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Youth Pastor Arrested In 1994 Dismemberment And Slaying Of Teen

For 23 years, Ronnie Hyde was living a secret life. A youth pastor and counselor in Jacksonville Beach, FL, Hyde appeared to be a normal guy who loved his community. Except underneath it all was a...

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The Ogre Of The Ardennes: The Sadistic Crimes Of Michel Fourniret

When a 13-year-old girl escaped from a van in Belgium in 2003, having been bound around her wrists and ankles, she was able to identify her abductor as Michel Fourniret. Fourniret, a French husband...

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Molester Gets 27 Months In Prison; Victim's Dad Kills Him And Gets 40 Years

Another day, another example of how messed up our justice system really is: An Alabama man was sentenced to 40 years in prison for killing his daughter's sexual abuser. The abuser? He got 27 months in...

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Sickening: A Man Killed An Innocent Pedestrian On Facebook Live

In what's come to be called the "Easter Day slaughter," a deranged Ohio man shot and killed an innocent passerby while streaming it live on Facebook. This horrific crime is the most recent example of...

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11 Famous And Terrifying Cases Of Stockholm Syndrome And Hostage Brainwashing

Whenever terrible cases of kidnapping or hostage-taking come to light, people ask, why didn't they try to escape? Tragically, in many cases, hostages, kidnapping victims, or members of cults...

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Fascinating And Disturbing Facts About Javed Iqbal, The Pakistani Serial...

In less than a year, Javed Iqbal, a middle-aged Pakistani man, allegedly raped and killed 100 young boys and teenagers, taking advantage of apathetic attitudes towards poor children to commit his...

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10 Murderers Who Confessed On Facebook Before The Cops Even Knew About The Crime

Social media over-sharers are a common complaint. Facebook is a medium where people spill their guts, sometimes without enough discretion. While detailed status updates about breakups can be annoying,...

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The Strange And Shocking Case Of Joachim Kroll, The Duisburg Man-Eater

Over the course of more than 20 years, Joachim Kroll murdered 14 people, including very young girls, making him one of the most disturbing German serial killers in the country's history. Not content...

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Fascinating And Disturbing Facts About Sheila Davalloo And Her Deadly Love...

When Sheila Davalloo met Nelson Sessler while working for a pharmaceutical company in Stamford, CT, it was the beginning of a dangerous obsession that left one woman dead and another person clinging...

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How Eight Elderly Men Called The Grandpa Gang Almost Got Away With A Jewel Heist

Know what most men in their 60s and 70s don't do? Decide to rob a bank. And yet, in 2015, eight elderly men almost pulled off the biggest jewelry heist in British history, known as The Hatton Garden...

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Revolting Facts About The Crimes Of The Co-Ed Butcher Edmund Kemper

When he was just a teenager, Edmund Kemper committed a double homicide that shocked both his family and police, leading medical professionals to diagnose the 15-year-old with a serious mental illness....

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How Authorities Positively Identify Jane And John Does

How are dead bodies identified? Usually, authorities rely on a combination of official documents and confirmation from next of kin. But sadly, in some cases of death - whether by accident, murder, or...

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12 Deranged Facts About Peter Kurten, Cannibal, Serial Killer, And Necrophiliac

Serving as the inspiration behind Fritz Lang's classic film M, Peter Kürten remains one of the most infamous serial killers in European history. Nicknamed the "Vampire of Düsseldorf," Kürten...

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True Stories Of Black Market Organ Theft

We all know the urban legend: some unfortunate man or woman wakes up in a bathtub, submerged in ice, only to realize that one of their kidneys has been removed á la the 2002 film Dirty Pretty Things....

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10 Police Investigations Aided By Psychics And Their Aftermaths

People have claimed to possess clairvoyant powers allowing them to predict the future and solve mysteries for thousands of years. Today, many are scornful of the idea that psychics help the police...

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Disturbing And Fascinating Facts About The Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe

From 1975 to 1980, Peter William Sutcliffe terrorized the people of Yorkshire, England, with his bizarre serial killing style – viciously attacking young woman and teenage girls with a hammer and a...

