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Defying Explanation: The Baffling Murder and Strange Final Days of Blair Adams
In July 1996, Canadian Blair Adams was found murdered in a Tennessee parking lot. With no known ties to the area, Adams' murder has confounded…
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Timothy Reynolds
Small Town, Big Trouble: The Bardstown Conspiracy and Blue Wall of Silence
In July 2015, Bardstown resident and mother Crystal Rogers vanished. Shockingly, her case appears to be part of a larger conspiracy involving criminals…
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Kirsten Ford
Flight Risk: How Convicted Killer Glen Stewart Godwin Escaped Prison on Both Sides of the Border
Convicted murderer Glen Godwin was serving a 26 years to life sentence at California's Folsom Prison when he escaped in 1987. Later arrested and jailed…
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Timothy Reynolds
"Death to Kidnappers": Marxist Guerillas, Cocaine Cartels, and the Bloody Landscape of 1980s Colombia
During the 1980s, Colombia saw the rise of the powerful Medellín Cartel. When left wing guerillas began kidnapping its members, the cartel formed Muerte…
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Kates Lara
A Bitter Pill: Lillo Brancato's Journey From Stardom to Addiction to Prison and Back
Known for his iconic role in the film "A Bronx Tale" actor Lillo Brancato experienced the perils of Hollywood and spiraled into drug addiction…
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Mike Dickson
Bling Bandits: How a Group of Teens Stole Millions From Hollywood's Rich and Famous
In 2008 and 2009, a crew of high school friends went on an audacious spree of high-profile celebrity burglaries, netting millions in the process…
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Kirsten Ford
Hell's Brothel: The Sadistic Tale of "Loma del Ángel" and the González Sisters
The disturbing tale of four sisters from rural Mexico who created a network of brothels that acted as part brothel and part concentration camp, leaving…
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Kates Lara
The Rise, Fall, and Sudden Disappearance of Brooklyn's "Black Caesar" Frank Matthews
When the Italian mafia refused to do business with aspiring drug trafficker Frank Matthews, he found a way to become a kingpin while cutting out the mob…
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Timothy Reynolds
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Master Manipulator: The Rise and Fall of Mobster Anthony "Tony Bender" Strollo
Anthony "Tony Bender" Strollo was incredibly conniving even by mafia standards. In April 1962, after one too many betrayals, he disappeared forever
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Timothy Reynolds
Green Mountain Mystery: The Unexplained Disappearance of Brianna Maitland
On the night of March 19, 2004, Brianna Maitland clocked out of her shift at work. The following morning, her car was found abandoned. She has not been…
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Kirsten Ford
The Baffling Disappearance of Australian Hitman Chris Flannery: aka "Mr Rent-a-Kill"
In the late 1970s, Chris Flannery rebranded himself as a contract killer known in the underworld as "Mr Rent-a-Kill," he participated in Sydney's…
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Timothy Reynolds
The Tragic Tale of Mark Kilroy and the Matamoros Murder Cult
When American college student Mark Kilroy disappeared while on spring break in Matamoros, Mexico, authorities scrambled for answers. Their search would…
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Kates Lara
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