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17-year-old Ida Place had the stepmother from hell. When her father William married Martha Place, he probably didn’t expect her to become a total psycho. But she definitely wasn’t responsible enough to be left around all those potential murder weapons.

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On August 1, 2022, 18-year-old Aurora Dahl went for a run in Michigan that she barely survived. The next day, someone killed Patrick Ernst in his Wisconsin home. Another murder down in Alabama that took the life of Dwight Dixon would link the same suspect to all three cases.

Also, I’m sorry to the town of Flomaton, Alabama, for reasons that will become obvious.

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Tillie Klimek has many nicknames, among them “The Black Widow of Chicago,” “The High Priestess of the Bluebeard Clique,” and—my favorite—“The Premonition Poisoner.” She was rumored to be a psychic, and said to have poisoned as many as 20 people, cementing her name as one of the merry murderesses of 1920s Chicago.

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In August 2023, trash collectors working at a garbage dump in Thailand discovered a fertilizer bag filled with dismembered human remains. The body parts came from an island that’s popular with tourists—Koh Phan-Ngan. Investigators soon connected this murder to a YouTube star who’s also a member of a famous Spanish acting family, which resulted in the case being plastered all over the headlines.

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/daniel-sancho-sentencing-killing-dismembering-plastic-surgeon-thailand/

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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/29/world/asia/thailand-daniel-sancho-bronchalo-murder.html

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In May 1896, a fiend attacked 5 members of the Meeks Family with a gun and a blunt object—allegedly an ax or hatchet. One family member survived to point the finger at the family’s killers, who turned out to be two very prominent citizens.

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When 18-year-old Katherine Foster disappeared, her friends and family banded together to find her. Two days later, searchers found her body in a wooded area near the University of South Alabama campus. Proving who put her there would be difficult—but not impossible.

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“Dear Katherine, It’s Me the Killer.” Nightmare Next Door. Season 6, Episode 3. 16 September 2016.

“The Campus Killer.” Blood, Lies, and Alibis. Season 1, Episode 6. 9 July 2012.

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In February 2022, Christina Yuna Lee was followed into her apartment complex in New York City’s Chinatown neighborhood. Her neighbors called the police, who arrived in minutes—so why doesn’t this story have a happy ending?

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In December 2020, Timothy Saunders discovered a horrific scene in his daughter’s home on Cemetery Road. His daughter, Risa Saunders, lived in the house with her husband Daniel Long, and three sons named Gavin Smith, Gage Ripley, and Jameson Long. The crime that had occurred in their small West Virginia home scarred their small town.

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https://www.wsaz.com/2023/01/17/teen-sentenced-life-murdering-4-family-members/

https://wchstv.com/news/local/relationship-between-teenagers-accused-in-quadruple-elkview-murder-a-perfect-storm

https://wchstv.com/news/local/teen-gavin-smith-who-killed-4-family-members-was-on-video-call-with-girlfriend-rebecca-walker-during-shootings-elkview-west-virginia

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https://wchstv.com/news/local/state-rests-case-in-murder-trial-of-man-accused-of-killing-four-members-of-his-family

“His Parents Didn’t Like Me.” Signs of a Psychopath. Season 8, Episode 4.

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