Amelia Dyer – the maid killer
In short Who: Amelia Elizabeth Dyer, née Hobley (Pyle Marsh, 27 November 1837 – London, 10 June 1896). Nickname: “the
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Joachim Kroll – a ruthless murderer with very low IQ
In short Who: Joachim Georg Kroll (Hindenburg, 17 April 1933 – Rheinbach, 1 July 1991). Nickname: “the Ruhr Cannibal”. Crimes:
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Peggy doll: if you look at it you’ll risk a heart attack
In short What it is: a blonde, blue-eyed doll said to be possessed by a spirit. Who made it famous:
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The Walking Dead: the differences between the TV show and the comics.
In short The comic: written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics from 2003 to 2019, for 193 issues.
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Third World war? Nostradamus had predicted it
In short Context: the Paris attacks of 13 November 2015, with 130 dead, 90 of them at the Bataclan theatre.
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Elmer McCurdy – urban legend becomes reality
In short Who: Elmer McCurdy (1880-1911), American outlaw. How he died: in a shoot-out with police in Oklahoma on 7
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The Vanishing Hitchhiker Who Never Gets Home
She asks for a ride at night, sits in the back and vanishes before you arrive. The vanishing hitchhiker legend, from Sweden in 1602 to Resurrection Mary and the ghost blonde of Dino Buzzati.
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Friday 13th and Friday 17th – origins of the superstition
In short Friday: considered unlucky for centuries, perhaps because it is the day Jesus was crucified. 13: linked to the
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Lingchi – The death by a thousand cuts
China is famous for its tortures. The lingchi isn’t one of the most famous methods of execution, but it surely
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Carl Tanzler – the romantic necrophiliac
In short Who: Carl Tanzler, or “Count Carl von Cosel” (Dresden, 1877 – Florida, 1952). Her: Elena “Helen” Milagro de
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Farewell Gunnar Hansen – Leatherface
In short Who: Gunnar Milton Hansen (Reykjavík, 4 March 1947 – Northeast Harbor, 7 November 2015). Why he is famous:
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The hell of Junko Furuta
In short Who: Junko Furuta, 17, a student from Misato, Saitama prefecture. When: abducted on 25 November 1988, died on
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