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Natascha Kampusch Spent 8years in Her Abductors Basement
Maria Natascha Kampusch was abducted on March 2, 1998, at the age of ten. She was held in a secret cellar for more than eight years by her abductor, Wolfgang Piklopil, until she escaped on August 23, 2006. Following her escape, Piklopil killed himself by walking in front of a train at a nearby station.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Criminal
The Killing of Samantha Koenig
Between June 2001 and February 2012, Israel Keyes, an American serial killer, bank robber, burglar, arsonist, kidnapper, and sex offender, killed at least three people and committed scores of additional offenses, such as armed robbery, rape, and burglary.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Criminal
The Tragic Murder Of Yolanda Dillion
Yolanda Dillion, 54, of Marrero, Louisiana, was a quiet woman who had worked for the New Orleans Police Department for ten years as a budget analyst. According to local media reports, she spent the last few years caring for her sick mother.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Criminal
How Heath Ledger Died At The Peak Of His Success
Heath Andrew Ledger was a music video director and actor from Australia. After appearing in various Australian television and film projects in the 1990s, Ledger relocated to the United States in 1998 to advance his film career.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Families
Why Utah's Nutty Putty Cave is Sealed With A Man Inside
Nutty Putty Cave is located in Utah County, Utah, USA, west of Utah Lake. Nutty Putty, once renowned among cavers and notorious for its small passageways, has been restricted to the public since 2009, following a deadly accident that year.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Education
Angelina Rodriguez Killed Her Husband For Life Insurance Policy
Angelina Rodriguez is a California woman who was sentenced to death for the murder of her fourth husband, Jose Francisco "Frank" Rodriguez, in September 2000. She was also accused of suffocating her infant daughter with a pacifier in 1993.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Criminal
The Killing Of Six-Year-Old Kayla Rolland by a 6-year-old School Shooter.
Kayla Renee Rolland was a six-year-old American girl from Mount Morris Township, Michigan, who was fatally shot by a six-year-old male classmate on February 29, 2000, at Buell Elementary School in the Beecher Community School District. The child found the gun while staying at his uncle's house; the residence was a crack house where guns and drugs were often exchanged.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Criminal
Paul Alexander- The Man With The Iron Lungs
Paul Alexander's life could be seen as tragic: a guy unable to breathe on his own, paralyzed for seven decades from the neck down because of polio. Paul Alexander, however, never allowed having polio or having an iron lung to stop him from living his life.
By Rare Stories3 years ago in Earth
