The Longform Guide to Cold Cases
Capital Murder
The Servant Girl Murders were one America’s earliest serial killings, predating Jack the Ripper by three years.
Skip Hollandsworth Texas Monthly Jul 2000 20min
The Body on Somerton Beach
In 1948, a corpse was found on a beach in Adelaide, Australia. His identity, and how he died, remains a mystery.
Mike Dash Smithsonian Aug 2011 15min
Rayville Man Implicated in Frank Morris Case
In 1964, a Ku Klux Klan “hit squad” rode into Ferriday, Louisiana and set Frank Morris on fire. Nearly a half-century later, one of the alleged participants is still a free man.
Stanley Nelson Concordia Sentinel Jan 2011
A Bitter Pill
In 1982, seven people ingested Tylenol sprinkled with a fatal dose of cyanide. The case has never been solved.
Joy Bergmann Chicago Reader Nov 2000 40min
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