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Every town has its secrets… The kind that rarely make it into history books or glossy tourist brochures. They’re the stories that people whisper about behind locked doors, or in dimly lit corridors. True crimes are so unsettling that some locals would rather not speak about them and instead pretend they never happened. Until now…

Someone recently asked, “What’s a disturbing crime from your town that doesn’t get talked about?” and the answers read like a Stephen King horror. From people chopping off relatives’ heads, to entire families wiped out in a moment of madness, and shady black market body part shops… This is the stuff nightmares are made of.

Bored Panda has put together a list of the most bone-chilling ones for you to scroll through while you ponder the hidden secrets of your own neighborhood. We also explore why many people are so obsessed with true crime stories. And why that’s not necessarily a good thing. You’ll find that info between the images. Please note that some people might find the following content extremely disturbing.

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Boiling water in a pot on stove, illustrating tension and urgency related to worst crimes in hometowns. A man on my street beat his wife to death and poured boiling oil over her body in an effort to cover it up. His two children saw this happen and escaped the house alerting neighbours. The man got 15 years and didn't even serve that. His children were forced to live with his parents and he maintained contact while the wife's family never saw the kids again. He was also released temporarily on compassionate grounds on a day dedicated to domestic violence awareness in her name. An absolute travesty of a crime that spat in the name of victims everywhere. The poor woman's name was Caroline Crossan

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AutumnGirl
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2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My heart aches for Caroline and her family... and I'm so sad to realize that the so-called "Justice" for us women is pretty awful no matter the place.

Crystalwitch60
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Having been a beaten wife myself m I’m a survivor of it , victims are when you die from it , n I’m now stronger that I should be , (plus 14 yrs of coercion second marriage) I’d love just 5 mins alone with this vile man as k****d that lovely woman n left their kids motherless 💔in fact two mins would do , and no one would 3ver find him again that much I will tell you !

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angelmomoffour62
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2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I disagree Crystal your a victim whether you die from it or not...

meeeeeeeeeeee
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2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's up to her how she identifies with it since it happened to her. It's not up to you whether she calls herself a victim.

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Sa Ruuu
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2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I personally find it weird when kids of one m******d and one m******r parent are placed with the m******r's side of the family, especially when there doesn't seem to be anything "wrong" with the victim's family that would prevent them from raising a child

Lila Allen
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2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Except for the whole part where they raised a child to become a m******r. People don't just pop up was murderers. It often comes from a childhood with significant exposure to violence. That's not always the case, but it's concerning.

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David
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2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The reason why his parents got the kids and he had contact, was a different judge in the custody case, while he was on trial for m****r, ruled him as the legal guardian, so when he went to prison, he signed over the rights to his parents. How any judge could have ruled him to keep custody while on trial for that is horrible.

Bored Sailor
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2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Londonderry is where this was.

angelmomoffour62
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2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Those poor kids having to deal with.him.

Hugo
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2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A travesty of justice, not of the crime.

Crystalwitch60
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2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

💔💔💔💔those poor poor kids omg. Look people both men and women alike !, if your a victim eugh hate that word , of dv please ask for help !,go for a walk ,go to a pub and ask the bar person to speak to ANGELA it’s a code word for help me please , if you can’t get out the house make a call to 999 or 911 if in USA , and ask for a pizza ,with extra pepperoni, that’s code for I’m in mortal danger now , , I have been a beaten wife , I’m a SURVIVOR of D V I was only 18 when I married him , then colours showed after 6 mths after wedding I ran .n lived on the streets it was far safer , stories like this boil my blood , I feel that pain she had , to many peopleBOTH WOMEN AND MEN TO suffer in silence, PLEASE DONT (((HUGS))) from a SURVIVOR, DONT BECOME A VICTIM LIKE THIS POOR LADY 💔

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Our obsession with true crime is nothing new. People have been devouring that type of literature since the 1600s. But nowadays, the content is everywhere. Podcasts, documentaries, blockbuster films, television shows... It seems we just can't get enough of gruesome and gripping tragedies.

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In fact, the "True Crime Consumer Report" by Edison Research and audiochuck found that roughly 84% of Americans over the age of 13 consume true crime in some form, and 42% have listened to a true crime podcast.

But why? What psychological wiring, social forces, and media mechanics combine to turn some of the most violent stories into such an addictive form of entertainment?

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    #2

    Close-up of gloved hands holding a fishing rod, illustrating a quiet moment amid discussions of worst crimes in hometowns. S**t, this one wasn't even on the news; a guy went ice fishing with his wife, but came back alone. Said she was coming back after she was done visiting family. She never comes back and the guy puts on a sob story about how they are divorcing and she moved away. Life went on.

    About six months later, a couple of magnet fisherman on the lake snag something but can't pull it up, so one of them swam down to release the magnet and the line; it was the wife. She of course was terribly decomposed, and the reason she didn't float to the top was her jacket was filled with a s**t ton of sand. They pulled her up and ran a DNA test. Called in the husband to ID her, and his very first statement was, "I thought cold water preserves people." They had not told him yet where they found her.

    I guess she had brought up divorce during the fishing trip, he got mad, beat her to death, and then filled her jacket was sand from one of the sandbags that lined the Icehouse, shoved her through the hole in the ice, and left.

    Now he's spending life in a prison cell.

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    Ben
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How scary would it have been to find a dead body at the end of that fishing line down in the dark.

    Crystalwitch60
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At last JUSTICE !!! first one on this thread ffs , hope he has a vile life !!

    Siege Rook
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay, this was very wrong, no matter how you look at it. BUT, PSA on the lesson to be learned here: if you're going to give someone news that could make them angry... especially, say, a spouse who treated you poorly that you're about to leave... maybe DON'T do it out in the middle of nowhere.

    Earonn -
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Why don't abu.sed women just leave? They have no one to blame but themselves", righto? /bitter sarcasm

    manon M
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Au moins il a été arrêté celui la

    Johnnynatfan
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't get this. What was on her that was so strong magnetically that it would not release? If she just had sand in her pockets then the only thing I can think of is her jacket zippers. That would not be strong enough.

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    In short, true crime meets a lot of our human needs all at once: curiosity, problem-solving, threat management, social connection, and moral storytelling. Throw in some brilliant, suspenseful production and we're hooked.

    According to a YouGov survey, more than one-third of Americans said they consume true crime content because of their interest in mysteries. “It’s just fascinating to look directly at the dark side of humanity from a safe distance,” shared one respondent.

