Tag Archives: crime

The Boy in the Box

Regarding “The Boy In The Box”

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Back in February, when “The Boy in the Box” was posted, a reader responded with the suggestion that the victim was homeless. This explained, he wrote, why the child lived and died without leaving any trace, “invisible, unknown, unrecorded, and un-missed.” Recently, another reader took exception to the first reader’s assumption. According to Katie Sneeds, ... More

Royal Deceiver

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Of the many varieties of impostors, none gets more credulity more quickly than the fake aristocrat. Harry Prince-Michael-Romanoff Gerguson was one of the most successful. ... More

Have You Seen Me?

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His rise in New York politics surprised many, but his departure was even more stunning. August 6, 1930, he left friends on the sidewalk outside a New York restaurant, entered a cab heading to the theater, and was never seen again. What happened to Judge Crater? ... More

You Be the Judge: Cyber Crime and Punishment

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A quiet 43-year-old piano teacher in search of a little more excitement in her life found plenty of adventure when she began playing a 2-D virtual-reality game in cyberspace. The game, MapleStory, takes place in the animated “Maple World,” which exists on the Internet. Players enter the game through a computer program after choosing a ... More

The Need for a Monitor

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Mr. R. Allen Stanford has been indicted on 21 counts of embezzling up to $7 billion. We would like to think that, if we were his friend and he were indeed guilty, we would have offered him some valuable advice. ... More