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Russian coins can be surprising versatile tools.
crime

Found: A Pickpocket's Coin, Used for Ill-Gotten Gains

In 18th-century Russia, a two-kopeck coin could be worth much more than face value.
Natasha Frost May 18, 2018
The gold reliquary containing Anne of Brittany's heart in the Dobrée Museum.
crime

The Brazen Heist of a Human Heart in a Solid Gold Casket

Stolen from a French museum, the artifact was recovered by police a week later.
Natasha Frost April 26, 2018
A slightly stained bottle of a 1969 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti La Tache.
crime

How a Gang of Thirsty Thieves Stole Over $500,000 Worth of Wine

Two people have been sentenced for participating in several California heists.
Paula Mejia April 16, 2018
Charles Manson's name is etched onto one of this guitars.
objects of intrigue

Charles Manson's Guitar Is a Symbol of Music and Murder

One of the infamous killer's instruments is on display in Tennessee.
Eric Grundhauser April 5, 2018
The Halifax gibbet
Halifax, England

The Halifax Gibbet

A copy of the brutal decapitation device that predated the French Guillotine by about 200 years.
Facade.
New Orleans, Louisiana

United Fruit Company Building

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.
Anthropomorphic fetish simulated by a manta ray fish.
Madrid, Spain

Reverte Coma Forensic Museum

The morbid items in this small and hidden museum are not for the weak stomached.
Long rows of boxes line the halls.
Martinsburg, West Virginia

National Tracing Center

Endless rows of boxes of paper records line the hallways of the archaic federal facility where guns are traced.
Detective Bar Progress.
Tokyo, Japan

Detective Bar Progress

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.
The bottle, before its theft.
crime

Watch a Thief Steal a $1.3 Million Bottle of Vodka

Cameras caught the burglar snatching the diamond-and-gold decorated liquor.
Anne Ewbank January 4, 2018
Butch Cassidy's cabin in the Chubut Province of Argentina
Cushamen, Argentina

Butch Cassidy's Cabin

With the Wild Bunch hunted almost to extinction and the law closing in on him, Butch Cassidy fled to this remote cabin in Argentina.
Permanently Closed
Quito, Ecuador

Garcia Moreno Prison Museum

An abandoned Ecuadorian prison that once held ex-presidents and notorious con artists is now a carceral museum.
gardens

If You Had to Have a Scandal in 2017, Why Not Make It a Charming One?

The highlights of the lowlights.
Natasha Frost December 19, 2017
Satin Dolls, pictured right before <em>The Sopranos</em> season premiere in 2007.
crime

New Jersey’s ‘Sopranos’ Strip Club to Be Shuttered for Alleged Mob Activity

This is what happens when you try to keep business in the family.
Paula Mejia December 12, 2017
Carrot and apple skin under the microscope, from <em>Forensic Plant Science</em>.
science

How a Victim’s Last Meal Can Identify a Killer

To solve crimes, two botanists identify half-digested potatoes, tomatoes, and lettuce under a microscope.
Tove Danovich December 12, 2017
A detective peers into a tearoom in 1959.
crime

The Psychic Tea Rooms of 1930s New York Didn't Predict All the Police Raids

Tea parlors were the battleground in a war against fortune telling.
Anne Ewbank December 7, 2017
One hamburger please, hold the LSD.
objects of intrigue

A Psychedelic Hamburger Helped Convict Charles Manson

Ten hits of acid led to one powerful testimony.
Paula Mejia November 21, 2017
An array of Buckfast.
Gastro Obscura

Buckfast

The caffeinated wine is made by British monks and loved by Scottish criminals.