Historical Crime
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The Natalie Wood Case: A Night on the Splendour and a Ruling That Changed
On Thanksgiving weekend 1981, Natalie Wood went missing from a yacht moored off Catalina Island. The original ruling took days; the questions have lasted decades. Continue reading
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The Olof Palme Case: A Prime Minister Shot on a Stockholm Street and 40 Years Without an Answer
Sweden’s prime minister was shot walking home from the movies with his wife in 1986, with no bodyguards in sight. Four decades, one overturned conviction, and one dead suspect later, the country still argues about who pulled the trigger. Continue reading
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The Ed Gein Case: The Antifreeze Receipt That Led Police to a Plainfield Farmhouse in 1957
On the opening day of deer season in 1957, Bernice Worden vanished from her Plainfield hardware store, leaving one receipt behind. It led police to Ed Gein’s farm, and to the crimes that inspired Psycho, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,… Continue reading
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The Candy Montgomery Case: 41 Axe Blows, a Church Affair, and the Texas Jury That Set Her Free
On June 13, 1980, Candy Montgomery walked into Betty Gore’s home in Wylie, Texas, to pick up a child’s swimsuit and left her friend dead from 41 axe blows. A jury called it self-defense, and 46 years later people still… Continue reading
