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On a cold December morning in 2015, in the tight-knit community of Ellington, Connecticut, a distressing scene unfolds at the Dabate household. Connie Dabate, known for her fun-loving nature, is found dead in her basement, shot under what initially appears to be a home invasion. Her husband, Rick, is discovered bound to a chair, telling police that a masked intruder was responsible for the chaos and his wife's demise.

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In the festive glow of the holidays, tragedy struck an Iowa family when their 18-year-old daughter was viciously murdered at Cedar Rapids' Westdale Mall in 1979. The case, a haunting mystery for over forty years, was finally cracked not by conventional means but by the victim herself, through DNA evidence she grabbed. This chilling story of loss, unresolved until recently, reminds us that even in despair, justice can eventually shine through.

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In a chilling story of disappearance and betrayal set in Oregon City, Oregon, this is the tragic story of two young girls, Ashley Pond and Miranda Gaddis, who vanished in the early 2000s. Their lives, filled with promise, were cut short by a predator closer than anyone imagined.

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This is a shockingly disturbing case that involves a man in the South of France who pleaded guilty in September 2024 to charges of secretly drugging his wife of 50 years over the course of nearly a decade, filming over seventy men as they had sex with her sedated & unconscious body. As this case hit the media, many were left to wonder, how could someone do such an unimaginable thing to a person who had loved, trusted & spent five decades of their life by their side? Who were these other men & how could there possibly be so many willing to rape an unconscious woman?

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It was the night before Thanksgiving 2021, Wednesday, November 24 when Leslie Reeves & Chris Smith met up for their first date after meeting online. Chris was a 48-year-old divorced father who worked for a pool contracting company. He was known around town as a nice guy who gave back to his community & grew banana trees & massive pumpkins. He was a laid back guy who enjoyed spending time at his house, tending to his backyard alongside his beagle/terrier mix, Tiki. Allison tells us the rest of the story.

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On Thursday, February 19, 2015 16-year-old Becky Watts was re-sitting for her GCSEs, or General Certificate of Secondary Education, which is an academic qualification in various subjects that take place in the UK starting in Year 9 or 10. It’s more than likely that as she sat for the exams, she was exhausted since the night before, Becky had been out, having fun with friends & hadn’t slept at all. Allison tells us the rest of this sad story.

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As we mill about our lives, interacting with those that we know, or think we know, & those that we simply pass on the street, there’s sometimes no way of knowing what lies beneath the surface of a friendly smile. For all intents & purposes, Carl Eric “Charlie” Brandt seemed like a completely even-keeled, happy person. He was in what appeared to be a happy marriage that others envied, but it turned out he was hiding an exceptionally deep, dark secret. This case highlights the question: Do we ever truly know the full depths of another person?

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On the morning of Saturday, July 21, 2018, Lana Clayton ran out of her house, claiming that she found her husband, Steve Clayton, dead at the bottom of the staircase in their South Carolina home. The coroner initially believed that Steve’s death was a result of a heart attack, but as time went by, his family began to notice that Lana was acting strangely. This prompted further investigation which shifted the whole picture in another direction.

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