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Russian serial killer Alexander Pichushkin, nicknamed "The Chessboard Killer," was caught in Moscow and convicted in 2007 of killing 48 people. Following his arrest the police discovered a chessboard with dates on all but two of the squares, apparently connected to the murders he committed. Due to the gruesomeness and number of murders, Russians considered reinstating the death penalty. He was born April 9, 1974, in Mytishchi, Moscow. Known as the Chessboard Killer, Pichushkin was convicted of murdering 48 people in Moscow in 2007. He appeared to be in competition with one of Russiaís most well-known serial killers, Andrei Chikatilo, who was convicted of 52 murders in 199…
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USA Network has cancelled Necessary Roughness after three seasons. The drama, which premiered in 2011, aired its final episode on August 21, 2013. (Source: Yahoo) Click here to view the article
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Wáng Qiáng was a serial killer from Budayuan Town, Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County, Liaoning, China and one of the most notorious murderers and rapists in Chinese history. Wang grew up in the small village of Kaiyuan, Liaoning city. His father was abusive, addicted to drinking and gambling, and denied Wang the chance to enter school. Wang committed his first murder on Jan 22, 1995. He was finally arrested on July 14, 2003. Official records show he was convicted of 45 murders and 10 rapes. Some young girls were raped post-mortem. Wang never lost any sleep or his appetite after killing. He was executed in 2003 for the 45 murders. Click here to view the article
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Showtime announced today that Californication will be ending its run after seven seasons. The long-running dramedy will air 12 final episodes beginning in April 2014. (Source: TV by the Numbers) Click here to view the article
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On May 2, 1997, self-described Indonesian witch doctor Ahmad Suradji was arrested by authorities after three bodies were found buried in a sugarcane plantation near his home on the outskirts of Medan, the capital of North Sumatra, Indonesia. Ahmad, also known as Nasib Kelewang or Datuk Maringgi, initially confessed to killing 16 women over a five-year slaying period. Upon further searching of Ahmad’s property, clothes and watches belonging to 25 missing women were uncovered. After further questioning the 48-year-old cattle breeder increased the body count of his 11-year rampage to 42. Ahmad’s three wives, all sisters, were also arrested for helping him commit the murde…
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Showtime announced last week that Episodes has been renewed for a fourth season. Nine new half-hour episodes of the comedy have been ordered. Today's news comes ahead of the show's third season, which will premiere next month on Sunday, January 12, 2014. (Source: TV by the Numbers) Click here to view the article
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Tiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha is a former Brazilian security guard who has claimed to have killed 39 people. Brazilian police said Thiago Henrique Gomes da Rocha, 26, targeted women, homeless people and homosexuals in the country’s central state of Goias. Rocha was arrested, in his confession of the alleged murders, he said he killed because of his feelings of “fury,” which he felt “against everything” according to police. Click here to view the article
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NBC announced today that freshman series The Blacklist has been renewed for a second season. The drama, which stars James Spader, is the network's top new show of the 2013-2014 season. It also currently ranks as broadcast television's #1 drama in the 18-49 demographic. 22 episodes have been ordered for Season 2 of The Blacklist for next fall. The current season is now on a mid-season break until January 2014. (Source: TV by the Numbers) Click here to view the article
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Moses Sithole was found guilty of 38 murders and 40 rapes in 1997. Born in South Africa on November 17, 1964, Moses Sithole is considered one of South Africa's worst serial killers. In 1997, Sithole was found guilty of 38 murders and 40 rapes. A significant number of Sithole's victims were never identified. Moses Sithole, one of five children, was born in Vosloorus, near Boksburg in the Transvaal Province of apartheid (now Gauteng), South Africa, on November 17, 1964, to Simon and Sophie Sithole. His childhood of poverty was exacerbated after his father died and his mother, unable to support the children, abandoned them at a local police station. They were placed in an…
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Lifetime announced today that Witches of East End has been renewed for a second season. The freshman drama, which is based on the best-selling novel of the same name, will return with 13 new episodes in 2014. The show's first season wraps up next month on Sunday, December 15 at 10:00pm ET/PT. (Source: TV by the Numbers) Click here to view the article
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Serhiy Tkach was actually a Ukrainian police criminal investigator turned serial killer. Originally from Russia, he confessed to killing over 100 people. Suffocation and strangulation were his favorite ways to complete his evil deeds. He was also known to perform necrophilia upon these victims. The victims were females from 8 to 18 years of age. One of the worst serial killer may have been caught in Ukraine, according to local police. Prosecutors claim a former forensic expert Sergey Tkach has confessed to killing 40 people, but 60 other deaths are unsolved. It’s alleged that Tkach went on a murder spree for the past 25 years, mainly targeting girls and young women. He…
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It is being reported that BBC One will not be ordering a third series of drama Ripper Street. Declining viewership was cited as contributing towards the decision to axe the show, which aired on BBC America stateside. (Source: Digital Spy) Click here to view the article
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Gennady Mikhasevich does not fit the profile of the typical serial killer. He lived a relatively normal life, even after he began killing. Born in 1947, he spent time serving in the Soviet army, married and had two children, and was an active participant in the Communist Party and other volunteer organizations. The turning point, if Mikhasevich is to be believed, was after he left the army and returned home to find his girlfriend at the time had left him and remarried. He was planning on killing himself in May of 1971, even to the point of having a noose with him, when by chance he met a woman. His suicidal impulses instead turned murderous and he vented his anger by stra…