    Another said that they watch true crime in order “to see others get justice for themselves when [they] didn’t get it for a similar situation.” And one respondent said that his “female friends have told me they watch it to figure out how they would react if they were the victim in this situation as a way to feel safer while interacting with others.”

    Some revealed they find it to be a healing experience. Interestingly, a few Americans who don't consume true crime think that those who do are either trying to learn to be criminals or enjoying others’ pain.

    #3

    Young boy sitting alone on a wooden chair, looking away, illustrating the impact of worst crimes in their hometowns. A man kidnapped and a****d a child, who was terrified and in captivity long enough to keep quiet for years despite having access to internet and phone. At one point, he even left a message for his parents on a message board, asking if they’d keep looking for him. His parents thought this was a troll, as he used his own name.

    Years later the man kidnapped another child. This child happened to have been walking with another boy around his age before he was taken. The other boy happened to know a lot about/have a special interest in trucks, and was able to relay to the police that he saw a (color/make/model/rust pattern). The police caught the man days later with that information, and both boys were safely released.

    If you grew up in the community when he was growing up, you knew him. You worked with his mom, he managed you at the local pizza chain back in the day, he went to your high school, he asked your friend out long ago.

    My partner and I were walking our dogs last night and saw a little girl playing outside her home unaccompanied by her parents. She was sweet, and we were sweet back. But it made me think about Michael, Sean, and Ben. How we talked about them growing up, and now not so much.

    Almost half a million children are reported missing each year in the U.S.

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    DarcyRose
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That one hit. You humanised the tragedy

    Crystalwitch60
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    Spot on, we rarely see that do we , I’m an empath m n I can feel other peoples feelings , ( it’s why I choose well have to stay away from people bar my kids , ) n I can even feel it via text , like these , n this made my blood run cold n I felt op,s pain and discomfort writing it , like u say ,it humanized it , n that’s mega scary isn’t it ,

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    Al Fun
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is super scary, but you have to put the actual risk of being abducted by a stranger into perspective. Yes, half a million children are reported missing in the US, but most are false alarms/runaways. Then there are about 200,000 family abductions, such as custody disputes, etc. Only about 100-300 total stranger abductions are estimated per year. Super scary, but super rare.

    Crystalwitch60
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    Not as rare as you,d like to think !!!! here in uk ,it is unfortunately these days to bloody common ,could let my kids now 21-24 grow up as I did , out in the sticks , which we are , but out from dawn to dusk . That was back in the 1970s from time I was 5 up ,ok I grew up on a farm rural area but those can now be the worst ! Now I’m 60 it’s been like 30 yrs since kids had that freedom safely !!

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    Crystalwitch60
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    back in my childhood days in uk ,we were out dawn till dusk , I lived on a farm in a very rural area ,it was safer than safe ,1970,s I’m 60 n honestly it breaks my heart that , our kids can’t do that now , this happens , this story is hard hitting , hearing it from outsiders view is so awful as Darcy rose says it humanized it , someone knew that lad , not just the parents but neighbours etc and that really cuts deep doesn’t it 💔💔

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    Whitney Phillips is an assistant professor of digital platforms and ethics at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication (SOJC).

    According to the university's site, the expert has written and researched extensively on internet trolling, malicious online activity, and the ethical implications of popular culture subjects such as the true crime genre. She teaches students to examine the ethics of consuming true crime stories.

    Phillips defines true crime as "content about violent, nonfictional events that have specific characteristics that make it popular as entertainment." And believes there are three main reasons why people love the true crime genre...

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    44 People Share The Most Disturbing Crimes That Happened Right On Their Doorstep More than 15 years ago my friend, Jennifer Cooke of Grandview, Ohio, was stabbed to death in her home. No one has ever been arrested. Her ex husband, let’s call him Stabby McStabberson to protect his identity, was a person of interest.

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    Earthquake903
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With a name like that, he's clearly innocent

    Reemerger
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If anyone needs a lawyer at bird-law, let me know. If you're looking for mittens to mute your kittens' infernal stomping, also let me know.

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    Pyla
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    never underestimate the laziness or incompetence of the local copshops.

    Lady Eowyn
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Crystal, it is not always the spouse.

    Crystalwitch60
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    2 months ago

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    Wel it’s clear who did it , w*f is wrong with the police in that area it’s ALWAYS THE SPOUSE !!

    #5

    Person receiving blood draw from healthcare worker wearing gloves in medical setting, illustrating crimes related to hometown incidents. This didn't happen where I lived but it was very disturbing. This happened in Florida. Back in the late 1980's, the Ray Brothers were barred from school for having AIDS. They had hemophilia and got AIDS thru blood transfusions. In 1987 someone set their home on fire and the family was forced to move as a result. I don't think they ever caught the arsonist but I find it hard to believe that no one who lived in that town knew who might have done this.

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    Tropical Tarot
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was a little town called Arcadia southeast of Tampa Bay.

    nicholas nolan
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was a Very Special Episode of Mr. Belvedere partly inspired by this case.

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    That’s dispicable , but tbh it was in USA why don’t that surprise me 🤬why are they protecting an arsonist murdering pos ffs I hope karma found him n saw him off this world !!

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    Firstly, as we touched on earlier, human beings enjoy the mysterious element. "Novels and movies centered around a mystery have always proved popular, but true crime allows audience members the chance to feel invested in a real mystery unfolding before them," notes the university's site.

    The second reason, says Philips, is that many viewers "enjoy watching a case getting solved while feeling that they’ve participated in it from the comfort of their couch."

    #6

    Young person in a pink hoodie with a tear on their cheek, reflecting on the worst crimes that happened in their hometown. We had a mentally handicapped high school kid k**l both his parents because he got upset. It was pretty awful, he didn’t understand that what he did meant they couldn’t come back.

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    Snazzy Smurf
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one hits different as he dellik his parents while having no concept of what he had done. These are all horrible, however.

    angelmomoffour62
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can never understand how people can k**l their parents. This kid did it because he was upset how sad.....

    Megalodon Meg
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He did it because he was mentally handicapped and didn't know how to manage his emotions. Tragic still, but it seems like he wasn't able to grasp what he had done.

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    The third reason certain people are drawn to true crime as entertainment, according to the expert, is because they feel it's a way to be prepared in the face of real danger.

    "Studies of true crime have found that white women are the largest demographic that enjoys the true crime genre. The hypothesis is that because 'women, in particular, have anxiety about potential threats,' they turn to true crime to feel better prepared if something violent were to happen to them," explains the site.

