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Aileen Wuornos: The Damsel of Death

Jay Grigg, Writer December 5, 2024

Aileen Wuornos is considered America’s first female serial killer. She was responsible for the murder of seven men within twelve months, all of which were her clients when she was engaging in street...

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The Killers Koroner: Golden State Killer

Sophia Schlesser, Writer December 4, 2024

Joseph James DeAngelo was the “Golden State Killer” in the 1970s-1980s in California. DeAngelo was born November 8th, 1945. He spent some of his childhood in the Sacramento area, served in Vietnam...

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The Killers Koroner: Edmund Kemper

Sophia Schlesser, Writer November 4, 2024

Edmund Kemper was a small serial killer in the 1970s, also known as the “co-ed killer” or the “coed Butcher.” Kemper got his nickname because six out of his 10 victims were coed students at Fresno...

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What The Media Got Wrong About Columbine & Gothic Subcultures

Stanley Shivley, Editor October 14, 2024

In 1999, American culture and history would be forever altered, when two students at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, shot and killed 13 of their peers. While...

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The Killers Koroner: John Wayne Gacy

Sophia Schlesser, Writer October 14, 2024

John Wayne Gacy was a serial killer from 1972 to 1978 and was also known as “Pogo the Clown” and or “The Killer Clown.” He was born March 17th, 1942, and died May 10th, 1994. John Wayne Gacy got...

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The Story of the Mother who Drowned her Children

Jay Grigg, Writer October 14, 2024

Growing up, Andrea Pia Yates showed early signs of brilliance. As a child prodigy, she was a high school valedictorian and a skilled swimmer. Later in life, she married Russel Yates, a NASA computer engineer,...

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Addressing the Crisis: The Apalachee High School Shooting

Jay Grigg, Writer September 30, 2024

On Wednesday, September 4th, 2024, 14-year-old Colt Gray entered Apalachee High School armed with an AR-15 assault rifle and a knife concealed within his backpack. Around 9:45 a.m., he was seen leaving...

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The Caylee Anthony Murder

Natalie Maciel, Writer September 30, 2024

Caylee Marie Anthony was born on August 9, 2005, to her mother Casey Anthony in Orlando, Florida. Caylee was a big blue-eyed 2-year-old who was referred to as sweet and precocious. Her mother, however,...

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The Killers Koroner: Jeffrey Dahmer

Sophia Schlesser, Writer September 25, 2024

Jeffrey Dahmer is a well known serial killer in the 90’s and even now.  He was also known as the “Milwaukee cannibal.” Dahmer was born May 21st, 1960, and died November 28th, 1994. Dahmer was...

The Unknown Zodiac killer

The Unknown Zodiac killer

Prisma Chavez May 20, 2024

The Zodiac Killer remains one of the most infamous unidentified serial killers in American history. In Northern California during the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Zodiac terrorized the San Francisco...

Seung-Hui Cho

Seung-Hui Cho

Jessica Aguilar-Resendiz April 15, 2024

Link to image Seung-Hui Cho was a South Korean mass murderer who was responsible for the deaths of 32 people and injuring 17 others with a semi-automatic pistol on April 16, 2007, at Virginia Tech in...

Son of Sam

Son of Sam

Mitchell Sherman March 20, 2024

The Son of Sam is an infamous American serial killer who was also known as the .44 Caliber Killer. David Berkowitz was born in 1953 in Brooklyn, New York. As a child, David went through some hardships,...

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