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In February 1993, police found a couple slain in their English cottage. Later, a jury at their killer’s murder trial used a Ouija board to communicate with the spirit world to find answers about this tragic case. 

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https://apnews.com/article/6ae8fe31f5509a53ca9e0612f331a531

https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/double-murderer-jailed-retrial-after-21937495

https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/pembury-double-murders-drunken-jury-6116526

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/couple-s-killer-gets-two-life-sentences-security-video-and-tape-of-phone-call-trapped-insurance-man-1431145.html

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-08/ouija-board-juror-misbehaviour-murder-trials/9734868 

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/5095677.our-daughters-killer-wrecked-our-lives-too/

https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/trial-by-ouija-board-when-jurors-misbehave 

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In January 2015, Florida police arrested two teenage girls who’d run away from home. Earlier that day, 15-year-old Ariel Kornegay shot her older brother. When police began investigating, they found layers and layers of trauma in the family’s rural home. Who was really to blame for what happened to Damien?

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https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/crime/2015/01/07/sister-charged-brothers-death-told-police-he-beat-her-day/15646138007/ 

https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/crime/2015/01/09/incest-molestation-reports-columbia-county-home-preceded-shooting-death/15646318007/ 

https://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/sops/flyer.jsf?personId=77219 

https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/crime/sisters-wont-face-adult-charges-in-brothers-death/77-415348748 

https://www.ocala.com/story/news/state/2015/03/05/sister-convicted-of-burglary-in-brothers-shooting-death/31954837007/ 

https://www.ocala.com/story/news/local/2015/01/26/balance-between-rehabilitation-justice-sought-as-fate-of-girls-in-slaying-weighed/31952633007/ 

https://www.news4jax.com/news/2015/11/04/kornegay-parents-sentenced-for-child-abuse/ 

https://mycbs4.com/archive/more-details-emerge-about-15-year-old-who-killed-her-brother 

https://www.local10.com/news/2015/01/07/sisters-wont-be-charged-as-adults-in-boys-death/ 

https://www.wokv.com/news/news/local/columbia-county-teen-charged-murdering-brother-acc/nkPcr/ 

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In March 2010, friends and MMA fighters 21-year-old Taylor Powell and 29-year-old Jarrod Wyatt were hanging out when things took a terrible turn. Caught in a delusion about God and Satan, the pair started fighting. But Jarrod wouldn’t stop until he burned his friend’s heart. 

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https://abcnews.go.com/US/jarrod-wyatt-mixed-martial-artist-ripped-heart-friend/story?id=17194715

https://www.times-standard.com/2010/06/22/victims-mother-insanity-plea-grasping-at-straws-family-is-devastated-after-klamath-killing-took-life-of-21-year-old-son-brother/ 

https://www.times-standard.com/2010/05/27/warning-this-story-contains-graphic-content-klamath-suspect-wyatt-will-answer-to-murder-charges/ 

https://www.mercurynews.com/2012/05/24/northern-california-mma-fighter-competent-to-stand-trial-in-gruesome-murder-of-friend/ 

https://www.khq.com/news/mma-fighter-facing-murder-charges/article_b4c5d5b3-b007-56d7-b2ba-f8a88cfcbdaa.html 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jarrod-wyatt-mma-fighter-accused-of-ripping-out-friends-heart-and-tongue-pleads-guilty-to-murder/ 

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In July 2016, 15-year-old Jaquin Thomas went with his uncle to an apartment for a confrontation. Jaquin, whom everyone knew as a helpful, kind teen, carried a gun that day. According to his uncle and witnesses, Jaquin shot 24-year-old Hasahn Shawl to death that day. Not long after the crime, Jaquin himself was lost while awaiting trial in adult prison. 

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https://apnews.com/article/6b40af07d5f34c8c92bb5f3b8bcd33b3

https://www.wbrz.com/news/ex-orleans-deputy-charged-in-teen-s-suicide-seeks-dismissal/ 

https://www.wdsu.com/article/teen-inmates-death-spurs-change-in-juvenile-justice-system/9639492# 

https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_4bb07348-d3f8-58ed-8e8b-96af949049a1.html 

https://apnews.com/article/bd77c8778a8a4bc3a25e09cb8f4a478c 

https://law.justia.com/cases/louisiana/fourth-circuit-court-of-appeal/2018/2018-ka-0714-0.html 

https://www.nola.com/news/courts/article_cbbac3e2-13b0-54f0-9872-c385635400fb.html 

https://aspe.hhs.gov/reports/incarceration-family-review-research-promising-approaches-serving-fathers-families-1 

https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/rdusda.pdf 

http://www.sccjr.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/SCCJR-Impact-of-crime-prisoners-families.pdf 

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In October 2015, 23-year-old Audrey Carey and 67-year-old Steve Carter had their lives stolen in two separate murders. The identities of their killers shocked the world and kicked off a debate. 

