The darkest case I have ever covered 44 days of the sickest torture... there's burning alive... and fireworks involved? It get's really dark.
One man wants to eat human flesh with a glass of wine. One man wants to have his "eggplant" bitten off and grilled. They end up going on a deadly date and filming the 4 hour long deed. They called it the "slaughtering." Is it murder if the victim got off to it and wanted it? Grab a plate of sausages and eggs and let's get cooking. I'm kidding. Just bring the sausages.
Not your typical serial killer case... you have a genius Harvard graduated mathematician inside a tiny wooden shed in Montana making 16 different bombs to ship across the nation. He terrorized America for almost 20 years and caused one of the largest manhunts in FBI history.... Honestly the scary thing is he might have gotten away with it if it weren't for... biss you better listen I'm not going to tell you in this box
The decapitated head of a woman was found sewn into a giant Hello Kitty doll... The rest of her body was missing. A 14 year old girl claims to have been haunted by her ghost. BUT IT GETS WEIRDER... If you love Hello Kitty - this one might give you some nightmares.
Are you afraid of clowns? Most clowns when they take off their makeup and costumes they're just normal people. But today's case is about a clown... when he took off his makeup he was something scarier... a serial killer. "Do you want to see a magic trick?" - it's about to get really creepy.
He murdered a woman because he wanted to eat her bottom, breasts, and thighs. The police caught him but set him free. The free man who happens to be a cannibal + murderer then turns in an ADULT FILM ACTOR. THIS IS A WILD STORY. I can't even write a summary without wanting to pull out my hair in confusion. And guess what? He's a free man today.
On her stomach, she was branded with the words "I'm a prostitute and proud of it" She was tortured by Coca-Cola bottles and knives for months.. This might ruin soda for you forever
A 19 year old girl goes missing Two days later her abusive uncle “commits suicide” Then police arrest 11 family members Coincidence? Or was the family hiding something as dark as an incestuous sex ring run by an uncle who wanted everyone to “swap children.” Warning - this story is really dark and triggering.
Remote-controlled dildos Russian mafia Columbian drug cartels A strip club named Porky's and The $35 million Russian military submarine that was about to be sold to transport 40 tons of cocaine right under the nose of the FBI. I can't make this shit up.
She gets a job at an apartment building. Her boss gives her a list of strange rules to follow. DON'T BE NOSY is one of them. But she can't help but notice that everyone is going missing in this building. Welcome to Baking A Mystery where I tell you guys the story of a mystery (fictional usually) that I've been thinking heavily about. This series started on my YouTube channel (MissMangoButt) and will be released here for the audio listeners! If you are interested in seeing me actually bake while telling this story the visuals will be on my YouTube! If you are just here for the true crime and no fictional mysteries that I'm obsessing over - those episodes will still be up every single Wednesday!
The title is NOT a lie. This serial killer is into having sex with severed heads. For some reason he doesn't like it when the head is attached to the body. One of the nastiest necrophiliacs I've researched. *Necrophilia [noun] sexual intercourse with or attraction towards dead bodies
One of Russia's most infamous serial killers ever... He has killed over 53 women and children... and it all started because he couldn't get a boner. You read that right. His erectile dysfunction led him down a dark sinister path of murder.
She's an Agoraphobe that never leaves her house Agoraphobic - an extreme/irrational fear of the outside Through her window she witnesses her neighbor being murdered. But everyone around her including the police, her own family, and the neighbor's family all tell her that the neighbor she saw die NEVER even existed... BAKING A MYSTERY #2 is a fictional minisode on the Rotten Mango If you guys are just interested in true crime please watch out for a crazy story coming to you on Wednesday!
He was a product of incest, born with "Dracula hands"... He would then grow up to murder 4-year-old girls Drink their blood And take their hands home to roast and to consume..
3 girls from a dairy farm in Ohio go to Florida for their first ever vacation. It was going to be the trip of their dreams. Disney World. Beaches. Boat Rides. They documented everything on their camera. Then they were found floating attached to concrete blocks in Tampa Bay. They had been dead for days. The investigators follow their entire itinerary to catch a potential serial killer on the loose.
We've seen the movies Silence of the Lambs + Texas Chainsaw Massacre and went to bed thinking "at least it's just a movie." But what if it wasn't? What if the person the movies were inspired by was darker, more sinister, and scarier than the movies themselves? This is the real life story those movies are inspired by. He wears dead people's skin. Seriously.
He injected his victims in the skull with hydrochloric acid and sometimes boiling water - all because he wanted to create living zombies. Jeffrey Dahmer is one of the most twisted serial killers in history. It's a real life nightmare guys. Get ready.
A quadruple homicide An adult film star (known for his spectacularly large "asset") at the center of the murder investigation The police compared the brutality of the crime with that of the Manson murders... and it left everyone wondering... What actually happens in Wonderland?
And she only has 15 hours to figure out which one of them is the killer. It's only a matter of time before the killer realizes that she's onto them. Baking A Mystery #3! This is a fictional story (if you are only into true crime please come back for our scheduled Wednesday postings!) *If you would like to see the video version of this it is up on YouTube "MissMangoButt Baking A Mystery" there is a playlist where all of the visuals get posted! See you Wednesday!
Peepholes installed for his viewing pleasure. Chains from the ceiling to suspend the victims. Baby monitors placed strategically so he could hear her from anywhere. Shallow graves in the basement, garage, and backyard. We are starting off Spooktober with the Real House of Horrors. This is one house you would never want to step foot in. Nobody is safe. Especially the children.
She killed her husband then tried to feed his children dinner... that she cooked with his body parts. He likes to cover people in bacon before roasting them. In honor of Spooktober, today's episode is a long juicy one with two different killers who have completely different methods + motives... but a strange fascination with the forbidden meat. Whatever you do ... don't look in their oven.
He blindfolds his victims, releases them out into the wilderness, gives them a head start... then he hunts them down with his hunting rifle. Hunting is his favorite game and human are his favorite prey. This is the story of the real-life Hunger Games serial killer.
In an isolated mansion, a "gardener" is obsessed with his "butterfly" collection. His kidnapped victims must play into his sick fantasy or risk being killed. Welcome to another Baking A Mystery (BAM) series! Today's video is a fictional story and is NOT a true crime story. If you guys are only interested in true crime stay tuned every Wednesday! The visual version of this is up on YouTube under "MissMangoButt Baking A Mystery"
4 wealthy men isolate themselves on an island with 40 victims and spend 4 months torturing them with the most vile, sick torture. This is the inspiration behind the prolific serial killer couple from the UK.
An undiagnosable patient at a mental asylum has driven every single one of his doctors into madness and often times... to their mysterious death. Is there something sinisterly wrong with him or is it a contagious madness? Welcome to the Halloween special of Baking A Mystery! This is a fictional story and isn't true. As always, the video version is up on the YouTube channel "MissMangoButt" If you are exclusively into true crime there will always be a new episode every Wednesday!
2 women were terrorized in the back of a yoga store at the time of closing. 2 men in black caught on security cameras. The investigation comes to a sudden halt when the investigators realize nothing is as it seems. All for some yoga pants.
She was kidnapped and placed in a coffin-like box for 23 hours a day for 7 years. The kidnappers placed her under their water bed all day and only brought her out at night to torture her. They made a sensory deprivation box outfitted for her head that they forced her to wear. It prevented light, sound, smell, and fresh air from entering. This episode is about couples who kidnap young women to fulfill their sick fantasies. It gets wild.
64 squares on a chessboard. And each represented a victim he viciously murdered. His trademark? Shoving a vodka bottle into the cracks of the skull he just split. The victims were almost always still alive during this. Obsessed with the Queen's Gamebit? Got a new fascination with chess? He was obsessed too. Meet the chessboard killer.
A millionaire who dreams of having dozens of women to all get pregnant with his children at the same time. He will do whatever it takes... There's electrocution, a Cuisnart blender, and a freezer full of meat, even stomping screwdrivers into women's ear holes..
Daisy's Destruction - the 1-hour long video with 3 adults torturing an infant (18-month-old Daisy) was released onto the dark web in 2012. To most of us, it sounded like an urban legend, but to a lot of twisted people in the world, it was worth the $10,000 viewing price. Today's episode enters the world of the dark web "Pedo-Empire" and you would never believe who's behind the screen.
The Korean movie "The Call" that has been highly requested is finally here! This is what happens when a serial killer keeps calling you asking for favors. It's a really intense one so buckle up! Today's episode is a Baking A Mystery! This is a fictional story and did not happen in real life. If you are only interested in true crime (don't worry) we have episodes every single Wednesday and I'll see you then! Let me know if you've seen this movie before! It's insane.
He took something from his first victim - one of her feet. He kept it in the freezer and used it to model his collection of high heels. A collector of sorts - feet, breast, high heels, and underwear from unsuspecting women for over a decade but his dream was to have a collection of women in his freezer. Did he make his dream come true?
77 minutes of absolute psychological torture, murder, and loss. His youngest victim was 8 months old. This might be one of the saddest cases we cover.
She was tortured with bleach till her skin fell off - and then her friends lit her on fire. Another girl had her knees crushed by her boyfriend so she could never run away. Frequently spoken about alongside Junko Furuta's case... these two cases are some of the vilest cases of torture we've researched. We also do a quick dive into where torture even started (the CIA gets involved). It's an intense one. Buckle up.
A serial killer who only kills other murderers. He has killed over 60 drug dealers, murderers, molesters, and fellow serial killers in some of the most brutal ways. Fun Fact: He's a free man today. Is he the real-life Dexter? Is this vigilante justice? Or is he just as sick and twisted as all the other serial killers out there?
The body of a deceased CEO of a major pharmaceuticals company goes missing from the morgue before it can be autopsied. The police find mounting evidence that the husband has a lot of motive to murder his wife and then steal her corpse so all evidence of the murder will be gone. The husband also finds mounting evidence that his wife is not dead at all... and maybe she walked out of the morgue? GREAT READY FOR THE MOTHER LOAD OF PLOT TWISTS *This is a Baking A Mystery so it's based on a fictional story and not a true crime case! If you're only into true crime don't worry we post every Wednesday here!
Korean YouTubers decide to explore the most haunted place in South Korea... Gonjiam - an abandoned mental asylum where there are rumors of patients who were driven to madness and eventually murdered by the evil hospital director. The YouTubers are live-streaming their entire experience inside the haunted place and slowly... one by one... they go missing. Today's podcast episode is a Baking A Mystery! It is a completely fictional story! If you are only into true crime don't worry we post every single Wednesday!
A deaf & mute horror writer is staying isolated in the cabin so that she can focus on her manuscript. A serial killer happens upon her house and decides to make her his next victim. Can she outsmart him? How will she escape? After all, he has the advantage. He can hear her. Today's episode is part of the Baking A Mystery series and is a completely fictional story! But it's got an intense mystery for you! If you are only interested in true crime, no worries we will be back every Wednesday!
