-old boy in Somossierra, Spain in the 1980s. In decades since, numerous theories have circulated as to the circumstances of his disappearance. To this day, no clue as to the whereabouts of  Juan Gomez has ever been found. 📱 Notification of new cases on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/criminalarchives/ See omnystudio...

Denis Bergamini was an Italian soccer player whose career really took off in the late 1980s. He turned professional in his late teens. But at 29 years, it was alleged that he took his own life. His case was reopened in 2011 and his cause of death was suspected murder. 📱 Notification of new cases on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/criminalarchives/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...

Alicia, a 13-year-old teenager, arranged to meet up with a friend she had met online. But it was a trap. An in-person hello ended up in a desperate kidnapping. Alicia was chained by the neck until her rescue by the FBI. Although her days in captivity were brief, she suffered severe psychological trauma. This is the story of Alicia Kozakiewicz. 📱 Notification of new cases on Instagram: https://www...

Blair Adams was a guy who tried to make good his escape from an unidentified pursuer. He never explained who was following him, or why. A Canadian national, Blair fled to the United States. Unfortunately, he was later found dead in the city of Knoxville, Tennessee. 📱 Notification of new cases on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/criminalarchives/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informa...

In the state of Georgia, US, a 2-year-old girl’s life was taken by someone who was being paid to care for and protect her. How do people think they can physically abuse a child and get away with it? How long will offenders lie to authorities and rescuers thinking they will get away with it? Fortunately, the technology involved in collecting evidence is getting better and little by little hea...

Today's case happened in 2011. Due to the attention to detail and professionalism of all involved in her rescue, a teenager was saved from human trafficking. 📱 Notification of new cases on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/criminalarchives/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's case will talk about an event that has remained a mystery for almost two decades. A famous wrestling athlete was found dead in his home and the reasons behind the incident remain unclear. The story becomes so confusing and with such an unexpected ending that aspects of depression, dementia and brain damage are mentioned to try to find some explanation for this. This is the Story of Christo...

Today's case will talk about a Wisconsin crime from 2012. Because of it a law that existed in more than 30 US states was completely annulled. Stay tuned for today's story, so you can understand everything that happened to Alisha Bromfield. 📱 Notification of new cases on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/criminalarchives/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/l...

Luther McCarty was a well-known boxer in the early 1920s. Many people consider his cause of death to have been “an unfortunate coincidence”. But two important facts related to his case make his story somewhat mysterious. 📱 Notification of new cases on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/criminalarchives/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener...

In 2011, two beautiful Swiss twin sisters went for a walk with their father but never returned home. Their walk ended in a kidnapping. However, when the father was found, the girls weren't with him. Today's case will talk about the disappearance of twin sisters Alessia and Livia Schepp. 📱 Notification of new cases on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/criminalarchives/ See omnystudio.com/listen...