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They say the craziest stories come out of Florida. The story of Austin Harrouff, the Florida Frat Boy Cannibal is just one of those stories.
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After murdering 8 nursing students in their dorm, Richard Speck became known as one of the most fiendish mass murders in American History.
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Hitchhiking is rarely a good idea. I’d venture so far as to say never a good idea. We see examples of this when we look at serial killers, Ed Kemper and Ivan Milat. We see this in movies, such as The Hitcher. Unfortunately, in 1977, people weren’t as aware of the dangers of hitchhiking. So when Colleen Stan set out to travel from Oregon to California, she didn’t expect what happened next.
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This is the story of Joe Metheny, a serial killer/cannibal from Maryland. “My murder rampage started out as revenge but ended up as a passion for the taste of blood and the overwhelming sense of power one gets for taking the life of another,” said Metheny in his confession.
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Victim blaming is the act of saying, implying, or treating a person who has experienced harmful or abusive behavior like it was a result of something they did or said, rather than placing the responsibility on the perpetrator, or person who did the harm. The most blatant example would be blaming a rape victim for causing the other person to commit the crime – it was their clothes, or behavior. It was their fault for putting themselves in the situation to begin with. That last example is exactly what happened to Sandra Cheskey.
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Are killers born, or created? That is the age-old question, and one with many sides, opinions, and examples. The case of Carl Panzram lends credence to the created argument. Panzram was an American serial killer, pederast, arsonist, robber, and burglar in the early 1900’s.
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In the 1970’s, mental health care wasn’t what it is today. Patients could fall through the cracks, or in the case of Richard Chase, be released too soon. After his release from a mental health institution, Chase committed cannibalism, necrophilia, and murdered six people in a matter of months.
NOTE: This article contains graphic images.
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From 1918 to 1919, a serial killer, dubbed the “Axeman” haunted New Orleans. Focusing primarily on Italian Immigrants, he attacked his victims with an axe, killing some, but not all of them in the process. Today the identity of the Axeman remains unknown.
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At 9pm on October 16, 1984, four-year-old Grégory Villemin was found drowned in the Vologne River near Docelles in eastern France. A wool hat had been pulled down over his face and his hands and feet had been bound with a rope. The next day, his family received a letter reading, “I have taken vengeance,” but the killer has yet to be identified.
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Holly Maddux was done with her relationship. She and Ira Einhorn had been together for five years, but things weren’t working out. She left Philadelphia and moved to New York City, but when she returned to her former home to collect the rest of her belongings, she would never leave again.
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