The First Female Serial Killer: Why Aileen Wuornos's Case Still Matters

When Aileen Wuornos was executed in 2002, the state of Florida called her a cold-blooded serial killer. But her story is way more complicated than that. We're talking about a woman who survived childhood sexual abuse, was kicked out at 15 and forced into sex work to survive, and ended up killing seven men along Florida's highways. She said it was self-defense. The prosecution said she was lying. But here's what they didn't tell the jury: her first victim was a convicted rapist. That evidence? Kept from her defense team. This case forces us to ask some really uncomfortable questions about justice, trauma, and what happens when someone who's been victimized their entire life becomes the perpetrator. Today, we're breaking down the life and crimes of Aileen Wuornos, and trust me, nothing about this story is black and white.

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The Jeannette DePalma Case: When Satanic Panic Destroyed a Murder Investigation

What really happened to 16-year-old Jeannette DePalma in 1972? For over 50 years, wild stories about devil worship and ritual sacrifice have overshadowed the truth about a teenage girl who never made it to her friend's house. We're talking about a case where a religious community's fear, sloppy police work, and media sensationalism buried the real investigation under layers of absolute nonsense. And here's the thing: in 2024, we finally got proof that everything you thought you knew about this case was wrong. We're digging into missing evidence, a serial killer's confession, and how moral panic can literally let a murderer walk free. This is the story of Jeannette DePalma, and it's time someone told it right.

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The Disappearance of Branson Perry: Three Witnesses, Zero Answers

When 20-year-old Branson Perry walked 30 feet from his house to a shed on an April afternoon in 2001, three people were watching. He never made it back. This case has every element that makes your brain scream "how is this still unsolved?" A town with a history of keeping deadly secrets. A drug house that burned to the ground days after Branson vanished. Jumper cables that disappeared and then magically reappeared. And a family that has suffered more tragedy than seems possible for one bloodline. We're talking about Skidmore, Missouri, a place where 60 people once watched a man get murdered in broad daylight and every single one of them claimed they saw nothing. Twenty-three years later, someone finally started talking. The 2024 search results are wild. This is the story of Branson Perry, and why the answer to what happened to him has always been hiding in plain sight.

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The Ellen Greenberg Case: When Forensic Science Says Murder but the City Says Suicide

When a young teacher was found dead with 20 stab wounds, ten of them in the back of her neck, Philadelphia officials called it suicide. Her family has spent 14 years trying to prove that's physically impossible. Now, after a court-ordered review just discovered 20 more bruises and three additional stab wounds that were never documented, the city still insists she killed herself. We're breaking down the biomechanical evidence, the flip-flopping medical examiner, the contradictions in the crime scene, and why this case feels less like an investigation and more like a cover-up. This is the story of Ellen Greenberg, and the justice system that failed her.

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The Staircase Murders Part 2: When the Star Witness Turns Out to Be a Fraud

Michael Peterson sat in prison for eight years after being convicted of murdering his wife. The case seemed closed. But then someone started looking into the blood spatter expert who put him there. What they found was a pattern of lies, fabricated evidence, and perjury that spanned dozens of cases. This is Part 2 of the Michael Peterson story, where the conviction unravels, a corrupt forensic analyst gets exposed, and a man has to decide whether to risk another trial or accept a guilty plea for a crime he says he didn't commit.

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The Staircase Murders Part 1: Two Dead Women, Two Staircases, One Suspect

Michael Peterson called 911 at 2:40 a.m. saying his wife fell down the stairs. But the words he chose in that call would haunt him for years. Seven deep cuts to her scalp. No skull fracture. No brain injury. Blood everywhere. And then prosecutors dug up another body from 17 years earlier. Another staircase. Another dead woman. Same man. This is Part 1 of the story of how circumstantial evidence, flawed forensic science, and prejudice against a bisexual man sent someone to death row when the physical evidence never actually proved murder.

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BTK Dennis Rader: When Your Neighbor Is Literally a Serial Killer

What happens when the guy measuring your lawn for code violations is also one of the most prolific serial killers in American history? Dennis Rader spent 31 years hiding in plain sight as a church leader, security alarm installer, and suburban dad while methodically stalking and murdering at least 10 people in Wichita, Kansas. He called himself BTK. He wrote letters to newspapers. He answered to "yes sir" in court while describing strangulation techniques. And in 2005, he asked police one fatal question about a floppy disk that would finally end his reign of terror. This is the story of how narcissism, metadata, and a purple floppy disk brought down one of the most calculated killers America has ever seen.

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The Truth About Ilse Koch and the Human Skin Lampshade Legend

She was called the Bitch of Buchenwald, the Witch, the Beast. Her name became synonymous with Nazi evil, her face plastered across newspapers worldwide. But here's what makes Ilse Koch's story so unsettling: the crime that made her famous might not have been hers at all. We're talking about human skin lampshades, systematic cruelty, and a legal mess that sparked international outrage. This is about how one woman became the perfect villain for a world desperate to make sense of the Holocaust, and how her actual, proven crimes got buried under sensational headlines. This is about truth, myth, and the monsters we need to believe in.

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Gulf War Ghosts: The Jeffrey Hutchinson Death Row Case

What happens when a decorated Gulf War veteran's mind becomes a casualty of war that no one wants to acknowledge? Jeffrey Hutchinson's story isn't your typical family annihilation case. This is about a system that failed to hear the voice of a broken soldier, a legal nightmare built on procedural technicalities, and the devastating cost of untreated military trauma. We're diving deep into a case where the evidence was overwhelming, the appeals lasted decades, and the most important questions were never answered. This one will stay with you long after you hit stop.

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Adeline Watkins and Ed Gein: Separating Fact From Fiction

When Ed Gein was arrested in 1957, the press needed someone to explain how a monster could hide in plain sight. Enter Adeline Watkins, a quiet woman from Plainfield who claimed a decades-long romance with America's most infamous killer. But two weeks later, she took it all back. So what really happened between them? Did Gein ever actually propose? And why would she lie about knowing the man who'd become the inspiration for Norman Bates, Leatherface, and Buffalo Bill? This is the story of a woman who got caught in the media frenzy of a murder case that changed true crime forever, and the truth about what she really knew.

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