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https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/drifters-plead-guilty-to-1st-degree-murder-in-2015-marin-sf-killings/

https://abc7news.com/golden-gate-park-murder-steve-carter-lila-alligood-morrison-lampley/1888518/ 

https://abc7chicago.com/video-of-persons-interest-prominent-yoga-teacher-fatally-shot-on-trail-near-fairfax-steve-carter-death-in/1024786/ 

https://people.com/crime/drifters-sentenced-murdering-california-yoga-teacher-canadian-backpacker/ 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/04/san-francisco-homelessness-haze-lampley-street-kids 

https://crimereads.com/the-last-days-of-audrey-carey/ 

https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/04/19/three-murderous-vagabonds-sentenced-in-marin-san-francisco-crime-spree/ 

https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Drifters-to-be-sentenced-in-murderous-Bay-Area-11080637.php#photo-12742037 

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Let's get spooky! In honor of spooky season, we read some of my chilling creative writing. Join us for a poem set in a murderous hotel, a short story about a murder set in the famed Cecil Hotel, and a flash fiction story set in a New Orleans cemetery. Stay spooky, y’all!

All poems and stories written by me, Danielle Blinka. 

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In 1995, the village of Bellaire, Ohio, canceled Halloween after the horrific murders of two of its citizens. On September 30, 17-year-old Nathan Brooks committed a gruesome murder that he attributed to his satanic beliefs. However, he later argued that mental illness caused his crime.

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https://apnews.com/article/861cb9ada155c3e6416e018bdd27c021 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/b2d0c00d-2049-4e28-bdc7-72aa9eeec45d 

https://dks.library.kent.edu/?a=d&d=dks19951006-01.2.52&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- 

https://appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch/Search/Details/A337726

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On Halloween 1981, a killer snuck into the St. Francis Convent in Amarillo, TX, and viciously murdered a nun named Sister Tadea Benz. The police arrested 17-year-old Johnny Frank Garrett, and the court convicted him of murder. Years after his execution, people are still protesting his innocence. Did Texas execute an innocent man (again)?

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https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/842/113/295588/ 

https://law.justia.com/cases/texas/court-of-criminal-appeals/1991/14992-02-4.html 

https://casetext.com/case/garrett-v-state-78 

https://www.newschannel10.com/story/15894338/halloween-murder-reserected-30-years-later/

https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/what-drove-johnny-frank-garrett-to-rape-murder-nun-in-1981#:~:text=Johnny%20Frank%20Garrett%20was%20convicted,the%20time%20of%20the%20murder. 

https://www.usccb.org/resources/statement-bishops-texas-death-penalty-january-1992

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/08/26/Nuns-who-found-Sister-Tadea-Benz-dead-in-her/3024399182400/ 

https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Attorney-seeks-to-clear-name-of-executed-killer-8966014.php 

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2022/04/26/katie-quackenbush-accused-shooting-homeless-nashville-man-trial/7244456001/ 

https://www.myhighplains.com/news/local-news/katie-quackenbush-found-guilty-of-reckless-endangerment-in-2017-shooting-of-homeless-man/ 

https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Man-pleads-guilty-sentenced-to-45-years-for-1981-8547291.php 

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On Halloween night in 1984, siblings Tamara, Tiffany, and Brian Massey, along with their mom Jean, were preparing for a typical spooky night. Instead, they’d find a literal monster living in their midst. 

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https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/massey-v-department-of-891090771 

https://www.leagle.com/decision/19881390679fsupp71111293

https://www.republic-online.com/news/local_news/halloween-night-horror-relived/article_59bdb6b3-d5fc-570b-8b14-998bf7726531.html 

https://www.republic-online.com/news/local_news/parole-denied-for-convicted-murderer/article_ba2e1ac9-a4ab-5052-9f3c-fe8a7e204480.html 

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This week, we share some bad choices that could’ve ended with an ID special, plus my own stalking story. We ran out of time this week, but we didn’t wanna skip the episode. We hope you enjoy these crazy stories!