She wakes up in a room with no memeory of where she is and even who she is... What's even more alarming is that her kidnapper tells her that she will only survive this if she falls in love with him. Anytime the kidnapper believes it isn't going as expected he drugs up the victim and resets her memory once more... Today's episode is a Baking A Mystery which is completely fictional story! If you are only into true crime no worries we post every single Wednesday!
A perfect town comes with a terrifying price. From C13Feautures comes Treat, a podcast movie starring Kiernan Shipka as Allie West, an unpopular teenager who is dealing with issues beyond her years while struggling to fit in with her seemingly perfect small town. But, on one Halloween night, everything changes, and she discovers that her town's idyllic image comes at a deadly cost. As she learns about the mysterious Piper's powerful hold on the town, she, along with her younger brother, realize they are the only ones who can save their community before it's too late. Can Allie West help rescue her family, and their town, and even herself, from it's evil past and ow demise? Grab some popcorn, and get lost in your imagination in this new thrilling and frightening podcast movie experience, Treat, from C13Feautures, a Cadance13 Studio. Available now.
Welcome to Ghostwriter, a new gripping and suspenseful podcast movie listening experience from C13Feautures. In Ghostwriter, Kate Mara and Adam Scott star in a psychological thriller about a former journalist who reluctantly accepts a job ghostwriting a new murder mystery novel for an eccentric billionaire. Kate Michaels has been living a solitary life after a traumatic experience, but after pressure from her rational agent and candid best friend, she begrudgingly concedes that she needs to work. As she collaborates with the enigmatic James Webber on the project, she finds herself growing dependant on him and starts to suspect that something is wrong... deeply wrong. Will Kate be able to trust herself with James' story, or even her own voice? Get ready to pop some popcorn, and get lost in your imagination in this invigorating new podcast movie experience, Ghostwriter, from C13Feautures, dropping December 6.
A slumber party filled with responsible football moms whose kids all play football together... when they wake up one of them is dead in the backyard. When the police start investigating things start getting weirder... A woman tries to bribe the police with Dunkin Donuts gift cards (yes, you read that right). A boyfriend in law enforcement kept accessing Tamla's investigation file unlawfully. And that's just the tip of this murky, confusing, mysterious iceberg of a case.
Police are called out about clogged drains underneath a house in London... doesn't really sound like detective work. BUT it soon becomes apparent that the drains have been clogged with human remains. Someone inside the house has been flushing human remains down the toilet. (Remember Jeffrey Dahmer?) The police think they're about to arrest a murderer but little they know they've got a serial killer on their hands.
A 15-year-old hitchhiker catches a ride with a sweet "grandpa looking man." She was excited to go home but he had plans of his own. His plans resulted in her with both her arms amputated and thrown off a cliff. On the other side of the world, another girl got on a bus after visiting the movies with a friend. She would be found tossed off the bus clinging on for her life. Some of the darkest cases I've covered but it's been highly requested and we beed to keep these stories alive. Get your tissues ready - it's gut wrenching.
Cheerleading tryouts at this junior high school become deadly once a mom hires a hitman to literally "knock out" the competition. What's a couple of dead people when your daughter has the chance to be a cheerleader? We also cover the story of the Blood Countess. One of the most prolific female serial killers who has claimed the lives of over 600 victims. She believed the secret to youth was to take baths... full of blood. Blood baths.
She told all of her friends that she was pregnant. People started getting suspicious when they realized she was so close to her due date but hadn't even started showing yet. But Lisa had a plan. She would go visit an unsespecting pregnant friend and cut the unborn baby from her womb. Welcome to the first-ever minisode! We will have long episodes, as usual, every Wednesday + the new additional mini-episodes on Sundays! I hope you guys like the new schedule!
They saw their dad as a "Half God" - the product of Lucifer mating with humans. They followed his every command whether it was - marrying him, fathering childreb with his daughter, having sexual relations with their own siblings, or even killing people who learned of his secrets. He led the FBI on a massive manhunt that would ultimately lead to the unraveling of his secret cult.
Melissa was sick of telling her teenage son to clean his room. For the past week, there had been a disgusting stench coming from it. She had a theory - his waterbed was leaking and was causing the smell. She lifted it up hoping to find the source. But instead, she found a dead little girl.
Two serial killers operating in the same state with the same goal - to be the next Ted Bundy. "A Superstar" one says. They both have a thing fir beheading women and staging the crime scene to look as if the victim's head is staring at her own headless body.
The famuos soap maker was giving away free soap & tea cakes from her beloved soap shop. The neighbors were ecstatic to take home their luxurious bars of soap that they got for free and couldn't wait to test them out... They wouldn't know till it was too late that the Soapmakers recipe included the bodies of her victims.
A woman falls feet first down a 12 stiry trash chute to her death. The police are quick to determine it's a suicide or accidental death. But there are still more questions than answers: 1. How did she fit herself into a garbage chute that has an opening the size of a laptop? 2. Why were her jeans pulled down below her knees? 3. Who is her boyfriend and why are people suspicious of him? The deeper you go into the case the less you feel like you know...
When a law student goes missing - you can't help but suspect everyone in her class. Was this law school ⁃ jealousy, a love triangle, or a random crime? What if one of these very law students wrote about how to commit the perfect crime? Is this a situation of How To Get Away With Murder?
Guests of the Cecil Hotel started complaining about water quality issues - their tap water was brown and had a strange taste to i... They sent a maintenance man to go check on the water tanks on the roof that only staff had a key to - as it was a restricted access area and armed. There he found the body of Elis Lam in one of the water tanks. She had been missing for 3 weeks. How did she get up there? Why was she in the water tanks? What about the elevator footage? Things just get stranger from here...
A convicted murderer - sentenced to life in prison - decides to start publishing children's books, short stories, and even a memoir. The elite literary community soaks in every word and praises him for becoming a reformed man in prison. They even start a petition to the President of Austria to let this reformed man out and walk the streets amongst us! Once released - it`s his second chance to do the things he's always wanted to do! Become a serial killer.
From the outside - they`re perfect. Wealthy, educated, compassionate, veteran, with 5 children in a blended marriage. When Kathleen is found dead at the bottom of the staircase - all of the Petersons family secrets come to light. We have more questions than eve.. IF-she fell (like Michael Peterson claims) why was there blood soaking the floor & walls? Why did Michael delete personal emails right after he found out his wife died? Why do people believe an owl (the bird) killed Kathleen? And what about the other woman in Michael's life found at the bottom of a staircase?
A cult in Korea heard the saying "eat the rich" and they decided to do just that. Literally. They turned their victims into side dishes for their Korean BBQ. Is this about the ever-growing wealth gap or are they just a sinister cult looking for blood?
The "CandyMan" is what all the little boys called him. He was a candy factory owner who passed out free candy to all the kids. In the same small town of Houston Heights 29 boys go missing in the span of a few year... At a time where it felt like nobody could be trusted - the CandyMan seemed like a wholesome adult figure. But you know where this story goes.
The CandyMan and his 2 assistant killers are ramping up their serial murders.. 29 boys go missing from the same small town. Where are the police? And who finally takes down Willy Wonka? It all ends with one last party.
They met in High School and became popular and inseparable. One of them was even voted "Miss Irresistible." Best friends forever & ever they said - but when four of them are found brutally murdered you have to wonder if someone close to them was involved... Secrets between friends are sometimes the darkest ones. One of them is a Pretty Little Liar.
5 men board 5 different Tokyo subway trains at the same time. Each of them are carrying plastic bags filled with poison. At exactly 8 AM - peak rush hour - they will release the poison to thousands of passengers who are stcuk in the trains breathing in the lethal gas.
The press claimed she had a "perfect score on the Psychopath Test - making her the most psycopath woman in South Korea Why did all her loved ones go blind? Why did all her husbands end up dead? And why did she try to burn down an entire hospital? How much is too much coincidence?
Two friends go fishing - instead of fish they catch: BDSM leather masks, ropes, handcuffs, knives, and bondage equipment. Could this be the aftermath of a really crazy party? OR was it something more sinister? A case filled with intimate text messages between the killer and victim, bloodlust, and a raging psychopath
Who would ever suspect a sweet little grandma with the best-baked goods in town of having a sinister past? She was a doting grandmother, wife, daughter, and a "domestic goddess." But once in a while, she would add a special ingredient to her baked goods resulting in the death of her loved ones. After 11 funerals nobody suspected the grieving grandma Do you trust your grandma?
She was held captive for 24 years in the secret basement of the house that she grew up in. During her captivity she gave birth to 7 children - all in the dark with nothing but a pack of diapers and a pair of scissors. For 24 years there were two families residing in one house. The "family above" lived a normal life. Celebrating holidays. Taking pictures The "family below" lived a life with no sunlight, mold on the walls, and torment beyond imagine.
She was driven off the main road where she was assaulted, disemboweled, and left for dead. Againstall odds, she managed to survive this attack. But that was just the beginning of a diabolical crime..
The Richard son family was found viciously murdered in the middle of the night...The police are gathering clues when they realize that a family member is missing. The 12-year-old daughter...where is she? Has she been abducted? Did she escape? Was she killed? Is her body somewhere else? Time is ticking...
Ellen could hear her 8-year-old d aughter splashing around in the bath with her barbies. Thankfully her son was fast asleep - another long exhausting day as a single mom. But what if things didn't have to be this way? Ellen calmly walked over to the bathroom, plugged in her hairdryer.. and threw it in the bathtub where Stacy was playing.. Plop.
A family begged their community to help find their missing 16 year old daughter. # FindBecky started trending on social media. Nobody was prepared to find out that - A 16 year old schoolgirl had been brutally murdered in her own room, decapitated, dismembered, and placed into suitcases Not long after 6 people were arrested - 2 of them are family members.
A massive : 3 story sanatorium in the isolated woods of Washington The whispers about what goes onin there -Iheard she buries another patient every single day. If you walk past it the: scary doctor might snatch you, lock you in a room, and starve you to death. Sounds like campfire scary stories? But what if it's not. What if this is one of America's worst female serial killers?
Did you know pigs will eat anything? The Pickton Pig Farm - was isolated, private, had its own slaughterhouse equipped with commercial freezers, and hundreds of very hungry pigs. The farm was well known by locals for many things - mainly the smell that radiated from i.. but soon it would be known by the whole world. For where 49 women get murdered...
You look out your window - the landlord has dug up another large hole in the backyard... they're always doing strange gardening projects late at night. You walk into the kitchen - there's that smellagain.. the landlord says it's new fertilizer but the smellis distinct. There are usually 8 tenants but once in a while, one will disappear without notice.. what really is going on in this house?
