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The Vampire of Düsseldorf

16/8/2016

Peter Kürten, 'The Vampire of Düsseldorf', went to the guillotine for the murder of nine people and drinking some of those victims blood.

His last words were "Tell me, after my head has been chopped off, will I still be able to hear, at least for a moment, the sound of my own blood gushing from the stump of my neck? That would be the pleasure to end all pleasures."

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The Radium Girls

20/3/2015

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From 1917, thousands of women in the US and Canada were hired to apply radioactive, self-luminous paint to watch faces and instrument dials.

They were never told how to safely handle the paint and they were never told it was unsafe.

Soon they began to get very sick.

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Killers with Strange Nicknames

10/1/2015

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'Jack the Stripper' preyed on prostitutes, killed them and left them naked around London and in the River Thames.

'Charlie Chop-off' killed and mutilated several young boys in Manhattan, New York.

'Beer Man' stabbed and clubbed to death six people in Mumbai, India.

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Jodie Hamilton - Murder of the Parsons Family

12/9/2014

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There were five people in the Parsons family when they were murdered by Jodie Hamilton in 1906 - Carney Parsons, his wife Minnie and their three boys, Jessie, Frankie and Edward.

Hamilton disposed of their bodies in a river, but not before stealing their property.

(Warning: Graphic Photo of Deceased Family)

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Manuel Blanco Romasanta - The Werewolf of Allariz

29/8/2014

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The 'Werewolf of Allariz' or the 'Tallow Man' were the nicknames for Spain’s first serial killer, a tailor named Manuel Blanco Romasanta.

After being charged with the murder of a constable, Romasanta fled to live in a small village and soon, before long, his number of victims rose.

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Ouija Says Guilty!

22/8/2014

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Stephen Young was sentenced to life in prison for the 1993 double murder of newly weds Harry and Nicola Fuller.

However, the verdict of guilty was soon overruled, and a retrial called for, as a "material irregularity" had taken place - the verdict came from a Ouija Board...

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Peter Manuel, the "Beast of Birkenshaw"

25/7/2014

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"The foulest beast on earth..... A reptile in disguise, and rat of Birkenshaw" Peter Manuel’s description of himself in a poem he wrote in his cell.

The “Beast of Birkenshaw” was executed on 11 July 1958, having been found guilty of murdering 8 people.

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Manuel Octavio Bermúdez Estrada

18/7/2014

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"El Monstruo de los Cañaduzales" or "The Monster of the Cane Fields," Manuel Bermúdez Octavio Estrada, is a Colombian rapist, mutilator and murderer of at least 21 children.

He confessed to the horrendous crimes which he committed between 1999 and 2003.

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The Girl Scout Murders

11/7/2014

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In 1977 three young Girl Scouts, aged between eight and ten years of age, were bludgeoned, strangled, molested and murdered on their first night of summer camp.

It sounds like the stuff urban legends are made of, but this story, unfortunately, is no legend – it is all true.

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Richard Chase - The Vampire of Sacramento

4/7/2014

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The “Vampire of Sacramento”, Richard Chase, killed six people in the span of one month, cannibalizing their remains, having sex with their dead bodies, and drinking their blood.

The warning signs were there from when he was a child, but Chase’s mother chose to ignore them...

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Peter Manuel, the "Beast of Birkenshaw"

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