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NOLA Mayor Mitch Landrieu: Get to know tonight’s top guest on Real Time with Bill Maher

March 23, 2018, 9:12 am
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Tonight on Real Time with Bill Maher, the top-of-the-show interview is Mitch Landrieu, the controversial mayor of New Orleans who struck down the Confederate war hero statues in the city. The four Confederate monuments — Gens. Robert E. Lee and P. G. T. Beauregard, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, and the Battle of Liberty Place monument — were removed from prominent locations. Landrieu chronicles the path he took toward removing the monuments in his new book In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History. Who is Mitch Landrieu? Landrieu is a native of the Broadmoor neighborhood of New Orleans and […]

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Franklin Delano Floyd’s terrible crimes profiled on Pandora’s Box: Unleashing Evil

March 24, 2018, 7:44 am
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Franklin Delano Floyd
Pandora’s Box: Unleashing Evil examines the many twisted crimes of kidnapper, child abuser, sexual predator and murderer Franklin Delano Floyd. Floyd had been in and out of prison for years and indeed had been on the run for 17 years after he failed to turn up at court whilst on a bond. It was this fugitive status that led him to use the name Clarence Hughes and he’d eventually marry a young woman called Tonya and claimed to have a son with her, Michael Anthony Hughes. She died aged just 20 after a hit and run in Oklahoma City, leaving behind […]

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Serial killer Lowell ‘Ed’ Amos profiled on Pandora’s Box: Unleashing Evil

March 24, 2018, 9:01 am
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Lowell Edwin Amos
Serial killer Lowell ‘Ed’ Amos is profiled on the ‘Married to Death’ episode of Pandora’s Box: Unleashing Evil on Investigation Discovery. Lowell was found guilty in 1996 of murdering his third wife Roberta “Bobbe” Mowery Amos. But his two other wives as well as his mother all died in suspicious circumstances. Bobbe’s death came the night after the couple went to a wild Christmas party at the Atheneum Hotel in Detroit, Michigan, in December 1994. He claimed she had been taking cocaine before they went to sleep, with her taking the drug “inside” her body rather than snorting it, and […]

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Carol Kopenkoskey who murdered husband of nearly 40 years spotlighted on Diabolical

March 24, 2018, 4:19 pm
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This week on Diabolical, the case of high-school sweethearts Lyle and Carol Kopenskey whose 40-year marriage ended in cold blooded murder. Petoskey, MI, and the Kopenskeys had been sweet on each other at high-school and had married soon after they graduated. Their marriage seemed to stand the test of time and after 39 years together they were still husband and wife. However, on morning of Oct. 2, 2012, Carol drove Lyle out to an isolated road near Resort Township where she had him get into a ditch where she shot him four times, still alive he then pleaded for his life before she shot […]

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Halloween night ‘Cain and Abel’ murder of Mark family in Cedar Falls spotlighted

March 24, 2018, 5:13 pm
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Jerry Mark Cain and Abel murders
This week A Crime to Remember examines the brutal and shocking murder of Leslie Mark, his wife and their two kids…all carried out by his own brother. Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa, on November 1, 1975, and 25-year-old Les, his 25-year-old wife Jorjean, their 5-year-old daughter Julie and their 2-year-old son Jeff are all shot dead in their sleep. Their bodies were discovered soon after by Les’s mother Dorothy Mark.  An examination revealed that Les had been shot five times, four in the head and one in the stomach. His wife was shot four times in different parts of […]

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Kurt Cobain’s heroin use and suicide focus of It Happened Here

March 24, 2018, 6:01 pm
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Kurt Cobain as a child with drums
This week It Happened Here spotlights Nirvana front-man Kurt Cobain’s tragic drug addiction and untimely death at his own hands. Cobain was born in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1967 and showed an interest in music from an early age. At two he was singing little songs and by four he’d started to learn piano and, according to some of his family, had even written a few songs. He also had a talent for drawing and both of these artistic traits were nurtured by his extended family, several of who were artists or musicians. However, his fairly idyllic family life was shattered […]

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Trust on FX: The cast of characters and what you need to know

March 25, 2018, 6:09 am
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The long-awaited dramatized retelling of J. Paul Getty III’s 1973 kidnapping takes place on FX series Trust. What happened when one, if not THE richest men in the world, decided he would not pay his grandson’s ransom? You get frustrated kidnappers who slice an ear off the victim in hopes the family will take it all seriously. Problem was, the ones with money took their time. The man in question, oil tycoon Jean “J.” Paul Getty, played magnificently by Donald Sutherland, is depicted on Trust in decayed and decadent excess. He is downright cheap regarding petty things like paying for […]

