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After decades behind bars, Betty Broderick has died at age 78. During an infamous appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, her kids were memorably divided about their mom’s punishment, and continued to be in the decades leading up to her death. Betty was serving a life sentence with the possibility of parole when she died … Read more

A DETECTIVE used his bare hands to dig up victims buried under John Wayne Gacy’s home – what he saw and smelled that day still haunts him. Retired Des Plaines inspector Rafael Tovar and his team of 10 discovered 29 decaying bodies hidden across Gacy’s Norwood Park Township residence. John Wayne Gacy raped, tortured and … Read more

A CHILD who hid inside a closet during the shooting at a San Diego mosque has recalled the heartbreaking moment he walked past bodies outside the center. Two teens opened fire at the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday, killing three men outside of the center, which is home to a school for kids … Read more

It has been more than 56 years since Hollywood witnessed one of its most heart-rending tragedies. The brutal murder of Sharon Tate remains one of the most horrifying crimes in the history of Tinseltown. One of the most promising newcomers in the 1960s, Tate was hailed for her breathtaking beauty and subtle resemblance to the … Read more

Betty Broderick — the woman who fatally shot her ex-husband and his new wife back in 1989 — died in the ICU Friday following a number of health issues, TMZ has learned. Betty’s son, Daniel Broderick, tells TMZ … she had a number of septic infections — including one infection that she had years ago … Read more

Bryan Kohberger could have murdered all four University of Idaho students in as little as 90 seconds. The Idaho State Police ascertained this after using crime scene evidence to piece together the route he took on the night of the killings from his car to the murder house, and then back to the car. Three … Read more

For much of the 1980s, the American populace seemed almost morbidly obsessed with devil worship and all things occult. Rumors abounded for years that networks of Satanists were carrying out ritualistic sacrifices inside daycares, and parents blamed their children’s suicidal actions on heavy metal lyricism. Meanwhile, role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons were deemed recruitment … Read more

Mark Fuhrman, the former Los Angeles Police Department detective known for his role in the investigation into the 1994 murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, has died, PEOPLE confirmed with the Kootenai County Coroner’s Office. He was 74. Fuhrman died from an aggressive form of throat cancer after being diagnosed last year, according … Read more

The father of Mackenzie Shirilla has been placed on administrative leave following the release of the Netflix documentary The Crash last week. 19 News and WKYC reported that Steve Shirilla was removed from his position as an art and digital media teacher at Mary Queen of Peace School in Cleveland. The removal followed comments he … Read more

The Los Angeles Times is launching a new podcast called “It Was Simple: The Betty Broderick Murders,” written and hosted by me, Patt Morrison, a columnist and reporter. It’s amazing, really, the events of our shared history that we forget … and those that we remember. Even people who weren’t alive 30 years ago know … Read more