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Prosecutors: Nightclub shooter intended to attack Disney
Famous Murder Cases
March 28, 2018

Prosecutors: Nightclub shooter intended to attack Disney

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Orlando nightclub shooter intended to attack Disney World’s shopping and entertainment complex by hiding a gun in a stroller but became spooked by police and instead chose the gay club as his target, prosecutors said Wednesday. Prosecutors revealed the details during their closing arguments in the trial of Noor Salman, …

Exclusive: Did Aileen Wuornos get a fair trial? Journalist uncovers info on serial killer’s first victim that backs up self-defense story
Famous Murder Cases
March 21, 2018

Exclusive: Did Aileen Wuornos get a fair trial? Journalist uncovers info on serial killer’s first victim that backs up self-defense story

In 1991, serial killer Aileen Wuornos confessed to killing seven men while working as a prostitute in Florida. The first victim, and only victim Wuornos stood trial for, was said to be an “upstanding citizen” by the state of Florida. Yet, according to an award-winning investigative journalist who delved deep into the case, the state failed …

Casey Anthony: ‘Tot Mom’s’ former roommates open up about discovering Caylee was missing
Famous Murder Cases
February 13, 2018

Casey Anthony: ‘Tot Mom’s’ former roommates open up about discovering Caylee was missing

Casey Anthony, often called “the most hated Mom in America,” lived with two former roommates during the days leading up to, and after, her daughter disappeared in 2008. Both roommates appear on Tuesday’s “Dr. Oz” episode, where they provide intimate details on what life was like with Anthony during those crucial days leading up to …

Manson family member Leslie Van Houten denied parole by governor
Famous Murder Cases
January 20, 2018

Manson family member Leslie Van Houten denied parole by governor

By ANDREW DALTON, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The governor of California once again denied parole Friday for Leslie Van Houten, the youngest follower of murderous cult leader Charles Manson who blamed herself at her parole hearing for letting him control her life. Gov. Jerry Brown said in his decision that Van Houten still lays …

‘I couldn’t walk. I couldn’t eat. I couldn’t have friends’: Gypsy Rose opens up about killing her Munchausen by proxy mother in new interview
Famous Murder Cases
January 5, 2018

‘I couldn’t walk. I couldn’t eat. I couldn’t have friends’: Gypsy Rose opens up about killing her Munchausen by proxy mother in new interview

Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the woman who killed her mother in 2015, opened up with ABC’s Amy Robach in an exclusive upcoming interview about living with a mom with Munchausen by proxy. ABC reports that Blanchard, now 26, and and her online boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn, stabbed her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, in her Springfield, Missouri, home. Less than two days …

Making a Murderer appeal: Should court toss Brendan Dassey conviction?
Famous Murder Cases
December 13, 2017

Making a Murderer appeal: Should court toss Brendan Dassey conviction?

Since Making a Murderer premiered on Netflix in Dec. 2015, millions of people across the world felt the two centerpieces of the docu-series, Steven Avery and his nephew, Brendan Dassey, were wrongfully convicted. Dassey, in particular, touched the heart of many viewers, as he was a young boy with cognitive disabilities. Last Friday, as CrimeOnline reported, …