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“It Just Wasn’t Long Enough”: The Tragic Halloween Night Disappearance and Murder of Mary Stiles
On the evening of October 31, 1985, 11-year-old Mary Stiles disappeared from her family’s apartment complex while out trick-or-treating. Soon after, her…
Oct 14
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Kates Lara
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A Life Restored: The Harrowing Nine Year Imprisonment and Rescue of Fusako Sano
In November 1990, 9-year-old Fusako Sano was abducted while walking home. For the next nine years she was imprisoned in the upstairs of a house with her…
Sep 24
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Rao Moeez
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Escape From Evil: The Abduction and Escape of Mary and Beth Stauffer
In May 1980, Mary Stauffer and her 8-year-old daughter, Beth, were kidnapped in broad daylight by a deranged stalker. After being held for 53 days, they…
Sep 15
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Kates Lara
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Lost and Found: The Triumphant and Tragic Tale of Escaped Kidnap Victim Steven Stayner
In December 1972, 7-year-old Steven Stayner was abducted while walking home from school. Years later, he and another child bravely escaped their…
Sep 8
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Rao Moeez
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Terror in the Woods: The Chilling Tale of Russia’s “Forest Maniac”
During the 1990s, a series of violent attacks and murders of young couples in the forests around the city of Samara led authorities to hunt for a…
Aug 31
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Kates Lara
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Unseen Terror: Investigating Japan’s “Monster with 21 Faces” Extortion Ring
For more than a year during the mid 1980s, a shadowy group calling itself the “Monster with 21 Faces” struck fear throughout Japan as they harassed…
Aug 23
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Rao Moeez
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Operation Eagle: The Hunt for the Violent "Batman Rapist" is Britain's Longest-Running Serial Rape Investigation
During the 1990s, a violent serial rapist known as the "Batman Rapist" stalked and assaulted women on the streets of Bath. More than 35 years after the…
Aug 16
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Kates Lara
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"I did it for you Anna": The Story of Marianne Bachmeier Germany's "Revenge Mother"
In March 1981, 30-year-old Marianne Bachmeier, a West German mother shot and killed the man who murdered her 7-year-old daughter inside of a courtroom…
Jul 19
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Donna Patton
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A Father's Love: The Extraordinary Case of Gary Plauché
When Baton Rouge father Gary Plauché learned that a trusted family friend had abducted and abused his 11-year-old son, he took justice into his own…
Jul 14
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Timothy Reynolds
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The Rostov Ripper: The True Story of Citizen X and the Hunt for one of Russia's Worst Serial Killers Andrei Chikatilo
The critically acclaimed 1995 HBO crime drama Citizen X follows Soviet investigators as they attempt to apprehend one of Russia's most depraved serial…
Jun 29
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Kates Lara
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Lost At Sea: The 1978 Unsolved Disappearance of Five Singapore Social Escorts
In August 1978, five women working as social escorts in Singapore vanished after being invited to a party aboard a cargo ship hosted by three mysterious…
May 12
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Kates Lara
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Timothy Reynolds
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The Wrong Crowd: The Tragic Abduction and Murder of Maryann Measles
In October 1997, 13-year-old Maryann Measles was abducted and murdered in Connecticut. The identity of her killers and circumstances of her death were…
Mar 7
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