bad guys & good beer

In mid 1800's Lousiana, Delphine LaLaurie lived as a popular socialite in the city of New Orleans. While admired by many in town, Delphine was secretly commiting horrifying, evil acts to those who lived and worked in her nearby mansion. In the end, what happened to Delphine may never truly be known, but many people still claim to experience strange incidents while visiting her French Quarter mansion.

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Sylvia and Jenny Likens needed somewhere to stay while their family was traveling for work. What could have been better than spending several months with a friend's family? Unfortunately for Sylvia, it was nothing short of horrifying. Gertrude Baniszewski was more cruel and demented than anyone could have imagined, and the Liken's stay ultimately ended in tragedy.

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This is one of the more bizarre stories we've told so far. Daniel LaPlante was a teenager when he developed a love for breaking into people's houses and making it well known that he was there. But soon, the breaking and entering started to turn more sinister, and ultimately ended in the worst possible way.

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Adrianne Reynolds was trying to get her life back on track. After a hard upbringing, she moved in with her adoptive father in Illinois, where she enrolled in a school for those who were also getting back on track. Once in school, Adrianne became friends with Sarah Kolb and Cory Gregory, and what began as an exciting new friendship soon turned into something much, much different.

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Well, we haven't covered any kidnapping revolving around means of transport - so here we are. While a bus driver named Ed is driving 20+ kids home from school - their bus is highjacked by a group of armed men. The terrifying chain of events that follow are insane, but Ed ultimately proves himself a true hero.

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We're wrapping up the insane story of Colleen Stan, and her terrifying 7 year imprisonment by Cameron and Janice Hooker. At this point, Cameron feels all powerful with Colleen as his new "slave", putting her though years of physical abuse and emotional manipulation. In 1984, an unlikely ally pulls back the curtain on Cameron's lie, and aids Colleen in finally escaping to freedom.

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Colleen Stan was 20 years old when she tried to hitchhike to a friends birthday weekend in 1977. Unfortunately, Colleen never made it to her destination. Instead, she was kidnapped by Cameron and Janice Hooker, who imprisoned Colleen, introducing her to a kind of hell that nobody should ever have to experience - for 7 years.

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We're wrapping up the insane survival story of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina De Jesus after being imprisoned for 11 years by the indesribably vile Ariel Castro. While the women were imprisioned, they faced horrors that we can't possibly imagine - but their perserverance and eventual escape are what make this story truly unbelievable.

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Between the span of 2002 and 2004, Ariel Castro abducted 3 women from the surrounding Cleveland area, and kept them imprisoned in his home for 11 years. This 2 parter hits hard, with Part 1 describing the abduction of each woman, and the cruel and twisted ways that Castro lured them into his house of horrors.

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Kirsten Hatfield was in the 2nd grade when she was abducted in 1997, from her own bedroom in the middle of the night. Despite authorties doing everything they could to find a lead, her case went cold for almost 20 years. Until, that is, investigators got a lead from the most unexpected of places.