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Murder Made Me Famous spotlights ‘The Dating Game Killer’ Rodney Alcala

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The Dating Game Killer' Rodney Alcala
This week Murder Made Me Famous spotlights serial killer and rapist Rodney Alcala, who became infamous after appearing on TV show The Dating Game in the middle of his murder spree. Rodney Alcala was born in Texas, 1951, and at 17 he joined the army, though he went AWOL four years later in what was described as a nervous breakdown and was later discharged. His first recorded crime was in 1968 when a driver reported him for luring an 8-year-old girl into his apartment. When police arrived they found the girl, Tali Shapiro, alive, but she’d been raped and beaten. Alcala...read more

Killer Women with Piers Morgan talks to love rival killer Sheila Davalloo

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Sheila Davalloo
This week on Killer Women with Piers Morgan features Sheila Davalloo, who murdered her love rival and tried to kill her husband during a sex game. In March 2003 the pair were engaged in some sex games involving blindfolds and handcuffs when she started stabbing him. She claimed it was an accident and even drove him to the hospital, but there she attacked him again and he tried to fight her off. Christos survived the attack but only after he had open heart surgery! This was when the case became even stranger, as a detective noticed the last call she made on...read more

Berlin Station exclusive: Daniel and Esther cook up a deal in the kitchen

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On tonight’s heart-stopping edition of Berlin Station, we see Daniel Miller (Richard Armitage) and Esther Krug (Mina Tander) cooking up more than a snack in the kitchen. Our exclusive clip reveals their relationship has progressed to an intimate level. The episode is aptly titled Right and Wrong, as April (Keke Palmer) is experiencing flashbacks and is on the fence about revealing to Robert (Leland Orser) about Hector’s (Rhys Ifans) true mission, all while Daniel is working quietly to ensure that Hector gets safe passage from the city with help from his peer and now lover, Esther. No spoilers from us,...read more

George Michael’s controversial life and death on How It Really Happened with Hill Harper

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George Michael’s life was a series of ups and downs, highs and lows — which are all explored this week on How it Really Happened with Hill Harper. The singer suffered when his 1998 Beverly Hills public restroom scandal made headlines. And the episode will recount how he went from being an international superstar all over the world in massive venues for the 1988 sold-out Faith tour, to his mysterious and tragic end on Christmas Eve 2016 which stunned his legions of fans. To this day, there are unanswered questions on exactly why and what killed him despite him having...read more

Archaeologist advises dig be stopped on The Curse of Oak Island after ‘artifact’ found

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Laird Niven on The Curse of Oak Island
A dig on The Curse of Oak Island is brought to a halt by an archaeologist in a new sneak peek for Season 5 Episode 3 — after what appears to be a significant discovery. Laird Niven, an archaeologist who has previously worked with Rick and Marty Lagina and the team on the series, is shown telling Marty as he uproots trees using an excavator: “I think we have to stop.” It comes after Laird appears to see something in the ground that is being dug up. Marty, who is at the controls of the excavator, asks him: “You strongly suspect...read more

Dixie Mafia murder of Judge Vincent Sherry and his wife took a decade to solve

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Judge Vincent Sherry and Margaret Sherry
This week The 1980s: The Deadliest Decade examines the high profile murder of Judge Vincent Sherry and his councilwoman wife Margaret Sherry. Biloxi, Miss. in 1987 and the prominent couple were found dead in their own home, each of them had been shot four times in the head. The execution-like manner of their murder and the lack of any signs of a break-in led police to think it was a gangland hit and although their leads did indeed go down that path, they soon met a wall of silence. The case soon went cold and in 1989 the Sherry’s family hired Rex...read more

Sneak peek at The Curse of Oak Island Season 5 Episode 3 airs tonight

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Marty Lagina on The Curse of Oak Island Season 5 Episode 3
A sneak peek at the next episode of The Curse of Oak Island airs tonight on History — offering a first proper glimpse at what’s to come. Season 5 Episode 3 is titled ‘Obstruction’ and sees the team uncover “hard evidence” — thought to be a coin — of a European presence on the island more than 100 years before the Money Pit was discovered. According to the episode description, it also sees “alarming news” threaten to shut down the whole treasure-hunting operation. We told earlier today how a short trailer for the episode shows archaeologist Laird Niven — who has previously...read more

