Tormented by abuse at an early age, Donald Henry Gaskins, had accumulated a long criminal record throughout his childhood and teenage years. Then between the years 1953 and 1982 he would murder 14 people and claim to have killed dozens more. His...
In 1987, former librarian William Bryan Cruse was notorious in his neighborhood for being the residential grumpy old man. He had a bad temper, routinely yelling at the neighborhood kids. Known to scare people with his rifle, his neighbors thought he...
For nearly a decade Sheila Hole watched her son Brandon descend further into the depths of his mental illnesses. There were signs and red flags that were too obvious to ignore. Brandon Hole was different and as the years went on, the more different...
For nearly a decade Sheila Hole watched her son Brandon descend further into the depths of his mental illnesses. There were signs and red flags that were too obvious to ignore. Brandon Hole was different and as the years went on, the more different...
On the evening of July 30, 2008, Greyhound bus 1170 was traveling from Alberta toward Ontario, Canada. The passengers aboard were expecting a routine trip but instead, were about to be witness to one of the most horrifying and gruesome murders that...
The year was 1946 and Americans were rejoicing after the end of the Second World War. The country was optimistic about the bright future ahead. But in Chicago, there was a threat that loomed over the windy city like a dark cloud, and this threat was...
Everyone knows at least one person who either binged History Channel’s Ancient Aliens, or spent an evening scrolling reddit conspiracy theories. Some of you might also know a guy at a party that obsessively ranted to everyone within an earshot about...
Crime, and more specifically, murder, have always been a regrettably consistent element of the human experience. A couple of quotes I think are relevant as it relates to the story today… “The deviant and the conformist... are creatures of the...
Even the most faithful horror movie fans wouldn’t want to witness the scenes we are talking about today. A promising MMA fighter, Jarrod Wyatt, went down in sports history for murdering his sparring partner in cold blood. I don’t often give...
Gregory Green went to prison in 1991 after killing his pregnant wife. He was released after serving just 16 years and went on to marry the daughter of Pastor Fred Harris, an old friend of Green who had lobbied for his release. 25 years after his first...
If Randy Roth was randomly asked to describe his perfect woman, he would say: submissive, doesn’t talk, doesn’t object, is insured for a large sum of money and is prone to fatal accidents. Randy had a talent for seducing single mothers. His black...
In the pursuit of an idyllic lifestyle and freedom, a couple from Chicago bought a secluded property, far away from the modern big cities. They wanted to become closer to nature, and be free from prying eyes into their hedonistic lifestyle. The...
In 1979, Los Angeles was terrorized by the disappearance of several young women. Investigators later found out that Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris were responsible for the murder of five of them. The Halloween night which crowned their five-month...
This sounds like a Hollywood thriller movie, and even though this tale did inspire filmmakers, the real-life story is far more unbelievable. Jeffrey MacDonald was a true crime star of his time. He cemented his celebrity status in the 80s after a...
"Two people went on a trip, one person returned, and that person isn't cooperating," - Chief of Police Todd Garrison Even if you have lived under a rock for the past year, you must have heard of this case at least once. The 22-year-old Gabby...
Do you think you could recognize a serial killer in real life? What if you met such a person in a place where you would naturally assume that no one would or could hurt you on purpose? Serial killers don’t wear tacky masks, carry a chainsaw, or stare...
In today ’s world, you don't hear much about murders involving "real" vampires and vampire cults. However this WAS the case in 1996… the year of Prince Charles and Diana’s divorce, Bill Clinton’s reelection, the first ever flip phone launched by...
It was all a game... a fantasy. There were goblins, an army of them. He must kill them and drown them. The green, ugly little creatures were hurting his friends and family. They must be destroyed. After drowning the goblin commander he was able to...
Robert Berdella isn’t the most talked about killer out there, but he deserves to be recognized for the monster that he is… or was. He’s another serial killer from the 80s who raped, tortured and killed. Just like Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy...
TW: The details of this murder are very graphic and disturbing.On June 7, 1998, a 49-year-old African American man was brutally tortured and murdered in one of the most horrific racially motivated hate crimes the country has ever seen. The man, James...
“I didn't want to harm the man. I thought he was a very nice gentleman. Soft-spoken. I thought so right up to the moment I cut his throat.” — Perry Smith "The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that...
July 13th, 1966, was a scorching summer day in Chicago. As night fell, the residents of 2319 East 100 Street turned in for the evening, desperately seeking relief from the heat. Around 10: 30 pm, Corazon Amurao, a young nursing student, walked into...
July 13th, 1966, was a scorching summer day in Chicago. As night fell, the residents of 2319 East 100 Street turned in for the evening, desperately seeking relief from the heat. Around 10: 30 pm, Corazon Amurao, a young nursing student, walked into...
In a crime that the U.S Senate described as “the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil since September 11th,” Nidal Hasan carried out a brutal ambush on dozens of U.S soldiers. The case of Hasan is an interesting one to say the least. He was an Army...