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Classic True Crime Stories

 

Crimes by Category

 

An index of classic true crime articles by expert crime writer Gary C. King.

 
 
  • Delmar Anholt
    A Columbia County, Oregon, homicide that was so horrendously brutal that most area residents are reluctant to talk about it.
     
    Johnny Bruno
    The brutal murder of a 24-year-old woman in 1978 Oregon.
     
    Children of Thunder
    When drug abuse, mental illness and religious extremism combine, three men lose their moral compasses and commit the ultimate sin.
     
    James Combs
    A strange series of murderous events involving a truck, equipped with a citizens band radio, an ample supply of beer and a rifle.
     
    Paula Cooper
    The 1985 murder of a 78-year-old bible teacher in Indiana.
     
    Manuel Cortez
    The 1979 murder of two 11-year-old girl's in Oregon.
     
    Jeffrey Dahmer
    The tale of a sadistic serial killer who enjoyed both sleeping with and devouring his victims.
     
    Sharon Halstead
    Did an evil spirit order a bloody rampage?
     
    Nora Hollemon
    Deputy Bud Morrow's killers forced him to play a lethal game.
  • John Jones
    Did satanism play a role in two 1988 Oregon homicides?
     
    Edward Ladner
    The chilling 1985 murder of a 20-year-old man in Oregon.
     
    Randol Pachl
    The absurd motive behind a bizarre Stabbing.
     
    Thomas Parker
    Did a drag queen have a lust for killing?
     
    Scott Rothstein
    A once poor kid from the Bronx, Rothstein created the largest Ponzi scheme in Florida history.
     
    Anna Nicole Smith
    Smith's life seemed to be backwards in nearly every way. This strange life led her to a place of infamy laden with tragedy.
     
    Tyrone Washington
    A frightening case of humiliation, torture and murder.
     
    West Memphis Three
    Apparently as part of a Satanic ritual, three 8-year-old boys are brutally tortured and killed by local teens.
     
    Steven Wilson
    Did Mind Games Make Him Murder His Mom and Dad?
 
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