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Charles Manson is an American cult leader whose followers carried out several notorious murders in the late 1960s and inspired the book Helter Skelter. Born in Ohio in 1934, Charles Manson is notoriously connected to the brutal slayings of actress Sharon Tate and other Hollywood residents, but he was never actually found guilty of committing the murders himself. However, the famous 'Tate-La Bianca' killings have immortalized him as a living embodiment of evil. Images of his staring 'mad eyes' are still used today to illustrate countless serial-murder news stories. The Manson Family—including Charles Manson and his young, loyal dropout disciples of murder—is thought to hav…
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On July 10, 1942 the first of five brutal murders and rapes began with the 20 year old red-haired wife of a man named William Brown. Charles Floyd entered the Brown’s home and strangled his wife to death before brutalizing her body. She was pregnant at the time so police ruled the murder as a double homicide. Six months later Georgina Green and her happily married daughter were alone in their home when Floyd broke in. He bludgeoned both of them to death. They were both redheads, which helped police understand that the killer had an affinity for red-haired women. On May 15, 1945 the killer struck again. This time his victim was Panta Lou Niles, another red-haired woman. …
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Kenneth McDuff was an American serial killer suspected of at least 14 murders, and served time on death row from 1968 to 1972 and again in the 1990’s. Born on March 21, 1946, he was from central Texas and had three siblings. McDuff’s mother, Addie McDuff, was well known around her town as “the pistol packin’ momma” because of her habit of carrying a firearm and her violent tendencies. McDuff was known to shoot his .22 rifle at living creatures and was often getting into fights with boys older than he was. With these tendencies, he was well known by the sheriff of his hometown. Before his murder convictions, he was convicted of 12 counts of burglary and an attempted burgla…
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From June 1962 through January 1964, 13 single women between the ages of 19 and 85 were murdered throughout the Boston area. Many people believed that at least of 11 of these murders were committed by the same individual due the similar manner in which each murder was committed. It was believed that the women, who all lived alone, knew the attacker and let him in, or that he disguised himself as a repairman, or a delivery man to get the women to voluntarily let him into their apartments. “In every case, the victims had been raped – sometimes with foreign objects – and their bodies laid out nude, as if on display for a pornographic snapshot. Death was always due to strangu…
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Albert Fish was first known as Frank Howard. He responded to an ad looking for work placed in the newspaper by Edward Budd. Edward Budd was an 18 year-old boy determined to make something of himself. Frank Howard arrived at Budd’s doorstep with a job offer. He stated that he would like to have Budd come work with him at his farm, telling the story of his six children and how his wife had left them. Edward was looking forward to having a job and providing for his family, and Howard even offered a job to Budd’s friend, Willie. Howard planned to come pick them up a few days later to take them back to his farm to begin work. When Howard didn’t show, he provided a hand-written…
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The notorious and very bizarre serial killer who called himself The Zodiac remains one of the world's great unsolved cases. In Oct., 1966, a girl was viciously murdered in Riverside, California when she permitted a man to help start the car that he had intentionally disabled when she was in her school library. This homicide began a ghoulish series of murders that panicked the people of the San Francisco area. For years the Zodiac taunted the police with weird ciphers, phone calls, insulting and cryptic messages.Even though police investigated over 2,500 potential suspects, the case was never solved. There were a few suspects that stood out, but the forensic technology of …
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The most frightening of serial killers: a handsome, educated psychopathic law student who stalked and murdered dozens of young college women who looked very much like a young woman who broke off her relationship with him. Bundy was a very adept and glib con artist who faked a broken arm in a sling to convince young women to help him carry his textbooks to his car. Once there, he battered them with a baseball bat and carried them off for ghoulish rituals. Click here to view the article
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Acker Bilk Ann B. Davis Ariel Sharon Ben Bradlee Bob Casale Bob Hastings Bob Hoskins Bobby Keys Bobby Womack Carmen Zapata Carol Ann Susi Casey Kasem Charles Keating Charlie Haden Christopher Jones Chuck Noll Clarissa Dickson Wright Dave Brockie Dave Madden David Brenner Dick Jones Diem Brown DJ E-Z Rock DJ Rashad Don Pardo Don Zimmer Edward Herrmann Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Eileen Ford Elaine Stritch Eli Wallach Elizabeth Norment Elizabeth Peña Eric Hill Eric "The Actor" Lynch Frank Marth Gabriel Garcia Marquez Garrick Utley Geoffrey Holder Gerald Wilson Gerry Goffin Glen A. Larson Harold Ramis Henry Lee Jackson (Big Bank Hank) Horace Silver Howard Schultz Jack Bruce James Br…
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It's time to play another round of 'Wait, Is Mila Kunis Married Or Not?' The Jupiter Ascending actress is a guest on the inaugural episode of The Late Late Show With James Corden, and the question of her marital status came up again, because that's more important than anything else she's done lately, apparently. Kunis played coy at first until Corden spoke for everyone and said, "Either you're married or you're not." She then showed him her ring finger and he seemed to gather Kunis and Ashton Kutcher, who are parents to 5-month-old daughter Wyatt, secretly got hitched and didn't immediately announce it to the world. Of course, all of this could mean nothing because I ofte…
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The Blacklist is an American crime drama television series. Raymond "Red" Reddington, played by James Spader, a former U.S Navy officer turned high-profile criminal, who had eluded capture for decades, voluntarily surrenders to the FBI, offering to cooperate on capturing a list of criminals who are virtually impossible to catch. It remains one of its networks top shows and has been renewed for a third season. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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Being Mary Jane is an American drama television series created by Mara Brock Akil and starring Gabrielle Union. This is the number one drama cable series in key demographics for the first season and the season two premiere topped the list for the second time. BET has ordered a third season. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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Willie Nelson is an American singer-songwriter, musician, guitarist, author, poet, actor, and activist. He has been is quite successful and a country music legend, but he is also broke! Nelson owed the government $16.7 million at one point in his life when he had not paid his taxes for multiple years. In 1990 the country music legend decided to file for bankruptcy. Nelson’s bank accounts and real estate holdings were seized when he owed the I.R.S. a cool $16.7 million. