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The Allen-Cutshall Murders
Jason Allen and Lindsay Cutshall, two Christian camp counselors who planned to be married, were shot in their sleep in their sleeping bags as they camped on Fishhead Beach in Jenner, California.

The Lynchings at Moore's Ford
On July 25, 1946, a group of 20 to 25 armed men pulled two black couples out of a farmer's car, tied them to trees and shot them in three volleys of bullets so many times their bodies were barely recognizable.

Forensics Solves 70-Year-Old Mutilation Case
A San Diego cold case detective and a forensic pathologist have solved the mystery of a 1933 case of a seven-year-old boy whose mutilated body sent off panic throughout the city and the call for police to run undesirables out of town.

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