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In the 1950s, 19-year-old Charles Starkweather went on a killing spree, bringing his 14-year-old girlfriend with him.According to the FBI, there is one key difference between a serial killer and a spree killer: while serial killers have a cooling-of…

In 1973, many American families believed it was safe for their young children to wander the streets alone. Neighborhoods were considered to be a safe place, full of trustworthy people who looked out for one another. It was a year before Ted Bundy an…

When Robert Durst was a young child, his mother climbed to the roof of their family home, and jumped to her death. Years later, Robert would claim that he had seen the entire thing, which his younger brother, Douglas, denied was true.  It wasn…

​The promise of fame. The opportunity to have your picture seen by thousands of people. Reinaldo Rivera looked for young women that he thought would be excited at the chance to become a model. He would approach them and see if they were interested i…

On the 6th of March, 1995, 32-year-old Scott Bernard Amedure was selected to appear on The Jenny Jones Show. He was a fan of the show - in fact, one of his neighbors described him as being “a talk-show junkie.” The episode was titled &ld…

Have you ever had that feeling that you were being watched? A chill runs down your spine. The hair on the back of your neck stands up. Perhaps you chalk it up to being paranoid and shake it off. But maybe, just maybe, your feeling was right.  …

​When Jarmecca Yvonne Whitehead, who went by Nikki, was only 18 years old, she gave birth to twin girls. She named them Jasmiyah Kaneesha and Tasmiyah Janeesha, Jas and Tas for short. When Nikki was 25, she met Robert Head, a 55 year old truck drive…