    #7

    Close-up of a metal dental crown on a molar tooth illustrating an unusual connection to worst crimes in hometowns. Funeral home was selling body parts and gold from teeth/jewelry without permission, (using funds for luxury items and vacations) and giving loved ones cement mix in place of cremains. They literally operated a business called "Body Brokers" from the same address as the funeral home.

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    Snazzy Smurf
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the modern version of "grave robbing".

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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There’s a documentary about this. It’s called the Mortician

    Kiss Army
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's really interesting to watch and doing so boggles the mind about how no one figured it out sooner.

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    TaSim
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The downvoting of this inoffensive comment really exemplifies that some people can't leave Crystalwitch alone. You may not agree with what she says or the fact she chooses to 'type' in the dialect she speaks with but continually downvoting her when she has said nothing offensive or controversial is vindictive and smacks of bullying. Just leave her to her own devices and adopt a live and let live attitude otherwise people end up getting banned for no good reason.

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    Scott Rackley
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not too far away from me is where Tri-State Crematory used to be located. Dude threw the bodies out back and gave the relatives concrete mix. 339 bodies were found in/around the property.

    Pyla
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think this is pretty common. I buy gold jewelry on shopgoodwill and see teeth ALL the time. Like, go now, I lay 100:1 you will find a molar.

    #8

    House on fire at night with bright flames visible, illustrating some of the worst crimes shared from hometowns. I lived in a very white suburban / rural town in the 1980s. A black family bought a large house directly across the street from the local country club. It was burned down within a month. Even though everyone knew who did it, or at least who was responsible, there was never an arrest made.

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    Earthquake903
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    White people have been burning the homes a businesses of black people for as long as both have existed. Then, if a black person dares to speak against their horrific ab.u.se, that black person is labeled violent and quite often unalived. Racism is a cancer that needs to be carved out!

    Lynn Peterman
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Black people also burn businesses of other black people. Wish people would stop with the white/black thing. People can be awful.

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    Earonn -
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And that is the American sickness. That this behaviour is criticised, but was never really addressed the way Germany addressed the Nazis after WWII. There was never a real attempt to root out the racism. And until the USA start to admit and really try to become better, they are like alcoholics who just find better ways to hide the empty bottles.

    SkippityBoppityBoo
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I really hate racism. Two nights ago I was coming back in from the shops. A guy deliberately kicked my crutch and went running off laughing. I'm not White. Other people saw it happen, helped me but when things such as that or in this case? When they happen? It's... Do I phone the police? Who do I tell and would they believe me? Anything racial is now a Hate Crime in the UK as far as I know.

    Pyla
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This happened in my small (~25k) college town. Iranian family were building a big home above mine. I had just moved into my home and one night was awaken by the snapping sound of wood burning. Between us was a spent wheat field and people were putting out the fires and trucks came soon after. Embers were landing on our roof. They knew it was arson, multiple starting points, but never caught anyone. The local joke is that he finally graduated (dark humor)

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    But while we binge-watch hours of true crime content, many experts have raised ethical concerns about the millions of dollars being made from real victims’ stories.

    Mackenzie Joy Brennan is one of them. In an article titled, "True crime" pays but who pays and who gets the loot?, she writes that "As the true crime genre has proliferated – much of it driven largely by entertainment and financial incentives – many creators have failed to balance public interest with the potential harm of re-telling the horrors inflicted on real people."

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    Often, adds Brennan, true crime creators consult neither journalistic ethics nor the real people harmed by the crimes they recount.

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    44 People Share The Most Disturbing Crimes That Happened Right On Their Doorstep As of recently in Houston, multiple bodies have been found in Buffalo Bayou and this maybe linked to an active serial killer.

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    sbj
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We've heard about this in the UK and are shocked at the lack of action by the authorities. Okay maybe as 'they say' it's not a serial killer then why are bodies turning up in such numbers, whatever the reason it's horrifying

    Lila Allen
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's Texas. They have the highest rate of wrongful convictions. They have the highest crime rates and they have some of the lowest solve rates for felonies. It's a miracle they even noticed there were bodies and figured out they were homicides.

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    S L M
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is so underreported! No police chief wants to be the one that had a serial killer but couldnt stop them ... so they just opt to not have a serial killer ...

    Tropical Tarot
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People in other states are aware.. I'm in Florida and I have been following it

    Lo Kindred
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There have been bodies found in many oh Houston's bayous. 26 and counting as of now.

    Michael Largey
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Police tell people not to panic because "Those x number of killings are unrelated, so there's no serial killer." If true, that means there are x separate murderers out there, which is even more disturbing.

    Lila Allen
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, but it's Texas so I am sure they don't see it that way. Bless their crime ridden poorly policed little hearts

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    https://www.kvue.com/article/news/nation-world/houston-bayous-bodies-found/507-907ac142-451c-403b-9ca7-356d4a81b0ae?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_KVUE&fbclid=IwdGRjcANlVNdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhRboX8zWU8ny-5_506lW43dYm1lwIQnpKu1L8eQQXYzv-ToDepnMpchGMHR_aem_-iqpTSUOt95FWZcofgVcTw

    Snazzy Smurf
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please checkout the link I posted regarding the bayou finds. Houston has a total of 22 Bayous with 10 being primary. Bodies have been found in Buffalo, Brays, White Oak, Hunting, Greens and Sims Bayous. There is a lot of water that flows through this city and we are reminded of it whenever we get drenched.

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    Yup I heard about that here in uk, is there a ranch near there ? Cos they have a way of dealing with bad ins by unaliving em ,n chucking em off places like this , n Texas is renounce for it ! Either way I’m bloody glad I don’t live in USA their cops are freaking useless , like there is a serial k I l l e r on the loose ,n they ligit got nothing 🤦‍♀️pfft scary

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    Phillips has also raised concerns about commoditizing true crime. The professor explains that some podcasts create catchphrases and sell merchandise inspired by their shows and real-life cases.

    "In doing this, they are reducing victims' lives and tragedies to marketable content. This branding of real violence and victims dehumanizes them by turning them into merchandise and memes," the university's site notes.

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    Smartphone with pink case resting on blue denim fabric, symbolizing people sharing worst crimes in their hometowns. Oh man. Few girls went missing in my middle of nowhere town. A body or two was found in the river after a while of searching. They search one potential guys house, even the pile of concrete rubble behind it.