A Japanese Hostess Club - purchase a table by the hour - female hostesses will come and sit with you the entire time. They pour your drinks, light your cigarette, flirt with you, and stroke your ego. There's an unspoken law that all the flirting - was nothing but a fantasy. But when a British Airways flight attendant disappears while working at a hostess club - a question arises. Was her abduction someone's fantasy?
There is international panic on the fate of the missing British Airways flight attendan t.. and the crazy leads don't make it any easier for police She was sold to the Yakuza (Japanese Mafia). An adult film producer claims his colleague kidnapped her for producing a snuff film. The police finally get their first good lead - they knock on the suspect's door and open up a can of worms, Why is his dog frozen? What are all the videotapes? How many victims does he really have? *Please listen to Part 1 first (#61)
Why do so many people go missing in National Parks? Alien conspiracy theory? Government experiments? Orjust lost in nature? In this case- it's none of the above. It's a serial killer that leaves a trail of bloodshed and a decapitated head bobbing in a stream in Yosemite. Once they catch the killer that's when the real mystery begins - wasn't his little brother a national hero? Didn't they make TV shows about this family? How did one brother become America's sweetheart and the other America's heartless serial killer?
Dear Mr. John Wayne Gacy.. That's howi itall: started... One letter to the "Clown Killer" who was responsible for 33 murders of young boys and Jason was hooked. For months he developed relationships and even visited with John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Richard Ramirez, and Charles Manson. He wanted to get inside their heads- but what happens if they get inside his first?
They knew something was different about their family. The sisters saw it. They had guests doing chores completely nude - in the house,. Guests being duct-taped to the walls. They had a man jumping from their roof onto his bare feet over and over again. Until his legs broke. Even all this pain - was nothing compared to the hum.iliation and psychological torture taking place.. what was really going on here? Who would finally tell?
A family of 4 is startled awake by two masked men - they tell them that everything is going to be okay. Wejust want money - that's all. Slowly for the next 7 hours - it becomes clear that's not allthey want. The 11yr old daughter was assaulted. The mother was assaulted and strangled. The house engulfed in flames - all while the police were-standing outside. "A thief in the night. I've come to steal NOT your jewels and money. But your personal safety, privacy, and security. I violate your inner asylum of intimacy." - Cheshire Home Invader / Killer.
A man with a briefcase entered the cockpit of Western Flight 701. The man tells the pilots there are 2 bombs on the plane and a grenade in his suitcase. For 20 hours - a couple terrorized the entire flight in hopes of having their demands met. They wanted $3 million dollars in cash, 5 parachutes, a woman on trial for murder to be handed over to them, and a flight to Vietnam. And for decades they got away with it - because the sky is the limit Source: "The Skies Belong To Us" - by Brendan I. Koerner (honestly, one of my favorite books ever and this episode does not even come close to how thorough, entertaining, and gripping this book was. 10/10 must read)
She died twice on that 12 story bridge The first time - she was thrown off the bridge by two men in hopes of killing her.This would be the only way their night of sick torture would stay secret. The second time - 19 years later. The same bridge. The same spot. The same 120 feet fall. Are the events connected? How does someone die twice?
When you step into this Walgreens it feels like any other - aisles filled with cosmetics, household goods, and Japharmacy. The employees are kind but they're harboring their own dark secrets. The woman in cosmetics had inappropriate relations with a German Shepherd and her ex boyfriend refuses to get rid of the incriminating pictures. The store manager has a deadly liking for underage girls. Another employee is plotting the murder of 3 people. But is this really more sinister than your local Walgreens?
Most people collect ordinary things - palntings, books, baseball cards. But what lf you could collect your darkest desires? Two men decide they wll collect women to be held captlve In thelr torture bunker. The men started gathering all their weapons of torture - power drills, clamps, gags, and pllers..the last thing they needed was a video camera. Because they were golng to flim It all. The snuff film director, the collector, and the serial killer.
"What's the last thing you ate?" the doctor asked. All 16 of them responded the same - "human flesh." A plane of 45 passengers had crashed into the side of a snow covered mountain in the Andes. Yes, it's freezing, they were only wearing t-shirts, and many were wounded if not dead - but, they will be rescued soon. Thatwas what they put their faith in. But they were wrong. They wouldn't be rescued for another 72 days and only 16 would get out alive.
The hardworking FBI agent was on his way to a meeting when he noticed the large crack on the passenger window of his car, How is he going to explain that? He had a lie for the large wound on his hand. What about the deep scratches all over his neck? Surely he could come up with something. Now the only thing left to take care of - was the decomposing body in his trunk. Nothing an FBl agent can't handle.
You've booked a room in a nice hotel that everyone calls "The Castle." You quickly realize things are not whatit seems here. Doors with spikes attached. Vaults filled with acid. Secret peepholes in the rooms. Staircases that start and stop out of nowhere. You see the "elasticity machine" it's supposed to stretch your body so you can be taller. The owner wants to create a new race of giants.. Everything feels so strange. Why the weird maze like layout? And who is H. H. Holmes?
The hottest clubs in New York City were run by Michael. He knew how to throw a party- serving cat food as appetizers, performances of women pulling Christmas lights out of - well, you know where. A rotating wheel of 6 cow tongues for anyone to "rub" up against. This was the place to be. But when rumors started circling that Michael had injected one of his friends with Drano and dismembered him in his bathtub.. nobody believed it. Or maybe they didn't want to? Because the party mustgoon. Source: "Party Monster" by James St. James - wow..this book is a first-hand account of the whole scene, the environment, but also the crime. Really fantastic read that goes far more in-depth!
The 4 teenage girls decided they wanted McDonald's for breakfast after their all-nighter. They carefully reverse parked into the lot so that all the bloody handprints on the back of their trunk would be hidden. They ordered a full breakfast -and one of the girls lifted up the sausage patty and giggled "doesn't this look like Shanda?" The 12-year-old girl that they kidnapped? The one they tortured in unspeakable ways for the past 8 hours? The one that they just burned alive? Source:"Little Lost Angel" - by Michael Quinlan (l thought knew this case but then I read this book. One of the best deep dives l've read in a while - you 'll be engaged the whole time)
The rookie police officer was sent to the local middle school to give a lecture on how to be safe. Stranger Danger! But this town had nothing to worry about - it was a safe small town The officer left happy with his work- he had no idea that one of the very kids sitting in his lecture would be kidnapped and murdered right after school. This case was unsolved in the FBl files for over 30 years . but would a woman's phone call in 2020 finally catch the child killer?
Sharon-the high school student with straight A's. She seemed perfect - but why does a 14-year-old have a closet full of lingerie and provocative clothes? Tonya - the mom who took ajob as a dancer at a club. She was found dead on the side of the road. But why is her husband acting so strange? Sandra- the mom whose baby was kidnapped. But why are there rumors that Sandra sold her child? And how do these three individ ual stories collide into one big devious mess?
In 27 years he only spoke one word. "Hi." For decades he lived without a mirror - he had forgotten what he had looked like. He had no friends, no family, no pets, no emotional attachments - those were all cut off the day he disappeared. When he is finally arrested after 27 years - the questions remain. Why did a 20-year-old walk into the woods and decide to disappear? Was he running from something? Does he know something we don't? And what happens to someone who has no social contact for 27 years?
What would you do if someone unfriended you on Facebook? You probably wouldn't even notice. Maybe you confront them. Or maybe you sneak into their house and brutally murder them and their significant other.. How dare they unfriend you on Facebook? This case is filled with twists, delusions, social media drama, and so much cat-fishing that you start to believe there's no way this is real. But you know what they say - social media can be deadly.
When 2-year-old James goes missing at the mall his mom is quick to start her frantic search. Within seconds he had disappeared into the crowdl,. When the police arrive and show her the CCTV footage everyone is relieved. James had been lured out of the mall by two 10-year-old boys. Thank god it's not some creepy old man. Nobody had any clue that these 10-year-olds were planning a murder.
The investigators arrived at the scene - it was Friday the 13th and the victim had been brutally killed with an axe. The victim suffered over 40 stabs with a 3ft long axe and half of her face was missing. Was it a gang? A serial killer? It definitely wasn't the cute little housewife that makes taco salad, takes painting classes, and was headed for church that day - because that would be crazy.
Wanda was reading a tabloid of "The Perfect Crime." She couldn't believe it - how does a family man just viciously murder his entire family in their 19 bedroom mansion? And the worst part is he got away with it and has been on the run for 18 years. At that moment she looked up and saw the killer. Staring back at her. Only it wasn't John List. It was her new neighbor.. or was it?
You walk into an empty abandoned bank. You walk straight for the vault. Sure, you know there won't be anything of value left but you can't help but try.In there you see a strange sight. 6 giant barrels lined up against the wall. Maybe they're filled with money? Or maybe it contains the tortured, dismembered, and cannibalized remains of 8 people. Well, go on- open it.
If you saw Pattl & David walk down the street they look like the perfect couple. But those who knew them looked like they had seen a ghost. The whispers - but David's wife was only recently murdered. What about the girl that the police found in his doghouse? And why is the younger sister of his dead wife wearing all of her clothes and jewelry? Strange things happen in perfect towns.
Did you hear? The upper elite of New York City had a new resident - Clark Rockefeller. You know - from the billionaire Rockefeller family. He swooped in with his impeccable designer suits, tens of millions worth of art, and his old beat down car. Some might think that to be strange. But you know what they say - oid money never flaunts. But why did he kidnap his 7-year-old daughter in the middle of the street? And how is he related to the Sohus family murders from 20 years ago?
After a rough start, Kristin was adjusting well at Cal Poly. She made friends and even took a lifeguard position that required her to get up by 4:20 AM. And then she disappeared Nearby, Mary had just rented a new house but the problem was that dang alarm.It would go off every day at 4:20 AM and she didn't know where it was. But strangely it wasn't coming inside the house. But outside. Sounded like it was buried. But who would buy a stopwatch?' *The podcast "Your Own Backyard" - lby Chris Lambert is one of the most heartbreaking, thorough, and Well-done podcasts |'ve ever listened to. Please go give it a listen because there's so much more to this story.
Joe wasn't your average Joe - he wanted to be someone spectacular. Someone to be feared, He skipped class, stole cars, carried guns, and even managed to get a girifriend named Esther. So when he saw the "E" ring he knew he had to have it - to give to his girifriend, He leaned over and pulled it off the girl's lifeless hand, The girl that he and his friends had just murdered.
The police had been searching for Shannon for 24 days - a search that would cost taxpayers over $3.2 million. The police were doing yet another routine search of a house they heard a tiny voice call out "stop it you're scaring me." Shivers went down their spine, Where is that coming from? Inside the bed? They looked closer and realized the 9-year-old was underneath the mattress.. They asked her "well where is the man that took you?" She pointed at the bed...
