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    Breaking: Casey Anthony Bullshit Meter is Broken started by crimeshadows
    O.K. I’ve left this story alone since the beginning. I was actually going to write about it when I first read the initial story. However, the folks at Dreamin’ Demon had already started to write about it. Normally that wouldn’t prevent me from provid
    Casey Anthony Released Documents started by crimeshadows
    We all know how Casey Anthony is a selfish, lying, cold-blooded ex-mother. Now everyone can see the evidence that proves it. You can find the released documents here.
    This post and the documents are open for discussion in the comments section. Let me know if anything is missing, or if there
    If There is a Hell… started by crimeshadows
    The trial of Michael Anthony Benham (seen in the photo to the left), of Wister, OK, appears to have been set for January 22, 2008, according to Oklahoma District Court records. In case your not familiar with Anthony Benham, he is the 38-year-old man accused of raping his own daughter from the time [...]
    Bernie Ward Is No Victim - He’s a Monster! started by crimeshadows
    Last night I was reading an article in the Mercury News concerning the federal government’s prosecution of child pornography. Bernie Ward’s obsession with child pornography as “Just a few mouse clicks” that changed Ward from an “apparently
    Dirty Words: Choosing the Proper Terminology started by crimeshadows
    Lately, I have become more aware of the movement to decriminalize sex offenders. This movement exists, and it is powerful. You have reporters that write articles on sex offender laws that could be mistaken for editorials. There are groups of people who actually feel that child pornography doesn%
    Update: Healdton Woman Identified started by crimeshadows
    The Healdton woman that died under suspicious circumstances was identified Sunday as 39 year-old Connie Renee Griffith. She was previously known as Connie Whitlock. This death appears to have been a homicide (blunt force trauma). 39 years-old is too young to die. If this is murder, I hope the
    Tools of Silence -or- The Code of the Coward started by crimeshadows
    Everyone hates a snitch. That is what we hear all the time -in the media, in the music, in the movies. But what is a snitch? What is this code all about? Who does it serve? This post will examine the term and how it applies.
    On TV, we have our lovable snitches, the fictional comic %5
    Mystery Death of Pregnant Woman in Arizona started by crimeshadows
    Thirty-five year-old Sylvia Russell was found unconscious and near death in the roadway at 39th Avenue and Thomas Road, yesterday (August 23) at 3:00 AM. She was eight months pregnant. Russell was taken to a hospital where she, and her unborn child, passed away.
    At first, it was beli
    Mandi Alexander & Mary Drake started by crimeshadows
    CrimeShadows.com has added the case of Mandi Alexander & Mary Drake to the site. This still-unsolved double homicide occurred in Great Bend, Kansas in 2002.

    Do you know this man?
    Height: Approximately 6′ to 6′2″Weight: 188 poundsHair: l
    Robin G. Blake: Real Estate Agent/Child Pornographer started by crimeshadows
    A 52 year-old real estate agent in California has been arrested for taking lewd photos of a little girl. On Thursday, August 21, Robin Blake pled not guilty to new charges relating to child pornography. Last month, Blake had pled either guilty or no contest to a misdemeanor charge of lewd and
    Dr. Weinle: Brush, Floss, & Smile - You’re on the Bathroom Spy Cam! started by crimeshadows
    Dr. Byron F. Weinle is a 58 year-old Houston, Texas dentist. He is married with two kids. He has had his own dentistry practice for 25 years. He graduated from the University of Texas in 1983. He’s been taping people, mostly women, in his office bathroom since 2001. Three of the vi
    Timothy Vacher: Take Out The Trash started by crimeshadows
    WTF? Why is this garbage even allowed to walk free? He just admitted to leering at two young girls (an 8 year-old and a 10 year-old) earlier this month –a violation of his probation. The mother of the ten year-old yelled at her daughter to get away from Timothy Vacher who was ben
    Sex Offender Leaves Home Detention started by crimeshadows
    A convicted sex offender has cut himself free from his monitoring bracelet. A warrant has been issued by the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office for 50 year-old Paul Raymond Smith. He is being charged with second-degree escape. Smith was serving a three-month sentence of home detention beca
    Oklahoma City Home Invasion - Woman Dead, Man Injured started by crimeshadows
    A woman is dead and a man is in the hospital after a deadly home invasion in the 5700 block of North Warren, near NW 63rd and Meridian in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Three masked intruders broke into the house around 1:00 AM this morning.  A confrontation ensued with the man and woman and s
    Crime Blogger’s Blues started by crimeshadows
    I have been doing this “true crime” blogging thing for a few years. Each month has been a lesson in human nature and the justice system. I have also learned a lot about myself along the way. I started out doing what I do because I felt a need to provide a voice for those [.
    Santa Rosa Teen Assaulted - Composite Sketch of Attacker started by crimeshadows
    A man grabbed a sixteen year-old girl and groped her while attempting a sexual assault. The attack occurred on Dutton Avenue near Funston Drive around 2:00 AM on August 19 in Santa Rosa California. According to the victim, she was returning home from her boyfriend’s house when a man
    Crime 360 on A&E started by crimeshadows
    Second Episode Preview

    Tune in on Thursday March 13 @ 10:00PM/9C on A&E. Watch more criminal investigations and advanced forensic technology at http://www.aetv.com/crime-360
    Contribute started by crimeshadows
    CrimeShadows News is looking for guest posters. Your post should fit the topic of true crime. It should also be unique and relevant to the theme of CrimeShadows News.
    The criteria for posting is below. If this does not describe you or your post, then this probably isn’t the place for
    CrimeShadows Podcast started by crimeshadows
    I’ve started creating podcasts for CrimeShadows.com using the service from MyPodcast.com.
    You can listen to the CrimeShadows Podcast by clicking on the link in the sidebar (to the right). I’d like to remind those who listen that I’m no Bill Kurtis. I know ev
    Hope Against All Odds started by crimeshadows
    I received the following forwarded email a while back. Like many emails that get forwarded along, it contained a tragic story with a glint of hope. I looked into the story, that of a young child gone missing, only to find that there was more to the tale than what was told in the email. [...%
    Submit a Case started by crimeshadows
    The number of unsolved homicides in the United States is staggering. Sometimes victims may seem forgotten or even ignored. CrimeShadows.com was formed for that very reason. Unfortunately, we cannot present information about every single case. Instead, our focus is highlighting a few cases that w
    Deviate Wanker Grabs Girl’s Backside at Downtown Disney started by crimeshadows
    A Person 18 Or Older Intentionally Masturbating, Exposing Genitals In A Lewd Or Lascivious Manner, Or Committing Any Other Sexual Act With No Actual Physical Or Sexual Contact In The Presence Of A Person Under 16.
    The above phrase describes 24 year-old Jose Angel Pamblanco Morales. He commi
    Update: Bad Brad started by crimeshadows
    Update: Brad Neal Brasher has been “no-billed” by a Wichita County grand jury. He will not have to answer to the charges against him. He was originally charged with three counts of aggravated sexual assault and two counts of indecency with a child.
    The same Wichita Count
    New A&E Real-Life Series “Crime 360” started by crimeshadows
    Premieres Thursday, March 6 at 10PM ET/PT (9PM Central)
    A&E pairs real-life criminal investigations with cutting-edge forensic technology for the first time on television in the groundbreaking original real-life series CRIME 360, premiering Thursday, March 6 at 10 PM ET/PT
    Another Update: Bad Brad Brasher started by crimeshadows
    O.K., not really an update as much as a correction.It seems there is some good news in the justice system as far as this case goes. The “no bill” on Brasher does not mean that he won’t be seeing any justice at all.
    In February of 2008, a Wichita County grand
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