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A Poltergeist Curse?

Shortly after filming wrapped on Poltergeist (1982), Dominique Dunn, who played Dana Freeling in the film, was murdered by...

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Sensational trial of Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon

The second Ku Klux Klan collapsed partly as a result of the backlash against their actions and partly as a result of a...

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The most absurd laws in Britain

Dying in parliament is an offence and is also by far the most absurd law in Britain, according to a 2007 poll of 3,931...

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Trivia about Crime, Popes and Trials

After his death (at age 80) in 896, Pope Formosus`s body was dug up and tried for various crimes.

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Trivia about Dummies, Ruses and Confessions

Police in Radnor, Pennsylvania, interrogated a suspect by placing a metal colander on his head and connecting it with...

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Restricting police gun use reduces shootings

In the early eighties, [Miami Chief of Police Joh

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Trivia about Guns, Dummies and Forgetfulness

A Modesto man named Steven Richard King was once arrested for trying to hold up a Bank of America branch without a weapon.

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How to improve security lighting

Much so-called security lighting is designed with little thought for how eyes—or criminals—opera

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Barbecue at a German Zoo

In 2002, two zookeepers in Recklinghausen, Germany, were suspended and put under investigation for eating the zoo`s animals.

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Groping dentist's novel excuse

In2007, California dentist Mark Anderson, accused of fondling the breasts of 27 female patients, attempted to keep his...

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