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One day while Dorothy Stratten was on shift working at a Diary Queen, an older man walked into the store. Dorothy noted his outfit — a long fur coat, lizard skin boots, and gold and diamond jewelry — and she was captivated. She had never seen anyone like him before, and the two talked for a little bit before he drove off in a black sports car. Dorothy was sure she would never see the sophisticated stranger again. To her surprise, the man called...
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"The Disappearance of Ann Marie Burr" delves into one of America's most baffling missing person cases. Ann Marie Burr, an 8-year-old girl from Tacoma, Washington, vanished from her home in August 1961, sparking a mystery that remains unsolved to this day. The book explores the events leading up to her disappearance, the initial investigation, and the subsequent search efforts that failed to locate her. It also examines the theories and suspects that...
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Zebb had been working at the electronics department in Walmart for quite some time, and was logging in over 40 hours a week despite being a part-time employee. He took up extra shifts whenever they were available, and in the two years he had worked there, he had never taken a sick day or skipped his shift. With the money he made, Zebb had been saving up for a new car, and he felt ready to trade in his 1990 Mazda Protégé for a Mitsubishi Eclipse....
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Catherine Rose Isenberg was an up and coming actress in the East Coast theater scene in the early 1980s. The daughter of a prominent psychologist, she graduated from the top finishing schools and a bright future was hers for the taking in whatever endeavor she choose. But on December 1st, 1984, the beautiful Caroline was viciously assaulted and murdered. Who would want to kill the mild-mannered young actress who had charmed so many theater goers with...
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"They called him the low-rent Ted Bundy" On March 12, 2004, 16-year-old Amanda Greenwell walked out of her family's trailer in Arbor Village trailer park, and walked towards the pay phone to make a call. A few hours later, Amanda wasn't back home. Her father, Rick Greenwell, began getting worried. He walked towards the pay phone, but his daughter wasn't there, so he walked around the trailer park looking for her. She was nowhere to be found. He called...
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At around 2 a.m. on June 5, 2002, Elizabeth was woken up by a male voice whispering in her ear "I have a gun at your throat. Don't make a sound. Get up and come with me." When she opened her eyes, she saw a tall figure looming over her, and immediately felt something cold against her throat. Afraid of what the man would do to her family if she didn't comply with his instruction, she got out of bed quietly and stood up.
Mary Katherine was startled...
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On February 14, 2007, Stephen Grant walked into Macomb County Sheriff's Office a little before 11 a.m. He told the desk sergeant that he wanted to report his wife Tara missing. Turning to the deputy manning the desk with him, the sergeant asked him to call detective Bill Hughes, a 20-year veteran in the police force, to the lobby. Hughes invited Stephen into his office, and sat silently as Stephen immediately began rambling on about Tara Lynn Grant's...
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Rudy Bladel was an oddity among serial killers in that he only targeted railroad employees. For an astonishing span of fifteen years, he terrorized railways with numerous random sniper murders. Disgruntled at being laid off from his job as a railroad worker, Bladel took out his frustration on the various people who worked in the Indiana rail yards for over a decade before he was finally caught. Why did it take so long to catch him?
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In the 1970s, Los Angeles saw a spike in its crime rates, with the Center for Disease Control reporting a homicide rate of 23.0 per every 100,000. As the 1970s drew to a close, two high profile serial killer(s) cases had been sensationalized in the media, and residents were still reeling from the aftermath. The Hillside Strangler, actually two men, Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono Jr., had strangled several women and dumped them in the Los Angeles...
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On the morning of Tuesday June 27, 2000, students of the local high school woke up to some devastating news. At around 9 a.m., a student was cycling down the road when a car rammed into her. When the news broke, parents began calling each other to pass on the tragic news. Magi Bish received a call a few minutes after the accident, and she walked into her daughter Molly's room to pass on the news. Molly seemed shaken up, but looked at her watch and...
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George Moscone was set to announce Dan White's replacement to the Board of Supervisors on Monday, November 27, 1978. He had ultimately decided to choose a more liberal candidate, federal housing official Don Horanzy. In his home, Dan White showered, shaved and put on his best suit. He also picked up his .38 caliber Smith & Wesson Model 36 Chief's Special revolver, loaded with hollow-point bullets. He put 10 extra hollow-point shells in his pocket...
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On Wednesday May 6, 2020, investigators arrived at Clark Perry Baldwin's home in Waterloo, Iowa, and placed him under arrest for multiple murders. Brent Cooper, the district attorney general of the 22nd Judicial District in Tennessee announced the arrest later that day, revealing that Baldwin was the main suspect in three cold cases, one in Spring Hill Tennessee, and two in Wyoming. Baldwin is suspected of the 1991 murder of Pamela Rose Aldridge McCall...
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Matt Baker was a Baptist minister in Waco, Texas. From the outside looking in, he had the perfect family; a loving wife and two adoring daughters. But on April 7, 2006, he found his wife, Kari, dead in their bed. It appeared as if she overdosed on sleeping pills. The pastor convinced others that his wife was distraught over the death of their daughter a few years earlier. But Kari's family thought otherwise. Deep down, they knew their daughter would...
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Call it "The Confession"... At 11:13 p.m. on October 26, 1996, a man limped into the Auckland Central Police Station and placed a 16cm army knife on the public counter. He then asked for a constable, telling the officer at the counter that it was about "important matters." The man was directed into an interview room to wait for a constable, and the knife was taken into evidence. The officer realized that the man had an injury on his leg, but did not...
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Virginia Hill would be found dead at the age of forty-nine, 5,000 miles away from her hometown of Lipscomb, Alabama. She had left behind a suicide note that she was "tired of life"...But the police authorities had no idea what kind of life Virginia led...She had left her small town in Alabama to journey out west. Once there, her beauty would capture the attention of numerous powerful men which included gangster Bugsy Siegel and she would eventually...
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In late October 2011, police in Florida received a call from a man with a very interesting story. He claimed that his relative's ex-girlfriend had called him about needing the services of a hit man. Unbeknownst to her, the man she had called was a secret government informant, and was not willing to help her carry out the sinister plan. The officers who received the call were not willing to take any chances, especially since the informant was convinced...
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Lisa Stebic was an attractive mother of two when she inexplicably went missing in Plainfield, Illinois in April of 2007. When the police received the call about Lisa's disappearance, this sparked immediate questions, with the biggest one at the time being why Craig was not the one who reported his wife missing. A background check revealed that Craig was a former private investigator, and that there were two reports on file regarding his run-ins with...
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Marcus Wesson has been described as the worst mass murderer in the history of Fresno, California. His victims were his own children with whom he had fathered incestuous relationships. He also targeted his nieces and children of his wife. He was finally caught after years of abuse but the questions remained... How did Wesson get away with the crimes for so long?
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On January 23, 1990, a college student driving around in the outskirts of Portland, Oregon, noticed a body lying in an embankment off the highway. The young woman was half-naked, and investigators discovered that she had been strangled, the rope still looped tightly around her neck. The student was immediately considered a suspect, and an interview was done at the police station. He stated that he had just done his finals, and decided to take a drive...
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On December 11, 1998, Lynsey Quy called her mother and asked if she could visit for tea. She got to her parents' home in the afternoon, and the two spent the afternoon talking about various topics, with Christmas the main focus of Lynsey's attention. Lynsey was always excited about holidays, and she was looking forward to the festive season. They discussed gifts for the kids and activities Lynsey was planning. As Lynsey left, she promised to keep...
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