Early Struggles and Neglect In the 1930s, a little boy named James Jones was being raised by a pair of struggling parents. His father, also named James, had been injured in a chemical warfare attack in the first World War, making it difficult for h…
Charles Albright was born in Amarillo, Texas, on August 10, 1933. His biological mother dropped him off at an orphanage where he was later adopted by Fred and Delle Albright. It’s said that Delle Albright was a fiercely protective and somewhat…
Beneath the guise of a friendly neighbor who delighted children with his clownish antics at local parties, John Wayne Gacy hid a darkness that would forever haunt the American psyche. Dubbed the "Killer Clown," Gacy's name became synonymous with pur…
June 17th, 2017, in Montgomery County, Missouri, law enforcement responded to a 911 call that you just don’t see every day. As they pulled into a farm sprawling over seventy-two acres, they found the owner lying in a pool of his own blood. Th…
Today when most of us hear about the state of Florida, it is almost always quickly followed by some quirky story about someone acting incredibly and hilariously stupid (Florida Man), but amidst that light and lively sensation, it can sometimes be di…
In America, Indigenous women and girls are ten times more likely to go missing than any other race or nationality living within the borders. But within that cold and startling statistic hides one even more alarming for the communities it impacts.&nb…
27-year-old Kevin James Loibl was infatuated with pop star Christina Grimmie. It had started as a casual enjoyment of Christina’s music, but had quickly snowballed into complete obsession. She was the first thing he thought about when he woke …
It’s 1981. A rural and sleepy American town gathered together, a community united under one banner. The car park rings with the unmistakably deep clink of a shotgun loading before all Hell breaks loose. This was the town of Skidmore; a town de…
Thomas Warren Whisenhant came into the world on January 29th, 1947, in Prichard, Alabama. He was the last and final child born to Willie and Emma Whisenhant, but Thomas’ childhood wasn’t anything like the one his three older siblings had…
Waukesha, Milwaukee, the third most populated county in the state of Wisconsin, and known as “Guitar Town” because they are the home of Les Paul, pioneer of the electric guitar. And they have a fantastic annual tradition. Every year the …