The fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a midtown Manhattan hotel on Wednesday morning was a shock to the city and the nation. But as police hunted for the missing gunman in what they called a “premeditated, preplanned, targeted attack,” social media erupted with contempt for the health …
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I t’s a hot summer night in 1969, and for those of a certain age — young enough to turn on, tune in, drop out — Steve Paul’s the Scene is your place. As a spectator, a musician, a hanger-on. A place where the music comes first, even if you …
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JonBenét Ramsey’s father is urging police to “do your job” and “test the DNA” on materials left behind at his daughter’s crime scene, as the cold case is set to be revisited in a new Netflix docuseries Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey? The six-year-old pageant princess’ murder has remained …
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Locals of an Italian city are furious that Hulu’s controversial Amanda Knox drama is filming in their region, claiming the upcoming TV show will bring fresh and unwanted attention to the fact that British student Meredith Kercher was murdered there in 2007. Production for Blue Moon began last week in …
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Sixty-two minutes into the Season Three finale of Industry, you might have mistakenly thought it was safe to exhale. HBO’s notoriously tense finance drama, which revolves around the exploits of employees at the fictional investment bank Pierpoint & Co., was giving us a rare moment of resolution for its key …
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Erik and Lyle Menéndez phone in from Donovan Correctional Facility in the official trailer for Netflix‘s The Menéndez Brothers. Streaming Oct. 7, the documentary features new interviews with the brothers as they reflect on the murder of their parents nearly three decades ago and the sensationalized trial that followed. “Everyone …
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Scott Peterson, who was convicted of murdering his wife Laci and their unborn child in 2004, maintained his innocence and put forth alternate theories regarding the death of his wife in the new docuseries Face to Face With Scott Peterson. Directed by Sharon Anderson, the three-part series focuses on these …
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On November 18, 1978, 918 members of Jim Jones’ Peoples Temple cult died in Jonestown, Guyana, in the single largest loss of American civilian lives in a deliberate act before 9/11. From the moment media coverage of the massacre began, much of the reporting has characterized the event as a …
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In October 2021, the viral TikTok star Ali Abulaban, who posted under the handle Jinnkid and boasted nearly one million followers, killed his wife Ana Abulaban and her friend Rayburn Barron, suspecting that she was cheating on him. He was convicted of the crimes in May 2024. The paranoia that …
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Chad Daybell, the Idaho man charged with the 2019 killings of hisformer wife, Tammy Daybell, and two children of his current wife, Lori Vallow Daybell, was found guilty of first-degree murder by an Idaho jury on Thursday, CBS reported. Daybell was also found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder in …
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