Meet Joseph James DeAngelo, The Prime Suspect In The Mysterious Golden State Killer Case
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More than 40 years after he allegedly terrorized California, the police arrested former cop Joseph DeAngelo as the predator known as the Golden State Killer and the East Area Rapist. The notorious Golden State Killer has eluded authorities for more than four decades, but police are confident they’ve finally caught their man. While some would expect a monster in handcuffs, Joseph James DeAngelo was a seemingly ordinary retired police officer living near Sacramento until April 2018. The 74-year-old was described by former co-workers as “a regular Joe,” despite his serious demeanor and nonexiste ..read more
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Meet Lope De Aguirre, The 16th-Century Conquistador Who Stabbed His Daughter To Death While Searching For El Dorado
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Lope de Aguirre called himself the “Wrath of God, Prince of Freedom, King of Tierra Firme.” But his fellow explorers just called him a madman. Wikimedia CommonsLope de Aguirre, the would-be conqueror of South America. In a wild quest for the legendary El Dorado, Lope de Aguirre murdered his commander, declared himself the enemy of Spain, and sought to build his own empire deep in the heart of South America. Instead, he became infamous as one of the most bloodthirsty and eccentric conquistadors in the history of the Spanish Empire. Aguirre Goes To America In 1510, Lope de Aguirre was born to ..read more
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New Suspect Emerges In The 2007 Disappearance Of Three-Year-Old Madeleine McCann
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Christian Brückner has a lengthy record of sexual crimes against children. He also made a phone call that ended an hour before McCann vanished — and re-registered his car under a different name the day after. Public Domain43-year-old Christian Brückner is the prime suspect and has a roster of child sexual offenses to his name. Christian Brückner, a German man with a history of child sexual offenses who is currently incarcerated, has become the prime suspect in the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann. According to NBC News, the German prosecutors investigating him also assume the young gi ..read more
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Inside Cerro Gordo, The Abandoned California Boomtown With A Sordid History
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Back in the 19th century, Cerro Gordo was a lucrative mining town — that averaged a murder a week. Now, it sits abandoned and possibly haunted. 1 of 19 A bird’s eye view of Cerro Gordo, which has become an eerie tourist site for its sordid past.David Lofink/Flickr 2 of 19 The ghost town of Cerro Gordo is located among the Inyo Mountains of eastern California.Wikimedia Commons 3 of 19 The town has a cemetery of miners who died during the height of Cerro Gordo’s silver mining production. Residents also fell victim to the town’s rampant crime, at one point dying at a rate of one murder per ..read more
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Inside The 18th-Century ‘Compendium Of Demonology And Magic,’ An Illustrated Guide To Hell
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Whether it’s ghastly demons or grisly execution scenes, this occultists’ tome and witchcraft manual remains as haunting today as it was in 1775. 1 of 34 A half-boar half-demon hybrid with a clam-shell body.Wellcome Collection 2 of 34 A demon appears as a man and performs a dark spell. Note the dead body being untied from its hanging pole in the background, suggesting necromancy.Wellcome Collection 3 of 34 Drawing of a hydra monster with mixed heads of different beasts. Though the compendium’s cover claims it’s over a thousand years old, the demon book was likely written in the 18th cent ..read more
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New York Man Attacks And Kills His Father In Front Of 20 Witnesses On Zoom
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Participants in the Zoom call described seeing the victim fall off-screen and hearing heavy breathing. YouTubeIt took police longer than usual to find the address since none of the Zoom participants knew where Powers lived. On Thursday night, 72-year-old Dwight Powers was participating in a Zoom video chat with around 20 people — when his son abruptly stabbed him to death. According to The New York Times, the murder occurred in an Amityville, New York apartment belonging to a senior living community. Powers and his 32-year-old son, Thomas Scully-Powers, reportedly lived there together. Whil ..read more
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Inside The Final Days Of The Hikers From The Dyaltov Pass Incident
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These photos of the Dyatlov Pass Incident document the days leading up to the mysterious deaths of nine young hikers — and the investigation into their gruesome deaths. 1 of 34 The group piles into a truck from Vizhay to the 41st District in the afternoon of Jan. 26, 1959. Teodora Hadjiyska/Dyatlov Pass website 2 of 34 Dubinina, Krivonischenko, Thibeaux-Brignolles, and Slobodin having a good time. This was one of many photographs recovered from Krivonishchenko’s camera. Teodora Hadjiyska/Dyatlov Pass website 3 of 34 Yuri Yudin (center) shares a hug with Lyudmila Dubinina before heading ..read more
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Inside Shark Island, Germany’s First Concentration Camp — Used Decades Before The Holocaust
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From 1904 to 1908, more than 80 percent of Namibia’s Herero people and 50 percent of its Nama people were killed by German forces in a genocide carried out in concentration camps like the one on Shark Island. Ullstein BilderdienstHerero tribespeople who escaped Shark Island. Shark Island is a lonely, desolate place, almost Martian in its barrenness and removal from the wider world. Hewn from rocks worn smooth by the Atlantic’s beating waves, the only protection from the brutal African sun afforded there is a smattering of palm trees. This tiny outcrop off the coast of Namibia has a history ..read more
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Construction Accident Leaves Man With Iron Rod Jammed Through His Head — And He Says He Felt No Pain
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Kamel Abdel Rahman was fixing up his family’s apartment when he fell from the second story — and onto an iron rod that pierced his skull. The complicated part was removing it. Kamel Abdel Rahman/Hadassah Medical CenterConcerns removing the rod could impact the patient’s speech or mobility were laid to rest after two lengthy surgeries. Kamel Abdel Rahman was doing construction on his family’s apartment when the accident occurred. They say no good deed goes unpunished. For the 46-year-old Israelite, that meant falling off the second floor and onto an iron rod that jammed through his left ear ..read more
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44 Photos From The Hallowed And Haunted Halls Of The Abandoned Eastern State Penitentiary
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When it was first built in 1821, the Eastern State Penitentiary stood as the future in prison reform. Now, the fortress stands in decay. 1 of 45 Eastern State Penitentiary is a former American prison located at 2027 Fairmount Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. You can visit it today.Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge/Getty Images 2 of 45 shinyasuzuki/Flickr 3 of 45 The Penitentiary was meant to revolutionize the prison system and actually inspire penance in its inmates through solitary confinement. But this didn’t happen between overcrowding and corrupt guards.inmyeyes ..read more
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