Holy Ridiculous Crimes, Batman!

It's become shorthand for someone being gullible, thinking they can buy the Brooklyn Bridge (and at a discount!). But the idea had to start somewhere. Turns out selling the bridge and other landmarks to those newly arrived on U.S. shores was a lucrative con in the early 1900s. Bu ...  Show more

Inspired by boyhood dreams of wanting to be James Bond, real life FBI guy Robert Hanssen joined the bureau to become a secret agent. But when no one liked him and bosses overlooked him, Hanssen decided to do the next best thing: become a double-agent and spy for the Soviet Union. ...  Show more

Son on meth bender guns down mother and stepfather. Thief makes off with 2 quadrillion worthless bills.  

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Offbeat is The Murder Sheet's audio opinion column. It's where we give you our takes on topics in crime. In this episode, we'll talk about our collective bias toward interesting stories, the shortcomings of storytelling in the true crime genre, and how it inf ...

Ex-convict murders jail buddy. Man in unusual vessel tries to cross the Atlantic. 

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Confrontation over movie seats results in deadly shooting. Skittles 'attack' leads to assault charges. 

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