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ABC has renewed Scandal for a third season. The Shonda Rhimes political drama has come into its own since premiering in April 2012 for a short 7-episode run. Its pickup for Season 2 improved on that with an order for 13 episodes, and that was further topped up by the network to a full 22 last October. (Source: Twitter) Click here to view the article
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ABC has renewed Scandal for a fourth season. The Shonda Rhimes-created political thriller continues to gain momentum, with its strong viewership making it one of the network's top shows. Scandal has been seeing ratings growth since its debut, which is somewhat of a rare occurrence in today's television landscape. In Season 3, ratings in the 18-49 demographic reached series-high levels. Look for Season 4 to premiere this fall. Click here to view the article
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CBS has announced that the first season of Scorpion has been topped up to a full 22 episodes. The network has ordered nine new episodes on top of the original issue of 13 after a strong start for the series over its first five weeks. Scorpion is one of this fall's top new shows, ranking as the #2 new series and Monday night's most-watched drama with an average of 15 million viewers. Click here to view the article
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CBS announced today that Scorpion has been renewed for a second season. The freshman drama, which follows a group of geniuses helping to solve high-priority crimes and crises, is off to a decent start for the network through the first half of the season. The show currently ranks as the #3 new series of 2014-2015 in viewership with an average of 14.5 million viewers. The network also recently awarded it with the post-AFC Championship game time slot this coming Sunday. Get Your Very Own Self Defense Keychain: just click here Click here to view the article
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Actor Dustin Diamond, better known as the generously coiffed and endearing geek Screech in the 1990s teen high-school drama Saved By The Bell, has been ordered to stand trial for a stabbing that happened on Christmas day. A Wisconsin judge charged Diamond, 37, with reckless endangerment, carrying a concealed weapon and disorderly conduct following an incident that occurred in a Port Washington bar late on Christmas night. Diamond and his fiancée, who both live in the quaint Milwaukee suburb, allegedly got into it with two men and a woman, Diamond told police that he accidentally stabbed one of the men when he was defending his fiancée. The man suffered non-life-threatenin…
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Sean Penn & Charlize Theron got engaged this past November while visiting Paris. The couple "decided to take their relationship to the next level," a source told the magazine. Theron, 39, and Penn, 54, first stepped out together a year ago in December 2013. It's been quite easy for the couple to keep their engagement under wraps since there is reportedly no engagement ring. This would be the third marriage for Penn, who was married to Madonna for four years and to Robin Wright for 14 years. Theron has never been married before and has spoken out about her feelings against a typical marriage. "Let's put it this way: I never had the dream of the white dress. And watchin…
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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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Fox is making some changes to its prime time schedule, moving new entry Second Chance to Friday nights. The freshman drama premiered earlier this month, airing two low-rated episodes in the post-American Idol Wednesday night time slot. With the new series underperforming, the network is putting Hell's Kitchen in its place beginning this week. New episodes of Second Chance will now air Friday nights at 9:00pm beginning January 29. View full article
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Nick At Nite has cancelled See Dad Run, opting to end the show after it airs its third season. The comedy is the cable network's first original scripted series. There is some good news for fans of the show - See Dad Run will still be on televisions for a good while yet. Five episodes remain in the show's current second season, with a full 13-episode third season on tap to begin airing later this year. Plus, an additional 1-hour series finale has been ordered to wrap things up. (Source: Deadline) Click here to view the article
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Five months after limited series The Alienist concluded its run, TNT has ordered another chapter to continue the story. Titled The Angel of Darkness, the sequel will be based on the follow-up novel of the same name by author Caleb Carr. Set in 1896 New York, The Alienist followed a criminal psychologist and a newspaper illustrator who are tasked by the city's newly-appointed police commissioner to investigate a string of gruesome murders in secret. Its 10-episode run fared well for the cable network, garnering solid ratings and picking up multiple Emmy Award nominations. The three series leads, Daniel Bruhl, Luke Evans, and Dakota Fanning, will all be returning …
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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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Aileen Carol Wuornos, born February 29th, 1956, was a female serial killer who preyed on truck drivers in Florida.Wuornos’ life began badly; her father, Leo Pittman, was a sociopathic child murderer who was murdered himself while spending time in prison when Wuornos was younger. She became pregnant when she was fourteen, and thus began her life of prostitution and other crime. Wuornos was called “America’s first female serial killer.” She lived on the streets and motels, killing men who picked her up on the side of the highway. Although she worked as a prostitute, she had a lesbian lover by the name of Tyria Moore. She claimed that the murder of all the men had been in se…
