What Scares You?
Ah, Christmas. The most wonderful time of the year, when friends and family get together, share meals, memories, and gifts. Generally speaking, people are gracious when they receive a gift, but there is always that outlier who is less than pleased. As the gift giver, what do you do when that person doesn’t like your gift? Well, in the case of Melissa Young, you kill them.
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Christmas, or the holidays in general, are a time for friends and family. Sometimes being together is wonderful, and sometimes it’s misery. When Kristy Bamu traveled from East London to visit his older sister, Magalie, he found nothing but misery.
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We’re all familiar with Santa Claus, also known as St. Nick or Kris Kringle. Some know of Krampus or Frau Perchta. But, have you ever heard of Grýla, the Christmas Witch?
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As we enter the holiday season, we get that warm and cozy feeling, thinking of friends and family, hot chocolate, yummy food, and gifts. For the kids, Santa Claus is a reminder that good boys and girls get rewarded when they’ve behaved all year, and for those of us living in the United States, the worst thing we have to worry about is being put on Santa’s naughty list. However, things are not all happy, cheery, and bright when you get to Europe. Sure, they celebrate in a similar fashion, but Santa’s naughty list is the least of their worries. In Europe, the naughty have to face Krampus.
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Christmas parties are a time for joy, laughs, and family. A time to be shared with the ones you love. But sometimes, the ones who love us, have a different plan. That was the case of Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, the Killer Santa.
Imagine wanting something so bad, that when you decide to try and take it, you destroy it. That’s what happened in the case of William Neil and Fannie Gibbons.
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On Christmas Eve, 2002, in Middletown Pennsylvania, Scott Wholaver, 28, drove his brother, Ernest Wholaver Jr., 42, to the home of his estranged wife and his 2 children. Ernest broke into the home and crept into the bedroom of Jean Wholaver, 43, and pulled out his .22 calibre pistol. He shot her in the head.
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Christmas, 1929, Charles Lawson murdered his wife and six of his seven children.
Charles Davis Lawson married Fannie Manring in 1911. The couple proceeded to have eight children. Their third child, William, was born in 1914, and died in 1920.
Charles moved his family to Germanton, North Carolina in 1918, when his younger two brothers moved there. They worked as tenant tobacco farmers and saved their money to purchase their own farm in 1927.
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