Any untimely death is a tragedy, but when the victim is young, beautiful, and an all-around wonderful person, the whole thing seems to be much worse. Unfortunately, there are two high-profile cases in the news this week that fit this too-familiar mold.
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Andrei Chikatilo stood accused of 53 murders from 1978 to 1990. His victims varied in age from 7 to 45, though most were young females or runaways.
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When people don’t feel well they trust that they can go to a hospital be treated and go home after, especially if it is not a serious ailment. That wasn’t the case for some getting treated at Nocona General Hospital.
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If you had to choose a method of execution for yourself, which would you choose? What if you learned that what is considered the most "humane" method of execution is probably the most painful?
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The worst schoolhouse mass murder is not one you've heard of. It happened in 1927 and there were 38 casualties. The weapon of choice: dynamite. The perpetrator: a former treasurer of the school he blew up. He will forever be known for the quote, "Criminals are made, not born.
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16-year-old Jessica Burlew strangled her 43-year-old boyfriend with an electrical cord during sex and when he lost consciousness she started cutting him. She is now being charged as an adult in the second-degree murder case against her.
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Any untimely death is a tragedy, but when the victim is young, beautiful, and an all-around wonderful person, the whole thing seems to be much worse. Unfortunately, there are two high-profile cases in the news this week that fit this too-familiar mold. We walk you through the backstory of both of them, told by those who knew the victims best. We...
Read MoreWhether as host of the Olympics or instigator of unrest in Ukraine, it seems the global media spotlight has been on Russia of late. These days, the country can more readily handle its high profile, but it certainly proved ill-prepared in April 1992, when the eyes of the world were fixed on a small-town Russian courthouse for the first...
Read MoreWhen people don’t feel well they trust that they can go to a hospital be treated and go home after, especially if it is not a serious ailment. That wasn’t the case for some getting treated at Nocona General Hospital. It all started, as most of these stories do, with someone that wasn’t completely altogether. Vickie Dawn Jackson lived in a...
Read MoreIf you had to choose a method of execution for yourself, which would you choose? What if you learned that what is considered the most "humane" method of execution is probably the most painful? We discuss the controversy behind lethal injections, and why just about any other method may be a better option. Convicted murderer Dennis McGuire found...
Read MoreAndrew Kehoe was born in Tecumseh, Michigan. He was part of a family of 13 children. After his mother passed away, his father remarried. He was not very fond of his stepmother and argued with her often. When he was 14, the family stove exploded while his stepmother was trying to light it. He watched her burn for a moment before throwing water on...
Read MoreJessica Burlew is a little "different." As though the dyed blue-green hair and facial piercings aren't enough to set her apart from the crowd, the 16-year-old Arizona girl loves to chat about vampire-culture on a a site by the name of Vampire Freaks and goes by the username 'soultaker11'. The teen also likes to perform...
Read MoreThis week the true-crime media has been abuzz reporting the verdict of the Michael Dunn "Loud Music Murder Trial." On Sword and Scale we do things a little different, so we'll let you get your fill of that case from other media outlets while we break the case of Curtis Reeves, who like Michael Dunn allegedly shot and killed someone because he...
Read More"White House Boy" Roger Dean Kiser tells us the story of his personal hell. To him, this world which anyone would consider a living hell was just normal everyday life. The way he describes this upbringing is so brutally honest and matter-of-fact, that it will chill your soul. Hundreds of other "White House Boys" have told the tale of the same...
Read MoreDon't worry, it'll get better. It has to. How could things get worse? Those words can sometimes be a flat out lie. That's exactly what happened to 58-year-old Kenneth Haskins. The Tampa, Florida resident who has apparently spent a lifetime making very bad decisions. The first bad decision occurred years ago when he decided to shoot himself in...
Read MoreThis is the conclusion to a two part saga involving the organized abduction and abuse of children and ritualistic murders by satanic cults allegedly headed by the top levels of government at a mysterious all-male retreat known as Bohemian Grove. We tell the tale of what has become to be known as The Franklin Coverup and follow the trail of young...
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