Lidia Naccarato and the Rosary Prayer Group: “Acidism” in the name of God
The world of sects, in the collective imagination, fascinates and frightens at the same time. A vast, multifaceted, complex, difficult
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Category: homicides
The Jameson affair, cannibalism and the whiskey heir
In short In 1888, during Stanley’s expedition in the Congo, James Sligo Jameson, heir to the Jameson whiskey family, allegedly
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The real snuff films that ended up online
In short For years snuff films, footage of real murders filmed to be distributed, were considered an urban legend. With
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Marcus Volke, the Australian chef who killed and dismembered his partner
In short On 4 October 2014 Brisbane police, called by neighbours about a strong smell, found in the flat of
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Sharon Lopatka, she wanted to be tortured and killed
In short In October 1996 Sharon Lopatka, 35, from Maryland, travelled to North Carolina to meet Robert “Bobby” Glass, whom
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Dnepropetrovsk maniacs, 21 murders in 21 days
In short Between 25 June and mid-July 2007, in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, 19-year-olds Igor Suprunyuk and Viktor Sayenko killed 21 people,
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Blue Whale game, the Russian game of death
In short In 2017 media around the world reported on Blue Whale, an alleged “game” born on Russian social networks
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Issei Sagawa, the Japanese cannibal
In short Who: Issei Sagawa (Kobe, 26 April 1949 – Tokyo, 24 November 2022). Victim: Renée Hartevelt, a 25-year-old Dutch
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Marco Mariolini, the murderer who hunted anorexics
In short Marco Mariolini, an antiques dealer from Brescia, called himself an “anorexophile”: he was attracted only to extremely thin
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Sharon Carr, a sadistic killer at 12
In short In June 1992 in Camberley, England, 12-year-old Sharon Carr randomly stabbed 18-year-old Katie Rackliff to death with 32
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Noah Crooks, at 13 he kills his mother with 22 rifle shots
In short On 24 March 2012, in a farmhouse near Osage, Iowa, 13-year-old Noah Crooks killed his mother Gretchen, a
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The murder of Pippa Bacca, the travelling bride
In short Pippa Bacca, pseudonym of Giuseppina Pasqualino di Marineo, was an artist from Milan and the niece of Piero
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