“Then I took out the knife that I’d taken from her and cut her wide open in a straight line down her chest from, her neck to her asshole. Cut out her pussy and ate it.” — Arthur Shawcross In the tranquility of Thanksgiving Day, 1989, Rochester's Turning
Dorothy ‘Dotsie’ Blackburn was 27 years old. Mother to a six-month-old baby boy, and two older children. She was a prostitute in a desperate struggle to provide for her children. A sad reality often hidden behind closed doors, Dotsie was forced to hand her infant off to a friend while
On August 17, 1983, amidst the hustle and bustle of Thompkins Square Park, Daniel Rakowitz engaged in a chilling conversation with his friend, Sylvia. The subject? A plan to murder Monika Beerle, Rakowitz’s roommate and occasional romantic interest. A Troubled Past: The Early Life of Daniel Rakowitz Born on
Authors note: I used The Tree Stand Murders by David Whitehurst as my primary source for this article. It was a sunny day, ordinary in many respects, except for what was about to unfold. In the blink of an eye, the scene morphed into a chilling tableau. From the outset,
In the gritty underbelly of 1970s Times Square, a chilling crime shook New York City. A man going by the name of “Carl Wilson” checked into the Travel Inn Motor Lodge, on 515 West 42nd Street, on November 29th, 1979. The area around Times Square and 42nd Street, known colloquially
This is what a total psychopath really looks like. “I just wanted some story to read to my kids at night” — Kouri Richins, Murderer and Children’s book author The life of Eric Richins, a beloved basketball coach, children’s soccer coach, and avid hunter, ended in a tragic and
You have seconds to decide if he should live or die. What would you do? War is a realm of complex choices and moral dilemmas, where life and death hang in the balance. In the midst of battle, soldiers are thrust into situations that test their judgment and confront them
It's not everyday that you see a pair of legs down the toilet.
"This was not a quick death. This was not an easy death. This was a death that was slow and painful and unimaginable." - East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Hillar Moore III. Lacey Fletcher was a young girl from Louisiana who tragically passed away in 2017 due
"I was there in the water in total darkness just thinking it’s the end. I kept thinking the water was going to fill up the room but it did not." - Harrison Okene Harrison Okene is a Nigerian cook who miraculously survived for 60 hours in an
On May 18, 1927, the Bath Consolidated School in Bath Township, Michigan, became the site of one of the deadliest school tragedies in American history. Andrew Kehoe, a local farmer and school board member, carried out a series of bombings that resulted in the deaths of 45 people, including 38
“Surprised, I went around to the outside sump and the lid was open, and when I looked inside, I could see human legs.” — Teacher who found man’s corpse down toilet In the realm of true crime, some cases remain etched in our collective memory due to their inexplicable nature.