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A Real Life Horror: The Texarkana Moonlight Murders
Based on true events, the 1976 film The Town That Dreaded Sundown depicts the brutal real life murders that shocked a rural community in 1940s post war…
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Kirsten Ford
Nightmare In Nevada: The Traumatic Tale of Kirstin Lobato
In August 2002, teenager Kirstin Lobato was convicted of first-degree murder for the brutal killing of a man she had never met. After spending over 16…
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Kelly J. Sullivan
"Forgiveness is the Ultimate Revenge": The Execution and Exoneration of John Gordon
In February 1845, Irish immigrant John Gordon became the last man executed in the state of Rhode Island. More than 165 years later, his name was finally…
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Timothy Reynolds
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
Trial By Fire: The Tragic Tale of Cameron Todd Willingham
In 2004, Cameron Todd Willingham, a 36-year-old father was executed by the state of Texas for setting a fire that killed his 3 children. More than 20…
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Kirsten Ford
Damned By Her Diary: The Tale of Kathleen Folbigg "Australia's Most Hated Woman"
In 2003, Kathleen Folbigg became known as "Australia's most hated woman" after being convicted of killing her four children. 20 years later, new…
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Rachael Elizabeth
False Confession: The Troubling Tale of Ryan Ferguson
In 2005, 20-year-old Ryan Ferguson was sentenced to 40 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. He would spend nearly a decade in prison before…
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Kirsten Ford
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
"Classified As Secret": The Murky and Suspicious Death of Annie Borjesson
In December 2005, the body of 30-year-old Swedish native Annie Borjesson was found on a beach in Scotland. Quickly ruled a suicide by authorities…
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Timothy Reynolds
Slaughter in the Mountains: The Horrifying Tale of Dyatlov's Pass
In 1959, nine survivalists set out on an expedition in the Ural Mountains of Soviet Russia; they would never return. When discovered their bodies bore…
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Kirsten Ford
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
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
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