Here's Everything That's Illegal To Say In The United States
Americans love talking about free speech. Or, more accurately, they love the idea of free speech ... even if they miss the fine print of the actual Constitution.
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This Is Why The Airport Forces You To Remove Your Laptop
If you've flown in the last 20 years, you'll no doubt recollect, you will have been reminded in monotonous tones and relentless cadence that laptops must be removed from bags.
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What Really Happened To Kitty Genovese?
For decades, the story of Kitty Genovese has served as a point of fascination to first-year sociology students, an example of the "bystander effect" to anyone cornered by said students at a party, and a finger-wagging expository homily to viewers of The Boondock Saints.
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Inside The Dupont De Ligonnes Murders: What Happened To The French Family?
Featured on Netflix's Unsolved Mysteries reboot, the Dupont de Ligonnès murder case has continued to shock and baffle people everywhere.
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The Strange Crime That Landed Elvis Presley's Dad In Prison
No question, Elvis Presley loved his family, and they loved him back. His dad Vernon was willing to do just about anything -- including criminal activity, in order to provide for his family.
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The Real Reason The Police Broke Up
Remember when the Beatles broke up? Well, it was a huge thing at the time, the end of an era, as well as a creative partnership that had entertained and inspired not only audiences but other musicians throughout most of the sixties. Fate took its own sweet time with the Police, too.
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The Truth About The 17-Year-Long Murder Spree That Terrorized Florence
Grisly murders of Italian lovers; mutilated body parts and mysterious letters -- this is the story of the Monster of Florence.
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The Darkest True Crime Documentaries On Netflix
Grab a spoon, and dare to sample two of the darkest, strangest, most dangerously binge-inducing true crime documentaries lurking on Netflix.
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The Truth About The Ming Dynasty's Secret Police
These various secret police forces would become some of the most dangerous and hated figures of their era.
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The Full Timeline Of How America's Police Became Militarized
The full timeline of how America's police became militarized deals with a lot of history that America would prefer not to remember in too much detail.
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The Real Difference Between Tear Gas And Pepper Spray
Tear gas and pepper spray are both "riot control agents." But what's the real difference between them?
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What Alternative Policing Looks Like In Countries Around The World
More people are being shot and killed by the police in the United States. Here's what alternative policing looks like in countries around the world.
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Why It Took So Long For Lynching To Become A Federal Crime
Lynching took a very long time to become a federal hate crime. That changed in March of 2022 when President Joe Biden signed it into federal law.
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Here's How Serial Killer Son Of Sam Was Finally Caught
After two years of letters and in-person visits with "Son of Sam" David Berkowitz, it became abundantly clear to author and criminologist Dr. Scott Bonn that Berkowitz "relished his evil celebrity status and that he enjoyed terrorizing the city of New York ...
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The Truth About Pepper Balls
Pepper Balls fall under what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) classifies as "Riot Control Agents." Sometimes they get lumped together and called the same thing, kind of the way facial tissue always gets called Kleenex, no matter what brand it is.
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The Truth About Rubber Bullets
Referred to as "kinetic impact projectiles," rubber bullets are composed of a metal core encased by a rubber shell (later changed to plastic to minimize injuries). But they still injure plenty of people.
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How Did Anonymous Really Start?
In May 2020, Anonymous reared its faceless head amid peaceful protests and riots over the countless instances in which officers in the U.S. have killed unarmed black people, usually with impunity or simply risking a slap on the wrist. How did this anonymous organization really start?
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John Wayne Gacy's Kids: What Happened To Michael And Christine Gacy?
Believe it or not, John Wayne Gacy had children!!! There may be nothing more terrifying than your dad being one of those killer clowns. What happened to them?
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The Truth About The Assassination Plot Against 50 Cent
50 Cent gained fame and admiration, turning the pages of his life into lyrics. But not everyone has loved 50 "like a fat kid love cake."
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What Life Is Really Like In White Collar Prison
Prison is prison. Loss of freedom is a psychic blow to a human being (just ask any teenager who's been grounded), but it's also true that some prisons are less restrictive than others, in part because the inmates aren't considered high risks. Such is the case for white collar prison.
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What The 19 Months Patty Hearst Was Kidnapped Were Like
The world was shocked when Patty Hearst was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army. This is what her next 19 months were like.
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The Truth About The Unabomber
For nearly two decades, Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, unleashed a reign of explosive terror on the United States. This is truth about the Unabomber.
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Here's What Really Happens During A Prison Cell Search
There are a lot of people with little freedom, subject to routine, unannounced searches. Here's what happens during those prison cell searches.
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Here's How People Actually Counterfeit Money
Counterfeiting cash is a crime that has been around as long as legitimate currency. Here's how people are attempting to do it today.
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What Life Is Really Like Under House Arrest
It feels like we're all on house arrest now, given our quasi-quarantine experience. But truthfully, our experience is not at all what it really feels to be placed under house arrest.
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The Truth About The Aldi Owner's Kidnapping
The Aldi supermarket chain boomed in Germany after WWII. Unfortunately, the store's origin story isn't as happy as its success might make it seem. As business boomed, danger loomed, and in 1971 that danger abducted Theo Albrecht. Here's the truth about the Aldi owner's kidnapping.
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The Real Difference Between The FBI And CIA
America's national-level security forces are compartmentalized, and some of them are quite secret indeed.
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