The year of 2008 was one for the books --- a case in Florida marks as the "21st Century O. J. Simpson Case", with millions of viewers and listeners nationwide tuning in to follow every detail. A 2-year-old girl killed; a family under scrutiny. What happened to Caylee Anthony? When faced with freedom or responsibility, which do you choose?

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In a spur-of-the-moment decision, the Australian Tromp family decided to take a long road-trip to different parts of Australia for a reason that remains unknown today. Why (and how) did the Tromp family manage to stay on the road for as long as they did, separate, and leave only two of the children to return back to where they came from? How did the others become institutionalized, and for what reason?

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The date is July 20, 2012, in Aurora, Colorado. A mass shooting conducted by James Holmes, killing 12 and injuring more than 50 at Century 16 movie theater. This is one survivor's story. Note: The poster has been verified by Reddit moderators, and the story is one-hundred percent authentic.

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Original Reddit post by 'Neon_Pikachu' found here.

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"Horror Ambience"

"Obsessions"

"Haunted By Screams"

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Two friends are on a New Year's trip in the Marlborough Sound of southern New Zealand. They take a water taxi operated by Guy Wallace back to their chartered yacht, boarding with three other passengers, and take a rain check on another part of the island with a "mysterious man". They are never to be seen again. Their bodies have never been found; an alleged innocent man is now in prison serving time for their murders. Who killed Ben Smart and Olivia Hope?

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A 6-year-old beauty pageant queen. A wealthy family living a more than comfortable life in Boulder, Colorado. A murder committed in the dead of Christmas night. 20 years have passed and no answers have been given. The only ones present during the time was the family, but all of them insist that it was an intruder. What happened to little JonBenét Ramsey? 

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An Oklahoman family found dead. A town divided down the middle. A family member under suspicion. A case from October of 2009 remains open and unsolved, but the citizens of Eufaula have yet to forget.

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Two 13-year-old boys of Melbourne, Australia decided to skip school to travel to a different part of the island to see one of the boys’ older brothers. They travel down the Gold Coast where they are stopped by two older men and picked up in Queensland and took them over the New South Wales border, leading them to their doom. One of them, Terry Ryan, survived and lives the rest of his days telling the horrific tale. Young Peter Aston, however, didn’t make it another day. This episode goes over the dangers of joining strangers and the guilt of being a survivor of a devastatingly traumatic incident.

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19-year-old Tara Leigh Calico was a carefree, beautiful, and smart young girl who aspired to great achievements. She lived with her mother, stepfather, and stepsister in Belen, New Mexico, and lived a happy and fulfilling life. On a cool September day in 1984, Tara tells her mother that she is going on her usual bike ride down New Mexico State Road 47 and that if she isn't back by noon to "come to find her". Tara walks out the front door of her family home, but never walks back in. Over 30 years later, and police are still desperate for tips on what happened to Tara Calico and who is responsible for her disappearance.

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