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Naked and Afraid couple’s terror at night-time encounter with predator

March 25, 2018, 8:05 am
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On the latest Naked and Afraid, survivalist Gabrielle Balassone is paired up with a man named Brian — who appears less versed in survivalist training than she is. In Monsters and Critics’ exclusive clip above, Brian is tasked with making a fire to keep away biting insects and nocturnal predators…but it doesn’t go as planned. The extreme survival show sees contestants left out in the wilderness with no food, shelter or even clothes. In the snake-filled Mississippi swamps, Gabrielle, a former fan survivalist, takes on the 21-day challenge as she and Brian must beat back deadly snakes, blood-sucking mosquitos, and […]

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Golden State Killer’s chilling methods profiled on HLN’s Unmasking A Killer

March 25, 2018, 8:40 am
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A sketch of the Golden State Killer's eyes as seen through the holes of a mask
How does one get away with 51 attacks and 12 murders while carrying out attacks inside people’s very own homes? Tonight enter the creepy, sadistic world of one of the worst American serial killers of all time – the Golden State Killer – with the second episode of HLN documentary series, Unmasking A Killer. The self-preservation and frightening evolution of the Golden State Killer set him apart from other offenders. The scariest thing about this killer’s Modus Operandi? The adaptive hunting skills that took him from committing rape to cold-blooded murder. Also the fact he has never been caught. Starting […]

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‘Tourniquet Killer’ Anthony Allen Shore subject of Evil Lives Here

March 25, 2018, 2:29 pm
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'Tourniquet Killer' Anthony Allen Shore
This week Evil Lives Here examines the case of serial killer and rapist Anthony Allen Shore Shore was married to Gina Lynn Worley in 1983 and the couple had two daughters, Tiffany and Amber. His marriage to Worley broke down and the pair divorced, with Shore being given custody of the two girls. In 1997 married Amy Lynch, but the pair also divorced following accusations of abuse. Soon after that charges of child molestation were brought against Shore in respect of his own daughters and it was these charges that unlocked the true horror of his crimes. The subsequent investigation led […]

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Drake Milligan: All you need to know about American Idol’s Elvis Presley lookalike

March 26, 2018, 4:31 am
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Drake Milligan on American Idol
Drake Milligan from American Idol grew up idolising Elvis Presley — which is handy, because he even looks like him! So much so that Milligan — who performed a cover of George Strait’s You Look So Good In Love during his audition — even played The King on CMT’s series Sun Records. However, the judges on American Idol revealed how they were thankful that while singing on the show he DIDN’T try to sound like the legendary entertainer. Milligan, 19, is from Fort Worth, TX, and started out in the acting game in 2014, when he appeared — again as Elvis — in […]

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Sante and Kenny Kimes’ horrific crimes profiled on Vanity Fair Confidential

March 26, 2018, 12:06 pm
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Sante Kimes
The callous and horrific crimes of Sante and Kenneth “Kenny” Kimes, including their murder of wealthy socialite Irene Silverman, are profiled in all their tragic detail on this week’s episode of true crime series Vanity Fair Confidential. Sante and her son were recent tenants of 82-year-old Silverman when she vanished from her $10million mansion on NYC’s Upper East Side in June 1998. But when detectives looked into the Kimes’ past, they uncovered a long history of grifting and fleecing others out of their money and real estate. The pair killed Silverman after plotting to impersonate her and take ownership of her […]

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Who is Jaclyn Lovey from The Voice? Get to know the talented singer-songwriter

March 26, 2018, 1:00 pm
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Simple sweet and low key, Jaclyn Lovey impressed the judges on The Voice during her blind audition with her stripped down version of Elvis Presley’s classic song, “Can’t Help Falling in Love”. Ahead of her performance on the Battle Rounds, we looked at her backstory and how she ended up having such an amazing voice so young. Most impressed during the blind auditions was judge Blake Shelton who said: “Literally for the first time in my life…I pictured myself while you were singing, me riding a unicorn and holding a Care Bear…and even though there’s a vocalist in this competition […]

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Rebecca Simpson was caught on video trying to hire a hit man – Cold Hearted investigates