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Scary Footage Of Home Intruders Caught On Camera

One of the most frightening things about living in a big city is the possibility of a break-in. Even if you aren’t home when the invasion occurs, the thought of someone going through your things is...

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Things You Can't Unlearn About Dennis Nilsen, The Romantic Serial Killer Who...

Dennis Nilsen is one of the more well-known serial killers to emerge from the UK in the late 1970s and early '80s. Dubbed the Muswell Hill Murderer by the British press, Nilsen amassed over a dozen...

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Disturbing And Fascinating Facts About The Boy In The Box

In 1957, law enforcement made a shocking discovery: the battered body of a young boy, stuffed inside a cardboard box and dumped by the side of a road just outside of Philadelphia. When Philadelphia...

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Things You'll Wish You Didn't Know About The Cheshire Murders And Their...

In July 2007, the Petit family's idyllic life in Cheshire, Connecticut, became a living nightmare when two convicted criminals, Steven Hayes and Joshua Komisarjevsky, broke into their house with the...

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Serial Killers Who Could've Been Caught Sooner But Cops Missed Important And...

People often think of serial killers as modern savants, men and women who gleefully lead homicide detectives in a game of cat and mouse that ends with a dramatic climax and maybe even a skin suit. The...

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15 Revelations About Robert Maudsley, The Real-Life 'Hannibal The Cannibal'

Over the course of several years, Robert John Maudsley killed four victims - including a convicted child molester and a convicted murderer - three of whom he attacked while in prison or a psychiatric...

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Disturbing And Fascinating Facts About Australian Cannibal Katherine Knight

In February 2000, Katherine Knight - a mother of four - committed a crime so shocking and unsettling, many people drew comparisons between her and some of the most depraved and prolific Australian...

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Scary Tales Of University Murders

When most people think of college and university campuses, a variety of images come to mind: peaceful, ivy covered walls, gorgeous architecture and landscaping, students walking and chatting between...

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Disturbing And Fascinating Facts About The Consensual Killing Of Sharon Lopatka

In October 1996, Sharon Lopatka and Robert "Bobby" Frederick Glass's first in-person meeting ended in what several people have referred to as "consensual homicide," causing many to question whether or...

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Inconsequential Crimes That Led To Huge Breaks In Major Cases

While many serious criminals - like serial killers and terrorists - have been caught by law enforcement after years of tireless police work, others have been captured by the authorities after being...

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Disturbing And Fascinating Facts About "Metal Fang," Soviet Serial...

From 1979 to 1981, Nikolai Dzhumagaliev (nicknamed Metal Fang by the press) brutally murdered at least seven young women in his home country of Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union, the nation that is known today...

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14 Facts About The Rampart Scandal, A Corrupt Anti-Gang Unit That Terrorized LA

Gangs like the Bloods and Crips are well-known criminal enterprises and are often vilified as evils of society. But another gang, a gang in blue, walked the streets of Los Angeles in the 1990s: the...

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Disturbing And Fascinating Facts About The 'Preppy Killer,' Robert Chambers

While there are scary stories of murders in universities, Jennifer Levin's horror story occurs between high school and college. In the summer of 1986, Jennifer Levin was happily college-bound when she...

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Why Were There So Many Serial Killers In The '70s And '80s?

There are many defining characteristics of the different decades that we have lived through and, for the '70s and '80s, serial killers were a large part of the narrative. But why were there so many...

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Disturbing Facts About Ahmad Suradji, The Shaman Serial Killer

Serial killers aren't solely an American phenomenon. There are plenty of serial killers in other countries, such as Ahmad Suradji, an Indonesian murderer. Suradji, also known as the Black Magic...

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Startling Photos Of Kids, Gang Signs, Guns, And Cash In '80s & '90s Los...

The most prevalent pop culture images of gangs in Los Angeles can be traced to the explosion of gangsta rap in the late 1980s, when NWA, led by Ice Cube, Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, and MC Ren burst out of...

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10 Backpackers Who Mysterious And Tragically Disappeared

The practice of backpacking comes with all sorts of risks, the least of which is ending up on a list of the many backpacker disappearances over the years. Given the various creepy experiences...

