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True Crime1.6m viewsAfter 19 Years Of Captivity, Rosalynn McGinnis Escaped Her Stepfather With Eight Of Their ChildrenAccording to the FBI, a child goes missing or is abducted every 40 seconds in the United States. Stories of kidnappings often make...
Unspeakable Times3.1m viewsThe Bizarre Life Of 'Manacled Mormon' Mastermind Joyce McKinneyJoyce McKinney is a former beauty queen who made headlines in 1977 when she kidnapped Mormon missionary Kirk Anderson. McKinney al...
Graveyard Shift1.7m viewsThe Story Of 'The Boy In The Box,' Who Was Finally Identified After 65 YearsIn February 1957, law enforcement discovered something that shocked Philadelphia: the battered body of a young boy, who had been s...
Supernatural & Paranormal100.6k viewsCarolann Smith, The "She-Svengali" Of Tulsa's "Hex House" Who Kept Two Women As Virtual SlavesOne rarely thinks of Tornado Alley when considering haunted houses, but one of the most creepy places in Tulsa, Oklahoma played ho...
Elizabeth Smart444.9k viewsUnbelievable Facts About the Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping CaseOn June 5, 2002, Brian David Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee, abducted 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart from her home in Salt Lake ...
True Crime427.5k viewsLisa McVey Noland Escaped A Serial Killer By Earning His Trust, Then Helped Capture HimIn the autumn of 1984, Lisa McVey Noland did something truly incredible: She took down a serial killer. By the time Bobby Joe Long...
Unspeakable Times96.8k viewsA Russian Killer Kept Women In Captivity And Tattooed "SLAVE" On Their Foreheads Alexander Komin was a serial killer who tattooed slaves as punishment for failing to follow all his commands. He expected each of...
Graveyard Shift1.1m viewsThe Story Of Linda Ann Weston And Her Horrifying Philadelphia Torture DungeonWhen police first discovered the basement of Linda Ann Weston in the Tacony neighborhood of Philadelphia in 2011, they were horrif...
Graveyard Shift4.4m viewsA Little Girl Was Locked In A Basement By Her Own Parents For More Than A DecadeOn November 4, 1970, Los Angeles child services discovered an unprecedented case of child neglect. At 13, Susan Wiley had the deme...