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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,...

The Murder of the Black Dahlia

The Murder of the Black Dahlia

Kaeden Wise March 6, 2024

Elizabeth Short was born on July 29th, 1924 in Boston, Massachusetts to Cleo Alvin Jr. and his wife, Phoebe May Sawyer. Her mother was a housewife, and her father was a US Navy sailor. In 1930, when Elizabeth...

The Jeffrey Dahmer Case

The Jeffrey Dahmer Case

Prisma Chavez March 6, 2024

Link to image Jeffrey Dahmer is one of America's most famous serial killers. He shocked the world with the gruesome ways of his crimes. From 1978 to 1991, Dahmer murdered and dismembered at least 17...

The Truth Behind Gyspsy Rose Blanchard

The Truth Behind Gyspsy Rose Blanchard

Kaeden Wise February 16, 2024

Link to image Gypsy Rose Blanchard was born on July 27th, 1991 to 24-year-old Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard and 17-year-old Rod Blanchard. Gypsy’s parents married in 1990, but the couple divorced...

Why are there so many open missing persons cases in Oregon?

Why are there so many open missing persons cases in Oregon?

Mitchell Sherman January 25, 2024

Link to image Oregon is in 8th place of missing persons in the entire US. Why is that? Let’s take a deep dive and see. According to World Population, there are currently 527 people missing in Oregon...

The Cowden Family Murders

The Cowden Family Murders

Prisma Chavez January 25, 2024

Link to image The Cowden family murders took place in the Siskiyou Mountains. The Cowden family was a family of 5; Richard Cowden, a 28-year-old male, his wife Belinda, a 22-year-old female, David,...

1998 Thurston High School Shooting

1998 Thurston High School Shooting

Jessica Aguilar-Resendiz January 25, 2024

Link to image On May 21, 1998, 15-year-old freshman Kipland Kinkel opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle in the cafeteria of Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon. This led to 2 students being...

Lizzie Borden: She Gave Her Mother 40 Whacks

Lizzie Borden: She Gave Her Mother 40 Whacks

Kaeden Wise January 2, 2024

Link To Image “When she had realized what she’d done, she gave her father 41” is the nursery rhyme referring to the murders of Andrew and Abby Borden, allegedly committed by Lizzie Borden. Lizzie...

The Black Dahlia Murder

The Black Dahlia Murder

Wendy Cruz January 2, 2024

Link To Image Elizabeth Short, known as Black Dahlia, was born July 29, 1924, in Boston, Massachusetts to Cleo Alvin Short Jr. and Phoebe May. Elizabeth was the third of five daughters. At a young age,...

Pedro Lopez

Pedro Lopez

Jessica Aguilar Resendiz January 2, 2024

Link To Photo Pedro Alonzo Lopez, better known as The Monster of the Andes, is a Colombian serial killer, child rapist, and fugitive. He is known to have murdered a minimum of 110 people but has claimed...

The JonBenet Ramsey Case

The JonBenet Ramsey Case

Wendy Cruz December 4, 2023

Link To Image   JonBenet Ramsey was born on August 6, 1990, in Atlanta, Georgia to John Ramsey and Patrica (Patsy) Ramsey. She was named after her father and mother. Her older brother Burke Ramsey...

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