When it comes to acts of unspeakable evil, common knowledge goes that serial killers are either Machiavellian geniuses or an intellectually-stunted oddballs. Think of Jigsaw or Leatherface. However, as is often the case with attempts to assign unflappable truths, this is an oversimplification.
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America has always had a thing about serial killers. We're fascinated by them. And late at night when we hear an unexpected creak somewhere in the house, we kind of worry for a moment that one of those serial killers might be coming for us. So how many active serial killers are in the US?
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Parents might tell their kids monsters don't exist, but serial killers sure do. These real-life monsters prey on us all, and plenty of serial killers have been caught through the years. Here's how several notorious serial killers were finally caught.
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Despite the objections of privacy advocates, the Los Lunas Police Department is now running beta tests for a new form of built-in body camera facial recognition, paving the way for a more RoboCop-ish future.
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Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is notorious for, among other things, amassing an illicit fortune larger than the gross domestic product of a small nation. And throughout his tenure as the most wanted man in the world, his older brother, Roberto Escobar, worked as his accountant.
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It probably takes a lot to terrify firefighters. They spit in the face of death for a living. Yet when firefighter Matthew Busko arrived at the scene of a reported "animal bite" and found an infernal swarm of bees, he was filled with five-alarm fear.
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In Mexico, the town of Guerrero's grief-stricken and frustrated residents have decided to save their children from crime by turning them into law enforcement.
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Ted Bundy was an evil man. He was also super charismatic, so it should come as no surprise that after he was arrested, the man tricked someone into marrying him. But whatever happened to Bundy’s wife, Carole Ann Boone?
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We all know that Ted Bundy became one of the most notorious serial killers in history, but what was he like before he was an adult? Well, the details of Bundy's childhood are scarce ... and disturbing.
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One might ask the eminently Google-able "yes or no" question, "Is the Co-Ed Killer Ed Kemper still alive?" The answer was yes, and as of this writing it still is. The end. Well, it's not really the end until Kemper dies, though one might argue that a fundamental part of him died decades ago.
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The Federal Witness Protection Program has been a controversial entity, but it's also protected the lives of numerous individuals. So if you want to know more about this secret organization (without ticking off a mob boss), read on for the truth about the US Witness Protection Program.
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There are few things America loves more than true crime and home renovation -- they go together like OJ and champagne. Now, those two American pastimes are being combined into one glorious "mimOSHA" of a show called Murder House Flip, a killer idea which is guaranteed to show you how to gut a room.
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Were restrictions on killing even more lax before written laws existed? Maybe, but without an ancient Ice-T to shed light on the subject, we can only take a stab in the dark and hope not to kill anyone in the process. With that potential alibi in mind, here's the world's oldest unsolved "murder."
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Adolf Hitler was born above a bar called the Stag in the medieval Austrian town of Braunau am Inn in 1889. After a lengthy legal battle that was fought decades after the dictator's death, that center of diseased devotion will become home to Austrian police.
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Lots of countries have organized crime syndicates, but perhaps none of them quite compare to Japan's yakuza. The yakuza are extremely violent, but they also hide in plain sight and many are known to the government. Here's the story behind the yakuza.
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Halloween is the scariest night of the year already. Unfortunately, some people take all the fun and games out of Halloween by getting criminal. These are some of the most frightening crimes ever to occur on Halloween.
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If you're of the opinion that life is a numbers game, you might be curious to find out what exactly which crime is statistically most likely to befall your person should you venture into the frightening realm of humanity. Here's the skinny.
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So you're done with the second season of Mindhunter and you need a little bit more of that sweet old fashioned television psychopathy in your life. Don't fret. The world of digital streaming is downright bubbling with freaks, monsters, and recreational cannibals for your viewing pleasure.
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Scientology is an enigmatic and labyrinthine layer cake of intrigue from which only the most lithe and sinewy escape. With so much to unpack, it might be wise to start in the same place that many soon-to-be Scientologists do: with an E-Meter. Here's the truth about the Scientology E-Meter.
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Public Enemy No. 1, aka Scarface, aka Al Capone was a vicious man who saw homicide as a perfectly valid part of making a living and key to his business. How much of a financial killing did Al Capone he make from his "business?" And how much money would Al Capone be worth today?
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It couldn't have been easy being Manuela Escobar, the daughter of drug lord Pablo Escobar. What do we know about Manuela Escobar, her life as Pablo Escobar's daughter, and what might have become of her after he died? What is Pablo Escobar's daughter doing now?
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People still ask: who killed the beautiful woman and left her dismembered body on an LA street in 1947? Her name was Elizabeth Short, and she was better known as the Black Dahlia. The violence of her murder has kept her from fading into obscurity. Here's what's come out about the Black Dahlia.
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The cost of becoming a Scientologist is high. It's not your soul the religion is after but the almighty dollar. Every level of Scientology is designed to wring a few bucks out of you, as if it were an MLM. Every level, things get more expensive. Here's how much it really costs to be a Scientologist.
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We're here to perpetuate the weird practice of lionizing a criminal's bad-guy-business-savvy by delving into Pablo Escobar's wealth, his estimated worth when he died, and how much that money would be worth today.
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The idea that there's a "World's Most Wanted Criminal" is brings to mind images of supervillains. But how do we determine who is the king of the bad guys? Is it possible to find one antagonist who becomes worldwide public enemy number one? Who is the most wanted person in the world?
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America may be the land of the free and the home of the brave, but it really isn't that safe. So what is the safest city in the world? The safest city in the world is not only not in America, but also not in Canada or Europe, either. The safest city in the world is actually in the Middle East.
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The Zodiac Killer committed a series of bloody homicides in California from the 1960s to the 1970s, and possibly beyond. While history is filled with a depressing line-up of bloodthirsty and murderous nut jobs, the Zodiac Killer remains a household name. But how did he get his name?
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