    One day, this same guy is drunk driving and runs into a school bus. Police search his car and find a pretty little pink cell phone apparently belonging to one of the missing girls. They search his house again, and this time in the pile of rubble find the last missing girls body.

    Population of literally 135 where I grew up.

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    Jane Doe-Doe
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s not a town that’s a street

    Pyla
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe two streets and a cross street. LOL

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    Hugo
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not a town, it's a hamlet.

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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Spalding Missouri. If you read the "Welcome to" sign you'll miss the "Now leaving" sign lol. Edit: It's 3 houses and a church. They incorporated it into the greater township, but theres actually 7 people in Spalding.

    Earonn -
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can't have searched the pile very thoroughly if they missed a whole body.

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    44 People Share The Most Disturbing Crimes That Happened Right On Their Doorstep I live in Hannover in Germany. About 100 years ago, there was a guy called Fritz Haarmann. I’m not fully aware of his crimes but here he’s known as the "Vampire of Hanover". He was a cannibal.

    He’s somewhat known in Germany — especially here in Hannover obviously — but outside of Germany, I don’t think too many people have heard of him and his crimes.

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    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I maybe getting people mixed up here, but wasn't this the guy who sold meat, as a butcher? There being a strong possibility of people unknowingly eating human meat?

    Jesse
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's the one, yes. Of course it couldn't be proven with technology from the 1920s, but there have been complaints about digestive issues from people who ate at restaurants he supplied.

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    Ru Bee
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've heard of him he was in a book I read as a child he robbed runaway kids k****d them and sold their possessions. He got away with it for ages because he was a police informant.

    Lace Neil
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The police carried out a cursory search of Haarman's house, but found nothing. At his trial, Haarman boasted that a m******d boy's head was wrapped in newspaper behind the oven when the police were searching his house. He also had an accomplice named Hans Grans, who got ten years.

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    Another concern raised by Phillips is how the true crime genre has created so-called citizen sleuths. These fans discuss ongoing cases online and post their own theories and opinions, which are often not backed up by facts.

    The expert warns that this can be harmful because "they often promote poor leads that distract the investigation."

    #12

    Worn metal hammer on wooden surface, symbolizing tools related to worst crimes in hometowns shared by people Small town. Guy beat his wife to death with a hammer then shot himself in the head. Then a few years later his parents donated money to a municipal project, an area of a public building bears his name. Grosses me out.

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    Chich the witch
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Couple of chisels, some paint - fix it right up.

    Michael Largey
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please don't tell us that the public building was a shelter for battered women. Even if it was, please don't tell us.

    Crystalwitch60
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That wouldn’t last long here in uk , it would have been trashed !!

    “It’s this ‘bingeability,” says journalist and author Rachel Monroe. “If you think about both podcasts and streaming series, you need something that will make people tune in for the next one – because we have so much culture, and it’s so easy to turn away to something else entertaining.” 

    “True crime isn’t the problem,” adds Phillips. “It’s how people approach it, who is telling the story, and whose stories are not being told, that’s the problem.”

    #13

    Open old book with yellowed pages on rustic wooden table, symbolizing stories of worst crimes in hometowns. When I was in 11th grade , there was a quiet , kinda nerdy kid who sat behind me in my first period English class . He was sometimes annoying and other kids were a******s to him but I always tried to be nice . One day I was talking to another friend in that class about a book I really wanted to buy . He obviously overheard our conversation bc the next morning the book was sitting on my desk when I arrived at school . He’d gone out and bought it for me the night before and said it was because I was always kind to him . It was a little awkward, but thoughtful . I remember this incident vividly because a few days later he ended up k*****g both of his parents with a s*****n while they slept . He then went “on the run” and was featured briefly on Americas Most Wanted . I believe he was 17 at the time . He was caught a few weeks later somewhere in the Pacific Northwest, which is far away from where we lived in Southern Ontario , Canada . Crazy.

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    AnnaB
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pretty soon they're going to have to add 'asterisks' as part of the K - 12 curriculum in schools.

    Michael Largey
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At BP, * is the 27th letter of the alphabet.

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    John Dilligaf
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    s h o t g u n is censored here , but in another post they allow handgun. Not only is BP ridiculous with their censoring, they're also inconsistent with it.

    Kay Lyn Evans
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This doesn't seem real to me. Canadians would *always* say "grade 11" rather than 11th grade. And I can't find any information on a case like this. (I'm from Toronto)

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    #14

    Camera lens on a wooden surface representing crime evidence in stories about worst crimes in hometowns shared by people. Where a grew up this guy was neighbors with some of my parent friends. He seemed a nice guy and seemed a good neighbor. He managed to place multiple hidden cameras in my parents friends house and was recorded the wife in the shower and bed room and would get in their attic to grab the vhs tapes and replace with new ones to continue recording. I think he was able to manage this by acting like he was boring a friendly neighbor and helping with house repairs and renovations if my memory serves me correctly. The wife started to get suspicious of some things or would say or do and became super paranoid. She eventually noticed something wrong in the ceiling above the shower which led to her finding the recordings. My parents went to the guys house multiple times because he had a pool and they would all get together . My mom started to get the creeps because he was always very insistent that my parents wait to get to his house before they change into swimsuits ( he had cameras set up in the pool house). They made a lifetime movie about it but no one really talks about it back home. We only did because we were friends with the family that it happened to.

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    hannahbahngswife
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do people even want to record other people naked?? If you are that desperate, p**n is free.

    Lynchamigsakta
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because they're voyers. My best guess is that it's the active violation of another person more than the nudity that gets them off, but yeah it's hard to wrap my head around

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    Pyla
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wasn't that a TV movie with Angie Harmon?

    Lila Allen
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. It's based on the real life case of Susan Wilson. She got landmark changes to the laws to criminalize this. They had to charge the predator with theft of electricity because sneaking into someone's house, making holes, and putting cameras to record them wasn't illegal at the time.

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    Lila Allen
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Susan Wilson. She went on to push for laws to criminalize this because at the time the only crime the cops could charge him with was theft of electricity. Because he was a close friend and had keys and had been allowed to enter their house they couldn't charge him with anything else at the time. Now , thanks to her, there are laws against this.

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    #15

    44 People Share The Most Disturbing Crimes That Happened Right On Their Doorstep A couple went to rob a local hotel, the guy bashed the night clerks head in with a rock and they tried to cover it up but got found out, and then turned on eachother in court. The girl walks free amongst us…I think about the man they k****d often, he was a very nice man and his poor wife never recovered.

