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He murdered his wife, mother, and three children. A murder so carefully carried out that no one noticed for nearly a month. John List gave himself plenty of time to make his escape, and remain a free man for more than 17 years.
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Being a single parent is hard enough. Imagine being the single parent to a psychopath. That’s where Charity Lee found herself in 2007 when her 13-year-old son, Paris Bennett, killed his 4-year-old sister.
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Kids today may not fully understand what it’s like to have a day off from school and spend that time outdoors. In some cases, perhaps that’s for the best. I’m sure the families of Abigail Williams and Liberty German wish their girls had stayed home, playing video games – or the like. Instead, they went for a hike and ran into the Delphi Killer.
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Relationships are hard. When they don’t work out like we expect, or hope, them to, it’s usually best to cut ties and move on. That’s what the girlfriend of Alexander Spesivtsev tried to do, but he wasn’t so amenable. After the breakup, he decided to kidnap her, lock her in his flat and torture her for three weeks.
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Sergey Golovkin was a Russian Serial Killer, active between 1959 and 1996. Known as the Fisher, he kidnapped, tortured, raped, and murdered at least 11 boys between the ages of 10 and 16.
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Imagine being out with your fiancé for an evening at the bar. On your way home, you encounter another vehicle in a road rage incident. It’s dark, the car is racing up behind you, lights flashing, swerving in and out of their lane. Eventually they force you to stop. When your fiancé gets out, he is brutally murdered. That’s what Tracie Andrews claims happened. It must be true, right?
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Imagine this, you take a trip to California for a cheerleading competition. The next day, you, your mother, and a friend book a room in a hotel near the entrance to a national park. That night, someone comes knocking on your door, and the unimaginable happens. Cary Stayner is there with his toolbox, and inside is a rope that he will use to strangle your mother before killing your friend and kidnapping you.
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From October 1977 to February 1978, the Hillside Strangler terrorized Los Angeles California. Raking up a body count of 10 women and girls, police knew there was more to this serial killer than what they were seeing. In fact, they would later come to discover that there was not 1, but 2 killers, working together.
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Parents have a lot to think about when naming their new baby. What does a name mean? Do you want to honor a relative by using theirs? What are potential nicknames? Some parents like to get cutesy and creative, and use alliteration in their childs’ names. This can be seen in some celebrities, like Amy Adams, Steven Spielberg, and Marilyn Monroe. For three little girls in Rochester New York, that name alliteration was a death sentence. They will forever be remembered as victims of the Alphabet Murders.
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On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina swept through the coastal areas of the Gulf Coast states of Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, USA. One of the hardest locations hit was the city of New Orleans in Louisiana. Labeled a Category 5 storm, Winds In New Orleans gusted over 100mpg (160km/h). In total, the storm killed over 1,800 people and damaged or destroyed 275,000 homes. Addie Hall survived Katrina, but would only live to see one more birthday.
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