Robin Lyons
Homemade Explosives
I’m drawn to crimes involving school employees or students. This true crime involved both.
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Robin Lyons
Internationally Selling Mystery Author
My hard-hitting, true crime posts aim to inform you and provide me with story inspiration. Have a look and see what you think.
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Robin Lyons
Sep 20
Obligations
Divorce can be an ugly, destructive life event for many estranged couples. When you see no other options but to divorce and you have...
Robin Lyons
Sep 6
Dark History
In 2005, a 36-year-old man worked at his family’s restaurant. In 2007, he was on trial for breaking into a young woman’s home. The...
Robin Lyons
Aug 23
Senseless Act
It wasn’t his first stint in prison. He’d had an explosive personality since he was a child. As the 34-year-old man left the prison after...
Robin Lyons
Jun 28
Pay Me, or Else
Most people have heard about the scam when someone calls and pretends to be a relative in jail needing money. The three-man crew in this...
Robin Lyons
May 10
Intentional Murder
It’s a scary time for parents when their teenagers drive. Boys often want to drive too fast. Speed isn’t as alluring to girls but in this...
Robin Lyons
Apr 26
Out-of-Control
Imagine you and your boyfriend are driving back to your apartment after spending time in a big city.
Robin Lyons
Dec 16, 2023
Unsafe Delivery
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. This famous,...
Robin Lyons
Sep 8, 2023
Don't Be a Jerk
Imagine you’re on a flight from the middle of the U.S. to the eastern seaboard when one passenger goes a little cray-cray. Perhaps...
Robin Lyons
Aug 4, 2023
Double Life
The school hired him to be the Dean of Academics. In less than one month, the local authorities arrested him. They charged him with...
Robin Lyons
Jul 21, 2023
Canceled Wedding
Anyone who has been married knows how stressful the days leading up to the wedding can be. The wedding planners are fine tuning their...
Robin Lyons
Jul 14, 2023
The Family
He’d experienced a year of failed attempts to remove him from the head of his successful business. Then someone murdered the owner and...
Robin Lyons
Jun 30, 2023
Graduation Practice
Tis the season for proud parents and grandparents to attend graduation ceremonies—graduates ranging from kindergarten through college....
Robin Lyons
May 5, 2023
Web of Corruption
In this case, he couldn't be a corrupt public employee without corrupting other people. This true crime is about a web of corruption at...
Robin Lyons
Mar 31, 2023
Social Media Privacy
At the time of this post, there has been talk on mainstream news about a TikTok ban imposed by the United States government. And as much...
Robin Lyons
Feb 25, 2023
Cold and Callous
When a husband threatened his wife that he would not allow her to leave him she filed for a domestic violence protection order and left...
Robin Lyons
Feb 18, 2023
Top Secret
This true crime may sound like a Tom Clancy novel, but it’s not. A couple thought they could outsmart the FBI. They were wrong. He sent a...
Robin Lyons
Feb 11, 2023
Insatiable Greed
This true crime angered me on so many levels. In my research of true crimes, I’ve read about some disgusting people—some cold-hearted and...
Robin Lyons
Feb 4, 2023
The Bad Apple
It’s a shame that we can’t fully trust the people we hire to perform work in our homes. Of course, there are more trustworthy contractors...
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