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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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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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The "mama's boy" of serial killers. Known as the Siberian Cannibal. Russian, Alexander Spesivtsev, was accused of killing over 80 children and cannibalizing some of his victims. Spesivtsev, committed his crimes with the assistance of his mother. If that wasn't enough, Spesivtsev was sent to a mental institute (twice!), while his mother spent 13 years in prison. Not much is know about Spesivtsev's early life. He was born march 1st, 1970 (some accounts say 1969) in a very abusive home. His father allegedly tortured the entire family. Spesivtsev, would later torture and kill his girlfriend. A crime for which his only punishment was 3 years in a mental institute. After his re…
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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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Amir Qayyum was born in Pakistan. As a child, Qayyum was abandoned by his father and went to live with his uncle Dr. Shahid. Qayyum displayed violent tendencies at a young age and was thrown out of school. He would also be thrown out of his house by his brothers and sisters after he would beat them up. On September 25, 2003, Shahid and a friend were murdered by unidentified assailants. On February 28, 2004 a suspect named Hafiz Abid was arrested but shot and killed himself in a police van after taking a gun from a sleeping policeman. His uncle's murder caused Qayyum to want to take revenge against society. From June to July 2005, Amir Qayyum killed 14 homeless men with br…
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Anatoly Yuriyovych Onoprienko was a Ukrainian serial killer andmass murderer. He is also known by the nicknames "The Beast of Ukraine", "The Terminator", and "Citizen O". After police arrested the 37-year-old former forestry student on April 16, 1996, Onoprienko confessed to killing 52 people. The killings followed a set pattern. He chose an isolated house, gained the attention of the occupants by creating a commotion. He would then kill all occupants starting with the adult male, before going to find and kill the spouse and finally the children. He would then usually set the buildings alight in an attempt to cover his tracks. He would also kill any witness unlucky enough…
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Andrei Chikatilo was a former school teacher who murdered more than 50 young people in the Soviet Union. Andrei Chikatilo was born on October 16, 1936, in the Ukraine state of the USSR. Chikatilo had a difficult childhood and the only sexual experience as an adolescent ended quickly and led to much ridicule, leading to later sexually violent acts. When the police caught him, he confessed to the gruesome murder of 56 and was found guilty in 1990 and executed in 1994. He was born on October 16, 1936, in Yablochnoye, a village in the heart of rural Ukraine in the USSR. During the 1930s, Ukraine was known as the "Breadbasket" of the Soviet Union. Stalin's policies of agricult…
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Ángel Maturino Reséndiz a.k.a. "The Railroad Killer", was a serial killer and rapist active in several U.S. states, all of which he entered through stowing away on trains. Reséndiz in Izúcar de Matamoros, Mexico in 1960 and was very physically small. His mother, Virginia Resendiz de Maturino, never married his father and frequently abused him physically. At the age of six he was sent to live with his maternal uncle, who raped him, and was also sexually assaulted by a local pedophile. At the age of eleven, he ran away from home and spent some time living on the street, where he took up glue sniffing. At the age of 16, he tried to enter Texas, but was deported. It became th…
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Arthur Shawcross was an American serial killer, also known as the Genesee River Killer in Rochester, New York. His parents dispute his claims that he was molested as a child, but it's clear that he was troubled. In 1972, he confessed to killing two children and went to prison. His records were sealed so he could settle in a new town without causing a panic. But from 1988 to 1990, Shawcross killed 11 women in upstate New York, earning the nickname "The Genessee River Killer." He died in prison. He was born on June 6, 1945, and died on November 10, 2008 while serving a life sentence for the murder of 11 women. From his birthplace of Kittery, Maine, his family moved to Wa…
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Bai Baoshan was a Chinese serial killer and robber who was executed for killing 15 people. Described in official dispatches as China’s most prolific serial killer to date, with 15 known victims, Bai Baoshan apparently committed his first murder in the early 1980’s, during a poorly planned holdup. Convicted of murder and robbery in that case, he served 13 years in prison and emerged with a brooding desire for revenge against society at large. His payback rampage began in March 1996, when he attacked a police sentry in Beijing and stole a semi-automatic weapon, later used to kill one person and wound 6 others ( including 4 patrolman ). Authorities believe he robbed and kill…
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Bela Kiss preyed on lonely women looking for love by placing ads in a Budapest newspaper, his ideal victim being a woman with lots of money and few personal connections. After murdering the women, he preserved the bodies in barrels that his landlord believed stored gasoline. There was only one male victim — a young artist with whom his wife had an affair. In 1932, an excited New York City detective named Henry Oswald said he was certain he had spotted one of the world's most wanted men strolling out of the subway at Times Square. Oswald tried to follow, but the man quickly vanished into the crowd. The detective was certain it was Bela Kiss, Hungary’s prince of love ’em…
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Belle Gunness was a physically strong woman and a Serial Killer reported to have murdered more than 40 people between 1884 and 1908 before disappearing without a trace. When she immigrated to the U.S. in 1881. A series of suspicious fires and deaths, mostly resulting in insurance awards, began. Belle also began posting notices in lovelorn columns to entice wealthy men to her farm, after which they were never seen again. Authorities eventually found the remains of over 40 victims on her property. Born Brynhild Paulsdatter Strseth on November 22, 1859 in Selbu, Norway. The daughter of a stonemason, Belle Gunness immigrated to America in 1881 in search of wealth. What fol…
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