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    Jane Doe-Doe
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m not surprised the wife never recovered, having that image ( of her husband being beaten to death) in her brain forever

    #16

    44 People Share The Most Disturbing Crimes That Happened Right On Their Doorstep My family lived next door to a dude who k****d his wife, chopped her head off, left her head in the crawl space of his home, and threw her body off a bridge near the neighborhood of another family member of mine. The body didn’t make it into the water below so it was quickly spotted and the guy was thrown in jail.

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    Veronica Jean
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think I saw the body cam footage of him being questioned

    #17

    44 People Share The Most Disturbing Crimes That Happened Right On Their Doorstep The Singer D4VDs car was discovered to have a chopped up body of a minor in his car. Everything points to him being in a relationship with her since she was around 13. Apparently she grew up in my area of Lake Elsinore CA as her school district sent out an email about it. (My kid goes to the same district).

    InternationalFace790 , AskeeaeWiki / Wikipedia Report

    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a recent news story, been catching details of it. What I have heard so far, has been that there is no proven link between the girl and the singer other than she was found in his car. Not saying the post is wrong, just not heard much this side of the pond.

    Lauren Caswell
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's heaps more links, videos of them together, someone asked her age and he freaked at them etc. I've been tracking that. It's speculative that the mother was aware, but it's looking more likely

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    Deeelite
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm surprised not much has been said/done about this

    v10011011
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That generally means they have a solid case and don’t want to spook him, that’s why they made it publicly known that he was/is cooperating with the investigation. They keep their cards close to their chest when they know they have a solid case.

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    #18

    Convenience store counter with candy shelves behind, illustrating local scenes related to worst crimes in hometowns. Not my hometown but just a bit down the road, where I lived for a few years.


    Wife files for divorce and a restraining order, from her a*****e husband, files for full custody of their 2 kids all that fun stuff. A few weeks later, the husband shows up at the grocery store she works as a clerk at, armed with a .22 handgun, which he stole from his brother. He goes in intending to kidnap her at gunpoint.



    He goes in and grabs her by her hair and begins dragging her into the parking lot but as he's forcing her out of the store a customer at the customer service counter attempts to step in and is shot and k****d, a second customer attempts to step in in the parking lot and meets the same fate, at which point she gets loose and attempts to flee, and he turns the gun on her k*****g her before sitting on a bench in front of the store and shooting himself.


    My aunt was childhood friends with her, and my grandma told me the story one day when I found some pics of them together while I was trying to track down embarrassing childhood photos of my dad in the photo albums. To date, I've never seen any mention of the story outside of my family and old newspaper articles.

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    Earthquake903
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fragile men are the most violent

    Ace
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think there's any such correlation.

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    Jane Doe-Doe
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And Americans still think it’s ok to carry a gun around wherever they go 🤷‍♀️

    Andrew Keir
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The sad thing is that they believe they need to ... not the fault of individuals, blame the way their laws are interpreted

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    Earonn -
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Three people and one PoS dead because yet another man who can't have it that his se.x and household s***e escapes from him. But sure, fvcks like the Tate traffickers and that ilk, who promote that women should be "subservient" and "obey" and are "bi/tches you own" aren't a big problem, right? All they do is encourage this type of 'man'...

    Moira
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, gods. He ended three people before ending himself... Why can't this bastards reverse the order? End your d**n life and leave others alone!

    John Dilligaf
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    handgun is allowed here, but s h o t g u n was censored in another post. Not only is BP ridiculous with their censoring, they're also inconsistent with it.

    #19

    44 People Share The Most Disturbing Crimes That Happened Right On Their Doorstep The star high school quarterback was charged with possession and distribution, then while on bail tried to leave the state (and was caught by the Texas Rangers at the border), was given additional charges for all that, was once again released on bail and eventually was fined 5 figures and time served.

    Then he hanged himself and it all came out that he had molested his daughter (4 years old at the time) and beat his wife.

    When people talk about him, they only talk about how good a football player he was.

    Along the same lines, the high school football coach in the 90s (same time as quarterback) was found guilty of encouraging steroid use in his players, fraud/money laundering of school funds, covering up sexual a***e allegations and he literally left town being chased by the cops.

    He then went on to do the same thing at the university level (including a university many people would recognize) and similar things happened there. I believe he is now coaching in Europe.

    But all anyone talks about is how great a football coach he is.

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    Earthquake903
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sports is the most important thing after all

    Earonn -
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Before Trump, America had only some sports as a golden calf to dance around.... And it prepared the way of thinking that "as long as X - ra.ping others isn't that bad". Fast forward to today....

    Lila Allen
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Texas. In Texas you can be the most repellant person ever and commit all the felonies as long as you are a really good football player.

    Papa
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I believe that at least the second part is a work of fiction. He left town being chased by police, but then got a job at a university, and later in Europe?

    Lila Allen
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yup... if you've been arrested but not convicted then technically you aren't a criminal and are free to pursue employment.

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    hannahbahngswife
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's nothing more coward than k!lling yourself after committing a crime.

    Day Andie
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Agreed it's cowardly, but it saves the state so much money. And there's no getting off by soft judges or juries because of lack of evidence or a crappy job by the cops/prosecution. Wish more would do it. Justice served by their own hands.

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    #20

    Old wooden porch and doors of a dark, weathered house hinting at stories of worst crimes in hometowns. There's a stretch of road just outside of town that's got some really dark history that most people living there have no clue about. 


    It's along a small river. In a little forested area completely hidden from the road is the oldest cemetery in the county. Across the road is corn fields now, but you can still see parts of a building foundation. The foundation is what remains from a church that burned down with the congregation inside, about 30 people iirc, in the 1920s. 


    A little further down the road, about 1/4 mile, was a house. In the 1960s the family that lived there was found m******d in their beds, husband, wife, and 3 kids between 5 and 13. No suspects were ever identified. 


    About another 1/4 from there the road curves and crosses the river. That bridge was used for lynchings until at least the 1950s. There's no clear verifiable number of lynchings that happened there that I've ever found but it was at least a couple dozen. .

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    Earthquake903
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    10 bucks says the church was a black church. God forbid black people praise and worship the white folks god

    Andrew Keir
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, Jesus was white, just look at all the paintings of him ... /s

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    #21

    Table filled with Thanksgiving food including roasted turkey and vegetables, with people sharing worst crimes in their hometowns. This guy that was in my friend group, but I only met him once, k****d his whole family on Thanksgiving night. Mom, dad, grandma, and little brother. One by one he lured them into a room alone and then bashed them with a pipe. I’ve never seen it on any true crime shows or podcasts despite being an absolutely batshit story. He spent the night in the house with the bodies and then went on the run with his underage girlfriend.

