Misc
What is the name given to an unidentified male body?
John Doe
Founder of Theranos (a private health tech company) who was found guilty of intentionally misleading investors & patients.
Hint: documentary series on Hulu
Elizabeth Holmes
How is American criminal and cult leader Charles Milles Maddox better known?
Charles Manson
Forensic __________ is the scientific study of the colonization of a dead body by arthropods. This includes the study of insect types commonly associated with cadavers.
entomology
Which serial killer killed 17 people in their Milwaukee home between 1978 and 1991 when he was finally incarcerated?
Jeffrey Dahmer
Which Italian criminal organization originated in Sicily?
Mafia
The 58-year-old actor and her husband confessed to paying $500k to ensure their daughters were accepted into the University of Southern California (college admissions scandal)
Lori Laughlin
Which mobster was famously nicknamed ‘Scarface’, headed the Chicago Outfit organization, and masterminded the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre?
Al Capone
Ted Bundy was an American serial killer who was convicted on the basis of which type of forensic evidence?
a) ballistics c) bite marks
b) DNA fingerprinting d) latent fingerprinting
c) bite marks
AKA the white chapel murderer & the leather apron
Jack the Ripper
To be considered a serial killer, how many unlawful homicides must a person conduct?
3
Disappeared on 8/27/21 after being killed by fiancé Brian Laundrie at the age of 22 while they were traveling together on a van life journey across the US.
Gabby Petito
This man assassinated president Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
John Wilkes Booth
List 2 types of forensic science.
Potential answers:
biology, chemistry, examiner, anthropology, digital, psychology, toxicology, pathology, entomology, accounting, nursing, linguistics, geology, odontology
Colorado, killed wife, two daughters, and unborn son in 2018.
Hint: this was made into a Netflix documentary.
Chris Watts
What 2 key characteristics does a certified Psychopath lack?
Hint: Answers start with E & R.
Empathy & Remorse
Man of prominent family in South Carolina, until a fatal boating accident begins the unraveling of their legacy; family's murders brought light a century of corruption, power & cover-ups.
Hint: documentary series on Netflix
Alex Murdaugh
Which infamous couple was known for their bank robberies during the Great Depression?
Bonnie & Clyde
Forensic __________ involves the analysis of any evidence related to firearms (bullets, bullet marks, shell casings, gunpowder residue, etc.)
ballistics
This charismatic serial killer defended himself in his televised murder trial & received fan mail from all over the world due to his performance; escaped capture twice.
Ted Bundy
How many states used capital punishment in 2022?
a) 3 c) 6
b) 10 d) 15
c) 6
The murder of 4 college students in November 2022; unraveled a months-long investigation; solved with forensic genetic genealogy.
University of Idaho Murders
Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin are infamous escapees of this prison? (1962)
Alcatraz
The scientific examination of blood spatter patterns found at a crime scene to reconstruct the events of the crime.
Bloodstain pattern analysis
Unidentified serial killer with self-proclaimed pseudonym; directly linked to at least 5 murders in Northern California in 1968/69.
Zodiac Killer