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Serial Killer Deep Dive: Robert Pickton
Disclaimer: this article contains graphic crime scene photos. Imagine you're at the grocery store shopping for dinner. Deciding that you're going to make spaghetti and meatballs, you pick up a package of fresh ground pork. You get home, prepare your meal and sit down to enjoy it. You turn on the six o'clock news and begin to eat. Suddenly a public health advisory flashes on the screen. As you swallow your first meatball, you discover that you might've just eaten human flesh: Dead prostitute flesh.
By Jenny Reed8 years ago in Criminal
Charles 'Mass Murderer' Manson Dies at 83. Top Story - November 2017.
Charles Milles Maddox, otherwise known as Charles Manson, is the wild-eyed man known for leading the Manson Family cult. Manson was deemed responsible for committing the infamous, disturbing murders of actress Sharon Tate Polanski, Tate Polanski's unborn baby, and six other victims (Abigail Ann Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Steven Earl Parent, Jay Sebring, Leno La Bianca, and Rosemary La Bianca) in the solemn year of nineteen sixty-nine.
By Tabitha Reno8 years ago in Criminal
Best Mystery Novels to Keep You up at Night
Even if you're not a bookworm, people love a good mystery novel. All you want to know is what happens next, but every single chapter is just a brand new cliffhanger and this literally makes us go to the next chapter — it's like a cycle until we eventually reach the end of the novel (but we never want stories to end!).
By Jacqueline Hanikeh8 years ago in Criminal
I Love and Hate You Part Two
Chapter 1 Monti drove up to the door of the restaurant, all the lights where off but I could see someone inside. "Stay here," I said to him as I opened the door. I silently opened the front door and moved in. I was at the kitchen when I heard talking.
By D'Naja Lynch8 years ago in Criminal
Blood Princess
The pitch black sky turned the whole Kingdom dim and shadowy, the mass numbered stars doing nothing to illuminate the darkness. Flowers sleep in the dark as the galloping of a dark horse treading encoded through the place I call home. The men guarding me carried swords and shields of steel and iron.
By Madison Riffle8 years ago in Criminal
I Love and Hate You
HANNAH'S POV "I need to leave, get out and away!" I screamed in my head as my father kicked me again. I tried to get up but every time I tried he would kick me down again. He pulled out a knife and ran its cold blade along my arm until it was just above my elbow. I could feel the tip digging into my skin, I screamed out in pain as he dug in and dragged it up my arm until it met my shoulder.
By D'Naja Lynch8 years ago in Criminal
Harm By Accusation
I see many examples of demands that someone should make amends for “harm done” in the past. Allegations are treated as if they are irrefutable fact. The accused is publicly punished. No trial by peers, no detailed examination of actual evidence. No examination of context or of the social normality prevalent at the time of the alleged “offence.”
By Peter Rose8 years ago in Criminal
The Chilling Mystery of the Black Dahlia
The Black Dahlia is one the most highly publicized unsolved crimes in US history. Over the years, there's been more than 200 suspects and more than 60 false confessions, and yet we still don't know for sure who killed Elizabeth Short.
By Joseph Farley8 years ago in Criminal
Creepiest Gifts for True Crime Fans
True crime is really, really intense as a genre. It's also one of the darkest forms of horror—primarily because it's true, and because the monsters in true crime are real people. That's why buying gifts for true crime fans often means you'll be getting some creepiness along with their presents.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart8 years ago in Criminal
In the Arms of the Bigger Spider
Part 1: "Confrontation Before Departure" here. He had a sip from his coffee and set his eyes wondering around the office room, examining the paraphernalia. A white board was filled with marker lines jotted across from picture to picture, making a detailed map of a crime scene. A cupboard with one of its doors ajar revealed piles of paper entirely occupying the interior. The study desk across him, was a scattered mess of papers, pens and other stationary. The only item that sparked his interest was a revolver packaged neatly beside a stack of files. The label on it had sketchy handwriting that made no sense to him.
By Sam Wijesinghe8 years ago in Criminal
Change Blindness and Eyewitness Identification. Top Story - November 2017.
Change blindness impacts eyewitness identification. Defining change blindness Change blindness is a striking phenomenon, one that revealslimits on conscious awareness and accentuates the discrepancybetween what we see and what we think we see (Simons & Ambinder, 2005, p.48).
By Monica Panait8 years ago in Criminal
