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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 6, 2021
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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 30, 2021
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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 16, 2021
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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 9, 2021
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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 2, 2021
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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 25, 2021
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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 18, 2021
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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 11, 2021
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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 4, 2021
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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 28, 2021
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Wife Killer
Are you still close to any friends from your childhood? If you weren’t and one reached out to you, would you trust them? The wife—a...

Robin Lyons
Aug 21, 2021
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Good Job, Becky!
As I've said before, the Dark Web is real, not made up by Hollywood for movies. Sadly, nothing good happens on the Dark Web. If I'm...

Robin Lyons
Aug 14, 2021
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A Parental Kidnapping
Imagine your son marries someone from another country who has dual citizenship. That alone should not worry you. One must consider the...

Robin Lyons
Aug 7, 2021
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The Sleep-Over
It happened in the pre-dawn hours on a tree-lined street with single-family homes. An older woman, a mother of two, her fiancé, two...

Robin Lyons
Jul 31, 2021
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