Some people may have been categorised under People or Deaths for either A) surviving an attack, and/or B) dying from natural causes, or C) being known for other significant events.
For missing people, see: Conspiracies, Myths, and Mysteries
Articles featured on this page may contain disturbing or distressing events involving death, injury, and/or discrimination. Some articles are not for everyone.
| 2009 Mexico most-wanted drug lords | A list of 37 people; in 2024 the last man on the list was captured |
| Bain Family Murders | Son finds family massacred and the legal case against him uncovers strange family secrets |
| Bagram torture and prisoner abuse | Case of abuse against Afghan prisoners by US soldiers |
| Criticism of G4S | Security company with a history of controversial activities; also search for the case of Janet Chandler, who was brutally assaulted by Wackenhut employees |
| Day-care sex-abuse hysteria | 🐇 A 1980s moral panic where day-care workers were accused of abusing children |
| Donner Party | ● American migrants who became stuck in snow leading to cannibalism |
| Duke lacrosse rape hoax | In 2006, three university students were falsely accused of rape |
| Dupont De Ligonnes murders and disappearance | French family is massacred and the patriarch has never been seen since |
| FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives | Lists of people wanted, past and present, by the FBI |
| Great Train Robbery | In 1963 fifteen men stole £2.61 million from a mail train |
| Gilgo Beach serial killings | Series of killings in New York state; case notable for number of victims and police corruption |
| Hazing, List of hazing deaths in the United States, Fagging, and Ragging | Initiation rituals and/or servitude, often dangerous and abusive |
| Hinterkaifeck murders | Family massacred after experiencing strange events in their home |
| Honor killing, and Shafilea Ahmed | 🐇 The killing of female family members for retribution and/or to avoid stigmatisation from the community |
| Hybristophilia | ○ Attraction to those who commit crimes |
| Innocence Project | A US legal organisation that aims to exonerate the wrongly convicted |
| Kids for cash scandal | Two judges in Pennsylvania accepted money from prisons to convict children |
| Lizzie Borden | Woman who was tried and acquitted of murdering her father and step-mother; pop culture horror figure |
| Matricide | 🐇 The act of killing one’s mother; see bottom of page for names of other types of killings |
| Millennium Dome raid | The attempted robbery of a £200 million diamond on display in London; great documentaries available with original footage |
| Mole (espionage) | 🐇 A type of spy recruited to infiltrate an organisation |
| Murder of Dee Dee Blanchard | Famous case of matricide and Munchausen-by-proxy |
| Ruby Ridge standoff | A 0-100 escalation with a little help from US forces |
| School shooting | 🐇 Armed attacks on educational institutions |
| Skiptrace | ○ The process undertaken to locate a missing or wanted person |
| Smuggling | 🐇 Ever strapped birds to your legs? |
| Theranos | Fraudulent company founded by Elizabeth Holmes |
| Trial of Michael Jackson | Trial over alleged abuse of a child |
Victims
| Assassination of Olof Palme | This Prime Minister of Sweden was fatally shot while walking home |
| Black Dahlia | True crime pop culture case |
| Breonna Taylor | ❗ Shot and killed by US police while unarmed in her home |
| Death of Elisa Lam | Woman who was found floating in a hotel water tank after series of strange behaviours |
| Emmett Till | ● Child and lynching victim |
| Isdal Woman | A woman found dead in the Norwegian wilderness; the case is still unsolved |
| Isaac Woodard | African American soldier attacked and blinded by police hours after being honorably discharged from the army; perpetrators acquitted by an all-white jury |
| Jill Dando | TV presenter shot outside her home in broad daylight; still unsolved |
| Killing of Henryk Siwiak | ‘The last person killed in New York on 9/11’; Polish man shot in the streets while travelling to work |
| Killing of JonBenét Ramsey | Case of murdered child; convoluted by potentially destroyed evidence and odd family behaviour |
| Lake Bodom murders | The killing and injury of teenager campers in Finland; still unsolved |
| Selena | ❗● Latin-American singer murdered by her former manager |
Perpetrators of crimes
These are people who have been convicted of a crime, admitted to a crime, or identified as a perpetrator posthumously.
Note: not all serial killers are listed because of the sheer amount of them. Instead, see: List of serial killers by number of victims and List of serial killers before 1900
| Belle Gibson | Influencer and fraudster known for faking cancer and advocating for alternate medicines as cancer cures |
| Carl Tanzler | Man who lived with a corpse for seven years |
| David Berkowitz | The Son of Sam killer |
| Dennis Rader | Also known as BTK (Bind, torture, kill); murdered at least 10 people |
| Ed Gein | The Butcher of Plainfield; made furniture from the skins of his victims |
| Fred West, and Rose West | Married couple and serial killers |
| Jared Fogle | Made his fame getting slim on Subway, but probably wanted to stay out of the limelight for his other… activities |
| John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan | Man who disappeared after attempting to kill his wife and murdering their nanny |
| John Darwin disappearance case | Faked his death for insurance money and feigned amnesia when caught several years later |
| Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal | 🐇 British TV personality; had almost unrestrained access to psychiatric hospitals and children during his life |
| John Wayne Gacy | Known as the Killer Clown; a serial killer with over 33 victims |
| Josh Duggar | Star of reality TV show 19 Kids and Counting, convicted for possessing indecent images of children |
| Lyle and Erik Menendez | Brothers convicted of killing their parents, citing abuse from their father as the motive |
| Mark Hofmann | ❗ Mormon, forger and murderer; a wild long-con; documentary on Netflix |
| Richard Huckle | Britain’s most prolific pedophile; finished off by a fellow inmate |
| Ruby Franke | Family vlogger and convicted child abuser |
| Ted Kaczynski | Also known as the Unabomber, who committed lone-wolf style terrorism |
| Texas Seven | Seven men who escaped from a prison in Texas |
| Zodiac Killer | ● Unidentified serial killer who left cryptic messages for the police and press |
Crime Related Lists 🐇
| List of assassinations | 🐇 The 1800s wasn’t a good time to be President of Bolivia |
| List of CIA controversies, and List of FBI controversies | Grab your popcorn folks, you’re going to be watching so many documentaries after this |
| List of criminal enterprises, gangs, and syndicates | Unfortunately the Sydney Ducks do not give out free ducks |
| List of French serial killers | Honoré Zanchi really took loyalty to the next level |
| List of incidents of cannibalism | Save these for when you’re not eating |
| List of long-term false imprisonment cases | People abducted and/or imprisoned by relatives |
| List of material published by WikiLeaks | It’s all fun and games until WikiLeaks leaks your documents |
| List of murder convictions without a body | Imagine hanging two people for murder, then the victim shows up claiming to be abducted by pirates |
| List of people imprisoned for editing Wikipedia | There are five known cases of people imprisoned regarding their Wikipedia activity |
| List of people who died by hanging | You can slowly see which countries stopped this punishment and who still allows it |
| List of prisoners with whole life orders | Convicted criminals in the UK with no possibility of parole; until 2002 government ministers had the power to hand out whole life orders |
| List of scams | Keep yourselves and your money safe |
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