Tyler MacDonald
School
University Of Guelph
Expertise
Weird History, Horror Movies, Metal & Punk Music
- Tyler has a book collection spanning everything from horror and fantasy to mythology.
- While studying psychology, Tyler took electives that focused on everything from crime to biology.
- Tyler is always looking for the next local show or horror movie.
Experience
Tyler has been writing professionally for almost a decade, and throughout his life, he has written fiction and non-fiction of all kinds. He started his professional writing career while completing his psychology degree and has written for publications like New Atlas, ZME Science, and COGconnected. Over the years, he has written on topics ranging from true crime and entertainment to video games.
Education
Tyler has a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Guelph.
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Stories By Tyler MacDonald
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French nobleman Antoine Laurent Lavoisier's work in chemistry has memorialized him as a pioneer that helped revolutionize the field.
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Lagerlof was last seen at the Tjurpannan nature reserve, where he was scouting locations for the project he died working on, "The Fjallbacka Murders."
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The Copper Scroll manuscript contains what appears to be a treasure map written into copper that outlines between 61 to 64 gold and silver stashes in Judea.
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Killer Wayne Williams spent his early years in Atlanta's Dixie Hills, an area that later became a hunting ground for the unsuspecting children of Atlanta.
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John Wesley Hardin was known for his lightning reflexes. But they faltered when he needed them. He landed behind bars, bringing his life on the run to an end.
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The upbringing of serial killer Arthur Shawcross could be part of the reason he turned into a cruel murderer. But are these tales true?
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The two gunslingers found much to relate to in one another when they crossed paths in 1871 and were thrust into a face-off, albeit one that never turned deadly.
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Executed in 1930, Carl Panzram is one of the most prolific criminals to have walked the Earth, having served time in prison for murder, theft, rape, and arson.
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Money and politics have long been intertwined, for better or worse. How did Bill and Hillary Clinton earn their millions?
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Charles Darwin experienced tragedy at a young age. He suffered the loss of his mother when he was just eight, possibly the result of an abdominal infection.
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John Wesley Hardin was an Old West outlaw in the truest sense of the word, and a perfect encapsulation of the frequent savagery of this era.
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The mysterious story of Dorothy Jane Scott began with threatening phone calls from an unknown man who claimed to be watching her - and ended with her murder.
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John Wesley Hardin, who would go on to live an Old West life on the run that included a slew of murders, committed his first killing at the young age of 15.
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Quiet life in Ina, Illinois, was irreversibly changed in 1987 when Keith and Elaine Dardeen, their son Peter, and their newborn child were murdered.
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Before his unique Mafia stint ('The Oddfather'), eventual arrest, and death, Vincent 'The Chin' Gigante began like many mobsters before him: as a boxer.
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For Juan Catalan, the faults of the criminal justice system showed their terrifying potential when he was arrested for the murder of 16-year-old Martha Puebla.
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Hollywood film director William Desmond Taylor's career came to an end when he was discovered in his Alvarado Court Apartments bungalow, a bullet in his back.
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The tragic death of Omayra Sanchez might have been lost to the world of natural disaster statistics had it not been for the 60-hour effort to rescue her.
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Anthony Zizzo, also known as "Little Tony," saw his time in the criminal underworld come to a mysterious end when he disappeared on August 31, 2006.
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Ivan Pavlov's groundbreaking research into learning and behavior laid the foundation for a significant amount of psychological understanding, using dogs.
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The ancient Egyptians developed the technique of embalming after the tombs they created for their dead proved inadequate for curbing decomposition.
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Cells slowly decline in their function. But while the decomposition of cells continues even in death for many bodies, some are resilient to decay.
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Italian-born Rocco Perri, also known as "Canada's Al Capone," exemplifies the widespread nature of mafias throughout the world.
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John McCain was famously respected on both sides of the aisle - but one opponent, Ross Perot, didn't share that same esteem. Here's what caused the rift.
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Much like his time as a serial killer in South Central Los Angeles, the mind of Lonnie Franklin Jr. -- 'The Grim Sleeper' -- remains shrouded in mystery.
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Despite the pain that was undoubtedly gripping him, Paul Tate, the father of Sharon Tate, used the time after his daughter's death to search for the culprit.
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One of the most controversial civil rights activists ever, Malcolm X, was passionately vocal in his advocacy of Black rights.