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Gerard John “GJ” Schaefer’s wrote horrifying true-crime fiction—and his “fictional” writing helped convict him of murder. He was convicted of two murders, suspected by authorities of more than two dozen, and frequently boasted that his death toll was higher than eighty—all of them women.

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It’s January of 1989. Detective Robert Keppel and convicted murderer Ted Bundy sit across from each other in a small space with a tape recorder.

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Everyone’s been in a creepy situation at least once in their life, but how many of us can say that we’ve quite literally stumbled into a serial killer’s secret lair?

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Jeffrey Dahmer… towards the end right before he got caught, had so many bodies in his apartment that he ran out of room and stored one victim in his bathtub. He proceeded to shower over him everyday for a month!

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Despite the fact that she appeared perfectly healthy, Mary Mallon would spread the bacterium that causes typhoid fever to dozens and possibly thousands of people, killing at least three and possibly more than fifty. The nickname the press gave her—”Typhoid Mary”—would become a metaphor for anyone who knowingly spreads disease or suffering.

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Jeffrey Dahmer… towards the end right before he got caught, had so many bodies in his apartment that he ran out of room and stored one victim in his bathtub. He proceeded to shower over him everyday for a month!

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She placed her hands on her hips, posing while the blood dripped down her ivory lace dress. She was proud of herself.

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Is the Zodiac Killer just a sham?

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“I didn’t kill the babies; the voices in my head did.”

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He had rigged a mobile torture chamber in the back of his semi and cruised the highways looking for victims.