"Welcome to Bob's Bazaar Bizarre" - the small shop for oddities from around the world. May Bob interest you in some genuine human skulls? Perhaps a shrunken head in a jar? When you leave the shop's bizarre environment you can't help but wonder.. that Bob guy is so strang e. And how does he even collect so many real human skulls? You can't help but wonder what Bob does in his free time to enlarge his collection.
3 people stranded on a boat in the middle of the ocean. 1 of them has lied to the others. The truth will have deadly consequences 1 of them is hiding a big secret from the others. A secret she doesn't want to get out And only 1 willsurvive the 70 day ordeal. Book Rec: "Lost" - by Thomas Thompson (one of my fave authors) it's so good you'll read it all in one sitting especially if it's a rainy day.
He wasn't like the other boyfriends and husbands. He treasured every single moment that he spent with her. When they went grocery shopping he studied her favorite foods and brands. When they went shopping he admired all the clothes that she picked out and watched her try them on. Sure - she was married but that can't stop true love. And what if she doesn't know him yet? Once he kidnaps her - she will fall in love.
Her body was found by her own children. When the police rushed to the scene they were shocked. She had been brutally mutilated - but something curious was in her hands. They were the keys to solving the case. A clump of hair was found in each hand - when they ran the DNA... One locket of hafr belonged to her - the other an unidentifiable woman. A ritualistic killing with an emphasis on women's long hair. Who is this strange killer? And willthey catch him in time?
She was rushing to the emergency room - her 5-year-old son was in the back. Every minute could mean life or death. He had been having seizures all day. But before entering the hospital she stood over her suffering son and took a picture. What would she caption this one? Maybe she would mention how this was going to be his 13th surgery. Yeah, that would be good, The followers would eat that up. Book Rec: "My Sweet Angel" - by John Glatt (Such a great deep dive on this case)
The goal was simple. Break into the house - sneak into the upstairs room and murder the 18 year old high school girl. Now comes the hard part- the wait. Waiting in an eerily silent house near the body of the young girl till her parents come home. They too have to be murdered. Now for the finishing touches. Write on the walls in big blue spray paint "f**k off Asians KKK"
She couldn't believe it. They wanted her to write a letter to her kidnappers thanking them for all that they have done for her. Are these people out of their minds? She missed her old life in South Korea - she had been a famous movie actress, her children, freedom, she missed it all. Now she was kidnapped in a foreign country forced to write letters of love to the men who ordered it. She started the letter - Dear Kim Jong ll The Supreme Leader of North Korea.. Book Rec: "A Kim Jong Production" - by Paul Fischer (Even my Korean parents who grew up with this case on the news learned so much from this book! 10/10)
You want us to do what? - the couple had been kidnapped and forced to live in North Korea for years before they found out the truth. The wife was a former beloved movie actress. The husband was an award-winning film director. And now North Korea had kidnapped them to make movies for Kim Jong Il. Itsounds like a fictional story - but it was very much real. And the couple's lives depended on how good of a movie they could make. (Please listen to Part 1 before this episode!) Book Rec: "A Kim Jong l! Production" - by Paul Fischer (Even my Korean parents who grew up with this case on the news learned so much from this book! 10/10)
First day of Kindergarten is always a nerve-racking time for parents. But when they meet Mrs. W their tensions are probably eased. She has a soft face with a dirty blonde bob and she's a mom of three! She seems like the perfect teacher - kind,nurturing, sweet But when she's with the police she's a totally different person. "1 want to see where it stabbed her." " want to see a video of ther having s** with my husband!" It makes you wonder - how well do we actually know our teachers? Book Rec: "Wilder Intentions" - by C.J, Wynn (This is the best deep dive on the case and it's meticulously researched!)
When you walked by her house in the exclusively rich part of Newport Beach California you would never think it holds such sinister secrets She was holding young women captive in her house and would be arrested for slavery charges. After escaping from prison - she went on to brutally murder and scam her way into milions of dollars with her boyfriend Who is her boyfriend you ask? Well, none other than her very own son. And just when you think you know her - she surprises you. Book Rec: "Son Of A Grifter" - by Kent Walker (one of Sante's sons I couldn't put it down it was so good!)
The couple embarked on a cross country trip in their converted van to experience the beauty of the national parks. They documented their trip, posted on Instagram, YouTube, they were in the process of starting their blog. But only one came back. How is that possible? Where did Gabby go? Why did Brian- her fiance - come back with the van without her? And now with Gabby's body found and Brian is now missing - the ongoing investigation is only getting muddier. If you have any tips or information please reach out to the FBI tip line at 1-800-CALLFBI (225-5324).
All morning there had been whispers at LHS- they found a student's body in1 the old, gym. The bodyof 17 - year old KJI had beenf found rolled up into a giant gym. mat about 6ft tall. When the police arrive they rule out foul play- they beleve Kw willingly went into the mat where he would later suffocate to death. But what about all the other strange evidence? The blood on the gym walls, the FBl agent's high school son who had problems with KJ, and why were KJ's organs missing?
"Ooooh Sanford get out herel! I have a present for you - it's in the bucket!" Sanford didn't understand why his uncle was so giddy to be back to the chicken farm but he rushed outside. He peered into the bucket for his surprise. Immediately he wanted to gag. Why did his uncle bring home roadkil? Why did it look like the animal had a wig on? "Look closer Sanford." - Uncle Stew ordered. And that's when Sanford realized - this isn't roadkill. It's not an animal. It's the severed head of a young boy not much older than him....
The 17 year old girl woke up in a panic. Where was she? It was so bright and cold - a hospital? She turned her head to the left - a pale dead body. She tried to scream but her voice wouldn't work. She looked to her right - a dead body. She wanted to jump up and run out of there but half of her body was now paralyzed. She had woken up in a morgue with half her hair torn out, she couldn't move, and she didn't even remember her name. Allshe knew was earlier she was in a forest staring at the werewolf.
The 7 nursing students were huddled in their dorm room bunk beds - panicking about what to do next. They had been tied up by an intruder. They waited till he came back into the room and he pointed at a nurse "you." He escorted her out and tortured her for 30 minutes. She would never return. One by one - like a ritual the killer escorted out nurses to their death, The hostage room went from 7 to 6 then 5..... Then there was one. How will she escape?
The banyan tree is a terrifyingly beautiful sight. It looks like it's draped in a shredded cloak..with its long roots suspended from the branches - hanging eerily straight towards the ground. That's the first thing the officer thought of when he walked into the family home. 11 people dead. 10 hanging. Together, perfectly spaced out, 10 family members were suspended from the celling like the roots of a banyan tree. Suspended. 3 generations of a family had been wiped out. But why?
They sat around the dinner table- whispering. AS ffthe man the town called "The Ripper could hea them. "Don't wear red shoes - he will kill all girls wearing red shoes." "1 thought it was red clothes?" "| heard it was girls with long hair - because it's easier to grab when they try to run away- Whatever it is - we have to try it all. Cut your hair. Throw out your red clothes because if The Rippergets a hold of yo... He will leave you without your hands, ears, breasts, and sometimes even the skin on your back
Charles took a step back from his self-portrait. He was just adding his finis hing touches of paint. "Are you sure this is what you saw? This is how l'm going to die?" "Yes" the voice said The painting showed Charles with a gag in his mouth and 5 bullet wounds on his forehead.It was a gruesome piece of art but everyone that knew Charles said he was just "eccentric." They had no idea that's almost exactly how Charles would later be foundl at the crime scene. With the painting hanging above him...
"Big John" loved his little apartment.It wasn't nice but it was his He was in his 40's and he wanted to decorate it with whatever style he pleased. His bedroom was more of a game room with a mattress on the ground. The walk-in closet was wall-to-wall with the newest and latest games. Nintendo games, board games, barbies, you name it. His drawers were stuffed full with candy and his mini-fridge only had soda in it. The only thing is - none of these things were for Big John, Book Rec: "Buried Memories" - by Katie Beers (Written by the victim of the crime - and how she recovered from such a traumatic event. Get your tissues ready)
You look around - you're in the hospital but you feel trapped. Why can't you talk? Why can't you move? You start to feel your body involuntarily shake. The nurse noticed and rushed to your bedside. Good, someone is coming to help. She pulls back your covers and crawls into the bed with you. She's stroking your hair, kissing your face, and wants to look you directly in the eye as your pupils dilate, violently convulse, and you take your last breath. You were always her favorite patient... right?
This night was special from the rest - he felt his stomach rumble violently. Oh no. He bent over and threw up everything. What was the problem? He was used to drinking all night - in fact, it was his only true joy. Maybe it was her fault. He looked down at the girl laying on the ground covered in her own blood Maybe her blood just did n't sit right in his stomach. He is, after all, the Vampire of Düsseldorf.
The beekeeper called for his friend - "Jose you need to come nowl" He had found something near the abandoned house. They rushed over to a small pit on the ground covered with branches. They bent down - used an old spatula to move around the dirt. It was a watch. They screamed..the watch was still attached to its owner. The two men unknowingly discovered the bodies of 3 missing girls, that would lead the whole country down a rabbit hole of conspiracies, scandal, and a man on Interpol's most-wanted list. Rec: "Alcasser Murders""- by Netflix
Kenny was ecstatic- he was finally moving to LA where he would chase his dreams. To make things better his older cousin was letting him stay at his house. He would also teach him a few lessons on how to be successful. "Lesson #1: You gotta hit the bullseye. Make it your target. Right between the legs. Always use a wet towel.It doesn't leave bruise marks. Oh, and Kenny? Don't chicken out when you strangle them." The two cousins would be known as the "Hillside Stranglers" and they would leave behind a trail of bodies all over the hills of LA Rec: "The Hillside Stranglers" - by Darcy O'Brien (best deep dive on this case out there but it is really intense.)
Family should always be close. The two cousins did everything together. They slept with their son's underage girifriends together, started a business, and even lived together. They wanted to experience life's greatest pleasures - together, as a family. The rush of injecting a woman with Windex (the window cleaner) to see how they would convulse. The rush of hooking up a woman to electrical wires from an auto shop. The rush of leaving naked bodies all over happy Los Angeles. They did it all -as a family. Rec: The Hillside Stranglers"- by Darcy O'Brien (best deep dive on this case out there but it is really intense.)
It`s healthy for couples to talk to each other. That's exactly what Mrs. C was trying to do to keep her marriage alive. She would come home to tel her husband about the love triangle at work. "Melissa loves Jack but Jack is seeing Anna" can you believe it? At first, it seemed like innocent coworker drama but slowly it got sinister. Mrs. C wanted to help Melissa spy on the couple, hack into voicemails, and even break into apartments Mr. C also knew all about Melissa & Jack's sex life. How in love they were behind Anna's back. But he didn't know that his wife was telling him all the dirty details of her own affair Or that it would lead to two people being stabbed Rec: "Obsessed" - by M Phelps - this is such a good book by one of my fave authors!
