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Police say a man shoplifted unopened Pokémon card packs from a Walmart and drove off in an SUV with Tennessee temporary tags. When officers tried to stop him, he allegedly ran. Officers say they found the packs hidden in his…

For twenty years, the murders of 26-year-old Chynna Dickus and her 10-year-old stepson Blake haunted the small community of Franklin, Indiana. Now police have arrested a 35-year-old man who prosecutors allege committed the killings when he was only 14 years old. What changed after two decades, and what evidence finally convinced a grand jury there was enough to charge someone with two counts of murder?

A man appears at a North Carolina home at 3:30 in the morning wearing a police uniform, ballistic vest, badge, and a handgun—and says he’s working undercover. The equipment was real, but police say the man wearing it wasn’t an officer. What happened next is both a remarkable alleged crime and a reminder that a uniform alone should never be considered proof of authority.

Former Russian security officer Alexander Litvinenko walked into a London hospital in 2006 with a mystery illness that baffled doctors — until tests revealed polonium-210, one of the rarest and deadliest poisons ever used in a homicide, inside his body. This episode traces how the discovery triggered a citywide radiological investigation, forcing officials to hunt down a contamination trail across London. We break down how investigators pieced together the case using forensic science, toxicology, and radiation tracking most departments never encounter. It remains one of the most unusual and highest-profile assassination cases tied to a Western capital in modern history.

On September 17, 2026, the GBI announced murder and related charges against Rashad Jackson in the 2020 death of 21-year-old Tyler Hall, who was found shot in his Norcross, Georgia home in August 2020. Six years later, the case finally broke open through advanced DNA and genealogy work carried out by the GBI Cold Case Unit and Othram. This episode walks through how that technology turned a stalled investigation into an active prosecution. As of now, Jackson faces charges but has not been convicted, and the case remains open.