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His reign of terror lasted from the summer of 1984 to August of 1985 when he was finally captured. During this time, Richard Ramirez terrorized the people of Los Angeles before making his way to the San Francisco Bay Area, getting the nickname of the "Night Stalker" because of his propensity to invade homes well past midnight. Claiming to be a Satanist, Ramirez brutalized his victims beyond human comprehension. Now featured in such programs as True...
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Kimberly Clark Saenz was a nurse. Almost ten years ago now, in 2008, she worked in a clinic called the DaVita Lufkin Dialysis Center. The clinic was-and still is-in Lufkin, a small blue collar city in East Texas of around 33,000 souls. But rather than care for her patients, she decided to kill. Because of a home life fraught with difficulties-she and her husband has fought, he had filed for divorce, and even taken out a restraining order against her-Kimberly's...
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There is nothing more appealing than a murder that has all the right elements. There needs to be a pretty girl with sex appeal, a lot of money, and, of course, someone else to blame. There are a lot of reasons to kill someone. Some people do it out of hatred. Some people do it for personal advancement. Some people do it simply because they are evil people. No one will ever be certain if or why this particular murder occurred, but the speculation around...
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Missing persons cases are frighteningly frequent in the United States of America. Approximately, 100,000 people are on that list every single day. Surely, those individuals do not vanish in groups. So when five boys from Newark, New Jersey disappeared on one August night in 1978, the authorities were in disbelief. These cases are so baffling, and the investigators explored numerous possibilities throughout the decades including wild theories and psychic...
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Lisa and Rob Whedbee seemed to have it all. He ran a successful insurance business; she was the former high school cheerleader whose pretty looks, blonde hair and bouncy personality made her the centre of social gatherings.
Indeed, their romance was like something out of one of those middle-class Disney movies the company poured out in the seventies. Rob was the football team captain; the jock with brains as well as brawn; the guy who got the girl...
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David Berkowitz, aka the Son of Sam, plead guilty to eight separate attacks that terrorized New York City in the hot summer of 1976. His weapon of choice was a.44 caliber revolver which he used to kill the six and wound seven others. The attacks put the entire city on alert and Berkowitz managed to elude New York's finest for over a month as he taunted them with letters. After his arrest, he confessed to the crimes but maintained he was under orders...
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From the side angle of his most recent mugshot, Harvey the Hammer still looks like the murderer he is. Flat of nose, shaven headed, protruding chin on his jowly, hanging face, this now old man still retains the features of a childhood nightmare.
But from front on, we see his eyes. They are overhung by flabby eyebrows, and sitting deep inside their sockets, seem dark and broody. There is a half-smile on his face. Not a smirk, not a smile of smugness,...
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A True Crime collection of registered nurses who chose murder over caregiving...Not too far from the coast of the east Auckland suburb of Orakei lies Paritai Drive, one of the most coveted streets in New Zealand. A long, winding street lined with more than one hundred houses worth millions of dollars, it is where you will find some high-profile residents, from business moguls to reality TV stars. With such a prestigious reputation, it's difficult...
729) Killer Cougars
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A look back at two "older" women on the make who would kill the men they got involved with. Sheila Labarre was a woman who claimed she was an angel sent from God to punish pedophiles. Sharee Miller developed a relationship with an online lover who helped with the murder of her husband.
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On Boxing Day of 2014, a young man living in Fife, Scotland walked into the local police station to inquire about his missing mother, Carol Taggart. The young man was her son, Ross. He reported that his mother was missing for three days. They were desperately worried but her son was still going out using her credit cards. But then police found Carol's body, devastating her daughter Lorraine and partner Shaun. But who would do such a thing to the sweet...
731) A Poet and a Killer
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Known by many as the Poet Laureate of America's Damned, Stephen Wayne Anderson had a talent for expressing himself with words – earning himself plenty of awards and admiration despite the fact that his literary masterpieces were written while he awaited execution on death row...In fact, Anderson's knack for language allowed him to innately capture the feelings of despair, hopelessness, and regret that were abundant among the condemned. His elegant...
732) Sex Criminals
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The horrifying true stories of two of the most psychopathic serial killers in recent memory. Christopher Wilder, nicknamed the Beauty Queen Killer, was a serial killer who kidnapped and raped at least twelve women and killed at least eight during a cross-country crime spree where he started in Florida and made his way all the way to California. Wilder had a counterpart in Charles Sobhraj, who was a French serial killer that preyed upon female tourists...
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Female serial killers are incredibly rare because the women, in general, are not prone to murdering more than one person. Even if they do, they usually use poison or kill their victims in a non-violent way. Brutality is not common, and it is more prominent when the authorities are dealing with a male killer. However, Irina Viktorovna Gaidamachuk does not match the standard description of a serial murderer. She didn't kill because she thought it was...
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On February 14, 2007, Stephen Grant walked into Macomb County Sheriff's Office a little before 11 a.m. He told the desk sergeant that he wanted to report his wife Tara missing. Turning to the deputy manning the desk with him, the sergeant asked him to call detective Bill Hughes, a 20-year veteran in the police force, to the lobby. Hughes invited Stephen into his office, and sat silently as Stephen immediately began rambling on about Tara Lynn Grant's...
735) Killer Nurses
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Kimberly Clark Saenz was a nurse. Almost ten years ago now, in 2008, she worked in a clinic called the DaVita Lufkin Dialysis Center. The clinic was- and still is- in Lufkin, a small blue collar city in East Texas of around 33,000 souls. But rather than care for her patients, she decided to kill. Because of a home life fraught with difficulties- she and her husband has fought, he had filed for divorce, and even taken out a restraining order against...
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Two days before Christmas, in 2012, Sandra—or Sandy—Melgar was found tied up inside of a closet in her home in a nice neighbourhood of Houston. A chair was forced against the doorknob, keeping her trapped in the confined space. Her husband Jaime—Jim—Melgar had been stuffed into a different closet—but unlike Sandy, Jim had been killed, first. A medical examiner's report concluded that Jim had died of blunt force trauma, and multiple stab...
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On Wednesday May 6, 2020, investigators arrived at Clark Perry Baldwin's home in Waterloo, Iowa, and placed him under arrest for multiple murders. Brent Cooper, the district attorney general of the 22nd Judicial District in Tennessee announced the arrest later that day, revealing that Baldwin was the main suspect in three cold cases, one in Spring Hill Tennessee, and two in Wyoming. Baldwin is suspected of the 1991 murder of Pamela Rose Aldridge McCall...
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By day, the beautiful, stunning beach in San Diego, Southern California is a hot spot for sun seekers, surfers and those looking for a walk by the sea. The glittering ocean is contained, it appears, within the magnificent nearby cliffs and the long, wide soft sandy beach sneaks slowly towards an esplanade, complete with inevitable parking lot. The arches of a wide bridge provide a touch of privacy and quiet. Life towers offer safety from the waves.
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739) The Bathtub Murders
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Imagine having kids who can speak five languages by their mid-teens. Daughters who are described by an experienced, senior childcare professional as the most intelligent she has come across in thirty years of working with adolescents.
Can there be a greater dream for loving parents? College awaits, then a top job with all that brings in terms of comfort and lifestyle. Who knows, these caring kids might even look after their mom and dad in old age....
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David Graham and Diane Zamora were teenagers in love when they were arrested for a brutal crime: the beating and shooting death of 16-year-old Adrianne Jones, a popular girl in Mansfield, Texas, who fell between Graham and Zamora with deadly consequences.
Graham and Zamora were convicted of Jones' murder and will not be eligible for parole until 2036. This is the story of what led to the tragic event of the fateful day of Adrianne's murder.
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