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    Lila Allen
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel like this is really inefficient. I mean just poison the meal dude.

    Maim
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not taking away from this horrible story, but if he was in his "friend's group" how did he only meet him once?

    ArchangelLoki
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Friend of a friend that you've heard mentioned in passing, or even online friend these days.

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    #22

    44 People Share The Most Disturbing Crimes That Happened Right On Their Doorstep I mean it doesn’t get talked about much anymore, especially on a national scale.

    Marcus Wesson. He was involved in an incestuous relationship with his daughter. He had 9 kids and one day, he made the oldest shoot the younger children through the eyes before she k****d herself.

    XxDrummerChrisX , California Department of Corrections / Wikipedia Report

    Earthquake903
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But the GOP protects pedos like they are sane and safe people

    ChickyChicky
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    P**o protection isn't just one group. P**o happens in all sectors of society, all religions, cultures, socioeconomic levels, races, etc.

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    Claire Holman
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For clarity; these 9 kids he had were with his DAUGHTER????? I mean, all levels of wrong, either way, but this just feels worse, somehow.

    Faye Bosworth
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just read the wiki, its worse than you think. The 9 oids were by his step daughter, but he then got 5 related young girls pregnant

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    Lukas (he/him, it/its)
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It wasn't just a random day: The police had been called and were at the house for what they were told was a "child custody issue", they were told to wait at the door and he went inside, when this happened. Those kids were so close to being rescued.

    MsLou
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is happening with the theatre company I work with...we have an actor and him and his wife are swingers (I don't judge) but they have SA'd a couple of women and they blame the companies for being intolerant...somehow they keep getting away with being predators. I will not work with them

    Earonn -
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't forget: the Christian god looks into every bedroom to see what people are doing. And he is almighty. So he saw this and did nothing. -> and that's why I'm an atheist.

    #23

    44 People Share The Most Disturbing Crimes That Happened Right On Their Doorstep Sexual A*****t is rampant in the swinger lifestyle scene in New York. Which is a shame because most people in the scene overall are very nice and respectful. We went to a Hacienda Villa party in Brooklyn which is a very popular poly-swinger organization. We witnessed at least two r**es. When we tried to report it, we were shunned and thrown out of the club permanently.

    There is even a New York Times article about this place describing this. I wish we knew earlier.

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    David
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    not surprised, any underground s*x community is ripe for this type of thing, and ofc they would go after the reporter, rather than thank them for them for helping out. Its the same mentality that religious groups and small towns use for cover up and punishing whistleblowers. If you think society will persecute or demonize you, you feel a need to protect your "group" from the outside, when you should protect from the evils inside.

    Michael Largey
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Explicit consent is mandatory wherever you are. Yes, even at an o**y.

    #24

    Abandoned room with rusty metal beds and debris on the floor, evoking a scene linked to worst crimes in hometowns. The event didn't happen in my town, but one of the people involved used to frequent it a lot. About 20 minutes from me there's an old hospital that I thought was closed off due to it being closed/abandoned since the 80s. Apparently, in the early 2000s, some guy owned it and lived in it. This guy had a son who eventually got into d***s really bad and ended up owing some dealers a lot of money. Dealers know he lived in that hospital so they decided they were going to go get their money from him. They showed up and only the dad was there so they went after him. There's two versions depending on who you're able to get to talk about it, the first is they shot him in the head with a s*****n, blowing his brains all over one of the rooms. The second is that they beat him so badly that his brain went every where. Both are plausible because he was beaten really badly and there were s*****n blasts along the walls, there was also a trail of blood. This happened in a town even smaller than the one I live in (pop of 50 vs. pop of 403), so everyone knows everyone's vehicle and several people saw an unknown vehicle driving slowly through the town. The son wasn't well liked before this happened and he for sure isnt well liked now. The dad was loved. The people were never caught, and the son's d**g problem got worse. I'm not sure who owns the hospital now, but I do know that as of 2020 the blood stains were still there and it's suspected the brain matter is still there too because no one went in to clean it up and it's never been torn down. I have to drive by it every time I go to my friend's house in that town.

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    Smeghead Tribble Down Under
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the censored word is ''shotg.un'' if anyone was trying to figure it out. Took me a while -_-

    Earonn -
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    crime scenes are not cleaned up? Not very respectful to the dead, are we?

    #25

    44 People Share The Most Disturbing Crimes That Happened Right On Their Doorstep This dude k****d his wife, dismembered her, and then cooked her in a restaurant they used to own together.
    The cops arrested him while he was in the process of putting her boxed head on the neighbor's porch.

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    Megalodon Meg
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Omg hahahaha you're so funny making light about a woman's death you're so quirky 🙄

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    #26

    44 People Share The Most Disturbing Crimes That Happened Right On Their Doorstep Theres a case from the city I lived in New Zealand where a poor girl was tortured to death by her own family to "exorcise" her.

    anon , Karolina Grabowska / Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Andrew Keir
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Religion , again ... sigh ...

    Deeelite
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not religion - sickos hiding under the guise of religion

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    Lola Rocksmith
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was actually traditional maori tradition. She stole a statue from the pub, and her parents didn't want anything bad to happen, so they went through a traditional Maori ceremony where water was poured down her face. She drowned. Her name was Janet Moses.

    Michael Largey
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There were no devils inside her - just outside her.

    #27

    44 People Share The Most Disturbing Crimes That Happened Right On Their Doorstep My cousin who was m******d by a group of people who premeditated it.
    They gave him weed laced with fent cause his gf was in a love triangle and wanted him gone saw all but 2 online news article's about it never seen it talked about at all yet . People still not convicted yet either this happened some time in 2024.

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    Panda'sMom
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your cousin and "sometime in 2024"???? Methinks you would really remember. I not only remember the year, but the exact date when my cousin was unalived.

    Charles McChristy
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everyone doesn't have the same family ties as you do rme

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    #28

    Knife block with various knives in a kitchen, symbolizing discussions about the worst crimes in hometowns. Parents and their children were tortured and executed with a knife from their own kitchen. Police suspect it involved a professional Hitman from a different country. No one was ever seen or caught. Also a man down the road from me mutilated his father and mother while they were sleeping. Dad went about his morning routine before dropping dead in the kitchen.