He wrote in his diary everyday about his love and desire for Susan. He took hundreds of pictures of Susan - of her getting dressed, eating cereal, using the restroom, even shopping at Costco. Her husband was no good for her. They were not in love. Not like the way he and Susan were in love You probably guessed it but Susan had no idea that he was in love with her. And she definitely wasn't interested in dating her father-in-law. When Susan went missing - all his creepy secrets would be exposed. But you know what they say -like father like son.
Jason was a straight A college student, with 2 jobs, and his favorite show was "The Sopranos." He was a nice kid with a bright future ahead of him. One day police found Jason's mom had gone missing. Jason was worried. Hehad thrown her headless body off a cliff-justlike what he learned from his favorite show. But he had been so busy- that he hadn't gotten around to burning her head and her hands. They were still siting in the closet waiting for him Book Rec: "Such Good Boys" by Tina Dirmann (best deep dive on this case and an amazing read)
Allig ators are one of the world's oldest predators. Their bite is 3x stronger than that of a lion. So it was a no-brainer to police when they were told Mike Williams went missing at Lake Seminole "He was eaten alive - maybe they took his body to their dens for later food."- they thought. But when pieces of clothes that presumably belonged to Mike surfaced - people were confused. There were in pristine condition. Practically new. The dark waters and mystery at Lake Seminole will haunt 4 families for over 20 years. But the truth will eventually come to shore, Book Rec: "Evil At Lake Seminole"- by Steven Epstein (such a good deep dive and amazingly written)
In Florence, ltaly-it's said that 1/3 of people are conceived in cars. Young couples would drive up the isolated hills to have some fun - and creepers would flock to watch them. They would watch, record, "enjoy" themselves, and then go home,. Except for one creeper - he wanted more,. He would ambush the couple right after they were done- and drag the woman out of the car to take something for himself. His little trophies.. Book Rec: "The Monster of Florence" - by Douglas Preston & Mario Spezi (Might by me favorite read of the whole year - you need to pick it up)
In the halls of their high school - nobody dared to walk near her. Most of the students pretended they didn't see her, hear her, or know her. If you were new there you might ask - "What did she do?" "Oh, you don't know? That's Gitchie Girl. She went into the woods with 4 of her friends and she's the only one that came out alive. And we all know that Gitchie Girl is hiding something." Book Rec: "Gitchie Gir" - by Phil Hamman & Sandy Hamman (There are 2 books written by the authors and both are incredible, heartbreaking reads)
The highway patrol officers turned on their sirens. 2nd drunk driver of the night. This guy was worse than the first. He had a friend in the passenger seat- drunk, passed out, and he didn't even realize they had been pulled over. He sat there'sleeping while the driver was being arrested. "Come on bud time to find a new ride" - the officer tapped the window. That's when he realized - the passenger wasn't drunk. He was dead.
Bbzzz-when the buzzer goes off they know it's game time. The high contact sport of water polo begins. For the next few hours - they attack, get dragged underwater, and they try to win at all costs. And then afterward the team will reward themselves with shots at the bars. Keli was nervous. She didn't khow how to sneak out of the party early without anyone knowing. But what choice did she have? She was going to give birth tonight.In secret. For the second time. Book Rec: "Nice Girl"- by Rachel Jane Chin (so good!)
"Welcome to the House of Gucci." You're instantly hit with the smell of leather and well - money. This is what Gucci is all about - wealth, excess, and opulence. It's a household name. But have you heard of the Gucci killer? The one fueled by lust, greed, and counterfeit bags. The one that would kill in the name of Gucci. They say money can't buy happiness - but it'll get you a whole lot of Gucci.
He was about to sellhis family company and become a billionaire. But then he went missing. In order to find him, the police had to dig into his personal life. Why was a private detective following him? Who hired them? What's on the videos the PI took of him? Why was he visiting a very shady chat forum every single day - what kind of information was he looking for on there? And most importantly - did the dismembered body parts scattered on the side of the road have anything to do with this?
They say family secrets are like vampires - they never really die The Murdaugh family knows this better than anyone. For generations, they were one of the most powerful, wealthiest, families in South Carolina. But when those around them start mysteriously dying.. and even two of their own end up dead You have to wonder - is someone finally getting their revenge on the untouchable family? An eye for an eye? Or are the Murdaugh family secrets out for blood?
The American exchange student skipped home - her life in Italy was perfect. She had great roommates and a new Italian boyfriend. Nothing could ruin her time abroad. Thatis -tillshe finds the door to her apartment wide open, blood smeared all over her bathroom, and one of her roommates dead in her room. Her"strange behavior" makes her a target for the police. I mean would an innocent person do yoga in the police station, journal about pizza during an interrogation, and "make-out with her boyfriend while police are around? Book Rec: "Waiting To Be Heard" - by Amanda Knox (one of my fave books of the year
The stories were becoming wilder. Did you know that right after killing her roommate with her boyfriend - she took a shower in the blood-soaked bathroom? She killed her roommate over a threesome gone wrong! She even did cartwheels, backflips, and splits in the police station. If this were true she just might be the evilest woman in all of Italy. But what if it wasn't? What if this was an innocent woman spending 5 years in prison for a murder that she did not commit?
Tony was getting fed up. His friend wasn't listening to him. "No no no you don'tget itll'm f***ing my mother! - he screamed. The restaurant went quiet. Tony came from a strange family, to say the least. His great-grandparents were the creators of plastic Yes, plastic. His mom was an eccentric aspiring author working on her debut novel about a mom who seduces her son on a yacht - that everyone believed to be more of an autobiography Strange? Sure. Homicidal? Absolutely.
On the surface, there was nothing remarkable about Larry Lavin. He lived in a quiet neighborhood with his wife and family, drove a Volvo, and practiced dentistry in Philadelphia. But, from 1978 to 1984, Dr. Lavin moonlighted as one of the largest cocaine kingpins on the Eastern Seaboard,. Through the voices and perspectives of law enforcement, drug runners, friends, business associates and Larry Lavin himself, Wolves Among Us, Season One, The Larry Lavin Story, tells the story of Lavin's dual life, his impact on Philadelphia culture in the late 70s and early 80s, and the stunning events that led to an intense manhunt for one of the FBl's 10 most wanted fugitives. Wolves Among Us is a presentation and creation of Peabody-nominated C13Originals, a Cadence13 Studio.
The wife of high-powered influential Harry Piper was kidnapped. A random note was left - "We want $1 million dollars to be paid in 50,000 unmarked $20 bills." The family paid it. Itwould be two fu ll days till Virginia was found chained up to a tree. Alive. She never saw the kidnapper's face. After three long years, the police presented her with a few audio clips. She perked up. "That's him! My kidnapper! I'm sure of it! I remember his voice." If this were true Virginia was lucky to be alive. She was listening to the yoice of the Hammer Man- who smashed women to death with his bare hands.
They were just like any other couple. They went on dates on the beach, went shopping for lingerie together, and they had "fun" wherever they could. In cars. At their houses. In the park. Everywhere. Sure, they were plotting a murder but does that really mean much in the grand scheme of their all-encompassing love? By night - they were plotting the perfect murder. By day- he was a 15-year-old high school student and she. Well, she was his high school teacher of course.
The 16-year-old girl could n't stop ranting at work. Life is so short- her "high school teacher's husband had just been viscously murdered. Can you believe it? Her teacher is now a sad widow. During her rant, one of her coworkers cut her off. Wait- didn't you tell me a few weeks ago that your 15-year-old friend was planning on murdering him? So that he could be with his teacher? Cecilia looked up and responded..."Oh, sh*t| forgot I told you that."
The two women met in the psychiatric ward and instantly sparks were flying. Their hair was wild, they were heavily drugged up but they knew that it was only a matter of time before they had s*x. They were so different but it worked. One woman - the wife of a millionaire. The other woman - was struggling with life and addiction. But they just knew that they would be together. They just didn't know it would be in jail.. for murder. Book Rec: "She Wanted It All" - by Kathryn Casey (an amazing deep dive on this case I was hooked).
The three girls never went anywhere without each other. They were besties Wel, except Biology Class - the one class that only Rachel and Sheila were in. Maybe that's why during biology Sheila would ask a lot of strange questions "Excuse me, what kind of acid would you dispose of a body in?" "I don't know..why?" "Oh, we're trying to figure out what to do with Skylar." Rachel would be off on the side giggling, That's how the two girls started to plot their best friend's murder in biology class.
The sisters were arrested - they went with the plan. Stare at a fixed object to the point of looking hypnotized. The police were getting fed up "YOU'RE AN EVIL LITTLE MANIAC TELL US WHERE THE BOMBS ARE:" The sisters remained "hypnotized" till at exactly 3 PM they looked at their wristwatch and let out a big sinister smile, BOOM, The bomb went off in the lbusy streets of London injuring hundreds. The sisters had 3 more. Book Rec: "Say Nothing" - lby Patrick Keefe (one of my favorite authors of all time you won't be disappointed by any of his books)
What is a nymphet? It's a seductress of course. She knows what she's doing. She finds men that are alone, vulnerable, and she tempts them. She will walk by and by using her superpower seduction she doesn't even need to talk to them. She doesn't touch them. She simply exists and that is enough The men then drop to their knees and forget to think straight. They are willing to risk it all for her. Even years of their lives in prison. Why prison you ask? Did I forget to mention nymphets are 9 years old?
The FBl agent watched her across the store. He was seasoned enough to know what that little girl was trying to do. He watched her steal a notebook and make a run for the door. Not today. The agent grabbed her arm and stopped her. She was under arrest. "I'm an FBl agent and you just committed a crime, little girl. I need to take you to my boss. This is how Sally Horner was kidnapped, held hostage, and tortured for 2 years Book Rec: "The Real Lolita" - by Sara Weinman (without her this case would have been forgotten).
15 year old James gathered all his friends at the bowling alley and dragged them outside. He wanted to show off his 13 yr old girlfriend and his brand new car! The kids were shocked - how did James get a new car? He doesn't even have a license but they were too excited to care. They all packed in the car. Windows down. Music on. Speeding on the streets. James and his girlfriend felt free for the first time in their lives. Well almost free - they had to get rid of the body in the trunk first. Book Rec; "Kill Grandma For Me"-by James & Jim DeFelice (the best deep dive you will find on this case!)
You might think her life is perfect. Millionaire boyfriend, $13million dollar mansion, and a cute dog. But behind closed doors it was rough - her boyfriend's ex-wives hated her, she fought with his teenage kids all the time and spent a lot of her time babysitting his youngest child One day under her care - the little boy ends up unconscious and is rushed to the hospital. Nobody blames her though - or do they? Because just 2 days later she is found dead with the words "she saved him, can you save her?" scribbled on the door. Book Rec: "Death On Ocean Boulevard" - by Caitlin Rother (Yes, there's a ton of info on this case but this is the best deep dive you will find.)
lt's a tale as old as time. A farmer was walking his fields one cold winter when he spotted a snake. The snake was fro zen stiff from the cold The farmer knew the snake to be deadly bout he couldn't help himself. He scooped it up and put it in his jacket to warm it up. Slowly the snake woke up and gathered enough strength to look up at the kind man who saved him.. and bit him. The ultimate betrayal. But we know snakes are cold-blooded. Humans are different - we would never do such a thing to someone who saved our lives. Or would we?
