The first ransom notes come from an 1874 kidnapping. Freeman’s Auctioneers and Appraisers. One day last March, Bridget Flynn, a school librarian who lives in Philadelphia, was searching for an ...

Police officers connected to the JonBenét Ramsey cold case have revealed that the ransom letter left at the girl's home was not 'truly a kidnapping note' due to two factors ...

On Thursday, the FBI warned that it "assesses the letters are an attempt to scam organizations into paying a ransom.". The fraudster is likely capitalizing on the BianLian group's notoriety and ...

Historians identify the Ross case as the first recorded ransom kidnapping in American history. In 1876, Christian Ross penned a memoir that included facsimiles of several of the ransom notes, but for ...

Someone is threatening to doxx dark web drug buyers unless they pay off a ransom fee of $60 in Bitcoin ... As the poster himself notes, the letter appears to be written by amateur scammers.

In Netflix’s 'Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey?,' which began streaming today, investigators discuss how the ransom note's length and demands were unusual.

The FBI is warning businesses, particularly those in the healthcare sector, about a scam involving physical ransom letters sent via the U.S. Postal Service. These letters, falsely claiming to be ...

Letters demanding $10,000 ransom continue to be received by the family of Meyer Newman, who disappeared from his home, 1,550 Fulton Avenue, the Bronx, two weeks ago, ...

A mysterious "missing" toilet roll poster which appeared in Stockbridge a few days ago has led to a hilarious ransom note being posted. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News ...