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A Deadly Detour: The Unsolved Murder of Philip Innes Fraser
In June 1988, 23-year-old Philip Fraser was driving from Alaska to Washington State. During his trip, he picked up a mysterious hitchhiker who…
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Timothy Reynolds
Terror Down Under: The Gruesome Tale of Ivan Milat and The Backpacker Murders
In the early 1990s, serial killer Ivan Milat preyed upon hitchhikers and backpackers in New South Wales, Australia. The vicious brutality of his crimes…
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Kirsten Ford
Colorado Clues: Solving the 1982 Breckenridge Double Murders
On January 6, 1982, two young women were murdered while hitchhiking near Breckenridge, Colorado. The case went cold for nearly 40 years, until DNA…
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Rachael Elizabeth
Bad Company: The Chilling Tale of Colleen Stan, "The Girl in the Box"
In May 1977, 20-year-old Colleen Stan was picked up by a couple while hitchhiking from Oregon to California. Unbeknownst to her, the next seven years of…
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Kates Lara
"The Dating Game Killer": The Story of Rodney Alcala and 'Woman of the Hour'
Anna Kendrick's 2023 directorial debut Woman of the Hour highlights the surreal moment that vicious serial killer Rodney Alcala appeared as a contestant…
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Kelly J. Sullivan
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Victim on Trial: Cheryl Araujo and The Accused
The 1988 film The Accused starring Academy Award winner Jodie Foster depicts the horrific assault and subsequent victim blaming of Sarah Tobias. The…
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Kates Lara
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Horror on the Highway: The True Story Behind the 2010 Film Freeway Killer
The 2010 film Freeway Killer explores the brutal reign of terror of California serial killer William Bonin and his accomplices
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Kirsten Ford
Bad Science: How Discredited Testimony and Malicious Prosecution Wrongly Condemned a Tennessee Couple
In August 1988, Joyce Watkins and Charlie Dunn were wrongly convicted for a horrific crime against a child. 35 years later, the state of Tennessee would…
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Kates Lara
Manhunt in Mission Hill: How the Murder of Carol Stuart Changed Boston
On October 23, 1989, a man and his pregnant wife were shot in the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston. Police ransacked the area looking for the gunman…
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Timothy Reynolds
Shadow of Fear: The Relentless Stalking and Unsolved Murder of Dorothy Jane Scott
In May 1980, after months of dealing with threatening phone calls, Dorothy Jane Scott disappeared under very strange circumstances. Four years later her…
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Kates Lara
Imprisoned By Her Father: The Horrific Torture and Captivity of Elisabeth Fritzl
In 2008, after more than twenty years of imprisonment by her own father, Elisabeth Fritzl managed to escape. Her shocking testimony would shine a light…
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Kirsten Ford
A Deadly Grievance: The Troubling Tale of Theodore Streleski
In August 1978, a troubled and struggling Stanford grad student named Theodore Streleski bludgeoned a highly regarded professor to death in what he…
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Timothy Reynolds
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