CAM 03 · True Crime & Weirdness · 135 stories
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True Crime & Weirdness
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The Real Case Behind the Horror Film Verónica Still Divides Estefanía’s Family, and One Brother Admits What He Did During the Police Visit
The police report linked to Paco Plaza’s 2017 horror film Verónica was written more than a year after Estefanía Gutiérrez Lázaro died. Her brothers…
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‘Clown Panic’ Documents the String of Viral, Creepy Clown Sightings That Took Place in 2016, and It’s Now Streaming on Hulu
It’s hard to believe it’s been a decade since the clown sightings happened. But that’s how long it’s been. Long enough for a documentary…
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Kit Connor Plays Robert Chambers, the 1986 ‘Preppy Killer,’ Opposite Diana Silvers as Jennifer Levin in PRƎPPY
Kit Connor and Diana Silvers are filming PRƎPPY, a true-crime drama about the 1986 killing of Jennifer Levin in Central Park, with Connor playing…
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Chris Watts’ Mom Still Thinks He’s Innocent
Cindy Watts still describes her son Chris as a good person and rejects his admission that he murdered his daughters. He’s serving life without…
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Christa Pike Survived Her Lethal Injection in Tennessee, and Her Attorney Shared the First Thing She Said
Christa Pike survived the lethal-injection drugs meant to kill her, then woke up days later and asked the people around her, “Where am I…
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One of the Manson Family Killers May Soon Be Free in California
Patricia Krenwinkel, 78, has received a 3rd parole recommendation after spending about 56 years in prison for the Manson family’s Tate-LaBianca murders. California Gov.…
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The True Stories That Inspired Wolf Creek (2005) Are Just as Scary as the Movie Itself
Wolf Creek’s killer, Mick Taylor, grew out of 2 real Australian crime stories: Ivan Milat’s murders of backpackers and the disappearance of British tourist…
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Georgia Tann Stole Thousands of Children and Sold Them Under New Names. One of Them Grew Up to Be Ric Flair
Flair was among thousands of children moved through the Memphis branch of the Tennessee Children’s Home Society under Beulah George “Georgia” Tann. From about…
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Netflix’s ‘The Widower: ’Til Death Do Us Part’ Traces the Case of Thomas Randolph, Who Married 6 Times, Lost 4 Wives and Was Convicted of Murdering His Sixth
Thomas Randolph said he shot the intruder who’d killed his wife, Sharon Causse. Investigators concluded he’d hired that man to kill her, then killed…
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What Makes ‘Archive X’ More Than an Alien-Abduction Documentary? Its Episodes Also Explore Alleged Telepathy, Near-Death Experiences and Speaking With the Dead
Archive X: Unexplained Phenomena opens with 2 nonspeaking autistic girls who are presented as communicating telepathically with their mothers and describing a realm called…
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On 9/11, Vince Gilligan Recognized a Chilling Similarity to the Plane Attack He’d Written for ‘The Lone Gunmen’ Months Earlier
Watching CNN’s coverage of the September 11, 2001, attacks, Vince Gilligan thought “Wait a minute. We wrote this.” Fox had aired his pilot on…
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Former Weezer Bassist Mikey Welsh Tweeted About a Dream of Dying in Chicago. He Died There 12 Days Later
On September 26, 2011, former Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh posted about a dream in which he died in Chicago: “dreamt i died in chicago…
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Netflix ‘Unabomber’ Movie Renews Debate Over Controversial Harvard Study’s Role in Ted Kaczynski’s Descent into Terrorism
Ted Kaczynski entered Harvard in 1958 at age 16 to study mathematics. From 1959 to 1962, he was among 22 students in Henry Murray’s…