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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Wesley Snipes is an American actor, film producer, and martial artist, who is best known for his role as the Marvel Comics character Blade in the Blade film trilogy. He has been acting for a many years and has earned awards and made a great deal of money, yet he still managed to go completely broke! In 2006, he was forced to file for bankruptcy, and then indicted for tax evasion. Wesley had an IRS bill of over $12 million in six years. He then was forced to spend three years in prison for his debt. Where on Earth did he spend all his money?! Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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Wayne Newton is an American singer, entertainer, and actor, who most notably performs in Las Vegas, Nevada. His most popular songs are “Daddy, Don’t You Walk So Fast”, “Years”, “Red Roses for a Blue Lady”, and “Danke Schoen”. Even though Wayne Newton was listed as the highest paid entertainer in the world in the 1983 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records, he filed for bankruptcy protection in 1992 after collecting over $20 million in debt following a slew of bad investments and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 1992. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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Warren Sapp is a former American football defensive tackle and a Hall of Famer, According to his court documents he filed for bankruptcy in 2012, and he owed more than $6.7 million to creditors, but only had $6.45 million in assets. He made $82,185,056 in his NFL career. He ended up with $826.04 in his bank account. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States and graduated in 1843 from the United States Military Academy at West Point. After leaving the office the President he settled down in New York and invested his money into a Wall Street firm. Unfortunately, one of the firm's partners wasn't very trustworthy and embezzled much of its investors' money, leading it to declare bankruptcy. Grant did the same soon after. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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Toni Braxton is an American R&B singer-songwriter, pianist, musician, record producer, actress, television personality, and philanthropist. She became one of the best-selling female artists in the 1990s. Her most popular songs are “You’re Makin’ Me High”, “Un-Break My Heart”, “Breathe Again”, “Another Sad Love Song”, and “He Wasn’t Man Enough”. Although quite successful, you would think Toni to be extremely rich because sold more than 40 million albums in her career. She filed for bankruptcy not once, but twice. She filed for bankruptcy in 1998 and then again in 2010. She charged her financial problems to a bum record deal and mismanagement. Braxton owed $3.9 million …
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Terrell Owens is an American football wide receiver who played 15 seasons in the National Football League, and holds or shares several National Football League records. By 2012, the mouthy wide receiver had blown through most of his entire $70 million fortune owing four different baby mama’s child support, upwards of $50,000 a month. A combination of bad investments, large child support payments, and trusting the wrong people have left him with very little to show for his time as a star player. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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Teresa Giudice is an American reality television cast-member, known for starring in The Real Housewives of New Jersey. She has also written three bestselling cookbooks that were even featured on Donald Trump’s show called The Celebrity Apprentice. It turns out Teresa was not as successful as she let on to be. Teresa began to overspend and brought her and her husband’s debt to over $13.5 million which landed Teresa time in jail. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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Tionne Watkins better known by her stage name T-Boz, is an American singer, songwriter, model, dancer, actress, author, and executive producer. This former TLC singer has lived on a financial rollercoaster. In 1995 she went so broke that she was forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and just a few years later she filed individually. In 2011 after she received medical treatment for a brain tumor and sickle cell anemia. Recently, she tried to file for debt again after all her medical problems caused her to go broke! The first time she filed for bankruptcy was in 1995, due to a famously short-shifting record deal. The second time was in 2011. By all accounts, the Grammy-w…
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Stephen Baldwin is an American actor, director, producer and author, who has starred in many films, and is the youngest out of all the Baldwin brothers. Since he is the youngest, he is definitely the most naïve. This rang true in 2009 when e was forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Apparently he had so many debts that just kept piling up and pretty soon he owed millions. From mortgages, credit cards, and even back taxes, Stephen Baldwin definitely got himself into a great deal of financial trouble! In 2009, the baby of the Baldwin family hit rock bottom with debts around $2.3 million. The following year, he narrowly escaped jail for tax evasion. Get Your Very Own Se…
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Sly Stone is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer, most famous for his role as front man for Sly and the Family Stone. In 1993, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the group. After decades of substance abuse and blingy high-living, he now lives in a van parked on a street in Crenshaw, South Central Los Angeles. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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Sinbad is an American stand-up comedian and actor, whose real name is David Adkins was featured on his own HBO specials and appeared on television series such as Necessary Roughness, Jingle All the Way, and Good Burger. In 2009, Sinbad decided to file for bankruptcy and then was forced to file for bankruptcy again in 2013. Sinbad claimed that he was not blowing his money on big and fancy cars, but instead invested a lot into himself and other people, and thought he did not make a mistake and would not change his choices for the world. At least he went down with dignity! The second time around, he owed around $11 million, $8 million in back taxes, but claims he didn't live…
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Sheryl Swoopes is a retired American professional basketball player and the head coach of the women's basketball team of Loyola University Chicago. She was the first player to be signed in the WNBA when it was created. Made around $50 million at the height of her career, but lost it all in devastatingly bad investments and bad business management. Eventually, she sold her Olympic medals and Naismith trophy to pay back creditors. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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Scott Storch is an American record producer. He produces hip hop music through his label, Storch Music Company. He also has his own music production company called Tuff Jew Productions LLC which is published by Reservoir Media Management. He blew through $30 million in six months, and lost his Miami mansion, $20 million yacht and filed for bankruptcy and owed about $60 thousand to thirteen different creditors in seven states. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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