Andrew Amelinckx
Location
Catskill, NY, USA
School
University Of Louisiana At Lafayette, University Of New Orleans, The Art Student's League, Pratt Institute
Expertise
True Crime, 20th-Century Art History, Edgar Allan Poe
- Andrew has received awards for his crime reporting from both the New England Newspaper & Press Association and the New York Newspaper Association.
- He's written about everything from goat-related crime (it's a real thing!) to marijuana dispensary interior design and once trained with firefighters in a 1,200-degree flashover simulator called the "Hot Box" for a story.
- He's written four historical true-crime books. His latest is "Satellite Boy: The International Manhunt for a Master Thief That Launched the Modern Communication Age" published by Counterpoint Press.
Experience
Andrew has more than 15 years of experience writing for the newspaper and magazine industry. His crime reporting included live-blogging a shocking and nationally publicized triple-murder case for the Berkshire Eagle in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He was a contributing editor at the ASME-award-winning magazine Modern Farmer. Andrew also writes about men's style for Insider. He's a non-fiction author represented by Jeff Ourvan of the Jennifer Lyons Literary Agency.
Education
Andrew holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and a master of fine arts degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY.
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Stories By Andrew Amelinckx
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Murderer Joran van der Sloot viciously murdered two young women, and he will remain behind bars for years. Here are the most disturbing things he's said.
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Donald Trump nominated J.D. Vance as his running mate in the 2024 presidential election. But the pair have a complicated history. Here's the story.
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Old Hollywood legend John Wayne has a long career that left quite the mark in movie history. But it wasn't all smooth sailing. Here are his biggest failures.
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In July 2024, Thomas Crooks attempted to assassinate President Trump from a warehouse roof. Why the Secret Service said they didn't secure it makes no sense.
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Here's what Thomas Matthew Crooks, who the FBI identified as the gunman who tried to assassinate former president Donald Trump, did before his alleged plot.
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Shannen Doherty, the television actor who rose to fame in the '90s with "Beverly Hills, 90210," has died of cancer at age 53.
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"Gladiator II" follows the story of combatant Lucius Verus II, who clashes with Roman soldier Marcus Acacius. But did these characters actually exist?
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Pauline, the wife of Buford Pusser, the sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee from 1964 to 1970, was killed on August 12, 1967. The case remains cold.
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Albert Einstein is considered one of the greatest scientific minds in history, but he didn't always like school very much. This was his GPA when he graduated.
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Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys found success shortly after high school with their band, but this is the unexpected subject Wilson failed in school.
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Actor John Wayne almost died filming movies - twice. Here are the two incidents that had the Old Hollywood star gazing into the eyes of death.
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Three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd died on the night of October 20, 1977, in a plane crash near Gillsburg, Mississippi. Here's what happened to the bodies.
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Lucille Ball married Desi Arnaz on November 30, 1940. But Ball wanted to hide something about their union - a secret that was a product of its time.
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Bonnie and Clyde - the infamous ride-or-die couple. It was a relationship full of ups and downs. Here's what their life in prison was really like.
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Old Hollywood star John Wayne was known for his work ethic on-set. But he was treated horribly during the production of one particular movie.
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Musician Phil Collins has had quite a tumultuous love life across three marriages that all ended in divorce. Here's what his exes have said about him.
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Netflix's "Dancing for the Devil" dives into the alleged 7M TikTok cult that forever altered the relationship between Melanie Wilking and Miranda Derrick.
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Legendary guitarist and singwriter Eddie Van Halen died on October 6, 2020 from cancer complications. Here's what happened to his body afterward.
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Princess Diana was once at a White House dinner with Neil Diamond. He later said this question she asked him made him the most nervous he'd ever been.
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American actress Mary Tyler Moore hid a dark secret for years. The 1970s star's husband revealed what it was after her death on January 25, 2017.
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died on May 19, 2024, at 63 years old in a helicopter crash. Here the disturbing details about his life and death.
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"The Big Cigar" on AppleTV+ tells the story of a segment of Black Panther founder Huey Newton's life, but the show left out some facts. Here's what was cut.
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Joran van der Sloot was the primary suspect in the Natalee Holloway murder case when he killed a Peruvian woman. Here's
what his life in prison is really like.
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Singer Amy Winehouse died in 2011 at only 27 from alcohol poisoning. In the years since, here's what her former bandmates have said about her.
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The Hindenburg disaster was an airship accident that happened on May 6, 1937 and led to many deaths. Here's exactly how many - and how it happened.
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The Beatles and Beach Boys' had a legendary rivalry that was born out of mutual admiration. Here's how that inspired and eventually broke Brian Wilson.
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Danny Masterson was best known for his role as Steven Hyde on "That 70s Show" before being convicted of rape. Here's what we know about his life in prison.