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A History of Violence: The Little-Covered around Skidmore

A History of Violence: The Little-Covered around Skidmore

You may recognize town bully Ken Rex McElroy from Sundance Channel’s “No One Saw a Thing”. His execution in front of 30+ witnesses isn’t…
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Wess Haubrich
A Mystery In Green — Little Miss Lake Panasoffke

A Mystery In Green — Little Miss Lake Panasoffke

Questions still surround a 1971 Florida murder victim
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Natasha M
Juliane Koepcke — The Girl Who Lived

Juliane Koepcke — The Girl Who Lived

The sole survivor of a 1971 plane crash has an insane survival story
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Natasha M
Over Niagra Falls In A Barrel — The First To Take The Plunge Was A 63-Year-Old Woman

Over Niagra Falls In A Barrel — The First To Take The Plunge Was A 63-Year-Old Woman

How Annie Edson Taylor became a trendsetter with her stunt
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Natasha M
The Somerton Man Identified? — Why It’s Unconfirmed

The Somerton Man Identified? — Why It’s Unconfirmed

The newest update in the Taman Shud case is intriguing, but also confusing
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Natasha M
Five Texas Serial Killers So Chilling They Inspired Movies

Five Texas Serial Killers So Chilling They Inspired Movies

From Texarkana’s “Phantom Killer” to the “Austin Axe Murderer.”
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Psych Kush
Where is Cleopatra’s Tomb?

Where is Cleopatra’s Tomb?

Centuries-old mystery of the disappearance of the last Egyptian queen’s tomb.
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Karina Kay
The Curse of Flight 191

The Curse of Flight 191

Deadly curse, or catastrophic coincidence?
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Kassondra O'Hara
The Disturbing Case of a Murderer Who Lived in the Walls of His Love Interest

The Disturbing Case of a Murderer Who Lived in the Walls of His Love Interest

The terrifying story of Daniel LaPlante
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Shenbaga Lakshmi
The Lady of the Dunes — Massachusetts's Most Brutal Cold Case

The Lady of the Dunes — Massachusetts's Most Brutal Cold Case

It’s been nearly 50 years since a gruesome unsolved murder shook the nation
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Natasha M
Ghosts of England: 3 Mysterious Tales (Part 1)

Ghosts of England: 3 Mysterious Tales (Part 1)

Remembering England’s lost souls. A series.
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Olivia Cal
The Unsolved Disappearance of a Civil Rights Activist

The Unsolved Disappearance of a Civil Rights Activist

He challenged racist laws in court and won. Then he vanished. What happened to Lloyd Gaines?
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Ida Larsdotter
The Unsolved Disappearance of a Soviet Spy

The Unsolved Disappearance of a Soviet Spy

Juliet Stuart Poyntz threatened to expose Stalin’s regime. Then she vanished.
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Ida Larsdotter
William L. Toomey — The Man Who Wanted To Die A Mystery

William L. Toomey — The Man Who Wanted To Die A Mystery

The strange case of the man found poisoned in a Boise church
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Natasha M
The Unsolved Assassination That Shocked the World

The Unsolved Assassination That Shocked the World

There are hundreds of theories surrounding Olof Palme’s murder.
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Ida Larsdotter
Haunts in Real Time

Haunts in Real Time

Episode 2: “The Limb of Unknown Child”- This episode takes us to a haunted cemetery in my hometown in Iowa. Oakdale Memorial Gardens…
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Ripley J. Cloud
Edgar Allan Poe Based a Novel On This Murder

Edgar Allan Poe Based a Novel On This Murder

181 years after her death, Mary Rogers's case is still unsolved.
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Ida Larsdotter
The Black Angel

The Black Angel

The legend of a haunted tombstone that waits for you, in the blackest part of night
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Ripley J. Cloud
A 2,000-Year-Old Unsolved Murder Mystery

A 2,000-Year-Old Unsolved Murder Mystery

Accidental Death or Carefully Laid Plot?
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Amber Brambell
Four Astonishing Historical Texts That Remain Undeciphered

Four Astonishing Historical Texts That Remain Undeciphered

To this day, these breathtaking documents continue to leave historians baffled.
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Andrea Mottau
The Mysterious Library Hidden in the Sand.

The Mysterious Library Hidden in the Sand.

The Enigma of the Dead Sea Scrolls
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Amber Brambell
The Most Ridiculous Serial Killer Nicknames

The Most Ridiculous Serial Killer Nicknames

The media doesn’t always provide murderers with the most flattering monikers
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Kassondra O'Hara
The Slow Resolution for a Gruesome Murder — The Story of an Assassinated John Doe

The Slow Resolution for a Gruesome Murder — The Story of an Assassinated John Doe

Organized crime comes to mind for this strange Kentucky case
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Natasha M
The Disappearance of Paige Renkoski

The Disappearance of Paige Renkoski

A woman was last seen on the side of the highway with unknown men and was never heard from again.
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Jennifer Baldwin
Consumed by the Flames of Hell — A History of Spontaneous Human Combustion

Consumed by the Flames of Hell — A History of Spontaneous Human Combustion

Everything you need to know about the fiery phenomenon that has captured our imagination for centuries
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Natasha M
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