Modern Crime
Serial Fraudsters
Serial Killers
Serial Poisoners
Serial Thieves
100

This killer has recently made headlines for having his first trial overturned after being found guilty of murdering his wife and son

Who is Alex Murdaugh?

100

Bernie Madoff is most famous for inventing this financial fraud

What is a Ponzi scheme?
100
Serial killer Richard Ramirez was also known by this public alias

What is the Night Stalker?

100

This oil tanker spilled over 11 million barrels of oil into Prince William Sound off of the coast of Alaska

What is the Exxon-Valdez?

100

This painting became infamous only after its theft from the Louvre in 1911

What is the Mona Lisa?

200

This Netflix documentary follows several internet denizens as they attempt to track down killer Luca Magnotta

What is 'Don't F*ck with Cats?'

200

This company, founded by con-woman Elizabeth Holmes, claimed to be able to detect hundreds of diseases from a single drop of blood

What is Theranos?
200

This number of victims is required for a murderer to be labeled a serial killer

What is two?

200

This brand of painkillers were the source of one the largest mass medical poisonings in the United States after arsenic was placed into several of its bottles

What is Tylenol? 

200

This arts and crafts company was charged with theft after it attempted to smuggle several hundred cuneiform tablets through airport security

What is Hobby Lobby?
300

Luigi Mangione was charged with murder for fatally shooting which healthcare CEO?

Who is Brian Thompson?

300

This opioid medication was claimed to be "non-addictive" due to its design, leading to the drug's over-prescription and the eventual rise of the opioid epidemic

What is Oxycontin?

300

One of the few recorded instances of serial killers operating in the same area at the same time, this U.S. city played host to two serial killers in the 2000's

What is Baton Rouge?

300

This radioactive element caused workers who painted with it to develop several different health conditions and become radioactive themselves

What is Radium?

300

This children's IP is frequently criticized for allowing 'scalping' of their playing cards, a process by which one individual buys all the stock in a store and resells it online for higher than retail price

What is Pokemon?

400

This world leader was kidnapped by the U.S. and is currently being held in a Brooklyn jail

Who is Nicolas Maduro?

400

This cryptocurrency scammer was charged with seven counts of fraud, including wire fraud, after his company FTX was found to be bankrupt

Who is Sam-Bankman Fried? Or who is SBF?

400

The 'Texas Killing Fields' were located near which city?

What is Houston?

400

The Aum Shinrikyo cult carried out a mass poisoning attack using nerve agents in this Asian city

What is Tokyo?

400

This crown was also stolen from the Louvre, although it was stolen more recently in 2025 and was damaged during the thieves' escape

What is the Crown of Empress Eugenie? 

500

This father was the first person in the U.S. to be charged with second-degree murder after prosecutors argued he should be prosecuted for providing his son with weaponry used in a mass shooting


Who is Colin Gray?

(This might be too insensitive of a question)

500

This U.S. based company went bankrupt in the early 2000's after it was discovered that it wasn't actually making a profit on its gas and energy sales

What is Enron?

500
What is the nickname shared by the serial killers Kemper and Gein; for bonus points, what are both their first names​​​​

1. What is Ed?

Bonus. Who are Edmund and Edward?

500

This chemical was used during the Vietnam War by the U.S. as an aerosolized weapon, eventually leading to mass birth defects once it settled into crops and soil

What is Agent Orange?

500

This regime was responsible for the theft of several thousands of art pieces, including pieces from Rembrandt, Michelangelo, and Jan Van Eyck, on the orders of its artistically (dis)inclined leader

Who are the Nazis?