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Digital Danger: York Resident Loses Big Bucks to Texas Scammer

January 29, 2025

Imagine waking up one morning to find $60, 000 gone from your bank account. That's exactly what happened to a York resident last November. The culprit? Not some local troublemaker, but a tech-savvy scammer named Ayme Galvan from Texas. Galvan and their gang have been causing problems in multiple sta

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The Strange Tale of the Zodiac Killer Project

January 28, 2025

"Zodiac Killer Project, " a film by Charlie Shackleton, is an intriguing exploration of our culture's fascination with true crime stories. The film began as a planned documentary about former police officer Lyndon Lafferty, who believed he encountered the infamous Zodiac Killer. However, the project

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Early Morning Heist: Chicago Store Hit by Eight Burglars

January 28, 2025

It was a brave and daring move. On Tuesday morning, at around 1 a. m. , a retail store in Chicago's Avondale neighborhood faced an unexpected challenge. At least eight men decided to take action, smashing the store’s front glass window to create an entry point. Once inside, they quickly targeted the

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The Detective’s Mouse: Unveiling Hidden Memories

January 28, 2025

Consumers of true-crime stories often wonder how detectives determine whether a suspect’s memory of an event is real or fabricated. Enter the mouse-tracking technique! In a fascinating study, researchers explored this method to enhance autobiographical implicit association tests (aIAT). They set up

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The Unrealized Zodiac Documentary: A Filmmaker’s True-Crime Lament

January 28, 2025

When Charles Shackleton's meticulously planned documentary on the Zodiac killer was abruptly canceled, he turned his frustration into a fascinating confession. Dubbed “Zodiac Killer Project, ” the filmmaker shares his potential masterpiece's outline. It's a critique of the true-crime genre's formula

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Sextortion Case: Nigerian Man Faces U. S. Justice

January 28, 2025

Imagine you're a teenager from South Carolina. You're 17, and you think you're talking to a girl your age online. But it's not a girl. It's a man from Nigeria, Hassan Abolore Lawal, pretending to be someone else. He tricks you into sending explicit photos. Then, he threatens to show everyone unless

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The White Lotus Season 3: New Faces, Old Drama

January 27, 2025

Get ready for another thrilling season of The White Lotus! This time, the luxury hotel is in Thailand, and it's welcoming a new cast of characters, including some familiar faces. Walton Goggins, known for his role in Fallout, plays Rick Hatchett, who's traveling with his younger girlfriend. Harry Po

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Subway Crime: A New York Comedy Sketch

January 27, 2025

Imagine this: New York City's subway crime has gotten so bad that it's now the butt of jokes on "Saturday Night Live. " In a recent episode, Michael Che jokingly said the city's five days without a shooting was "just way more fun to push people onto the subway tracks. " This is no laughing matter, t

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The Untold Story of “To Catch a Predator”

January 27, 2025

Imagine this: a documentary filmmaker watches a reality TV show about catching child predators and decides to dig deeper. David Osit, the filmmaker, was hooked by “To Catch a Predator” but didn’t think much about it until years later. That’s when he heard about Bill Conradt, a Texas assistant distri

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A Grave Mistake: How Social Media Taunts Escalated into Murder

January 26, 2025

In the city of Oakland, a man named Jacobi Gaines found himself in the middle of a storm he helped create. It all started in November 2019 when Gaines, then 18, posted a video on Instagram. This video showed him doing something disrespectful – urinating on the gravestone of a teenager named Keith La