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Things You Didn't Know About Amy Lynn Bradley

On March 24, 1998, Amy Lynn Bradley went missing from a cruise ship en route to Curacao from Aruba. Although the disappearance of Amy Lynn Bradley did not initially generate the same media response...

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Terrifying Facts About Infamous Cult Leader And Suspected Killer Charles Manson

There is perhaps no American criminal more recognizable than Charles Manson. The diminutive cult leader and madman who led his followers on a streak of bloody homicides during the late 1960s -...

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8 Murderous Drug Cults Who Got High And Took Things Too Far

What happens when you combine hardcore hallucinogenic drugs and dangerous cults? A terrifying and often deadly situation.Cult leaders are known for being megalomaniacs who will use a variety of...

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11 Gruesome Facts About Migrant Worker Serial Killer And Rapist Juan Corona

Juan Vallejo Corona was an infamous serial killer who killed at least 25 men in 1971. An immigrant from his native Mexico, Corona worked as a labor contractor in Yuba City, CA, where he hired migrant...

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16 Of The Scariest, Most Deranged Serial Killers In California's History

For many, the thought of California elicits notions of surf and sunshine. The massive, majestic state forming a boarder between much of the US and the Pacific Ocean represents a dream: a laid-back,...

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The HorrorCore Murders, A Case Of Online Courtship Gone Wrong

Farmville is a sleepy little town about sixty miles west of Richmond, Virginia. It is a college town hosting Longwood University and the second oldest college in the country, Hampden-Sydney, just down...

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Nauseating Facts About Joe "The Cannibal" Metheny, Who Sold His...

In 1996,  Joe "The Cannibal" Metheny joined the ranks of serial killers who decided to serve their victims' bodies to people in food. He claimed to have killed several women, dismembered their bodies,...

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Ambien Crimes And Horror Stories

Who knew that Ambien, that lovely little pill that puts so many people into a syrupy thick sleep, could cause so many people to have drug-induced freakouts? Crimes committed on Ambien aren’t like...

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People Who Solved Their Own Murders

There have been multiple cases where murder victims left messages and notes for the police to point them toward the killer. In some situations, victims created a digital trail for investigators to...

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Things Most People Don't Know About The Beasts Of Satan

No reason to beat around the burning bush: people are fascinated by Satan. Some love to hate Mr. 666, others straight-up love the infernal homeslice. The canon of Western literature is replete with...

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Scary Facts About The Texas Slave Ranch

Sometimes, the smallest towns hide the biggest secrets. That was the case with the Texas Slave Ranch, one of the state's creepiest stories. Walter Wesley Ellebracht Sr. and his extended family had...

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Facts About The Kentucky Cannibal That'll Keep You Up At Night

The name "Kentucky Cannibal" sounds like it might refer to a deranged cousin of Jeffrey Dahmer, or perhaps be a perverse association to fried chicken. However, the Kentucky Cannibal actually refers to...

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Horrifying Stories Of Someone Hearing Another Murder Over The Phone

Can you think of anything more terrifying than hearing someone being murdered over the telephone? Today nearly everyone carries a phone with them everywhere they go, which has led to an increasing...

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11 Crazy Stories Of People Stealing Identities For Their Own Vicious Vendettas

Identity theft is an all too common problem. If it hasn't happened to you, you probably know someone who had their credit card used by an imposter. While this can certainly be an annoyance, it pales...

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13 Horrifying Crimes That Happened On Cruise Ships

Sun, fun, adventure, booze, and all the food you desire. No one can dispute the fact that some time on a cruise ship can lead to some relaxing getaways and many fond memories. However, cruise ships...

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Bizarre, Nauseating DIY Drugs And Alcohol You Can Make At Home (If You Dare...)

Most of you have no doubt experienced the underage drinking rite-of-passage that is Boone's Farm, Mad Dog 20/20, or other prison wine-esque atrocities; those unforgettable elixirs that taste as if...

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How Crime Scene Photography Evolved From The Victorian Era To Today

The evolution of crime scene photos begins with pictures taken to identify inmates in the mid-1800s and leads right up to today's modern digital cameras capturing every minute detail of a crime scene....

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