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Wanda Holloway, a 36-year-old mother from Channelview, Texas, gained national notoriety in 1991 when she was arrested for attempting to hire a hitman to kill the mother of her daughter's cheerleading rival. Her daughter, Shanna, had failed to secure a spot on the junior high cheerleading squad, and Holloway believed that eliminating Verna Heath, the mother of rival Amber Heath, would cause Amber to withdraw from the team, thereby opening a spot for Shanna. Holloway approached her former brother-in-law, Terry Harper, to arrange the murder. Instead of complying, Harper reported the plot to authorities and cooperated with law enforcement by recording conversations with Holloway. In these recordings, Holloway offered her diamond earrings as a down payment for the hit.
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Youtuber and live streamer Vitaly decided to make some controversial streams in the Philippines and now he's facing 24 years in prison
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The Sean Kingston scandal centers on a significant federal fraud case involving the singer and his mother, Janice Turner. In May 2024, a SWAT team raided Kingston's rented mansion in South Florida, arresting Turner and seizing numerous items. Kingston was later arrested in California on related charges. Both were indicted on multiple counts of wire fraud and conspiracy, accused of defrauding businesses through fraudulent means
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Michelle Mack, a 54-year-old woman from Bonsall, California, was sentenced to five years and four months in state prison in January 2025 for orchestrating a nationwide retail theft ring that stole approximately $7.8 million in beauty products from retailers like Ulta and Sephora.
Operating from her luxury estate, Mack recruited over a dozen young women to shoplift high-demand cosmetics from stores across 21 California counties and other states. -
The Fine Cotton racing scandal is one of Australia's most infamous cases of horse racing fraud, involving a horse switch scheme gone disastrously wrong in 1984.A syndicate of gamblers, led by John Gillespie, planned to substitute a slow racehorse named Fine Cotton with a faster, lookalike horse named Bold Personality to win a race at Brisbane’s Eagle Farm Racecourse. The idea was to bet big on the long-shot and cash in when the faster horse won. However, the two horses looked nothing alike, so in a last-minute panic, they dyed Bold Personality’s coat and used hair dye and white paint to fake identifying markings.
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Popular streamer and content creator Amouranth (real name Kaitlyn Siragusa) was the victim of a violent home invasion at her residence in Houston, Texas. Three armed intruders broke into her home around 10:51 p.m., demanding access to her cryptocurrency holdings, which she had previously showcased on social media, revealing assets exceeding $20 million .
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The story of 6ix9ine (real name Daniel Hernandez) is a wild ride through fame, controversy, crime, and betrayal in the modern rap world. Rising to prominence in 2017 with his aggressive style, rainbow-colored hair, and viral hit “GUMMO,” 6ix9ine quickly became known for his online antics, beefs, and gang affiliations. In 2018, he was arrested on charges linked to the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods, a gang he had aligned with to boost his image. Facing decades in prison, 6ix9ine cooperated with federal authorities, testifying against his former gang members—a move that made him a controversial figure labeled a “snitch,” but also earned him a reduced sentence and a headline-making return to music in 2020.
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The story of Gram Parsons' body being stolen is one of rock 'n' roll’s most bizarre and legendary tales. After the influential country-rock musician died of a drug overdose in 1973 at the Joshua Tree Inn in California, his stepfather arranged to have his body flown to New Orleans for a traditional burial. However, Parsons had once told his friend and road manager, Phil Kaufman, that he wanted to be cremated in Joshua Tree if anything happened to him. To honor that wish, Kaufman stole Parsons' body from LAX in a borrowed hearse, drove it into the desert, and attempted to cremate it by setting it on fire at Cap Rock.
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The Robert Telles story involves a shocking case of the unaliving of a journalist. Telles, a Clark County Public Administrator in Las Vegas, was arrested in September 2022 for the death of Jeff German, a veteran investigative reporter for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. German had written a series of articles exposing misconduct and a toxic workplace environment in Telles’s office, which likely contributed to Telles losing re-election.
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The Jim McDonnell amnesia story is a remarkable real-life case of disappearance and rediscovery. In 1971, Jim McDonnell, a 50-year-old mail carrier from Larchmont, New York, vanished after a series of accidents that resulted in head injuries. He was declared legally dead in 1976. Fifteen years later, on Christmas Day 1985, McDonnell unexpectedly returned home, claiming that a recent head injury had restored his memory.
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The Rita Crundwell story is one of the largest municipal fraud cases in U.S. history. As the longtime comptroller of Dixon, Illinois, Crundwell embezzled over $53 million from the small town over two decades, using the funds to finance a lavish lifestyle that included luxury cars, jewelry, and one of the nation’s top quarter horse breeding operations. She kept the theft hidden by creating a fake bank account and manipulating city financial records, all while Dixon struggled with budget cuts and deficits.
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Katy Perry nun story centers around a controversial real estate dispute involving the pop star, the Catholic Church, and a group of elderly nuns in Los Angeles. In 2015, Perry attempted to purchase a former convent for $14.5 million, with approval from the Archdiocese of L.A., but the nuns who had lived there objected, claiming they had the right to sell the property to someone else.
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Steve Buscemi got stabbed in a bar fight, and Justin Long got kidnapped by some locals.
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The Ray Trapani case centers around the fraudulent cryptocurrency startup Centra Tech, which he co-founded alongside Sohrab Sharma and Robert Farkas. In 2017, the trio launched a fake ICO (Initial Coin Offering), ultimately scamming investors out of over $25 million. Their scheme gained credibility after being promoted by celebrities like Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled, both of whom were later fined by the SEC.
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The Peggy Fulford case involves a con artist who posed as a wealthy financial advisor and defrauded professional athletes out of millions of dollars. She convinced clients—including NBA player Travis Best and Dennis Rodman and NFL star Ricky Williams—to let her manage their finances, falsely claiming to be a Harvard-educated financial expert. In reality, she had no formal financial training and used their money to fund her luxurious lifestyle, including private jets, mansions, and designer goods. In 2018, she was sentenced to 10 years in prison for wire fraud and money laundering.
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Kat Torres, born Katiuscia Torres Soares, is a Brazilian former model and social media influencer who was convicted in July 2024. Initially gaining attention for her modeling career and association with celebrities, including a rumored connection with Leonardo DiCaprio, Torres later rebranded herself as a wellness guru and spiritual life coach. She manipulated young women by enticing them with promises of a better life and personal development opportunities, only to subject them to forced labor.
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The Frédéric Bourdin case is a bizarre and unsettling tale of identity deception, where Bourdin, a French con artist, became infamous for impersonating missing children, including a high-profile case in Texas in 1997. He posed as Nicholas Barclay, a missing American teenager, despite obvious physical differences and a French accent, and even managed to convince the boy’s family. Bourdin was eventually exposed and arrested.
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The Ross Ulbricht case centers on the creator of the Silk Road, an infamous dark web marketplace used for buying and selling illegal goods. Operating under the alias “Dread Pirate Roberts,” Ulbricht was arrested in 2013 and later convicted on charges including money laundering, computer hacking.
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