Tag: truecrime
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AMITYVILLE ANTICS
The man who inspired The Amityville Horror, Ronald DeFeo Jr., was born on this day back in 1951. At 23-years-old he methodically took the lives of his parents and four younger siblings on November 13th, 1974. Among the dead were his father, Ronald DeFeo Sr., 43, mother, Louise DeFeo, also 43, sisters Dawn, 18, and…
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A CHRISTMAS EVE TRAGEDY
It was a cold Christmas Eve in 1945 when the Sodder family began their holiday festivities. The large, close-knit clan from West Virginia was enjoying their Christmas lights, food, and holiday cheer but in the early morning hours, tragedy struck. By 1am the better part of the family home was engulfed in flames. Parents George…
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THE AUSTIN YOGURT SHOP MURDERS
December 7, 1991 residents of Austin, Texas awaken to the tragic news about four brutal murders at the “I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt” shop. The horrific discovery was made after firefighters were dispatched to extinguish a structure fire at the ICBIY. It was after midnight when the bodies of Eliza Thomas, 17, Jennifer Harbinson, 17, Sarah Harbinson,…
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GIRL IN THE ’57 CHEVY: THE MURDER OF LINDA PIERSON
It was a cool, fall, Wednesday night around 9:30 p.m. on November 16th, 1966, when Linda Susan Pierson was last seen cruising along Fairfield Avenue in the passenger seat of a 1957 Chevrolet. She was totally unaware that in a matter of hours she would be brutally raped and murdered. Linda was just eighteen and…
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THE HEAD AND HANDS MURDER
On this day back in 1936 the headline of The Cincinnati Enquirer proclaimed ‘Hicks Condemned to Death.’ Justice was swift as it would take a jury less than 15 minutes to convict Heber L. “Jimmie” Hicks. So what did he do? Hicks was the mastermind behind a murder that became to be known locally as…
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THE MYSTERY GIRL IN THE RIVER
The articles below detail the grisly murder of a young woman, found decapitated, floating in the Ohio River in early May, 1936. There was speculation for a brief time that she was Evelyn Hatfield from Cincinnati, but detectives later determined that missing young woman was alive and well, she’d actually run off to join the…
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THE NOSE JOB HE ALWAYS WANTED
If you’re not familiar with the Shayna Hubers case I will take a moment to bring you up to speed. This local case has been widely featured both nationally and internationally so there is a lot of information available. You may have seen pieces on 20/20, 48 Hours, Snapped and It Takes a Killer detailing…