With the release of Netflix’s wildly popular “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” in September 2022, there is perhaps no serial killer more famous right now. The series brings to life the gruesome crimes committed by Jeffrey Dahmer before he was finally caught and sent to life in prison in 1991, where he was ultimately killed […]
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On March 26, 1997, the San Diego police received a disturbing call from someone who had just discovered 39 dead bodies in a mansion located in a luxurious gated community. As the police descended on the mansion it soon became clear that within this nondescript house, something sinister had taken place. Laid out before them
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It’s immediately clear from even a brief reading of history that humans have long had a knack for devising methods of torture and execution. Imagine a world where the fate of criminals extended far beyond the gallows. Where the condemned found themselves trapped in a metal cage, hanging in chains for all to see. This
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Many mysteries are eventually solved and the truth is uncovered. But some mysteries linger like restless ghosts, haunting our collective consciousness and challenging our understanding. Among these cases stands the haunting tale of the Freeway Phantom. This was a serial killer who struck fear into the heart of Washington, D.C. during the early 1970s. Victim
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In the world of drug traffickers, several men stand out as almost mythical figures – Pablo Escobar and Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to name two of the most famous. But do you know who gave Pablo Escobar his start? Do you know who was the first narco trafficker to send cocaine into the United States?
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On February 1, 2012, 18-year-old Samantha Koenig was working a shift at a coffee stand in Anchorage, Alaska when a man walked in, pointed a gun to her head, and told her to come with him. As the security footage shows, Samantha immediately obeyed, putting her hands up and coming out from behind the counter.
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The fact that Joe Arridy was innocent couldn’t save him from being executed for the rape and murder of two local teenage girls whom he had never met. It was January 6, 1939, and the mentally challenged 23-year-old, who had an IQ of 46, apparently had a hard time grasping what it meant to die.
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World War II was a period of intense espionage and covert operations. Both the Allied and Axis powers employed thousands of spies to gather critical information, sabotage enemy efforts, and gain an advantage. The world of intelligence has always been shrouded in mystery and intrigue, and the stories of World War II spies are no
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Edward Paisnel became known as the “Beast of Jersey” after it was discovered that he had kidnapped and raped at least a dozen children on the tiny British Isle of Jersey between 1957 and 1971. He snatched young women off the street, snuck into boys’ and girls’ bedrooms at night, and wore a gruesome-looking rubber
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“You Can Not Stop Us. We Have This Anthrax. You Die Now. Are You Afraid? Death to America. Death to Israel. Allah is Great.” These lines were written on the face of an envelope sent to Senator Patrick Leahy in the aftermath of 9/11. Inside the envelope, the attackers stuffed a white powder that when
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