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The Attack and Incredible Survival of Alison Botha
On the evening of 18 December 1994, Alison Botha, a young woman living in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, faced a harrowing ordeal that...
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Thomas Edward "Black Jack" Ketchum: The Outlaw Who Went Out With a Bang (and a Snap)
Thomas Edward Ketchum, better known as "Black Jack," wasn’t your average cowboy. Born in San Saba County, Texas , in 1863, he started...
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Joe Metheny: A Gruesome Saga of Murder, Cannibalism, and a Twisted Quest for Revenge
Joe Metheny’s case remains one of the most horrifying examples of unchecked rage and calculated cruelty in modern crime history. Arrested...
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Baba Anujka: The Sweet Grandma Serial Killer Who Offered Deadly Solutions
Baba Anujka, also known as Ana di Pištonja, lived a life so extraordinary and complex that it is hard to reconcile the various roles she...
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The Horrific Case of the ‘Jenny Jones Killer’: Entertainment Gone Awry
In the mid-1990s, daytime talk shows thrived on outrageousness. From brawling guests to startling revelations, shows like The Jerry...
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The 1916 Waco Horror: A Barbaric Chapter in American History
A gentle breeze swept across the fields of McLennan County, Texas, on a spring afternoon in 1916. The Fryer siblings, a young man and his...
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William Leslie Arnold: The Teen Murderer That Escaped Jail and Reinvented Himself
In 1958, a teenage boy in Omaha, Nebraska, committed an unthinkable crime, fled justice, and somehow built a completely new life on the...
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Issei Sagawa: The Cannibal Who Walked Free
On a quiet summer day in Paris, 1981, Issei Sagawa—a seemingly unassuming Japanese student—invited his classmate Renée Hartevelt to his...
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The Unique Burial of Lee Harvey Oswald
The burial of Lee Harvey Oswald took place under peculiar and understated circumstances on 25 November 1963 at Rose Hill Cemetery in Fort...
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Altab Ali: The Murder That Shook East London
On 4 May 1978, Altab Ali, a young Bangladeshi textile worker, was murdered in a senseless act of racial violence in East London . His...
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The Chilling Story of Laura Belle Devlin: A Small-Town Murder That Shook Newark, Ohio
The summer of 1947 brought sweltering heat and an even more intense wave of shock to the quiet community of Newark, Ohio. The arrest of...
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From Murdering Children To Drinking Blood, Peter Kürten Really Did Earn the Nickname "Vampire of Düsseldorf"
On the morning of 2 July 1931, in Cologne, Germany , Peter Kürten walked into the execution courtyard of Klingelputz Prison as the early...
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The Jonestown Massacre: Tragedy, Faith, and Control
The roots of the Peoples Temple lay in Jim Jones’ complex vision for social justice, combined with an intense desire for power and...
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The Mad Bomber of New York: How George Metesky’s Vendetta Changed Criminal Profiling Forever
George Metesky, better known as the “Mad Bomber of New York,” was responsible for one of the most unsettling and notorious crime sprees...
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Tragedy on Route 66: The Horrific Story of the Welch Family Murders That Orphaned Four Boys
Route 66 has always been a passageway of dreams, a road symbolic of freedom and adventure in American culture. But in June 1961, it...
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The Hillsville Massacre: The Untamed Justice of Floyd Allen and the Bloodiest Courtroom in American History
In the early 20th century, Hillsville, Virginia, was a town nestled in the Appalachian Mountains, defined by its modest population,...
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Candy Montgomery: The Chilling Case of Love, Betrayal, and a Grisly Axe Murder in Small-Town Texas
In the early hours of June 13, 1980, Betty Gore’s life ended in unimaginable horror. Her body was discovered on the floor of her home’s...
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Karen Silkwood: Uncovering the Hidden Plutonium Hazards in America’s Nuclear Industry
Karen Silkwood's story begins in the quiet town of Nederland, Texas, where she was born in 1946 and raised by her parents, Merle and...
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Abe Reles: The Notorious Hitman of Murder, Inc. And His Mysterious Death
Abraham Reles’s story begins in a struggling immigrant family, living in Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighbourhood—a hotbed of Jewish and...
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The Wall Street Bombing of 1920: America’s Unsolved Mystery in the Heart of Finance
In the frenetic heart of Wall Street on a September day in 1920, just as the lunch rush was beginning, the unassuming sight of a...
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The Sinister Double Life of Dr. Glennon Engleman: From Dentist to Contract Killer
Dr. Glennon Engleman might have looked like any other neighbourhood dentist, but behind that ordinary exterior was one of Missouri’s most...
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The Wild Flights of Thomas Fitzpatrick: From Bar Bet to Urban Legend
When most people have a drink or two, they might wager on a game of darts, or perhaps boast a little about their past. But for Thomas...
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The Rise and Fall of John Stonehouse: The MP Who Faked His Own Death
John Stonehouse’s name is etched into British political history as one of the most scandalous figures of the 20th century. Once tipped as...
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The Tragic Case of Marco Mariolini: The ‘Anorexic Hunter’ and a Preventable Tragedy
In Italy ’s criminal history, few cases have rattled the public as much as that of Marco Mariolini—a man whose strange and deeply...
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