Carol demanded to see what Doug had been doing with his other women. Recently their relations hip had changed -all Doug cared about was cheating with other women and threesomes He warned her. This would scare her away. She could n't handle the truth. Doug was smug. He walked over and he plopped down into the sink... A severed head. Carol didn't scream, she didn't run, instead, she sat down and started applying makeup on the severed head. Doug was her man and she would stick by him.
Jean was a successful doctor working as a researcher at the well-respected World Health Organization. His wife was a pharmacist and they had 2 beautiful children. Ah yes, it's another perfect family. But we both know that there's no such thing. Jean was cheating on his wife with a mutual friend - a child psychologist. But the affair does something mysterious to Jean. He starts blacking out, has holes in his memory, but most alarming of all - he wakes up one day to find himself hovering over his wife's dead bod...What really happened here?
What would scare you the most about being on a deserted island? The sharks? The thick jungle that is so thick and humid you have no idea what animals are lurking beyond? Or maybe it's basic survival - finding out how to get water, food, and shelter. The last thing on your mind would be murder right? That's what the Graham couple thought when they docked on the deserted isolated island of Palmyra. But they didn't know that they weren't alone there, And that they would never leave the island ever again. Book Rec: "And The Sea W ill Tell" - by Vincent Bugliosi & Bruce Henderson (best deep dive on this case and fascinating perspective into the trials but heavily biased)
The Cleveland Health Department had been flooded by calls from residents on Imperial Avenue. The residents complained of an inescapable, pungent, thick stench that was so strong that it made their eyes sting. After years of calls, the inspectors went out to investigate. The source was clear. Ray's Sausage Shop! That made perfect sense, fresh meat being ground daily into sausages has to produce some stench right? No matter what the residents tried - the smell never went away. At least for years. 11 bodies later.
The only thing he loved in life was his mom. She was his everything. He couldn't bear to be fighting with his "Mama Bear." He was worried that South Hill Rapist would come for his mom. I mean why wouldn't he? He was terrorizing the entire neighborhood - no woman was safe. The rapist would drag women into the bushes, assault them, threaten them, and then whisper in their ears. "|'m so sorry, I didn't mean to, you didn't deserve this, are you okay?" In a high-pitched baby voice. His mama bear did always say his baby voice was just so adorable.
Children say the scariest things. Sometimes you can't help but feel like they know something you don't One daycare worker vividly remembers a moment that sent shivers traveling down her spine. A little boy was playing with a little girl.House.Innocent right? Out of nowhere, the little boy started to scream and smash mommy doll up against the wall.It was so unlike him. The alarming part? The little boy's mom had recently been murdered and everyone suspected someone close to her. Did the boy know more than he told the police? Book Rec: "Shattered" - by Kathryn Casey (amazing deep dive and really shines alight on the victim)
Think about your dog, cat, or any beloved pet. If you don't have one - imagine one. Would you ever chain your dog up to your chair all day long while you and your buddies watched TV? Would you make the dog beg you on all fours to use the restroom? And if the dog did something you didn't like - would you ever dream of chaining up outside to a tree in the cold winter night? You wouldn't dream of doing that to a dog. It would make you a horrible person. But that's how David liked to treat his girlfriends. What does that make him? A murderer.
The public was split. Most wanted him dead. He didn't deserve to live, he killed 2 people, and shot another in the face. Another group of people, a smaller group, fought to save his life. Activists, professors, and lawyers fought hard. They knew he was guilty but they fought. One man fought the hardest. He traveled the world campaigning for his release. The world was shocked. They asked him: are you sure you want him to be free? Are you out of your mind? Do you need psychiatric help? "But... but didn't he shoot you in the face?" Book: True American" - by Anand Giridharadas (this is one of the best books l've read all yea.r.it's incredibly emotional and I highly recommend it)
It's said that some pathological liars are even considered functionally delusional. They can even pass a lie detector test. They believe their own lies. Sometimes they re-write their lies and memories on the spot. You can see their eyes flutter, a shiftin attitude, and boom. They are living a new reality and you almost feel like you' re the one going crazy. But as humans, we can detect lies, right? Or can we? What happens when a pathological liar takes a stand in front of the whole nation to say - "my child has been kidnapped by her nanny! Help me!" Would you believe her?
The gas station attendant was helping him fill up his car. What timing. It was a hot summer's day, the sweat trickled down his forehead, and he was anxious to get going. The two of them stood awkwardly at the back of his truck waiting for his tank to get full Drip. Drip. Drip. "Sir, I think your car is leaking." They both looked down to see a red liquid drip down onto the pavement. The gas attendant didn't know that there were 3 bodies in the trunk - and the driver was going to keep it that way. Book Rec: "Alice & Gerald "- by Ron Franscell (an amazing author who really dives deep into the emotions of a case)
The FBl agent walked into the warehouse.It was exactly what he expected. A concrete fortress, barely any natural light, and then he saw it. The walls. The walls were filled with rows and rows of decapitated heads, skulls, and bones. Some still had rotting flesh on them- others were completely skeletonized. When the FBl agent made it to the back he came face to face with the man. He was shirtless, barefoot, and stirring a giant pot with a head inside. "I wasn't expecting you today" - the man said... Do they know each other? What is behind the mysterious Vidocq Society? Book Rec: "Murder Room" - by Michael Capuzzo (One of my fave books this year and brb while i go read all his other books. Do yourself a favor and read this one!)
Sean hopped into his car to pick up his girlfriend. He was always so happy to see her. He couldn'tget enough of her. "Honey bunny" |'m over here! Sean's girlfriend slid into the passenger side and he leaned in for a kiss. He couldn't help but pull back with a giant grin. He wondered if she could taste it. He could.. The taste of human flesh always lingered in his mouth. Book Rec: "Dismembered"- by Susan D Mustafa & Sue Israel (The best deep dive on this case I could find! Truly amazing work)
She woke up disoriented in the dark. She didn't know where she was... oh god, what's that awful smell? Her hand was touching something sticky on the ground. When her eyes slowly adjusted to the dark she saw- bodies. Dead bodies. Stacked on top of each other. Some of their faces were frozen still as if they were still screaming. The stickiness on her hand? The bodies coming together and forming a sticky sludge filled with maggots. Now the question - how would she escape the dungeon?
Have you heard about how to boil a frog? They say if you throw a frog into a pot of boiling water - it will jump out. But ifyou throw a frog in a pot of cool water... and you slowly start turning up the heat. Slowly but surely. So slow that it's just incremental changes in heat. It's said the frog will sit there, completely unaware of its impending doom, and it will be cooked to death. The frog has been "willingly" cooked alive. Do you think humans are any smarter than frogs? Maybe not.
There were 6 people on the boat that night. A-list actress, Tangmo Nida, her manager and lifelong friend, as well as 4 very wealthy socialites were on the boat. A lot of rumors currently surround the six, There are whispers of affairs, inheritances, and wills. But the most sinister rumor? That they were trying to sell Tangmo Nida, the A-list actress, to a high-powered Thai businessman/ government official. But when only 5 make it back alive - it seems like the questions are never ending, and the secrets are only getting darker.
Unicorns are mystical creatures, They are so rare that most of us wouldn't know what to do it we came across one. When the inmates heard that the Unicorn Killer was joining them - they were terrified Most of them had heard of the Unicorn, heard the whispers. How even the CIA was terrified of the Unicorn. How the Unicorn evaded capture for 20 years. But nobody could answer the one pressing question the inmates had - what happens when you come face to face with a real-life Unicorn?
Have you heard of the Chinese urban legend? It's about the most famous thief in history. He was able to steal entire train cabins from moving trains. When he was finally caught - the thief was sentenced to death. He said his very last wish in life was to be breastfed one last time. The mom pitied her full-grown son and laid her chest bare. One last time. He lifted his mouth up, and with the most force he could summon, he ripped off her nipple. "This is all your fault"- he screamed. it begs the question, how much of a crime is the parent's fault? And how do criminals parents truly feel?
The Watkin's family moved into their new home and their first project was ripping out the old, brown, ugly carpet. Rip. Rip. Wait, what is that? They found a hole in the ground.Strange.Inside that hole is a litle treasure. Jewelry and a roll of undeveloped film They had it developed and it showed 112 pictures. A series of photo sequences leading up to the gruesome torture and murder of a young woman. They Called the FBl. The FBI could do nothing. They knew the killerbut he was untouchable. He was protected by law. Why?
He knew this was going to happen sooner or later. The FBl had already stopped by twice to let him know that he was on a criminal's "kidnap wish list." He just didn't know - that the one being kidnapped wouldn't be him.It would be his very own son. The heir to the Coors Beer Dynasty. He felt confident he could deal with this. It's like a business transaction. He just had to make sure his son had no secrets Who knew beer had so many secrets? Book Rec: "The Death of an Heir" - by Phillip Jett (amazing read I couldn't get enough!)
Being a marriage counselor is a tough job I imagine the married couple Erika & BJ would tell very different stories about their couples vacation. BJ would say that he fell asleep in the car while his wife went into a hotel room with a couple they just met. He was heartbroken and devastated when he found out what she had done. Erika would argue that BJ was there the whole time - in fact, he wanted her to take pictures of him with the couple's decapitated heads Only, they weren't talking to a counselor but to the police.
The couple's vacation in Ocean City was supposed to help them fall in love again. Marriage is tough- they lost that spark. They were even staying in the penthouse of a beautiful oceanfront hotel. The penthouse bathroom had a hot tub that they were certain was going to help ignite their romance again. But the night ended with two headless bodies in the tub. They were dismembered. And honestly, it was exactly what the couple felt they needed They were in love again.
The four of them sat in the hospital room. The sound of rain pelted the windows Al stood up and started shouting "They're coming! They're coming to take the wicked and the evil!" He felli to his knees in front of where the woman was sitting and started rubbing her with his palms "MOMMY! DON'T LEAVE ME! PURE MOMMY. PURE AS SNOW." The woman was shocked. The man was her husband, who was also a successful therapist. What happened to him? Did a patient do something to him? Did one of them drive him mad?
It all started when a woman jumped from her bathroom window. The police questioned whether or not it was a suicide. The whole nation did. Why did the seemingly happy wife and mother take her own life? Maybe someone pushed her? Why was her entire back filled with sexually derogatory tattoos? Just weeks later her father-in-law took his own life, and a 14-year-old gir's body was found stuffed in a suitcase. How were they all connected? To make things more puzzling - the person at the center of the web was someone that is loved by the entire nation....
