Bro wasn’t about to go down with his ship #truecrime #truestory #italy The Costa Concordia disaster occurred on January 13, 2012, when the Italian cruise ship struck a rock off the coast of Isola del Giglio and partially capsized, resulting in the deaths of 32 people. The ship, carrying over 4,200 passengers and crew, deviated from its planned course in a maneuver known as a salute, allegedly to impress people onshore. Captain Francesco Schettino was heavily criticized for abandoning ship during the evacuation and was later convicted of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck, and abandoning his post, receiving a 16-year prison sentence.
Bro really said “I’m in a coma” 💀 #truecrime #truestory #Wales Alan Knight, a man from Swansea, Wales, orchestrated an elaborate fraud by pretending to be in a coma for two years to avoid prosecution for stealing over £40,000 from his elderly neighbor, Ivor Richards, who had dementia. Knight, with the assistance of his wife Helen, feigned a severe neck injury that allegedly left him quadriplegic and prone to comatose episodes. They went to great lengths to support this deception, including hospital admissions, the use of medical equipment, and public appearances portraying Knight as incapacitated.
There’s something very wrong with this guy… #truecrime #truestory Nathaniel Walter Radimak, infamously dubbed the “Tesla road rage guy,” launched a series of violent attacks across Southern California between 2022 and 2023—smashing cars with a metal pipe, stalking drivers, making criminal threats, and assaulting vulnerable targets including an elderly woman and multiple motorists
Shoutout to @Leonardo.Ai for sponsoring this video #truecrime #truestory #northsentinelisland In March 2025, Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov, a 24-year-old American YouTuber, was arrested by Indian authorities after illegally landing on North Sentinel Island, home to one of the world’s most isolated tribes, the Sentinelese.
Just get a divorce 😑 #truecrime #truestory #seattle Stella Nickell, a former airport screener from Washington state, was convicted in May 1988 of deliberately tampering with Excedrin capsules by lacing them with cyanide, causing the deaths of her husband, Bruce, and an unsuspecting woman, Sue Snow.
#truecrime #truestory #whipnaenae Rapper Richard Lamar "Ricky" Hawk, known professionally as Silento (famous for his 2015 hit "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)"), was sentenced in June 2025 to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty but mentally ill to voluntary manslaughter
Poor Tonda 💀 #truecrime #truestory In 1999, Tonda Dickerson, a waitress at a Waffle House in Grand Bay, Alabama, received a Florida lottery ticket as a tip from a regular customer, Edward Seward. To her astonishment, the ticket turned out to be a $10 million winner. Dickerson's windfall quickly became a legal quagmire. Her coworkers sued, claiming a verbal agreement to share any lottery winnings, but the Alabama Supreme Court ruled such agreements unenforceable due to the state's gambling laws. Seward also sued.
Can’t even trust family these days 🙄 #truecrime #truestory #danecook In 2010, Dane Cook’s half-brother, Darryl McCauley—who had also been serving as his business manager—admitted to embezzling millions from Cook’s company between 2004 and 2008, siphoning off funds into his personal accounts, including writing a $3 million check to himself
The first actor to play Superman in a feature film: George Reeves #truecrime #truestory #superman George Reeves, the star of Adventures of Superman (1952–58), died in his Los Angeles home.
Shoutout to @Leonardo.Ai for sponsoring this video #truecrime #truestory #lawyer In May 2025, Ohio authorities arrested 51-year-old former divorce attorney Gregory Moore in connection with the blunt-force murder of his client, Cleveland Clinic nurse Aliza Sherman, whose fatal stabbing in 2013 shocked the community. Prosecutors allege Moore manipulated his client into meeting him at his office—then lured her into an ambush by impersonating her divorce attorney under false pretenses, intending to derail her legal proceedings.
Who the hell has never seen The Wizard of Oz? #truecrime #truestory #wizardofoz Terry Martin, a 76-year-old former criminal from Grand Rapids, Minnesota, confessed in 2023 to breaking into the Judy Garland Museum in 2005, smashing a display case with a hammer, and stealing an authentic pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz. Believing the items were real rubies, he intended to sell them through a criminal fence—but soon discovered the gems were merely glass and sequins and abandoned the shoes days later.
What a turd 😑 #truecrime #truestory #texas Sandy Jenkins, a longtime accountant at Collin Street Bakery in Corsicana, Texas, orchestrated one of the most audacious embezzlement schemes in U.S. history. Between 2004 and 2013, Jenkins exploited his position to siphon nearly $17 million from the bakery by manipulating the company's accounting system. He issued fraudulent checks to pay personal expenses, then altered records to conceal the thefts. The ill-gotten funds financed an extravagant lifestyle.
Another internet grifter 😑 #truecrime #truestory #liverking Brian “Liver King” Johnson rose to prominence in the early 2020s as a social media fitness influencer who promoted an extreme “ancestral lifestyle”—emphasizing raw organ meats like liver, rugged workouts, and rejecting modern conveniences, amassing millions of followers and building a supplement empire . In late 2022, leaked emails revealed Johnson secretly spent over $11,000 monthly on performance-enhancing drugs, contradicting his decades of claims that his physique was all-natural . He later threatened podcast host Joe Rogan.
#truecrime #truestory #kpop Goo Hara was a South Korean singer and actress who rose to fame as a member of the K-pop girl group Kara in 2008, later embarking on a successful solo career in Japan . Despite professional success, she endured relentless online harassment, a traumatic breakup in which her ex-boyfriend assaulted her and threatened to release intimate videos, and battled mental health struggles.
Unnecessarily tragic. #truecrime #truestory #wii On January 2007, 28‑year‑old Jennifer Strange, a mother of three, tragically died after participating in a KDND radio station contest dubbed “Hold Your Wee for a Wii,” in which contestants consumed excessive amounts of water—up to around two gallons—without relieving themselves. Her death was caused by acute water intoxication.
Pepsi is wild for that one 😳 #truestory #pepsi #philippines In 1992, Pepsi Philippines launched a popular promotional campaign called Number Fever, in which bottle caps carried random three‑digit numbers—announced nightly on TV—with winnings ranging from ₱100 to a grand prize of ₱1 million. But on May 25, the winning number 349 was mistakenly printed on between 600,000 and 800,000 caps instead of just two, triggering a frenzy when the announcement aired and thousands presented winning caps at Pepsi plants expecting life‑changing payouts . Pepsi offered a goodwill payment of ₱500 (~US $18) to cap holders, which nearly 486,000 accepted, but many refused—sparking protests.