Less Dead: Serial Killer Robert Willie Pickton, Pt 1
In his book, Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime, Eric Hickey wrote about a type of victim that he called, “the Less Dead”. These are people that are seen by the media or law enforcement as havin...
30 Elo 202455min
Cradle to Grave, Volume II: Two More Killer Kids
Adults like to think of kids as the embodiment of innocence—and in a lot of ways, they are. But…remember what it was like to actually be a kid? Did other kids seem innocent to us then? Not so much. Th...
23 Elo 202451min
The People's Monster: Serial Killer in the City of Light Pt 2
In Part One last week, we introduced you to the strange world of Marcel Petiot, doctor, failed politician, and serial killer in wartime Paris. The horrific discovery of dismembered bodies at Dr. Petio...
16 Elo 202441min
The People's Monster: Serial Killer in the City of Light Pt 1
There aren’t many darker places to be than in a city occupied by an enemy during a brutal war, living without freedom, in constant fear, and with little or no recourse to justice. For a crime to be ab...
9 Elo 202443min
Ensnared: The Murder of Katy Briscoe
Sometimes, danger comes in hot, with blazing red flags and alarm bells so loud they drown out everything else. Plenty of warning signs to activate the fight or flight instinct, put us on guard. But th...
2 Elo 202438min
Lost Highway: The Murders at Moclips Beach
It’s kind of hard to pin down what the first slasher movie was. Do you start with “Psycho” in 1960? Go even further back? But there’s no real doubt when the genre blossomed—the 1970s. And that makes s...
26 Heinä 202447min
Gaslight, Gatekeep, GirlBoss: A Girl Gang Grab-Bag
Like most American Millennials, I was subjected to Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or DARE. It was the typical kind of “Drugs Are Bad, mmmkay?” sort of thing. Police officers would come to school and...
19 Heinä 202432min
