Unsolved Murders: True Crime Stories

Career detours into writing and politics brought out Garrett’s worst critics. The lawman laid low for a decade before an offer from New Mexico’s governor in 1896 brought him onto another high-level case. This time, Garrett would be investigating the death of a prominent lawyer and his son. Meaning he’d be right back in the thick of outlaws and rogues. 

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Pat Garrett is mostly known for killing outlaw Billy the Kid. But as a cowboy and a sheriff, he made his share of enemies. It would only be a matter of time before somebody came to exact revenge.

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When Shirley Finn was found dead inside her car at the Royal Perth Golf Club, plenty of witnesses came forward with information about who she was with that night. But considering all the dirt she had on Perth police officers and local politicians, investigators weren't interested in bringing her murderer to justice.

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Thanks to high-level connections and generous kickbacks, Shirley Finn ran one of the most successful brothels in Perth. But moving around loads of cash for the criminal underworld would come at a higher price than she could imagine.

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In October 1860, James Mullins was executed for the murder of Mary Emsley. But the case against him was built upon circumstantial evidence. Two crime novelists from different eras tried to solve what may have been the perfect crime.

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In 19th-century London, Mary Emsley outlived most of her family, two husbands, even her own child, before being brutally bludgeoned to death in her East End home. With multiple suspects, the case becomes a whodunit that eludes investigators even after they make an arrest. 

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Even after a ransom note was discovered, FBI agents were skeptical when William Parsons and 36-year-old housekeeper Anna Kupryanova insisted Alice Parsons was kidnapped. Then a discovery in the home's septic tank pointed to a possible motive.

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Alice Parsons was the heiress to her uncle’s fortune and the owner of a large property in Stony Brook, New York. When she vanished, authorities assumed it was a simple missing persons case. But with a love triangle, illegitimate children, and Russian ex-lovers, there was nothing simple about it.

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Authorities determined there was only one suspect who had any motive to murder the Grubers. One person with a grudge against the family and who had a history of violent confrontations with them as well. So why weren't authorities able to get a conviction?

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The Gruber family had their share of problems, and the townspeople near their rural German settlement knew it. But nobody could fathom who would want to slaughter five members of the family and the family maid in cold blood.

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