Templars and ‘slamming can’: Curse of Oak Island Season 5 clues from the Drilling Down episode

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Marty Lagina and Matty Blake
SPOILER ALERT! For those who haven’t seen it yet, the Drilling Down episode of The Curse of Oak Island included A LOT of juicy information about what’s to come this season. The episode, hosted by Matty Blake, saw him interview various members of the team and try to get them to spill the beans about what gets discovered in the episodes to come. It also included footage of the dramatic moment the team started sinking a huge 60in caisson down into what they believe is the original Money Pit. Filming for the Drilling Down episode is understood to have taken...read more

Investigation Discovery to air Scott Peterson: An American Murder Mystery

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The poster for Scott Peterson: An American Murder Mystery
Investigation Discovery are to air a new documentary later this month, Scott Peterson: An American Murder Mystery. The new two-hour special promises to reveal “the monster behind the disappearance of Laci Peterson”. It follows events from the pregnant 27-year-old’s disappearance on Christmas Eve 2002. The hunt for Laci and her unborn son Conner in Modesto, California, captured the nation’s attention as the events unfolded. The new special then looks at how her husband Scott gave his version of events to police of what happened that fateful day — but they don’t add up, and it emerged he was living a...read more

Long Island Medium’s Theresa Caputo performs reading from cryogenic freezing chamber!

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Theresa Capute on Long Island Medium
This week on Long Island Medium, Theresa Caputo reads for Barbara Corcoran from Shark Tank, performs a reading from a cryo chamber and she also channels an accident victim for the police officer who tried to save him. Theresa is never shy of a challenge and this one is no exception, as she is asked to try out a cryogenic freezing chamber. There are supposed to be health benefits to using the chambers but Theresa does not look too convinced, especially when the liquid nitrogen starts to flow and brings the temperature right down. However, she does start to ask one...read more

Kurt Busch takes on Joey Logano in epic race for Fast N’ Loud season finale

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NASCAR stars Kurt Busch and Joey Logano face off in an epic showdown on the season finale of Fast N’ Loud. The two-hour special sees the pair race against each other, with Busch in a ’72 Pantera custom built by Fast N’ Loud’s Richard Rawlings and his Gas Monkey Garage Team, and Logano in a Factory 5 Shelby Daytona. Previews before the finale suggested the Gas Monkey crew were hoping to get around 550hp from their build, while Logano would only let slip that he was pushing “500-ish”. You can see Logano’s incredible car — and the trepidation it puts...read more

Who is Gary Drayton? Get to know The Curse of Oak Island’s metal-detecting ‘ninja’

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Gary Drayton close-up and using a metal-detector
Gary Drayton is one of most endearing members of The Curse of Oak Island team, with his constant stream of fascinating discoveries and the promise that we’ll one day get to see his “gold dance” on the show. But what is his background, and how did he become such a big name among the metal-detecting community? Gary has been lending his skills to the search for treasure on The Curse of Oak Island since 2014, but his fascination with all things hidden began many years ago when he was a young man growing up in the English seaside town of...read more

Truck stop killer Bruce Mendenhall is spotlighted on Grave Secrets

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Bruce Mendenhall
This week Grave Secrets spotlights the crimes and possible crimes committed by Bruce Mendenhall, a truck driver who murdered Sara Hulbert and is accused of several more killings. June 25, 2007 and 25-year-old prostitute Sara Hulbert went missing after getting high with friends and taking a lift from a truck at the nearby stop. Her body was found at another Nashville truck stop, she’d been sexually assaulted and shot in the head. Police viewed CCTV footage from the truck stop where she was last seen and in a lucky break one of the detectives recognised the truck they were interested at another stop....read more

Exclusive: Watch the Beat Bugs sing ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ by the Beatles in new Netflix special