    ToYits821 , Ahmed Zalabany / Unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

    Andrew Burke
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not censoring tortured, executed and dead? You're slipping up BP.

    Faye Bosworth
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    His mutilated dad went about his morning routine??

    Megalodon Meg
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah if I recall he had extensive brain damage and his body basically went into autopilot, making coffee, going to the bathroom, and getting the newspaper before his body gave out. Horrible.

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    Michael Largey
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A professional hitman would have brought his own weapon, something quicker and more reliable than a kitchen knife. And they do not prolong their stays with t*****e, unless that was part of the job order.

    Lila Allen
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah I am betting it was a special order. I've never known a professional hit man to take their time unless it was an upgrade to the contract. They're usually tidy and considerate of crime scene officers.

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    Jane Doe-Doe
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have heard about a man who was almost k****d but went about his usual morning routine and dropped down dead by his front door, I wonder if it’s the same person

    #29

    44 People Share The Most Disturbing Crimes That Happened Right On Their Doorstep Not my current town, but one froma few years back. The city's fire marshals wife went missing. After a while people stopped looking. It wasn't until the chief of police got a little tipsy one night that they tied him to the m****r. Apparently the fire marshal k****d his wife, and called his buddy chief of police to come help disposed of the body. I moved before I think either were convicted. This was in Louisiana.

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    44 People Share The Most Disturbing Crimes That Happened Right On Their Doorstep Chief of police got caught having an affair with his 18 year old son’s 17 year old girlfriend. He’s still a cop, but no longer the chief, and I think she’s a s******r now. Nobody talks about it because most people don’t know - the only reason I do is because she and I were both seniors in the same class.

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    Fraxinus excelsior
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just trying out a little experiment here, paint s******r, wallpaper s******r . I'm gonna look like a right one asking for exotic dancer paint remover at B&Q

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    #31

    Close-up of a gold necklace with a diamond pendant, highlighting intricate jewelry craftsmanship and sparkling stones. Once an old lady m*dered another one because she wouldn't return her necklace, so she KOd her on the shoreline, leaving the water red for hours, which spread for meters. People at first thought it was something related to nature, but then discovered what happened and she got caught.

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    T Barth
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read KOd as ' knocked out ' ?

    #32

    44 People Share The Most Disturbing Crimes That Happened Right On Their Doorstep My former town: Thief River Falls, MN, had a dude beat to death with a traffic sign. The victim was out smoking a cigarette in the smoking break area and the killer saw this dude and just got bad vibes. The killer got out of his car, pulled a traffic sign out of the ground, carried across the field to the break area, then proceeded to beat the victim to death. Apparently the victim tried to run away but the killer chased him down and continued the beating.

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    Melinda Layten
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like you'd have to fix the link for censure, but just this month the man was found not guilty by reason of mental illness. It was actually a handicapped parking sign, but yep completely unprovoked attack caught on video.

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    #33

    Three teenagers were slashed to death in the concrete riverbed/channel behind a miniature golf/arcade parking lot. Nobody was ever arrested 


    If youve ever seen the original Karate Kid movie, that's where they filmed the date scene right around the same time it happened .

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    Serial killer Israel Keyes came through in 2011, abducted and m****r an older couple. Bodies/remains have never been found. Was talked about for years but lately, sort of just forgotten for most.

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    Lila Allen
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OK he m******d a whole lot more than just that couple. He k****d at least dozens but probably a lot higher than that. He is incredibly forensically sophisticated and we are d**n lucky he got caught at all.

    #35

    44 People Share The Most Disturbing Crimes That Happened Right On Their Doorstep Renowned gynecologist in my city used to put women under sedation for made up reasons and sexualy a***e them. Was only caught when one of those women woke up mid a***e.

    And on top of all that this came to light same time as his son opening his own gynecology practice.

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    Earonn -
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's witness statements from women before aborti.on got allowed (for a while): they went to get it done by doctors underhand. The doctors performed the abo.rtion, then straightaway went on to ra.pe the women, while they were still on the chair. After all, what were the women to do, report them? And that is what happens when ab.ortion is made illegal.

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    #36

    Went to elementary school with stephen grant’s kids…don’t know if that was a national story or pretty local. dude chopped his wife up and spread her throughout the area woods because she caught him f*****g the maid or something. i don’t really remember, i was in middle school when it happened.

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    Jane Doe-Doe
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Something that horrific and OP ‘ doesn’t really remember’

    Lukas (he/him, it/its)
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some people experience horrific things firsthand and "don't really remember". Why would you try to remember something horrible like that? Also, if it was middle school, the story was probably spread through gossip and rumors.

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    #37

    I lived in a very rural town, farming community. Fishing is big there.

    1. Farms bus in illegal families. If the family tries to escape the farm, they k**l the mother and bury her in the fields. Then threaten the father that his children will be next. Majority of the town knows about it, but no one openly talks about it because the farmers control everything.

    2. Local bad boy fell in love with a somebody's daughter. She, for all anyone could tell, was equally in love. She got him to start cleaning up his life. And he had even enrolled in the local community college to get his GED. He suddenly went missing. His parents found a handwritten note on their door, to not call the police or go looking for him. But that it was time to hold a service. He was gone. They called police, investigation was over within a week. He was officially declared missing, possible runaway. Parents held a service. Rumor has it, that the service was paid for by someone else. As the service itself happened quickly, and was a bit nicer than this family should've been able to afford. Literally a week later, the girl was shipped off to a private school. And just like that, nobody ever talked about it again.

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    Earonn -
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So there's murders and all people just keep stumm? Nobody thinking "I'm going to leave this place anyway, I might as well talk"? Cool, you are now half as guilty as the murderers themselves.

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    #38

    Like 10-15 years ago a young girl (high school) was brutally m******d on an overpass walkway by a few classmates. It was big news at the time and now noone speaks of it. They named the overpass after her. They mutilated the poor girl.

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    I was friends with this kid whose brother m******d his ex girlfriend. Hammer blows to the head, burned her body in front her mother’s house. The town went silent … never heard anything about it since. That was 17 years ago.

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    Close-up of hand igniting a lighter with sparks, illustrating worst crimes involving fire in hometowns. A girl from my high school was followed home by a boy she rejected, and lit on fire in her own garage.

    To be fair I think (I'm hoping) some of that might be for her sake (she survived, but very badly injured) but the story just disappeared after it was initially reported. Like I don't even know what happened to the guy that did it (he was caught, but I don't know if he ever got sentenced).

