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Famous for both her surrealism and self-portraits, Frida Kahlo’s face, and iconic unibrow, are likely most recognizable among women artists of the 20th century. But the biography of Frida Kahlo includes the tremendous suffering lurking behind the famous visage. To this day, questions about the great Mexican painter’s untimely demise remain unanswered.
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Branson Perry was just a 20-year-old kid on April 11, 2001, living a normal life. That same day, he stepped outside the house where he lived with his father in Skidmore, Missouri. But, he never stepped back inside, and he was never heard from again. This is the mysterious disappearance of Branson Perry.
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They say that if you want something bad enough you will find a way to make it happen. For the Anglin brothers and another escapee, it was their mission to escape Alcatraz’s maximum-security prison in San Francisco Bay. To this day, their escape and survival details remain a mystery to officials and investigators.
The Austin, Texas yogurt shop murders occurred in 1991 and remain unsolved to this day. In a curious cold case that still has many frightened, four young girls lost their lives and the unsolved murders continue to bewilder law enforcement. On a Friday night in December of 1991, Jennifer Harbison, 17 and Eliza Thomas, 17, were working the closing shift at I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt! Accompanying them that night in the shop were Jennifer’s sister, 15-year-old Sarah Harbison, and her friend, 13-year-old Amy Ayers
Serial killers are monsters, but there is something about them that is so interesting. Attempting to understand what could make someone kill another person is fascinating. Most of these killers were on death row in prison and therefore got a final meal of their choice before their death sentence. Here’s what some of the world’s most infamous killers chose to eat before they were put to death.
The untimely, sudden death of actress Brittany Murphy in 2009 came as a shock to many. It left several confused as to how the star actually died. This since details from her death are spotty and there is a mix of questionable insights from only some reliable sources. The star of such movies as Clueless, Uptown Girls, and 8 Mile (with rapper Eminem) who also provided the voice of Luanne Platter on the TV show King of the Hill was only 32-years-old when she was found unconscious in her home.
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Edmund Kemper is a convicted serial killer from Burbank, California. Known as a clinical psychopath and necrophile, he was dubbed “The Co-Ed Killer,” as he focused primarily on young women who were college students in the Santa Cruz area. If you have heard of him, you may be a true crime enthusiast or it may be from the Mindhunter (currently on Netflix) character based on the serial killer interviewed by FBI profilers.
The 2003 horror flick “Scream” was written loosely based on the true story of the Gainesville Ripper, also known as serial killer Danny Rolling. Unlike the film, what happened in the college town near the University of Florida campus was no laughing matter. Danny Rolling, under the guise of his alter-ego “Gemini,” shook up campus life when he committed a string of student murders on a killing spree in 1994.
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In the never-ending pursuit of information about serial killers, Ted Bundy may be at the front of the race. In the seventies, he was heavily discussed, televised, and sought after. The infamous serial killer targeted at least 30 young women and stunned the whole nation with his sociopathy and crimes.
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