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Jan 28 2025CRIME

The Unrealized Zodiac Documentary: A Filmmaker’s True-Crime Lament

When Charles Shackleton's meticulously planned documentary on the Zodiac killer was abruptly canceled, he turned his frustration into a fascinating confession. Dubbed “Zodiac Killer Project, ” the filmmaker shares his potential masterpiece's outline. It's a critique of the true-crime genre's formula

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Jan 28 2025CRIME

Sextortion Case: Nigerian Man Faces U. S. Justice

Imagine you're a teenager from South Carolina. You're 17, and you think you're talking to a girl your age online. But it's not a girl. It's a man from Nigeria, Hassan Abolore Lawal, pretending to be someone else. He tricks you into sending explicit photos. Then, he threatens to show everyone unless

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Jan 27 2025ENTERTAINMENT

The White Lotus Season 3: New Faces, Old Drama

Get ready for another thrilling season of The White Lotus! This time, the luxury hotel is in Thailand, and it's welcoming a new cast of characters, including some familiar faces. Walton Goggins, known for his role in Fallout, plays Rick Hatchett, who's traveling with his younger girlfriend. Harry Po

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Jan 27 2025CRIME

Subway Crime: A New York Comedy Sketch

Imagine this: New York City's subway crime has gotten so bad that it's now the butt of jokes on "Saturday Night Live. " In a recent episode, Michael Che jokingly said the city's five days without a shooting was "just way more fun to push people onto the subway tracks. " This is no laughing matter, t

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Jan 27 2025CRIME

The Untold Story of “To Catch a Predator”

Imagine this: a documentary filmmaker watches a reality TV show about catching child predators and decides to dig deeper. David Osit, the filmmaker, was hooked by “To Catch a Predator” but didn’t think much about it until years later. That’s when he heard about Bill Conradt, a Texas assistant distri

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Jan 26 2025CRIME

A Grave Mistake: How Social Media Taunts Escalated into Murder

In the city of Oakland, a man named Jacobi Gaines found himself in the middle of a storm he helped create. It all started in November 2019 when Gaines, then 18, posted a video on Instagram. This video showed him doing something disrespectful – urinating on the gravestone of a teenager named Keith La

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Jan 26 2025CRIME

Parenthood's Impact: How It Shapes Young Criminals' Paths in Latin America

Parenthood can change a young person's life in many ways. In a study of 40 young men and 40 young women in Latin American prisons, researchers found that becoming a parent can either lead to a life away from crime or pull someone deeper into it. For some, having a child made them want to slow down a

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Jan 25 2025CRIME

Oakland Murder Case: Jury Deadlocks, New Trial Ahead

In Oakland, a 34-year-old resident, Elijah Rucker, had his murder case declared a mistrial after five weeks of trial. Rucker was accused of killing 34-year-old Romell Wright over a debt, but the jury couldn't agree on a verdict. The incident happened on January 7th, around 8 a. m. , on the 1700 bloc

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Jan 24 2025CRIME

Immigration and Crime: Teller County Sheriff's Update

In Teller County, Colorado, the sheriff is set to address the public about illegal immigration and crime. The focus will be on recent arrests of undocumented immigrants involved in criminal activities. Earlier this week, KRDO13 Investigates reported that Sheriff Mikesell's deputies apprehended three

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Jan 24 2025CRIME

Dunn County Crime: Man Gets 16 Years for Hiding Bodies

In Dunn County, Wisconsin, a 59-year-old man named Darren Osborne has been sentenced to a total of 16 years in prison plus 8 years of supervision. This sentence comes after Osborne was found guilty of hiding corpses related to the deaths of four individuals: Jasmine Sturm, Matthew Pettus, Nitosha Fl

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