True Kidnapping

In July 1970, 18-year-old Paula Oberbroeckling left her house in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and never returned. A cold case for 50 years, Paula’s story had been largely forgotten when Katherine Dykstra began looking for answers. A woman was dead. Why had no one been held responsible? How could a community give up and move on? Could there ever be justice for Paula?

Left is the true story of a million-dollar kidnapping gone wrong and the elusive hunt for the criminal mastermind behind it all. From murdering his best friend to high-speed chases, breaking out of prison, and cold-blooded guile, this is the story of international fugitive Hossein Nayeri, as told by Lieutenant Ryan Peters of Orange County.

This book is going to look at a variety of cases of missing people. They will have unresolved endings in many of the cases. In some there are conspiracy theories and improbable suggestions for what might have happened. In others, there is every reason to believe in foul play and deeply sinister motives.

Raised an aristocrat in Colombia and educated in European schools, Pilar transfixes everyone with her charm and her guile. She also falls for dangerous men and finds herself drawn into the highest levels of the cocaine trade. After two failed marriages and a harrowing escape from the drug life, she settles down to a quiet existence in Florida with her children - until her second husband tries to cut short his prison term by giving her name over to members of a new task force being formed by the DEA.

Tara is on her way to pick up both her children from the airport following a visit with their father in America, but within seconds, her happiness is replaced by the shocking realization that only her daughter returned. Tara’s world is shattered as she’s thrust into the American legal system, determined to fight for her son.

A successful lawyer, Perry March married the beautiful daughter of one of the most powerful attorneys in Nashville. Through his wife Janet, Perry won a position in his father-in-law's firm and joined the city's social elite. They seemed to have the good life. But in 1996, when Janet vanished, police dug into Perry's past, turning up strange stories of sexual obsession, unfaithfulness, and vicious arguments with Janet. When they suspected that one of those fights ended in murder, Perry skipped town with his children. Janet's father would not let Perry escape so easily.

Detrás de la desaparición de Marcela Basteri, la madre del cantante Luis Miguel, existe una historia que, tras muchos años, finalmente es contada desde su Lado B: una historia de violencia de género que, como muchos otros casos, quedó impune. Escrito y narrado por Shanik Berman, escucharemos el tránsito gradual que llevó a Marcela Basteri a desaparecer silenciosamente en medio de un mundo rodeado por reflectores.

Den 11.11.11 anholdes forretningsmanden Pierre Fle�nsborg i Mexico City, ankla�get for at vill�e smugle� diktatoren Gaddafis søn over grænsen. I 533 dage sidder danskeren i nogle� af Mexicos værste fængsle�r. F�lensborg hævder at være uskyldig og Mads Brügger kommer på sagen. Under gravearbejdet opdager Brügger imidlertid, at intet i Pierre F�lensborgs li�v er, hvad det giver sig ud for at være. Mere og mere tvivlsomt bli�ver det også, hvi�lken roll�e Mads Brügger har påtaget sig som journa�list.

Thomas Philipson är sonen i en finansfamilj som är verksam inom bilbranschen. Den 7 mars 1980 blir han kidnappad utanför sin bostad, genom våld lyckas kidnapparna tvinga in Thomas i en buss som stått parkerad utanför porten, han förblindas när de sprejar ammoniak i hans ansikte, och har flera skador på huvudet. En av grannarna blir vittne till händelsen, och tar ett snabbt beslut att hoppa in i familjen Philipsons Mercedes som står väntandes lite längre bort.

My Search for Madeleine is a tirelessly researched, personal search by one of the UK's top investigative journalists. Jon Clarke looks into the bizarre and harrowing abduction of toddler Madeleine McCann, three, from her holiday apartment in Portugal in 2007. He was the first national newspaper journalist on the scene and has spent the last 15 years investigating the crime, from claims that the parents killed her to the most recent prime suspect Christian Brueckner, a dangerous pedophile and rapist. Ultimately, this is an intriguing descent into the dark heart of Europe.

Dividing Ridge is based on a true story of an unsolved crime that took place along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Alleghany, NC, in 1937. After a young woman goes missing on her way to school, a community is left on edge. With news spreading quickly of her disappearance and gossip swirling, it is up to local law enforcement to restore a sense of safety and one determined sheriff to bring justice to her family.

