On Feb 13, 2017, teenagers Liberty “Libby” German, 14, and Abigail “Abby” Williams, 13 were dropped off near Monon High Bridge, a popular hiking trail in the small community of Delphi, Indiana. Their plan was to walk the trail before being picked up to go home. During their walk, German …
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Supporters of the Menendez brothers are now a major step closer to their goal of seeing Lyle and Erik Menendez released from prison. Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced Thursday that he is recommending the brothers be re-sentenced for the 1989 shotgun slayings of their parents. The news …
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It’s one of the stranger footnotes in the annals of American true crime: In 1978, a decade into cross-country reign of terror and still a year away from finally being caught, serial killer Rodney Alcala was a contestant on The Dating Game. “Bachelor No. 3” managed to impress the episode’s …
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After leaving a toxic ex, everyone strives to find ways to heal. Anna Kendrick does it through her films — and in heartbreakingly poignant form. Her latest foray into understanding her own trauma comes in her directorial debut, the thriller Woman of the Hour (premiering Oct. 18 on Netflix). The …
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It’s been seven months since former mommy vlogger Ruby Franke was sentenced to four consecutive one-to-15-year prison terms after pleading guilty to four counts of child abuse. But Lifetime, the television channel famous for tabloid-esque, low-budget retellings of gruesome news stories, is already making a dramatized version of her case, …
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On Aug. 20, 1989, 19-year-old Lyle Menendez made a frantic call to Beverly Hills police. “Somebody shot my parents,” he screamed into the receiver. When police responded to the residence, they found a grisly scene: entertainment executive Jose Menendez and his wife Mary Louise “Kitty” shot dead by multiple shotgun …
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It started, as most things do, with a ghost story. When Columbus, Ohio resident Katie Santry posted a TikTok four days ago, she wanted to hear from her followers if they thought her house was haunted. The evidence? When she left her study the day before, it was untouched. But …
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Karen Read is facing a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the brother of her late husband, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe. Paul O’Keefe filed the suit on behalf of his family, accusing Read of drunkenly running over John with her SUV and leaving him to die outside during a snowstorm …
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The Academy Award-nominated 1997 film Boogie Nights captured viewers with its fast-paced tale of sex, drugs, and crime in Hollywood‘s Golden Age of Porn. But behind the popular film is a real-life murder that captured Hollywood’s attention for over 40 years. Now, Michael Connelly, the crime novelist behind best-selling works …
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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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