Everywhere he went, he was kind. He was kind to the woman he passed by in the produce aisle, the female cashier, and even the woman next to him at the red light. Maybe he was nice because he loved to picture allthese women naked and in his bed. Sure, some would call it crass but was Ned's favorite thing to do. Regardless, the women were nice back. They liked Ned. He was well dressed, clean cut, and seemed gentle. They had no idea that he was fantasizing about strangling them. Staring into their eyes while they took their last breath.
The text messages were released. At first, it only circulated amongst smaller group chats - but like a fire, it spread. It was too good of a scandal. Two normal everyday people and the innermost private parts of their lives. Their affair. Wanda, the married woman, and mother, cheats on her husband with the mailman. Nude pictures and videos were circulating of the two. Wanda lost everything. She lost her job, her family, her friends, her reputation. Her entire life was ruined by this leak. But something nobody would have guessed? Everything was faked. Two men had set out to ruin this woman's life for very sinister reasons.
Truth serum.It has quite a dark history. The CIA tested the heavy sedative on suspected criminals, murderers, and terrorists. They hoped it would even the smartest spies to - well, tell the truth. It would be hard to imagine a world where truth serum was tested on children on a large scale. But it happened. In Aston Hall Mental Hospital a sick, twisted, depraved doctor hand-picked young girls to experiment on, He would have them admitted to his hospital where he pumped them full of truth serum and violently assaulted them. He filmed it all. And the truth took a very long time to come out.
He emerged from the thick jungle for the first time in a long time. He had been waiting for this moment for years. The day World War ll would come to an end He would be relieved from his duties and Japan glorious in their victory! Onoda held his breath while his commander read his release. Onoda waited for further orders but there were none. Just a tub of face cream. "What's this for?" - asked Onoda "You're going to need it. For all the interviews.. Onoda, the war ended 29 years ago. We've been looking for you, The world will want to know what on earth did you do in the jungle for the past 29 years? How did you even survive? And how many did you kill?"
The woman leaped to her death - plunging her body into the cold water of the river. She left a note that said "to my devil husband, I can only commit suicide to expose your crime and to tell the world about my helplessness: It shocked the nation. She had been married to one of the richest, most powerful men in the nation. What did he do? And how does that connect to the haunting last picture of a woman that lives 7,168 miles away? The one that vanished after a suspicious taxi ride. Her driver even took a haunting last picture of her before she was killed. How are these two women connected?
The Burning Sun scandal exposed some of the most beloved K-pop idols to be depraved predators. The Burning Sun was a popular club The type of club where rich men ruled. If you wanted a rare bottle of champagne. They would get it. If you wanted the club to stay open an extra hour. They would do it. If you wanted the bartenders to roofie a random girl's drink so that you could have her escorted intc your private room to assaul...they would do it. The Burning Sun exposed a lot - it would even take down one of the richest women in Korea. The Milk Princess.
Pam was a normal housewife, she had a nice husband, and a job in the insurance industry. Everything about her was normal. Except, the dead body in her hallway. She had been ambushed in her own home and shot her attacker. When the police arrive they find the attacker had no ID, but a bizarre note in his pocket, it was detailed instructions on how to kidnap and murder Pam. "Make sure the knife is sticking out of her neck. Make it look like Russ's wife." The police were shocked. Russ's wife had recently been murdered and the killer left a knife lodged in her neck. Was someone targeting the housewives of Missouri?
The authorities burst into the room and their jaws dropped. The entire room was completely white. Even the books on the shelves were bound in white leather. But the most shocking was the pure white bed in the middle of the room surrounded by an arc of chairs As if people sat around the bed like it was some sort of show. Which they did. Authorities found audio recordings of middle-aged men assaulting underage girls while their friends watched. Some victims are as young as 12. There are hundreds if not thousands of victims. What kind of monsters would do such a thing? Book Rec: "The Witness Wore Red" - by Rebecca Musser
He ran an anti-abduction training program called "Project Taken. He would teach young girls how not to getkidnapped. He was not someone to mess around. Ex-military man. Specialist in kidnapping prevention. International hostage negotiator. He did it all. Well, nobody expected he would find himself wrapped up in one of the strangest, most bizarre kidnapping cases in all of true crime history, The kidnapping of Sherri Papini.
it was supposed to be a place of growth, learning, and happy laughter filling the yards. It was a place where people were supposed to feel safe, But in the parking lot of the elementary school, under a suspicious white van, there was a woman lying nude. Murdered. The police had the killers in the back of the cop car..they could see one of them looking at the victim. His lips curled up into a small smile He was happy with what he had done. He wanted to do this for a while. He told his accomplice - "hey at leastl'm not a virgin anymore." They high-fived.
Someone was out to get the Allanson family. That much was clear. Someone was targeting 3 generations of the family. But who? The Alanson's started experiencing off-putting things as if they were being stalked. One family member was in her yard when she saw a man standing there. Watching her. Sleeves rolled up. Pants down - exposing his private parts. She ran inside. Another family member found sugar dumped into the gas tank of his car. Another member reached into her fridge and pulled out a funky jar of milk. Someone had snuck in and put formaldehyde into the milk. Whoever wanted them dead - would stop at nothing. 2 would be dead. Another 2 nearly dead.
They say Lake Erie is haunted. That's where the "Lady of the Lake" lives. The bizarre pieces of the puzzle started to come together. A 14-year-old girl came out of the lake screaming, she claimed she saw a hand waving to her at the bottom of the lake. A few fishermen pulled up their line to find it tangled with a chunk of blonde hair. Human hair. A ferry operator claimed to see a suspicious bobbing object in the water. He said it looked like a head What was going on? Why were body parts washing ashore? The dismembered "Lady of the Lake turned out to be the first victim of the still free "Cleveland Butcher" serial killer.
Middle schooler Alice got off the train with excitement bubbling in her chest. She was meeting 17-year-old Peter for the first time. She had noi idea that she would be ambushed by Peter and his friends, dragged to a local motel where she would be gang r*ped by more than 40 high school boys. They filmed the entire thing. Her torture would last a year. The boys blackmailed her into coming back for more assaults. Just when she thought the nightmare was over- the police kept asking her "why did you go back unless you liked it?"
When Theresa started dating David she had a gut feeling - that something was off about David's ex-girlfriend. maybe Sure, maybe Theresa was a little jealous? Cindy, his ex, was said to be beautiful, had an hourglass figure, and was wild in bed. But it wasn't those things that made Theresa uneasy. It was the fact that David's ex never showered. She doused herself in perfume hoping it would mask the scent. She would zone out and forget everyone around her. And she only got intimate with David if she could call him "Daddy" in a teeny tiny 5 year old girl's voice.
When he was found dead at the bottom of a building in Beljing - the police found two notes of interest. His suicide note where he named his killer. That seemed odd? And another note - a piece of paper that was handwritten. Where he had promised $2 million dollars to someone within the next 120 days. Could that even be a real contract? Would a handwritten random note be used in the court of law? Why was this successful tech CEO so scared of losing $2 million dollars? Why had he promised it in the first place? The answer will lead you to the person that pushed him off the edge of the building.
The dead list - well, he called it the "List of the Doomed." On there was a long meticulously written list of 50+ local young girls.In the years to come he would sit down, pull out his little dead list, and in a red pen, he would methodically write ""D" next to a name. D for dead. Another one is dead. It didn't matter if the giris on the list knew they were doomed. It didn't matter how much they tried to protect themselves. Once they were on the Doomed List they were going to die a painful death. Not a single girl on the list would survive.
Summerin Italy- where else would you want to be? Marco was a lifeguard working at one of Italy's beautiful seaside resorts. After his shift, he rushed over to his girifriend's house, and ate dinner with her entire family. They allgot along. lt's like he was part of the family already. Even after dinner, Marco wanted to wash the scent of saltwater off his body and asked if he could take a bath. Of course they let him. And in that little bathroom, Marco would die. The house was filled with people, How did nobody know what happened? Or maybe, they all have their own secrets to protect.
The community was relieved. The killer couple was put behind bars and finally, they could relax. Thankfully the police were able to catch them after their first victim.. the thought of having a serial killer on the loose was spine-chilling. They all felt safe. But many many miles away in a public restroom were the scribbles.. "I killed Tanya. Yes, I'm sick, but enjoyed myself. People took the blame and I'm free:)" A happy face. The happy face serial killer was free and ready to kill again.
Margaret was cooking up her favorite stew. She could use it. The temperature was below zero, the winter storms were approaching, and Margaret hoped the nutrients from the pork bones would give her energy. She would need the energy for her cleaning job She took her pork bones, which were neatly pre-sliced, she took them out, washed them, and plopped them into her water. it was almost muscle memory - but when she stuck her hand in again she felt something strange. She pulled out some bony pieces in the bag and it took her a moment to realize she was staring at 3 severed human fingers. Margaret didn't have pork meat. She had the dismembered remains of a university student. The police would find 2000 more pieces of that student dropped around campus.
Welcome to the BDSM Dungeon party. If you've never been or if you've never heard of such a thing - you might think it sounds scary Butit's not scary at all. n fact, it can be very fun if that's your thing Bob's favorite part of the dungeon party? Well, he couldn't choose, was it the giant orgy room in the center of the building, or the crosses that you can tie people to, maybe it's the playrooms where your deepest desires come true. This type of party is normally a great time between consenting adults but Bob had other plans. He didn't care about the BDSM community - all he cared about was murder.
Joanne's mom had always been a bit out there. Nobody could quite put her finger on it, but there were whispers that family members were witches. When Joanne's mom sent her out in the middle of the night to dig up something in the woods for a spell.. Joanne was confused. She was terrified of walking alone in the dark. What spell was her mom talking about? Joanne imagined she would be arrested that night. But she wouldn't be. Nobody gets arrested for digging up someone's flowers. But soon, Joanne would find herself digging in the darkness again for her mom. This time it was for a dead body, and Joanne would be arrested but let's not get ahead of ourselves.
In the comfort of her own private living room, Rachel complained about her bad back to her husband. They needed to drive across the border to see a specialist. In Caroline's place, Caroline argued with her husband about going on a double-date road trip for Rachel's bad back. Her husband argued it was going to be boring, but he caved eventually. So it was settled the two couples would be road-tripplng to Finland. Sounds like a mundane conversation? Boring almost? Then why were agents carefully transcribing every single word that they heard Inside Rachel and Caroline's house? Why were they listening through thelr electronlc devices? Rachel and Caroline were seemingly normal people.. why did government agents care to spy on them? And are they listening to you right now?
Chloe was used to her pictures being posted on the internet. She was a model, after all. She posted on social media and updated her followers on her personal life. But she had never been posted on this type of website before in her life. It's the type of website that you and I probably couldn't access. You can't just Google it.No.It exists only in the deep layers of the dark web. The post read: "Chloe. Born in the UK Abducted in ltaly. 19 years old. Measurements: 35DD. Starting bid: $300k. Auction open: July 16,2017:" Her auction would be seen all over the world.
