True Crime
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How Cairo Went From A Booming Steamboat Hub To A Ghost Town On The Mississippi River
Once a bustling hub for the steamboat and railroad industries, the town of Cairo, Illinois now sits abandoned due to…
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Inside The Real History Of Shrunken Heads, From The Amazon To Nazi Germany
For centuries, the Jivaroan people of South America severed and shrank the heads of their enemies for rituals and trophies…
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The Story Of Jamison Bachman, The ‘Worst Roommate Ever’ — Who Ended Up In Jail For Murder
Jamison Bachman spent years as a serial squatter, terrorizing his roommates and even trying to force them out of their…
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Inside The Disturbing Crimes Of The Toolbox Killers, The Predators Who Terrorized California In 1979
Toolbox Killers Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris killed five teenage girls in just five months — and recorded some of…
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Iowa Man Charged With Decapitating A Woman And Mounting Her Head On A Stick In The Woods
Investigators found Satanic symbols and “significant” numbers in Nathan Gilmore’s house, as well as Snapchat messages that implied he’d killed…
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The Shocking Story Of Christie Downs, The Little Girl Who Survived Being Shot By Her Own Mother
In 1983, eight-year-old Christie Downs miraculously survived after her mother Diane Downs shot her and her siblings, Danny and Cheryl,…
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Who Killed Elizabeth Short? 7 Possible Suspects In The Horrifying Black Dahlia Murder
The 1947 murder of 22-year-old Elizabeth Short has baffled investigators for over 75 years. Was one of these jealous, criminal,…
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The Shocking Story Of Fred Hampton’s Death And The Government Plot Behind It
While the Black Panthers called Fred Hampton’s death a murder and the evidence proved them right, Chicago police insisted he…
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Meet Robert Ressler, The First FBI Profiler And The Man Who Coined The Term ‘Serial Killer’
The inspiration for Bill Tench on Mindhunter, Robert Ressler interviewed dozens of murderers during his career with the FBI and came…
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The Little-Known Story Of David Dahmer, The Brother Of ‘Milwaukee Cannibal’ Jeffrey Dahmer
David Dahmer changed his name and chose to live in anonymity after the gruesome murders of his older brother, serial…
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