Anatoly Slivko, the killer who filmed his murders
In short Anatoly Slivko (1938-1989) ran a youth club for boys in Nevinnomyssk, in southern Russia. For over twenty years,
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Carl Newton Mahan, the six-year-old tried for murder
In 1929, in Kentucky, six-year-old Carl Newton Mahan killed an eight-year-old friend with his father’s shotgun. He was tried by a jury and convicted: the full story of the case that divided America.
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Branding
Branding is a process by which a mark or a symbol is imprinted into the skin with a hot branding
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Necklacing, the rubber tire torture
Necklacing is a form of torture executed in modern times, born in the mid-80s in South Africa. Execution of the
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The Richardson family murders and the guilty 12-year-old daughter
In short On April 23, 2006 in Medicine Hat, Canada, Marc and Debra Richardson and their 8-year-old son Jacob were
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5 among the best preserved mummies of history
In short Five incredibly well-preserved mummies: the Inca “doncella” of Llullaillaco volcano, sacrificed about 500 years ago; Cherchen Man, who
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Earle Nelson
In short Earle Nelson (1897-1928), known as “the Gorilla Man” or “the Dark Strangler”, killed at least 22 people between
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Dennis Rader, the BTK killer
In short Dennis Rader, born in 1945, killed at least ten people between 1974 and 1991 in Wichita and Park
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Is the remake of IT about to be made?
In short When I wrote this article, in January 2016, the new adaptation of Stephen King’s IT had just passed
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Found a fish with legs in New Zealand
In short In January 2016 some tourists on holiday in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, found a strange black
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Pit Dernitz, the Man Mauled by a Lion
In 1975 millions of moviegoers watched a tourist, Pit Dernitz, being killed by a lioness on safari. But was that scene from Ultime grida dalla savana (Savage Man Savage Beast) real? The story, the clues and the confession.
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The crime Casati Stampa – rough nobility
In short On August 30, 1970, in his home on Via Puccini in Rome, Marquis Camillo Casati Stampa di Soncino
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