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The Ninth Year: The Haunting of Swill House

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October 13, 2025

“Like She Wanted Me to Know All About It”: The Greenbrier Ghost, and True Crime’s Uneasy Relationship with the Supernatural

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September 24, 2025

Disability, Domestic Abuse, and the Death of Lacey Fletcher

Please note that this article will contain graphic discussions of neglect, extreme physical injury, and domestic abuse.

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August 5, 2025

Autassasinophilia, Fetish Forums, and the Early Internet: The Murder of Sharon Lopatka

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July 24, 2025

The Matter of the Mummy of Manchester

A woman paranoid about being buried alive after witnessing her living brother’s near-internment, an eccentric local doctor, and a mummy that would haunt Manchester (literally and figuratively) for centuries – let’s about about Hannah Beswick, the Mummy of Manchester.

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June 9, 2025

A Deep Dive into The Queerbaiting Heist of the Century: t.A.T.u.’s All The Things She Said

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May 20, 2025

“In The End, I Watched Him Go”: The Criminal Case of Suicide-Baiting via Internet

Please note that this article contains discussions of suicide, self-harm, and depression, including discussions of specific suicide methods.

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April 2, 2025

Daddy’s Little Toy, the Arrest of Tori Woods, and the Nebulous Context of “Immoral” Literature

Please note that this article will contain discussions of child sexual abuse, child sexual abuse material, and sexual assault.

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March 10, 2025

“Love Island with Trench Foot”: The Disastrous Reality TV Experiment of Eden

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January 13, 2025

The Mystery of the Miniature Coffins of Arthur’s Seat

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December 4, 2024

“If People are Dying, Let’s Get Started”: The Brutal Relay of the Nome Serum Run

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