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12 Dec 2025
On December 11, 1978, serial killer John Wayne Gacy abducted 15-year-old Robert Piest from the Nisson Pharmacy in Des Plaines, Illinois.
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20 Nov 2025
I have updated the OddStops entry on Brittanee Drexel to align with recent updates about the case.
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10 Nov 2025
On December 4th, 2024, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot dead at this section of West 54th Street in Manhattan.
A 27-year-old named Luigi Mangione currently stands accused of the crime.
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6 Nov 2025
The historic Ohio State Reformatory was used as the filming location for the prison in The Shawshank Redemption (1994).
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6 Nov 2025
In June 2021, disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh murdered his wife and son at their rural Moselle estate in Islandton, South Carolina.
He was later found guilty and given two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole.
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4 Nov 2025
Geffken's was a mob hangout for the Lucchese crime family. Mobster Paul Vario lived in a house beside the bar.
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3 Nov 2025
In June 1995, Morgan Nick was abducted from this parking lot on Walnut Street in Alma, Arkansas.
The six-year-old has never been found.
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3 Nov 2025
The Son of Sam, David Berkowitz, lived on Barnes Avenue in the Bronx between 1975 and 1976.
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3 Nov 2025
On November 22nd, 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald allegedly assassinated President John F. Kennedy at the Dealey Plaza in Dallas.
Less than two hours later, he was arrested at this theater on Jefferson Boulevard.
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31 Oct 2025
The exterior of the hotel in the horror film The Shining (1980) was based on the Timberline Lodge in Oregon. #TheShining
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30 Oct 2025
In December 1996, French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier was murdered at this rural cottage in Cork, Ireland.
Her case remains unsolved.
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27 Oct 2025
During the Salem witch trials (1692-1693), 19 people were executed at this site near the base of Gallows Hill in Boston.
A team of researchers discovered the exact location in 2016.
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24 Oct 2025
In January 1947, the body of "the Black Dahlia," Elizabeth Short, was found at this section of South Norton Avenue in Los Angeles.
Her case remains one of America's most famous unsolved murders.
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23 Oct 2025
The junkyard headquarters of mobster Paul Vario was situated at this lot in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn.
In October 1972, the police raided the property following a six-month-long surveillance operation.
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23 Oct 2025
The Wimpy Boys Social Club served as a hangout for members of the Colombo organized crime family.
It was run by a capo and hitman named Gregory Scarpa Sr.
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20 Oct 2025
In February 2017, two teenage girls named Abigail "Abby" Williams and Liberty "Libby" German were murdered near this bridge in Delphi, Indiana.
A local man named Richard Allen was later convicted of the crime.
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23 Sep 2025
Path to Violence: The Development of Rex Heuermann
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#GilgoBeach #RexHeuermann
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