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SERIAL KILLER: John Wayne Gacy
In December 1978, fifteen-year-old Robert Piest disappeared after stepping outside a Des Plaines, Illinois pharmacy to speak with a contractor named …
2 hours ago
SERIAL KILLER: Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer
In 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested at his Milwaukee apartment after seventeen men and boys were killed there over more than a decade, their remains…
15 hours ago
SERIAL KILLER: Ted Bundy
Beginning in 1974 and continuing across at least seven states, Ted Bundy abducted and murdered dozens of young women while moving freely through camp…
15 hours ago
He Said Madeline Soto Walked Into School. She Was in the Passenger Seat.
Madeline Soto turned thirteen on a Thursday in February 2024, and had her birthday party that Sunday at her grandmother's house. Every morning she te…
3 days, 2 hours ago
Baby H's Nanny Was Told the Camera Saved Nothing. There Was a Second.
Months before her due date, Dina went looking for someone who could care for a newborn and a recovering mother as one job. She found a referral on Re…
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Manohara Pinot Wrote Two Words on a Napkin in Eyeliner. They Said Help Me.
At sixteen, Manohara Odelia Pinot traveled to Malaysia to meet a prince's parents. During the visit she was told she would be marrying their son that…
1 week, 2 days ago
Desirrê Freitas Flew In to Help a Friend. Her Passport Went Into a Safe.
For years, Desirrê Freitas paid a spiritual adviser she had found on Instagram to talk through her relationship and her life. In April 2022 the advis…
1 week, 5 days ago
Brittany Zamora's Husband Texted Her to Cry. The Boy's Father Was Calling.
His parents had one rule about the bedroom door: it stayed open. Early in 2018, a thirteen-year-old boy in Goodyear, Arizona quietly stopped leaving …
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Ruby Franke's Son Spelled a Message in Stones. It Said Jail.
In July 2023, a twelve-year-old boy sleeping on concrete outside a house in Ivins, Utah, arranged small stones beside him into a message for his moth…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
A Charter Flight Was Said to Bring Barbie Hsu's Ashes Home. It Never Flew.
In 2003, a television host asked Barbie Hsu and her younger sister Dee to imagine themselves at fifty. Dee joked that she would rather be rich and la…
3 weeks ago