On December 7, 1987, Pacific Southwest Airline Flight #1771 crashed into a California hillside in the county of San Luis Obispo killing all 43 people on board. But what happened before and what caused the crash is even more terrifying. Flight 1771 was a British Aerospace Bae 146-200, registered as N350PS. PHOTO SOURCE: Wikipedia One…
Read MoreSubscribe to Forensic Tales podcast so you don’t miss an episode! In June 2017, Yingying Zhang, a young scholar from China went missing from a bus stop near the University of Illinois. The entire encounter was caught on nearby surveillance cameras. Yingying Zhang was born on December 21, 1990 in China. She was the first…
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In June 2017, a young Chinese scholar, Yingying Zhang, was abducted in broad daylight while she waited at a bus stop near the University of Illinois campus. The entire encounter was caught on nearby surveillance cameras. With no body, could forensic science and good old fashioned detective work put a wannabe serial killer behind bars?
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In the summer of 1977, over 140 young girls attended Girl Scout Camp in the remote woods of Oklahoma. Lori Farmer, Michelle Guse, and Denise Milner were among the girls who attended camp that summer. On the morning of June 13,1977, only the second day of the 2-week long camp, the bodies of 3 young…
Read MoreSubscribe to Forensic Tales podcast so you don’t miss an episode! On June 12, 1977, nearly 140 young girls arrived at the Girl Scouts Headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma excited to attend a two week stay-away camp at Camp Scott. Camp Scott sits on over 400 acres and had been operated by the Girl Scouts since…
Read MoreSubscribe to Forensic Tales podcast so you don’t miss an episode! On November 15, 2006, 40-year old assistant truck driver Abraham Lee Shakespeare and a coworker, Michael Ford, stopped at the Town Star Mini Mart in Frostproof, Florida. Shakespeare purchased a $2 quick pick ticket with the numbers: 6, 12, 13, 34, 42, and 52….
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In November 2006, assistant truck driver and 2-time felon, Abraham Shakespeare turned $2 into over $30 million by winning a Mega Millions Jackpot. The money didn’t just have a profound impact on his life, and the lives of his family and friends. But, did becoming a Mega Millions jackpot winner also cost him his life?
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During the early 2000’s, Mexico City was terrorized by a serial killer targeting elderly, single women. From 2002 until 2006, almost 50 elderly women had been brutally murdered inside their very own homes. But, what was even more terrifying than a serial killer on the loose, was that police started to suspect that the killer…
Read MoreSubscribe to Forensic Tales podcast so you don’t miss an episode! On the night of January 6, 1969, Jane Britton, a graduate student in the anthropology department at Harvard University went to dinner with her boyfriend, James Humphries and a few friends. After dinner, Jane and James went ice skating and returned to Jane’s apartment,…
Read MoreIn January 1969, 23-year old Harvard graduate student, Jane Britton failed to show up to take an important exam. Her boyfriend and friends were immediately alarmed because this was completely out of character for the high performing student. Jane’s body was discovered later that afternoon. She had been brutally raped and savagely beaten to death…
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