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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…
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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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Kates Lara
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Abducted in Australia: The Tragic Tale of the Beaumont Children
In January 1966, three siblings disappeared from a beach in South Australia. The case resulted in one of the largest investigations in the country's…
Jan 30
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Kirsten Ford
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Kidnapped in Philadelphia: The Tragic Abduction and Disappearance of Charley Ross
In July 1874, four-year-old Charley Ross was kidnapped from his Philadelphia neighborhood by two strangers. Despite the case's national notoriety, young…
Jan 8
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Donna Patton
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Disappearing Act: The Final Escape and Disappearance of Gangster "Terrible" Tommy O'Connor
After being sentenced to death for the murder of a Chicago detective, notorious criminal Tommy O'Connor managed to escape from jail just days before his…
Jan 6
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Timothy Reynolds
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Partners in Crime: The Violent and Bloody Legacy of the Cook Brothers
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, two brothers embarked on a bloody reign of terror in Toledo, Ohio. Nearly two decades later, DNA evidence would help…
Nov 28, 2025
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Kirsten Ford
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Horror at 25 Cromwell Street: The Twisted Tale of Fred and Rose West
For decades, few knew the horrors that went on inside the unassuming walls of 25 Cromwell Street in Gloucester. In 1994, the shocking truth would come…
Nov 25, 2025
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Rachael Elizabeth
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