What Scares You?
With shows like The Bachelor and Love is Blind, reality TV dating has never been more popular. Shows like these all date back to the very first dating show, The Dating Game, which premiered in 1965. After 13 years on the air, The Dating Game had their most controversial contestant ever – Rodney Alcala. A contestant who was later convicted of sex crimes as well as murder.
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Hitchhiking is rarely a good idea. I’d venture so far as to say never a good idea. We see examples of this when we look at serial killers, Ed Kemper and Ivan Milat. We see this in movies, such as The Hitcher. Unfortunately, in 1977, people weren’t as aware of the dangers of hitchhiking. So when Colleen Stan set out to travel from Oregon to California, she didn’t expect what happened next.
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In the 1970’s, mental health care wasn’t what it is today. Patients could fall through the cracks, or in the case of Richard Chase, be released too soon. After his release from a mental health institution, Chase committed cannibalism, necrophilia, and murdered six people in a matter of months.
NOTE: This article contains graphic images.
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Burglar, kidnapper, child molester, rapist, serial killer. These are all words used to describe Richard Ramirez, also known as the Night Stalker.
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If you’re anything like me, when you hear “Queen Mary,” you immediately think of the ship, transformed into a hotel, in Long Beach, California. Reportedly haunted, the hotel boasts more than 150 spirits. While not violent, the ghosts still make their presence known.
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Imagine this, you take a trip to California for a cheerleading competition. The next day, you, your mother, and a friend book a room in a hotel near the entrance to a national park. That night, someone comes knocking on your door, and the unimaginable happens. Cary Stayner is there with his toolbox, and inside is a rope that he will use to strangle your mother before killing your friend and kidnapping you.
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From October 1977 to February 1978, the Hillside Strangler terrorized Los Angeles California. Raking up a body count of 10 women and girls, police knew there was more to this serial killer than what they were seeing. In fact, they would later come to discover that there was not 1, but 2 killers, working together.
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It’s so cliché to talk about the serial killer’s van, the stereotypical “white van” used to pick up unsuspecting victims. In this story, the killers used a van, only theirs was silver-gray. Was that one tiny detail enough to give women the tiniest sense of relief when it pulled up beside them? Color of the van aside, Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris still claimed their fair share of victims. Together they became known as the Toolbox Killers and are regarded to this day as having committed the most atrocious crimes.
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Norma Jeane Baker, better known as Marilyn Monroe, died of a drug overdose on August 4, 1962 in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California. The blonde bombshell was well known for her modeling, singing, and movie roles, all of which led to her being named one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950’s and 60’s. Even today, Marilyn is considered one of the sexiest women to have ever lived; a beauty for girls everywhere to aspire to. But her death is not an open and shut case. There are many questions, some leading to murder.
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Today, the idea of a 7-year old walking home from school alone is almost unheard of. The world is a crazy place, full of unknown dangers. Parents today are very protective of their children, and for good reason. When 800,000 children disappear every year worldwide – 460,000 of these from the United States alone, you tend to keep your children close. But, in 1974, things were much different as the family of Steven Stayner would discover.
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