During the 70’s murders in Wichita, Kansas, were rare occurrence, but the events on January 15, 1974, changed that forever. A 38 year-old, Joseph Otero Sr., his wife Julia Maria “Julie”, 34, and two of their children were found tortured and killed in their home. The Otero killings in 1974 were a huge story. There […]
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Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo (Андрей Романович Чикатило) was a Soviet serial murderer. He was dubbed the Butcher of Rostov, the Rostov Ripper, and the Red Ripper. Andrei Chikatilo was born on October 16, 1936, in the village of Yabluchne, Soviet Union. At the time of his birth, that part of Soviet Union was recovering from a
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Shannan Gilbert 911 Call [Cleaned] Shannan Gilbert called 911 in 2010, but for years no one has heard 911 call. The reason we were given for years by investigators was: “It could harm the investigation.” It could have, but not after a decade. It took a judge order to get 911 call released on May
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On March 1, 1989, in the suburb of Mosman, Australia where crime was almost non-existent, 82-year-old widow was living alone in a neat little apartment on the main street. It was midafternoon when she visited the local shopping center, and at 4 p.m. she walked the short distance towards her home unit. She got to
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Pauline Parker was born on May 26, 1938, Christchurch, New Zealand. Juliet Hulme was born on October 28, 1938 in London, Great Britain. Pauline had an illness named osteomyelitis when she was five years old. Her treatments were painful and she was excused from physical activities at school due to chronic leg pain. She was
On April 30, 2014 a staff member at a crisis line called the police, looking for a welfare check. The staff member had received a call from Rodger’s mother who was worried about the content of a video Elliot Rodger had published on YouTube. The police interviewed Elliot Rodger at his home, but they found
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April 20, 1999, in Littleton, Colorado, Columbine High School, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, both seniors, wearing all black – black trench coats, prepared to carry out an attack. They murdered 12 students and one teacher and 24 were wounded. This was the deadliest school rampage shooting in history at that time. It was the
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Susan Smith was born in September of 1971, South Carolina. Her parents divorced when she was six and, five weeks later, her father committed suicide. Susan kept an audiotape of his voice. She suffered so much that people perceived her as odd. She had two brothers and mother. Her mother, shortly after the tragic incident,
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Keith Raniere was born in Brooklyn, New York on August 26, 1960. His father worked in advertising and his mother was a dance instructor. He was still young when his parents were separated, about 8 years old. Raniere later claimed that he had been inspired to start NXIVM, by reading an Isaac Asimov book about
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This horrific case ended with Cynthia Vigil’s desperate escape on March 22, 1999, in New Mexico. David Parker Ray and Cindy Hendy were arrested. Cynthia was running down a highway and entered a house. People didn’t know who Cynthia was, but a woman called police and visibly shaken, describing Cynthia’s condition. She was naked, her
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