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HBO announced today that the upcoming fifth season of Boardwalk Empire will be its last. The decision to conclude the award-winning drama after five seasons was made jointly between the network and the showrunners. The final season of Boardwalk Empire will premiere later this year in the fall. (Source: TV by the Numbers) Click here to view the article
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Hadj Mohammed Mesfewi was a Moroccan serial killer who was found to have killed at least 36 women. He was a cobbler and public letter writer. The bodies of 26 women were found under his shop and an additional ten were found buried on property owned by Mesfewi. He was aided by a 70-year-old female accomplice named Rahali, also reported as Annah, during the course of the murders. They would lure young women to dinner, administer a narcotic, and then murder them in their sleep. The victims were then robbed of any valuables they possessed and subsequently buried. They were also mutilated with a dagger. Click here to view the article
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HBO announced today that The Newsroom has been renewed for a third and final season. The Emmy Award-winning drama is set to begin production on its last season this spring, with a return later in the fall. (Source: TV by the Numbers) Click here to view the article
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Ali Asghar Borujerdi is the first Iranian serial killer and rapist reported in the 20th century. Moving to Iraq as a child with his family, he started assaulting, raping and latermurdering adolescent boys in Baghdad since he was fourteen years old. Escaped back to Iran in 1933, he continued his murders in Tehran where he was eventually arrested and executed. Asghar Qatel was convicted for raping and killing 33 young adults eight in Tehran and the rest in Baghdad. Ali Asghar Borujerdi was born in 1893 in Borujerd, Western Iran. His father, Ali Mirza, was a famous road thief attackingcaravans around Borujerd, Malayer and Persian Iraq - central parts of modern Iran includ…
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FX confirmed today at the 2014 winter TCA press tour that Justified will end after its sixth season. The network's president of programming, John Landgraf, stated the reason as a joint decision between the show's executive producer, Graham Yost, and star Timothy Olyphant. Season 5 of Justified premiered last Tuesday, meaning the show will likely conclude in 2015. (Source: E! Online) Click here to view the article
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During the early days of Stalin, Vasili Komaroff was a horse-trader known as "The Wolf of Moscow". Vasili mainly killed for money. His first victim was uncovered in 1921. Twenty-one victims in all were found either strangled, bound, doubled-over and dumped in vacant lots around the Shabolovki District. Authorities linked the killings to the horse-trading market in Moscow that happened every Wednesday and Friday. Authorities soon discovered, anyone whom left with Vasili to see his horses were never to be seen or heard from again. Police found his latest victim stuffed in a sack in the stable upon questioning him. Panicked, "The Wolf of Moscow" jumped out the window and esc…
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Syfy announced today that Haven has been renewed for a double-sized fifth season that will consist of 26 episodes. The news comes on the heels of the show's recently-wrapped fourth season, which was up 3% year-to-year in the Adults 18-49 demographic, with a healthy average of 2.3 million total viewers per week. The first 13 episodes of Season 5 will premiere in the fall of 2014, with the second half of the season scheduled for sometime in 2015. (Source: Syfy) Click here to view the article
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Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansouralso- Al-Tourbini ('Express Train'). Egyptian street gang leader and serial killer who raped and murdered at least 32 children in the course of seven years. All of his victims were 10 to 14 years old, most of them boys. The gang would lure street children onto the carriage roof of the trains, where they then raped and tortured the children, and tossed them onto the trackside, dead or barely alive. Some of the children were dumped into the Nile, or buried alive. Click here to view the article
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It is being reported that NBC has cancelled Sean Saves The World, stopping all production on the show today. The freshman comedy has struggled in the ratings since its premiere last October, failing to find an audience in its Thursday night time slot. A total of 18 episodes were ordered by the network, 14 of which have already been shot. The show is currently twelve episodes into its run, and it is possible that the remaining two will be aired once the upcoming Olympics are over. (Source: E!) Click here to view the article
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Not much of Karl Denke’s early life has been recorded aside from the fact that he was a terrible student and ran away from home at age 12. 25 years old when his father died, Karl used the inheritance to buy property in the small town of Münsterberg - today known as Ziębice - about 60km south of Wrocław. In Münsterberg, Karl was known as a generous, caring and devout local citizen, even referred to by some as ‘Vater Denke’ or Father Denke. He carried the cross at Evangelist funerals and played the organ during church services. Despite living a lower middle-class lifestyle, he helped beggars and travellers, giving them a place to stay if they were in need. He didn’t drink a…
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David Thabo Simelane was born in Swaziland in 1956 and grew up in Ngcoseni. He is a Swazi serial killer who caused havoc from the late 1990s until late 2001. His murder spree began in 1997, around the time he was released from prison for a prior conviction of rape. It was one of the many times, about 18, since 1976 that he had been convicted of robbery and rape. The last conviction was significant because he would later claim that he had robbed the woman but he had never raped her. For him, the 28 women and children he would later kill were revenge for the wrongful conviction. Simelane lured most of his victims to the woods of Malkerns with job prospects where he would th…
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Netflix has renewed its original series House of Cards for a third season. The political drama has yet to premiere Season 2, which will be released February 14 in its entirety on the streaming service. Production on Season 3 is expected to begin soon. (Source: The Hollywood Reporter) Click here to view the article
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