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    Earthquake903
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Again, fragile men are the most dangerous.

    Tabitha
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And yet men still wonder why women are always on their guard around them.

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    Earonn -
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Just be honest and say no!" (and close your garage, and don't wear flammable clothes, and don't....)

    #41

    I lived in one of the houses on the Alamo property here in Arkansas. Tony and Susan Alamo. I was completely unaware when i first moved my family in. The guy I was paying to mow my lawn was very happy to enlighten us of the story. The cult still seems alive in that town. If you park at the grocery store from time to time you will still get Alamo flyers on your windshield. We moved. Couldn't get far enough away from all of that.

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    https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=0953ce76b526330e05c217755e4e7ab0b71641de11ea9d17100c750b671e57f8JmltdHM9MTc2MTA5MTIwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=2f7a9d6d-c9bd-6a8f-34dd-8880c8516b6b&psq=tony+and+susan+alamo+cult&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnL3dpa2kvQWxhbW9fQ2hyaXN0aWFuX0ZvdW5kYXRpb24

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    That just goes to the wiki page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamo_Christian_Foundation

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    #42

    In the 70s the BLA threw a g*****e at a cop car, blowing that s**t up and injuring two officers.

    In my life time, the Genovese and Gambino families did a lot of stuff that barely made local news.

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    Andrew Burke
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How does one blow up a car with a g.iraffe?

    Chewie Baron
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s quite easy. You just need to pull the pin and lob it.

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    Jane Doe-Doe
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Blow up a car with a Garnet/gateau/ garlic/ gazebo/ghosts/ geyser/giggle/gimbal???

    WrappermumMOU
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The ending is -e Jane Doe-Doe, so only giggle fits 😆

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    #43

    Scientist in a lab coat and gloves handling samples with a pipette amid research on crimes in their hometowns. In my hometown, in a building that used to be the high school, a state politician was paying a company called Clonaid, who have ties to a UFO cult, to clone his dead son.

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    #44

    In the 70s there was a dude who would kidnap/k**l young men and glue their eyes and mouths with super glue.

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    Kiss Army
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember hearing about that one... I don't remember all of the details though.

    Lady Eowyn
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More citations, please. I find this one hard to believe. I tried googling variations on these words and found other horrible things, but not this.

    #45

    They found a human skull at the river this summer and there's been no update on the identity. I feel like I'm the only person who cares.

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    Savannah greenleaf
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably a very old skeleton of a person. My partner works construction and this happens from time to time. If the death occured at least 100years ago nothing much comes up about it later. People have lived and been buried all over long before us.

    Kiss Army
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The found skeletal remains in my town and sometimes I think I am the only one wanting to hear an update/find out who it is.

    #46

    The first Zodiac murders were discovered in a turn-out a couple miles from my parents house. It doesn't get mentioned often, but it's covered with creepy graffiti, and there *is* a Geocache there.

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    Lila Allen
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A turnout area is a designated section of a road or path where a vehicle can pull off the main lane to allow other traffic to pass. These are especially useful on two-lane roads where passing is otherwise unsafe.

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    #47

    My partners friend died along with her children to a family annihilation by her husband. 5 gunshots 4 dead including the shooter s*****e. Maybe it gets talked about but not to us.

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    #48

    I live in a super small town. A high schooler k****d his best friend in a crash while driving home drunk from the mayor’s party where he was served alcohol as a minor. Rumors can get out of hand in towns like mine but there is a lot of talk that the party was known to be a massive o**y/swingers meetup so there’s plenty more reason that the town government covered it the hell up.

    This wasn’t that long ago- maybe 15 years? Definitely does not get talked about enough.

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    #49

    That time a woman threw her six-year-old child off a bridge after taking him to get ice cream. He drowned in the bay.

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    #50

    City Council woman who was running against the incumbent for the mayor seat submitted a questionable reimbursement request for mileage to a meeting she did not attend. Political opponent mayor brought charges against her and threatened to publicly disgrace her. Councilwoman calls Police Dept. late at night and says something about the door being unlocked before hanging up. Then she shoots her sleeping husband before turning the gun on herself.

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    #51

    Old black lawn mower on green grass, symbolizing stories about the worst crimes in hometowns shared by people. A man made a VBIED for a lawnmower to k**l his old landlord, failed, hid in the woods for while, and then torched the farm that the Budweiser Clydesdale horses used to live at.

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    Andrew Burke
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    2 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With all the censoring this article is impossible to read. And ow words like VBIED? *edit. Okay figured it out: Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device.

    #52

    Ohhh my turn. So my dad goes to a small Baptist church, I went there growing up with my mamaw, I know everyone. So there was two couples (stay with me) the men were best friends and as were the women. One couple (b&m) had three young kids and (j&t) had three grown kids and grandkids. So B is sleeping with T and M has no idea but T’s husband J finds out. T is supposed to be babysitting a child from another family and leaves the child with T to go and get cozy with B while his wife M and her family are on vacation. J drives there and calls M and says his wife T is at their home and he’s going to deal with the issue, he goes in the house and shoots and kills both T and B, he calls M to tell her he did it and she thought it was a joke so he’s sent her pictures OF THE DEAD BODIES. So J had the small child in his car and he packed the trunk full of guns and went to m****r his wife and best friend for sleeping together. B and T did a horrible thing but J ruined so many lives. I just went to visit her grave recently, I loved that woman, she was one of the kindest and most loving women. Honestly before this if you had told me he would do this I never would have believed you, this is the same guy who gave me almost $1000 worth of tires for free when I couldn’t afford s**t. It is one of the messiest things I’ve ever had to witness. B & T are dead, J is in jail awaiting trial, and M is raising three kids (who adored their father) alone. It’s F****D.

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    The unnamed one
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    can someone simplify this for me i'm stupid and have adhd

    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You are not stupid. I do not have ADHD, I cannot make head nor tail out of it.

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    Boo
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    2 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Barry & Mary were couple 1. Jin & Tonic are couple 2. Barry is having an affair with Tonic. Jin finds out whilst Mary and her kids are on a holiday. Barry and Tonic meet up and Jin arrives and calls Mary and tells her that Tonic is at her house and about the affair and Jin says he'll take care of it. Jin shoʻots and kìlls Barry and Tonic. Jin calls Mary and said he took care of it. Mary thinks he's joking, so he sends Mary pics of the dèad boʻdies. The rest you can get once you put names to the letters. Hope this helps x