History Dweebs - A look at True Crime, Murders, Serial Killers and the Darkside of History

In 1984, Charles Rodman Campbell brutally murdered three victims who had testified against him in an eariler criminal case.

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Harvey Murray Glatman was a serial killer in Califorina during the 1950s.  Glatman was a professional photographer in Hollywood where he would prey on aspiring young models. Glatman would lure his victims to his studio where he would then rape and brutally murder them. 

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Barbara Payton was a beautiful, promising young actress before she self-destructed in a fog of drugs, alcohol and illicit affairs. 

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Joseph Paul Franklin was an extreme racist and serial killer who gained notoriety for numerous murders in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Franklin also attempted to murder famed civil rights leader Vernon Jordan and Hustler Publisher Larry Flynt.

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William Chester Minor was a skilled surgeon, U.S. Army Officer and distinguished scholar. He was also a lunatic who was obessessed with prostitutes and murdered an innocent man. Minor would go on to help established the Oxford English Dictionary while serving out his sentence in an insane asylum.

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Ray and Faye Copeland were responsible for the murder of at least 5 homeless drifters in the 1980s. Ray and Faye became the oldest couple ever sentenced to death in the United States.

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Known as "Jolly" Jane for her sunny disposition, Jane Toppan was a serial killer responsible for the murder of at least 33 people. 

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As an adult, Eddie Gaedel stood just 3'7" and weighed 65 pounds. Although bullied most of his life, Eddie became an overnight sensation in 1951 when he became the first "Little person" to appear in a Major League Baseball game.  Eddie would learn that fame has a dark side though, as a few years later he would tragically die under mysterious circumstances.

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Abraham Shakespeare was generous to a fault.  He would often give his last dollar to complete strangers.  In 2006, Abraham won $30 million dollars in the Florida State Lottery. Instead of the money making him happy, his life would soon take a very dark turn.

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