Tom was shaking after the call. A mysterious woman had called to tell him that she knew where his missing mother was. He didn't know if t was a scam or a real lead. Allhe knew was that the police weren't doing enough. So that's how he found himself at a random Starbucks walting for the mysterious caller. When she walked in, he knew that she had something up her sleove. The confidence. The secrets behind her eyes. At the end of their meeting, he passed him a piece of paper with a number on there.. "I'm part of the Triad here n Vancouver, and we know what happened to your mom. Don't trust the police. Trust me.Ican help. Callus."
Both men were racing in their cars for different reasons. Peter was stepping on the pedal| to his wife. She was sick, and he needed to get to her ASAP. He was worried for her. Larry was in his car- racing to his girlfriend, who wasn't picking up his calls. He was worried for her. Both men were gripping their steering wheels tilltheir knuckles turned white. They were both racing to the same woman. They both knew it. Maybe they hoped whoever got their first would get her love. But both would walk away without her. She would choose neither of them because someone had taken her life.
He called it the "bear cave." He liked the sound of it. Bears were unassuming predator.s... that kind of sounded like him. Inside his "bear cave" there was a desk, an inviting yellow beanbag, and of course, it was filled with snacks and sodas. Don't forget his hidden condom box, a stack of porn magazines, and pillows hidden in a box that said "Christmas decorations." The only really odd thing about his "cave? - it was in the library of a local middle school. The teacher had been using it to sexually molest and rape dozens of middle school students.
It sounded like a new age of crime. We've all heard of jealousy being the motivation behind the murder, but this was a bit different. She was jealous that Naomi was a bigger " influencer" than she was. She hated that she was getting al the love, the likes, the follows. She was going to put a stop to it. Her brillant plan? Have her boyfriend assault Naomi so that she would be too traumatized to work again. The plan spiraled out of control, and Naomi ended up murdered. But this case is far from simple. The boyfriend was the son of Cartier's Chairman in Asia. As new information came out - people found themselves changing their minds nonstop. Did she really kill out of jealousy? Did she even know?
She never used to sleepwalk, but maybe that's what happens when you hit your 30s? Her life was spiraling out of control because of it. She woke up one morning dangling off the side of 4th-floor balcony. She had no idea how she even got there. She could have seriously hurt herself or even died..she was Just thankful he was there to save her. Or that time she woke up covered in blood. He told her that he found her roaming around at night, in a daze, with a knife in her hand. He thinks she murdered someone... She started panicking. That's exactly what he wanted. If history had taught him anything, it was that she was close. Close to taking her own life. He wanted to break her. National Human Trafficking Hotline: 1(888) 373-7888
There were always 12. 10 foster kids in the house at alltimes, plus the two biological children of the Baker parents. 12 kids. All12 kids would grow up to see some heinous things. lt's alleged that the Bakers would force the foster boys to molest the foster girls in their care. It's said that the Bakers would even force brothers to inap propriately touch sisters under their direction. Victims came forward to say they were assaulted weekly by Mr. Baker, and they remember being starved as a fear tactic. Most of these kids came out of the foster home as survivors, but one, one child grew up to become the predator. One that would prey on victims where they might be the most vulnerable - the church.
Nicole's phone had been ringing nonstop. It felt like the end of her 15-year-old life. Someone was going around calling Nicole's friends to telthem nasty rumors about Nicole. How she had no eyebrows, she got ugly, she was talking bad about them, and how she had AIDs. It sounds ridiculous, but to Nicole this was her life. Someone was out there trying to take her down. Take her crown of being the most popular girl in school. She would not stand for it. When she found out who did it-she would do anything to stop them. This is the story of how 8 high school kids played a hand in a 14-year-old girl's brutal murder. Book: "Under The Bridge"- by Rebecca Godfrey (the best deep dive you will get on this case-she really shed light into the victim's life and struggles.)
it had been months since Abby had been held captive in the bucker/torture chamber. The cruelest torture had been carried out on her, every single day. She wanted it all to be over. It didn't matter anymore that she would never graduate the 7th grade Nothing mattered except making sure her kidnapper pald for this. Abby wrote a note, naming her kidnapper, and what he had done to her before slipping it into the lining of her shoe. She hoped whoever found her would find the note. And then she filled the tiny gross sink in the corner of her cell, one of the only things that filled the tiny space, and prepared herself to end it all.
She wore a turtleneck out to the grocery store that day. Sure, a blizzard was coming down on them, but she did it to hide the bruises She looked around at all the happy faces. The smiling couples. They were so in love. If only they could see what she was going through at home She couldn't tellthem instead she suffered silently gathering up her groceries. Maybe she heard the other families talking about the winter storm or the news of the escaped prisoner. You know? The one in her living room waiting for her return. The one that had her entire family tied up upstairs? Yeah, that one. She had to hurry back to him.
It was going to be a long day - just like the movies. Each housewife was getting ready, staring into the mirror, clasping on their string of pearls. They hated these gatherings. All the other moms, bratty chlldren, and don't even get them started on the attorneys that shuffled into the room. Tensions were high. The 5 moms in total hated each other. Technically they should have a lot in common - being that they are all married to high-powered businessmen. They had similar problems but the biggest one of all? Was that they were all dating the same man. And now he was dead. Who killed him? And who will inherit his fortune?
Detective Nel was having a rough time falling asleep. She had a debilitating migraine and was throwing up all night long. Sure, her job as a detective wasn't easy, but she almost always slept like a baby. The next day she went into work and was rushed to the cell of a young, doe-eyed girl that she personally arrested last night. It was a shocking case. The girl skinned someone's entire face off. She wanted to be the next Ed Gein it seemed.In the cell, she saw the same girl covered head to toe in blood, deep gashes in herlegs, smiling up at her. There was writing on the walls - in blood. "Along came a little gir" it read. And nextto her? A voodoo doll with a piece of hair tied tightly around the neck.It was Detective Neil's hair.
You've heard of the red rooms - the alleged deep web llvestreams of people being ass aulted, tortured, and killed. The existence of red rooms is largely debated. But have you ever heard of the "Little Red Mansionf" Because this one is very real. The mansion itself was beautiful, filled wlth crys tal chandellers, gold crown moldings, and massive rooms filled with over-the-top furniture. It felt llke an expensive boutlque hotel. But for the girls trapped inside it was the biggest nightmare. They were belng hold hostago, trafficked to high-powered government officlals, In|ected wlth hormones, and in the ond, thelr oggs were ripped from their bodies to be sold on the black market. If you walked by the Little Red Mansion, you would thlnk it's a nice bullding - you would never imagine the secrets it held.
Her boytriend loved a good surprise. Surprise dates and gifts were kind of hls speclalty, but this one felt a bit different. She was bllndfolded and taken into a bulldIng Het tied her to chairin the middle of an empty room. She was gettlng glddy. He had been talking to her about buying a house for her soon. Maybe, he had finally done it| Heripped of her blindfold and got In her face to say, "welcome to my mortuary| Her eyes adjusted to the light, and she looked around. Around her were 2 dead bodles of women lald out on the ground. On the mattress in front of her was a woman tled spread eagle. She was stllmoving. Book: "Love Me To Death" - by Steve Jackson (Such agood deop dive on this case and honestly really dives deep Into the terror that everyone involved must have felt)
Edward's new boss loved a good team-building event Most companies would take their employees out for a fun nightof bowling. But not Edward's boss, Robin; he liked to have a more intimate setting. He gathered all3 of his employees in the attic of his house and told them to follow after him. He started chanting random phrases while holding up an object into the air above them. Then he dramatically pressed the object to his mouth and took a bite. He cackled maniacally and passed it around for everyone to eat. It was an amputated human breast. They were all going to be cannibals from this point on. Robin didn't care though. He didn't even care that he ripped the flesh straight from a human being who was still alive. Allhe cared about was that his employees were bonding with him.
They say when you seek revenge, you should dig two graves. One for yourself as well. The PTA moms didn't think of that when they raged war. Jill was said to have gone up and down the hallways of the wealthy school to pass out flyers. Flyers that were printed with baseless accusations against another PTA mom. It's said that she was jealous of the othern mom. Some: say it's because: she was trying t to distract the communityf from the fact that she was cheating onher attorney husband with 4 firefighters at the: same time. Regardless Jill's obsession will turn into a web of conspiracies involving child abuse, cheating with the tennis coach, drugs, and death. The result? Two behind bars and millions of dollars on the line. This is the PTA mom nightmare. (Book Red-"|"|| Get You" - by KelliPeters & RileyJ Ford. Such a good book I couldn't put it down and the emotions were so raw and so real. Please check it out)
John was devastated when he got the call from his wife's twin. His wife of two and a half years had just passed. Sure, he knew that she had been terminally ll for a while, but that didn't ease the grief he felt. So when his wife's twin sister showed up at his front door, he welcomed her in with open arms. She was the only one that understood his pain. They were identical twins, but she had blonde hair, whereas hls wife had brown. She was also a bit thinner than his wife. Maybe she reminded him so much of his wife that he slowly fell in love with her, He felt it was natural to connect with her, but he had no idea that she had planned it all. His wife's twin had been obsessed with their life. Their picture-perfect marriage, their lovely plush house, and she wanted it for herself. She felt she deserved it more than her twin. So she was here to take it. Everything. The house, the husband, and the life.
When I say "it was the town's best-kept secret," what do you Imaglne? Maybe an unknown hole-in-the-wall restaurant with the best mllkshakes? Maybe a secret hangout spot near the river with the best city views Not for the town of Glen Ridge; it was much darker than that. For them, thelr best-kept secret was thelr boys. The town's group of star athletes - the football players, wrestlers, basketib all players, and the most popular boys in class. So why are they a secret? Well, they're not. But the secret was over a dozen of the most popular boys gang raped a disabled high school giri. They assaulted her with a baseb all bat and broomstick. It was a secret kept by the boys, the parents, teachers, faculty members, coaches, and social workers, for 3 full months before the police were alerted.
Leslie only had Marie to lean on. They were best friends. Sure, they just started bonding, but Leslie really needed someone to count on. They spent countless hours on the phone, whispering, giggling, staying up, hoping their parents wouldn't hear them. But it was a bit strange that she kept asking Leslle about what had happened in that basement. Leslie had been gang raped by some of the most popular kids in high school in the football captain's basement. There was a trial underway for it. Marle kept asking about it. Marie asked about how much fun Lesile had if she would do it agaln, and how Marle could be Invited to be assaulted by the boys. She sald she wanted what Lesille had. Leslie was desperate for a friend. She said she was willing to go a second time with her new best frlend - Iif that's what she wanted.