Ed Gein — the true story vs. Netflix 2025: what’s fact and what’s myth
The basics: what the series “Monster: The Ed Gein Story” actually covers The third season of the anthology series Monster follows the story of Ed…
Chilling Revelation After 65 Years: The Story of the Boy in the Box, Whose Parents Never Learned His Fate
The patch of woods along the edge of Susquehanna Road in Philadelphia looks bleak at the end of February. But in 1957, a cardboard box…
A Secret Frozen for Decades: A Family Tragedy from Palovec, Croatia
When, on Saturday, February 16, 2019, Katarina Srnec’s future son-in-law called police to the Srnec family home in Palovec (north of Čakovec), he expected nothing…
Horror on California Trails: How David Carpenter Terrified the Public
Predator of the forest trails: how David Joseph Carpenter terrorized California A light mist hung in the valley near Mount Tamalpais in the early morning…
Sawney Bean: Scotland’s “Cannibal Clan” Between Folklore, Propaganda, and Tourism
A legend—not a chronicleEverything we “know” about Sawney Bean comes from the 18th century, even though the story presents itself as having happened two hundred…
A Colossus with an Angelic Face: How Edmund Emil Kemper Became the “Co-ed Killer” — and Later an FBI Consultant
Anyone who meets Edmund Kemper today sees a large, slightly stooped man in his seventies with a book on his lap. You would never believe…
From Teenage Athlete to Nightmare: The Bloody Path of Raymond Eugene Brown
In the suburbs of Ashland, Alabama, fourteen-year-old Raymond Eugene Brown seemed like a typical boy from a devout family: he enjoyed playing football, excelled at…
Giuseppe Calò: Only Blood and Banknotes. The Rise and Fall of Cosa Nostra’s “Treasurer”
When the nickname Cassiere di Cosa Nostra first appeared in the Italian press, no one doubted it belonged to Giuseppe “Pippo” Calò. A man as…