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Family-friendly viewing can’t be beaten by The Beat Bugs! These adorable characters always stick together, no matter what befalls them. Our exclusive clip shows a preview of Netflix’s new animated special of the hit kids’ series, with the Beat Bugs in a bit of a soggy jam. They have managed to get out of their garden to attend a fancy talent show, but calamity strikes as their travels are diverted by a torrent of water sweeping them into a sewer system. Josh Wakely’s Emmy award-winning series debuted its first two seasons on Netflix in 2016. The new special —Beat Bugs:...read more

Linda Jozovich’s murder in Santa Cruz Mountains took almost 28 years to solve

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Terry Childs mugshot
This week Dead Silent examines a cold case that took nearly 28 year to solve, as detectives hunted first for the body and then the killer of teenager Linda Jozovich. Santa Clara in November 1979 and 19-year-old Linda Jozovich took a break from her sales job at Mervyn’s department store, she was never seen alive again. For over 15 years no sign of Jozovich was found and her family really thought that they would never find out what happened to her. Then in 1995 a hiker found some remains near the Lexington Reservoir in the Santa Cruz Mountains. A search turned...read more

Married at First Sight Season 6: What date will series return?

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Sheila Downs and Nate Duhon from Married at First Sight
The premiere date for the new season of Married at First Sight — which will take place in the Boston area — has just been revealed. Like previous seasons, the show will see six singles matched into couples as they meet for the first time as they tie the knot. It will then follow them on their honeymoon, moving in together, and then trying to make their marriage work as they get back to day-to-day life. What is the premiere date for Married at First Sight Season 6? The premiere date for Married at First Sight Season 6 is Tuesday,...read more

Benjamin Crump and team of experts ask: Who Killed Tupac Shakur?

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Who Killed Tupac Shakur?
Civil Rights Attorney, Benjamin Crump investigates the murder ofthe  best-selling rapper in A&E’s Who Killed Tupac? September 7, 1996, and the East Harlem native was in Las Vegas for the the boxing fight between Crace Seldon and Mike Tyson. Having watched the match Shakur and his entourage were involved in a fight with alleged Crips gang member Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson. After the fight ended Tupac and his friends headed to Club 662, but on the way they were stopped by police for not having any licence plates and playing their car stereos too loud. They were released without charge but...read more

Emotional reunion and cryptic discovery in new Curse of Oak Island episodes

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Rick Lagina in the swamp in a promotional photo for The Curse of Oak Island Season 5
Spoiler alert! This article contains descriptions for later episodes of The Curse of Oak Island. A member of the legendary Restall family experiences an emotional reunion following the discovery of a long-lost artifact on next week’s episode of The Curse of Oak Island, according to episode descriptions released by History. The same episode, Season 5 Episode 4, also sees “danger strike” after a possible void is hit as the team drill down into the Money Pit area. Meanwhile, the following week, Season 5 Episode 5 sees a “cryptic discovery at uncharted depths” and an old document being discovered which provides...read more

The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer discovers cipher may have been created by member of the military

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Stills from The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer on History
On tonight’s chilling episode of The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer, “The Military Connection” sees new evidence uncovered that may lead to the killer. Retired LAPD homicide detective Sal LaBarbera and former FBI task force member, Marine Corps vet, and cold case detective Ken Mains discover clues and indicators that reveal the Zodiac Killer may have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. They use a supercomputer which picks up strange symbols in the killer’s code that only a military person or someone who had access to classified military documents would have known. Zodiac was the name assigned to a murderer...read more

Who is archaeologist Laird Niven on The Curse of Oak Island?

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Laird Niven
The latest episode of The Curse of Oak Island sees archaeologist Laird Niven return to the show as the team continue their treasure-hunting exploits. Niven previously featured on the series back in Season 4, including when he was called upon in Episode 2 to examine the mysterious “hatch” that was found. Laird is one of Nova Scotia’s leading archaeologists and has been involved in a string of interesting digs over the years, appearing in the news several times in the past when projects he’s been working on have unearthed something of note. Back in 2011 he was involved in a dig...read more
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