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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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Untrustworthy
This true-crime spotlights a woman in her late 60s who had worked for a non-profit, child development services organization for over 30...

Robin Lyons
Jan 29, 2022


Heat-of-Passion
The life-altering sequence of events for the ex-police officer in this true-crime case began when he and his wife took their 18-year-old...

Robin Lyons
Jan 22, 2022


Murder at the Movie Theater
This murder/robbery crime remains an open case. The FBI have been looking for this suspect for 17 years. The suspect was a showboat,...

Robin Lyons
Jan 15, 2022


Scoundrels
Have you ever wondered if anything happens to the people behind the telemarketing scams that call victims claiming to be from a...

Robin Lyons
Jan 8, 2022


50 Years Later
In 1971, a 28-year-old local collector of old things found at barn sales and flea markets, oversaw historic restorations and antique...

Robin Lyons
Jan 1, 2022


Tell Someone
If you aren’t using any social media platforms, this case may not make sense to you. If you or your child/children use social media, what...

Robin Lyons
Dec 18, 2021


A Vengeful Man
Struggling with too much debt, an unemployed law enforcement officer plotted to commit suicide by cop after killing his ex-wife. His plan...

Robin Lyons
Dec 11, 2021


The Ride Home
Are you the good samaritan type? I think I am, but thankfully I’ve never been in a situation to find out. The good samaritans in this...

Robin Lyons
Dec 4, 2021


A Troubled Man
If you didn’t know, making a threat on social media towards another person might land you in jail. It doesn’t matter if it’s words only,...

Robin Lyons
Nov 20, 2021


Pure Garbage
A once prominent attorney who defended high-profile cases ended up being the defendant in his own case which sent him to prison for...

Robin Lyons
Nov 13, 2021


Ghost Employee
Would you know if your business had a ‘ghost’ employee? Perhaps you wouldn’t if your business had a large roster of employees. That’s why...

Robin Lyons
Nov 5, 2021


Divine Right
It may happen more often than we know—that a journalist investigating a story uncovers a crime. In this true-crime case, three...

Robin Lyons
Oct 29, 2021


Family Affair
A divorced couple’s bitter battle over custody led to the father’s murder. The mother’s boyfriend lured the father to a location by...

Robin Lyons
Oct 15, 2021


Last Ride
A young 20–year-old mother was at a friend’s apartment when a 39-year-old man at the apartment asked her for a ride. She gave him a ride....

Robin Lyons
Oct 8, 2021


Follow-up on a Revenge Crime
Some of you may remember the post I shared last year about a charter school shooting. This post is a follow-up on that true-crime case. A...

Robin Lyons
Oct 1, 2021


Down the Drain
Typically, when people use the restroom at their workplace, they do so without considering a hidden camera may be spying on them. With...

Robin Lyons
Sep 24, 2021


Fatal Flight
It It’s fire season on the west coast. This case caught my attention because at the time I posted this, a fire is raging in the county...

Robin Lyons
Sep 17, 2021


Wish he was Dead
Even if you wish your ex-boyfriend, ex-husband or father of your child were dead, you shouldn’t say that to anyone. In this true-crime...

Robin Lyons
Sep 10, 2021


Love of his Life
Any vacation you go on should be fun and hopefully rejuvenating—a respite from the work grind. People go on cruises to be pampered. A...

Robin Lyons
Sep 3, 2021


Lavish Lifestyle
If you’ve never experienced a loved one on Hospice Care you should consider yourself lucky. My father and mother-in-law were both on...

Robin Lyons
Aug 27, 2021
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