Lördagen den 17 augusti 2002 berättade kvällstidningen Expressen att 23-årige direktörssonen Erik Westerberg - en av Sveriges rikaste ungdomar - varit kidnappad under drygt fyra dygn. Leif Jennekvist, polisöverintendent i Stockholm, bekräftade för tidningen att en förundersökning inletts om grov utpressning och människorov. Innebar det inträffade början på en ny trend? Hur samarbetar polisen internationellt sådana här gånger?

Under litet drygt 16 timmar - med början på kvällen den 8 juni 1995 - förövade tre unga män en serie grova brott som i flera avseenden saknar motstycke. Trion genomförde en vettlös "bärsärkargång" som startade i Göteborg och drabbade sammanlagt 28 personer. Händelserna döptes till "gisslandramat i Hallsberg", eftersom de tre gärningsmännen greps där sedan polisen tvingats oskadliggöra en av dem med verkningseld - inför TV-kameror i direktsändning.

Having been a true-crime buff most of my adult life, I have seen my share of dumb criminals. Then again, what criminal isn't dumb? Whether you have the IQ of a rocket scientist or the IQ of a common housefly, one fact still remains the same: Choosing to be a criminal is dumb. But...some criminals really are a lot dumber than others.... In all honesty? I don't think you could get any dumber than the criminals listed in the following stories. I mean, this is just plain embarrassing. Just how dumb is really dumb? Listen in to find out, and get ready to laugh out loud.

Den 29. maj 1998 kom 10-årige Susan ikke hjem om aftenen til sin bopæl i Tranumparken i Brøndby Strand. Når børn bliver borte, udløser det stor aktivitet hos politiet, og det var også tilfældet denne gang. Hvor er barnet, er der sket en forbrydelse, og hvis det er tilfældet, hvor er det sket og af hvem? På ugedagen for Susans forsvinden blev hun fundet død i et kælderrum tæt ved sin bopæl, og herefter kunne politiet gå i gang med at finde løsningen på de andre spørgsmål.

Tre siges at være et uheldigt tal i forholdet mellem mennesker og navnlig kærlighedsforhold. Denne artikel handler om et sådant tilfælde mellem ejeren af en lille landbrugsejendom, dennes 16 år yngre hustru samt en medhjælper.

Lørdag den 8. november 1986 blev en ikke helt almindelig lørdag for politiet i Randers. Ligesom det formentlig blev den værste lørdag fro familien Hansen. Lørdag den 8. November 1986 ca. kl. 08.15 var nemlig det tidspunkt, hvor den 6-årige Jens Gunnar Hansen forsvandt, da han var på vej fra sin bopæl til bageren.

Drømmen om en luksustilværelse med villa, bil til alle voksne familiemedlemmer og mange kostbare bekendtskaber har ofte været den direkte anledning til, at mennesker med en lovende fremtid er faldet for fristelsen til at misbruge den tillid, som deres hidtil flittige stræben har skabt for dem hos deres arbejdsgivere, for derved hurtigere at opfylde drømmen, hvorved det hele blev ødelagt. Således gik det også reklamechefen i følgende sag.

Eine Sammlung spannender, echter Kriminalfälle aus Dänemark, Schweden und Norwegen: Eine entstellte Frauenleiche in einem Kopenhagener Hotelzimmer; ein exzentrischer norwegischer Maler, der der Steuerhinterziehung angeklagt wird; zwei grausame Mädchenmorde im ländlichen Schweden; ein mysteriöser Leichenfund in einem Kopenhagener Park; ein Mini-U-Boot, das auf Leichensuche in einen norwegischen Fjord geschickt wird - diese Zusammenstellung unterschiedlicher True-Crime-Fälle kann es mit jedem Krimi aufnehmen.

On 4th July 1975, Juanita Nielsen set out on foot through the wintry streets of Sydney's red-light district. The chic heiress and newspaper publisher had a business meeting with a man called Eddie Trigg, a manager at the seedy Carousel Cabaret nightclub in Kings Cross. The following day, Juanita was reported missing. She has not been seen since and her body has never been found.