True Crime - Investigating Criminal Minds | Education

A well-dressed man dies on an Australian beach with a cryptic code in his pocket. Decades later, DNA reveals a tragic mid-life crisis instead of a Cold War spy. Related topics: Somerton Man

Discover how a simple cash grab became Britain's largest gold heist, spawning a money laundering empire and a decades-long trail of murder. Related topics: Brink's-Mat robbery, H:S, Typographical error

Discover how a meticulously planned £2.6 million train heist was undone by a bottle of ketchup and a game of Monopoly. Related topics: ASIN (identifier), Adelaide, Australia, Afterword, Agatha Christie, Alabama 3

Unmasking the brutal mystery of Italy’s most notorious serial killer. Explore the botch investigations and the 17-year reign of the .22 Beretta. Related topics: Monster of Florence

Explore the mystery of the Isdal Woman, found burned in a Norwegian valley with nine aliases and coded notes. Was she a Cold War spy or a victim of a cover-up? Related topics: Amazon Standard Identification Number, Antiquities, Antwerp, Assisted suicide, Autopsy

Explore Canada's most baffling cold case: Was nurse Cindy James the victim of an invisible monster or a tragic architect of her own demise? Related topics: A Current Affair (American TV program), Aerosol paint, Animal abuse, Anorexia nervosa, Answering machine

When Tara Calico vanished on a morning bike ride, she left behind a broken Walkman and a Polaroid that would haunt the world for decades. Related topics: 48 Hours (TV series), A Current Affair (American TV program), A Current Affair (U.S. TV program), Albuquerque, Albuquerque Journal

When a career criminal terrorized a Missouri town for 20 years, the law failed to stop him. So, the town residents took justice into their own hands.

The 1993 murder of Stephen Lawrence exposed institutional racism in the Met Police and forced a historic rewrite of British law. Related topics: 14th Pride of Britain Awards, 1981 England riots, 1991 Craigavon killings, 1992 Sinn Féin Headquarters shooting, 1993 Bishopsgate bombing

Explore the chilling 2014 disappearance of Lars Mittank, who vanished after sprinting from a Bulgarian airport. Was it a head injury, medication, or a real threat? Related topics: Antibiotic, Berlin, Cefprozil, Cephalosporin, Closed-circuit television camera

Explore how the Bear Brook murders went from a cold case to a forensic revolution, unmasking a serial killer with a dozen faces. Related topics: 55-gallon drum, ABC News (United States), Allenstown, New Hampshire, Ancestry.com, Anemia

Explore the 34-year mystery of Olof Palme's assassination, from botched police work and wrongful convictions to the enigma of the 'Skandia Man'. Related topics: .357 Magnum, Abdul Karim Bangura, Abdullah Öcalan, Acquittal, Adolf Fredrik Church

Discover how the Lucchese crime family pulled off the largest cash robbery in U.S. history and why the mastermind killed almost everyone involved. Related topics: 10th & Oregon Crew, 116th Street Crew, 2007 John F. Kennedy International Airport attack plot, A&E (TV network), Accidents and incidents at John F. Kennedy International Airport

Discover the 1946 'Moonlight Murders' that paralyzed a town, baffled the Texas Rangers, and inspired the cult classic film 'The Town That Dreaded Sundown.' Related topics: .25 ACP, .32 ACP, .32 caliber, African-American, Arkansas

Explore the decades-long hunt for the Golden State Killer, a former police officer eventually unmasked by revolutionary genetic genealogy breakthroughs. Related topics: Joseph James DeAngelo

Explore the $500 million mystery of the world's largest art heist. Learn why the frames stay empty and how two fake cops vanished with history's rarest art. Related topics: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft

A mountain hike in 1970 leads to Norway's most baffling cold case involving secret codes, disguises, and a woman who vanished into thin air.

Explore the 1982 Chicago crisis that triggered a nationwide panic, a $100 million recall, and changed every product seal in your home forever. Related topics: Chicago Tylenol murders

Discover how forensic genealogy solved the 65-year mystery of Philadelphia’s 'America's Unknown Child' and finally gave Joseph Augustus Zarelli his name back. Related topics: Murder of Joseph Augustus Zarelli

Explore the bone-chilling 1922 cold case of the Hinterkaifeck farmstead, where an invisible intruder lived with a family before—and after—their brutal end. Related topics: Abendzeitung, Amazon Prime Video, Andrea Maria Schenkel, Arrest warrant, Artisan

Explore the unsolved mystery of the Cleveland Torso Murderer, the serial killer who defeated the legendary Eliot Ness during the Great Depression. Related topics: Advance Local Media, Adventure (role-playing games), Alcoholism, American lower class, Amputation

Discover the chilling true story of the Osage Nation, the world's wealthiest people who became targets of a systematic conspiracy of serial murders for oil. Related topics: 2005 University of Oklahoma bombing, America (magazine), Antelope Hills Expedition, Appeal, Arkansas Territory

Discover the true story of the only unsolved air piracy case in history and the man who became an American legend by jumping out of a plane into a storm. Related topics: $20 bills, 101st Airborne, 1971 B-52C Lake Michigan crash, 1971 Colorado Aviation Aero Commander 680 crash, 1971 Indian Airlines hijacking

Discover the chilling mystery of Elisa Lam, the Cecil Hotel, and the viral elevator video that sparked a decade of conspiracy theories. Related topics: American Broadcasting Company, American Horror Story, American Horror Story: Hotel, Amtrak, Backstory

Explore the rise and fall of the Silk Road, the darknet marketplace that transformed Bitcoin from a hobby into a billion-dollar tool for the digital underworld. Related topics: .onion, 1.1.1.1, 8chan, ABC Action News, ASIN (identifier)