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Folie à deux; French: [fɔli a dø]; French for “madness of two,”, or shared psychosis, is a psychiatric syndrome in which symptoms of a delusional belief and sometimes hallucinations are transmitted from one individual to another. In the case of Ursula and Sabina Eriksson, Swedish twins, Folie à deux resulted in reckless behavior and homicide.
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“Ominous unknown killer is still at large.” That is how the story of Jeff the Killer begins. But how will the story end?
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Halloween night, 1973, back when all the kids used to wait until dark to begin trick-or-treating, 9 year old Lisa Ann French was dressed as a hobo. Although she wanted to be a butterfly, her mom said no, stating it was going to be too cold outside. Little did it matter when Lisa only made it to three houses before meeting her end.
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Kenneka Jenkins was an American teenager who went missing after attending a party on the 9th floor of the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare Hotel & Conference Center in Rosemont, Illinois. It wasn’t until after her mother demanded hotel staff search for her daughter, that she was found; dead, in the hotel freezer.
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On the morning of June 10, 1912, the Moore family of Villisca, Iowa, was found dead in their home. To this day, their murder remains unsolved. Their house, aptly named the Villisca Murder House, is haunted.
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When you think of terrifying serial killer, Ed Gein, you think monster, cannibal, Texas Chainsaw Massacre; not mamma’s boy. But the truth is, Ed Gein was more like Norman Bates (Psycho) than Buffalo Bill (The Silence of the Lambs).
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Bob Crane was an American actor, known most for his starring role in the CBS sitcom, Hogan’s Heroes. On June 29, 1978, he was found bludgeoned to death in his Scottsdale, AZ apartment. To date, his murder remains officially, unsolved.
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March 31, 1922, five members of the Gruber family, and their maid were murdered on their farm. Over the next four days, the killer remained in their home, using the fireplace, cooking and eating the family’s food, and even fed and milked the cattle. To this day, no one knows for sure who is responsible for the Hinterkaifeck murders.
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The story of Sylvia Likens was popularized in the movie, An American Crime. Sometimes art imitates life, and not in a good way.
Sylvia was born on January 3, 1949 the third child of five to carnival workers Lester Cecil Likens and Elizabeth, “Betty,” Frances. Both her older siblings, Diana and Danny, and her younger siblings, Jenny and Benny, were fraternal twins.
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First love is always the sweetest, or is it? Kelly Anne Bates thought so. She gave everything to her first love – even her life.
Kelly Anne Bates was born on May 18, 1978 in Hatterslay, England, United Kingdom. Her family was always very close, and described Kelly as confident, independent, mature for her age. So it wasn’t a big surprise when, at age 14, she told her parents she had a boyfriend named, Dave. And that’s where the trouble began.
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