March 26, 2018, 6:16 pm
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Rebecca Simpson
This week Cold Hearted examines the case of Rebecca Simpson, who seemed to have everything but whose obsession for a man other than her husband led her down a dark path. Bridgeport, Texas, and Rebecca Simpson had seemed to be happily married to wealthy attorney Ross Simpson for many years, but she had been seeking excitement outside their marriage and it eventually led to trouble. Simpson began an affair with Danny Watts in 1999, when he was working as her personal trainer. The relationship continued until 2004, even though the fitness club owner had gotten married to Shemane Watts the year before. […]

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Manling Williams slashed her husband Neal 90 times with Samurai sword and smothered young sons

March 27, 2018, 6:45 am
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Neal Williams pictured with his two sons in garden
American Monster examines the case of Manling Tsang Williams who murdered her husband and their two young sons. Neal Williams was a house husband and indulged his hobby of collecting swords whilst his wife Manling was the main bread winner. Manling claimed she came home in Rowland Heights, California, around 7.30 a.m. on August 7, 2007, from shopping to find her husband and kids dead. According to reports from neighbors, Manling ran from the house screaming that her husband was injured. When police arrived they found 27-year-old Williams stabbed to death and even more tragically the couple’s two sons Devon (7) and […]

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Were 280 gold bars hidden in a cave in Utah? The Curse of Civil War Gold team search desert

March 27, 2018, 8:45 am
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The Curse of Civil War Gold team in the Utah desert
The team behind new History show The Curse of Civil War Gold hunt for a cave on this week’s episode — which was once believed to have been used to hide 280 gold bars. Last week’s episode saw treasure-hunter Kevin Dykstra and his team explore the history of lumber tycoon turned banker Charles Hackley in Muskegon, Michigan — who they believe played a huge role in laundering looted Confederate gold — and this week they examine his mining operations in Utah. Dykstra believes Hackley smuggled the gold to the state by rail so he and others could make it look […]

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Exclusive preview: Sarah weighed 200 lbs. at 8-years-old on My 600-lb Life

March 28, 2018, 10:43 am
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Imagine you hit the scales at 200 pounds before your tenth birthday? Tonight, on My 600-lb Life on TLC we meet a young woman, Sarah, who skyrocketed in weight due to compulsive overeating. She lays the blame for this behavior on her chaotic childhood and alcoholic father. But even after her dad was out of the picture, she continued to compulsively eat on the sly and when no one was around. She admits to becoming a masterful food sneak in our exclusive clip. This behavior understandably upset her other who tried to prevent her midnight food raids. Sarah’s weight problems […]

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Watch Little Women: LA exclusive clip as newly single Tonya celebrates with whipped cream!

March 28, 2018, 1:17 pm
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This week on Little Women: LA, Tonya is celebrating being single again and the ladies decide to mark the occasion by getting a little bit wild! The women head out for some drinks where they end up on top of the bar Coyote Ugly style and then the whipped cream comes out! It goes in mouths, on faces and just about everywhere else. At one point two of the women simulate a sex act with the cream, though it’s all done in good fun and the other bar patrons seem to think it is hysterical. However, Elena is unimpressed and […]

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Ancient Aliens Season 13: What date will show return in 2018?

March 29, 2018, 6:21 am
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Giorgio A. Tsoukalos on Ancient Aliens
Ancient Aliens Season 13 can’t come soon enough for fans of the show — but when is the air date likely to be? Here’s everything we know so far. For the past eight years the off-beat History series has been important television viewing for those who like out-of-the-ordinary theories about the universe and its origins. From Hindu god Shiva possibly being an extraterrestrial to the possibility that aliens helped the ancient Egyptians build things like the pyramids, the show has it all. Indeed, with the craziness that surrounds the world today, the possibility that we could in fact be living in the […]

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The Last Alaskans Season 4: What date will show return in 2018?

March 29, 2018, 7:02 am
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Bob Harte on The Last Alaskans
Fans have been questioning whether there will be a Season 4 of The Last Alaskans in 2018 following the tragic passing of star Bob Harte last year. It was initially thought the show may not return to air after the death of the fan favorite following a battle with cancer, however sources now say it will. The show first aired back in May 2015 and has aired every year since then around the same time, with eight episodes in the first two seasons and 10 last year in Season 3. Season 1 began on May 25, 2015, Season 2 began on April […]

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