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On Friday, May 18, 1962, 23-year-old Alexandra Wiwcharuk disappeared. Her body was discovered 13 days later in a shallow grave on the riverbank of the South Saskatchewan river. She had been beaten, sexually assaulted, and buried alive. 60 years later, her murder remains unsolved.
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With shows like The Bachelor and Love is Blind, reality TV dating has never been more popular. Shows like these all date back to the very first dating show, The Dating Game, which premiered in 1965. After 13 years on the air, The Dating Game had their most controversial contestant ever – Rodney Alcala. A contestant who was later convicted of sex crimes as well as murder.
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The story of Vera Jo Reigle is a tragic one. Not only was an innocent woman murdered, her death brought to light the atrocities being committed by the people who were supposed to care for her. Acts so disturbing, that one could argue that if the law had been tougher on Cheri Lynne Brooks, Vera would still be alive today.
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Do you remember that scene in Breaking Bad, where Jesse Pinkman used acid to dissolve a body? Mythbusters actually did an episode where they tried to prove or disprove the science behind it. While they concluded that the acid/methods used in Breaking Bad did not quite get the job done, murderer John Haigh did use a method that worked. We know him as the Acid Bath Murderer.
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“She had a smile that would light up the room.” We’ve all heard that one, it accompanies so many of the worst tragedies, and this one is no different. The story of Annie Le is tragic, unexpected, and still a bit of a mystery.
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Ah, Christmas. The most wonderful time of the year, when friends and family get together, share meals, memories, and gifts. Generally speaking, people are gracious when they receive a gift, but there is always that outlier who is less than pleased. As the gift giver, what do you do when that person doesn’t like your gift? Well, in the case of Melissa Young, you kill them.
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Have you ever packed your luggage so full that someone jokingly asks, “You got a body in there?” It’s a joke, or at least it’s supposed to be. After Issei Sagawa killed and ate his classmate, Renée Hartevelt, he loaded her remains into a suitcase, caught a taxi, and drove off to dispose of her body. Funny thing – the taxi driver asked if he had a body in there before driving him to a nearby park.
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Randy Stair was a troubled man who found himself obsessed and identifying with Ember McLain, from the Nickelodeon show, Danny Phantom. Ember was an unpopular high school with dreams of becoming a rock star. Stair also had his difficulties in high school, and was working toward his own YouTube career when he entered the grocery store where he worked and killed three coworkers and himself.
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Whenever a mass shooting happens, people take one of two positions. One – gun control. Two – mental healthcare. We may never know what the better option is, however when we talk about James Holmes, we can agree that the mental healthcare system let everyone down.
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Tara Calico disappeared without a trace. Then, nearly a year later, a Polaroid photo was found in a convenience store parking lot. The photo was of a young woman and boy, bound and gagged. It is believed that she was the woman in the photo.
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