The SS Central America, a steamship carrying a huge amount of gold, sunk off the coast of South Carolina in 1857. More than 160 years later, it’s still causing heartbreak.
You were trying to steal a car, and it was going well, right up until Santa Claus came hurtling towards you with a pair of handcuffs.
Things went south for Catherine Deare when the “nice” tenants who moved into her house turned out to be an absolute nightmare.
A trio of codebreakers has cracked a cipher sent to the San Francisco Bay Area Press, by the Zodiac Killer, in 1969.
40-year-old Brandon Bernard was executed via lethal injection in Indiana yesterday, despite the efforts of several high-profile figures to have his sentence reduced to life in jail.
Correctional services officials are saying that the state of Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre is allegedly to blame for the recent escape of two dangerous criminals.
Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers are trying to get her released on bail before Christmas, with her husband stumping up some serious bond money.
Five people are dead, three of them security officers, after a dramatic car chase and shootout in Benoni.
A manhunt has been launched after two criminals broke out of Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre in Pretoria.
SARS is being inundated with desperate calls from taxpayers who have fallen victim to scammers promising to secure large tax refunds.
Over the past few years, sophisticated attacks on gold plants in the country have spiked, with some even using explosives to blast their way through walls.
A mugger in Parkhurst, Johannesburg, was on the receiving end of a fine tackle from a resident who responded to a woman’s call for help.
A suspicious-looking truck, creatively concealing some illicit cargo, was discovered at the Lebombo border post in Mpumalanga.
Motorists on the N2 on Tuesday morning at around 7:30AM were shocked to see a brazen assault by taxi drivers, during rush hour traffic.
Blessing Bveni, the man known as the ‘Table Mountain Killer’, was yesterday found guilty on 10 counts in the Cape Town High Court.
A Pretoria businessman was abducted on Tuesday, and his driver killed, with kidnappers now demanding a R180 million ransom for his return.
At present, 43-year-old convicted paedophile Christian Brückner is serving a 21-month sentence on an unrelated drugs matter.
Social media posts suggest a man in a white car is believed to be targeting women in the Atlantic Seaboard area, with footage capturing a possible ‘kidnapping’ attempt.
Technologically advanced cars are the way of the future. Unfortunately, where there’s technology, you’re also likely to find hackers.
Yet another monument with mysterious origins has gone missing, only this time it was shaped like a penis.
Trying to figure out how much customs duties and import fees you owe on a package can be a minefield, so naturally, the scam artists have pounced.
It’s one thing to be the victim of a hijacking, and it’s quite another to willingly hand over your keys, none the wiser that it’s about to disappear into the black market.
When Adamo Canto wasn’t making inappropriate TikTok videos in Buckingham Palace, he was lifting items to sell online.
Who needs another reminder that taking to our roads this festive season, after even one too many, is a potentially deadly idea?
Community members in the North West filmed an on-duty constable who crashed a police vehicle into a fence, and was barely able to stand.
Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed after his car was allegedly ambushed in a district east of Tehran.
After seven years of being a fugitive in Brazil, having fled before standing trial on charges of murder, Gerhard Jansen van Vuuren will finally face the music.
With Black Friday and Cyber Monday taking place in the middle of a pandemic, online shopping is significantly more popular this year.
Trump has already pardoned Michael Flynn, and reports suggest that the Tiger King himself could be next in line.
Following the murder of former 28s gang boss Ernie “Lastig” Solomon, the secret to unlocking the truth behind two infamous hits may have been lost forever.