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In 1997, 16-year-old Luke Woodham murdered three people and wounded seven in a short crime spree that began at home and ended at Pearl High School in Pearl, Mississippi. His small Mississippi town soon found itself in the grip of the Satanic Panic. It wasn’t long before rumors were flying about Woodham’s friend, 18-year-old Grant Boyette and his supposed satanic cult, The Kroth.

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https://www.ms.gov/mdoc/inmate/Search/PrintDetails/R4682

https://www.wlbt.com/2021/06/17/making-mississippi-school-shooter/

https://time.com/archive/6731664/mississippi-gothic/

https://www.edweek.org/leadership/six-charged-as-conspirators-in-miss-high-school-slayings/1997/10

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-oct-15-mn-42915-story.html

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1997/oct/15/teen-led-satanic-cult-that-plotted-murders/

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2016/05/25/luke-woodham-wants-parole/32625191/

https://www.ncsl.org/civil-and-criminal-justice/juvenile-life-without-parole

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ms-supreme-court/1378466.html

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep543/usrep543551/usrep543551.pdf

https://criminal-justice.iresearchnet.com/types-of-crime/school-violence/luke-woodham/

https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/biases-and-vulnerabilities/juveniles/executions-of-juveniles-since-1976

https://www.wlbt.com/video/2019/02/18/luke-woodham-makes-initial-court-appearance/

https://www.justinsledge.com/faq

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgmPQGWn8pI

https://www.deseret.com/2000/2/11/19490370/man-sentenced-in-school-deaths/

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1998/05/12/Accused-Miss-shooting-mastermind-free/3375894945600/

https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/nation-world/1997/10/12/death-satanism-talk-all-around/50591395007/

https://www.cnn.com/US/9806/04/woodham.trial.pm/

https://time.com/archive/6733068/of-arms-and-the-boy/

https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1997/10/15/teen-accused-of-leading-deadly-satanic-cult/

https://mndaily.com/uncategorized/judge-drops-conspiracy-charges-mississippi-school-shooting-cases/07/23/1998/snoadmin/

https://www.pewresearch.org/2006/09/13/the-devils-new-playground-the-shopping-mall/

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In July 2020, 18-year-old Paycin Kritlow was celebrating his high school graduation with his lifelong friends when he died at the hands of someone he’d never have expected.

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https://www.wcpo.com/news/region-indiana/dearborn-county/dearborn-co-community-rallies-for-teen-murdered-day-after-he-graduated-high-school

https://www.fox19.com/2021/11/02/indiana-man-sentenced-killing-sons-friend-graduation-party/

https://news4sanantonio.com/news/nation-world/dearborn-county-man-accused-of-murdering-teen-at-graduation-party-after-rape-allegation

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/william-baker-sentenced-to-55-years-for-killing-paycin-kritlow

https://www.eaglecountryonline.com/news/local-news/billy-baker-sentenced-to-55-years-in-prison-for-murder-of-sd-grad/

https://www.eaglecountryonline.com/news/local-news/dillsboro-man-facing-murder-charge-after-shooting-death-of-sd-grad/

https://www.youngfamilyfuneralhomes.com/obituaries/Paycin-Kane-Kritlow?obId=27884788

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Over 14 years, a depraved madman preyed on the women of Baiyin, China. After 11 murders, the killer suddenly stopped, and investigators feared that they’d never find him. But science is always advancing, and genetic genealogy would break the case wide open.

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https://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2016/09/19/417290.html

https://www.bjnews.com.cn/detail/155152746214699.html

https://www.bjnews.com.cn/detail/155152746814730.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-46743882

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43596549

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37211650

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2010590/revealed-quiet-dutiful-son-who-became-one-chinas-most-notorious

https://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016-08/29/content_26622076.htm

https://web.archive.org/web/20170429204951/http://www.sino-us.com/10/19250093346.html

https://www.news.com.au/world/asia/jack-the-ripper-of-china-wife-of-accused-serial-killer-gao-chengyong-cant-accept-murders/news-story/fd25f57c443d947712b19c1469545a6a

https://www.news.com.au/world/asia/gao-chengyong-aka-chinese-jack-the-ripper-confesses-to-grisly-rape-murder-spree/news-story/a653ced295be24f66a2fd008ec07a20d

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-03/chinas-gao-chengyong-jack-the-ripper-executed/10683752

https://www.historicmysteries.com/major-crimes/gao-chengyong-jack-ripper-china/6370/

https://www.wral.com/story/-vicious-killer-of-11-women-gets-death-penalty-in-china/17454318/

http://www.china.org.cn/china/2018-03/31/content_50782789.htm

https://newrepublic.com/article/150576/30-year-manhunt-chinas-elusive-serial-killer

https://newrepublic.com/article/150576/30-year-manhunt-chinas-elusive-serial-killer

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In October 2020, Cynthia Capps and her husband Jorge Gonzalez were renting out their extra rooms to make ends meet during the pandemic. One evening, Cindy seemingly disappeared while Jorge was in the shower. When Jorge found a blood spot on their kitchen floor, he feared the worst.

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https://people.com/police-found-womans-remains-in-toolbox-killer-sentenced-to-life-11916782

https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/crime/man-found-guilty-of-2020-virginia-beach-murder-hagen-roberts-cynthia-capps/291-29a66324-1089-4961-89c3-6560ebc9251f

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16-year-old Britney Ujlaky was a cowgirl with big goals for her future. She seemed unstoppable, but one of her most trusted friends was a snake in the grass.

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“Open Desert.” Dateline NBC. Season 32, Episode 18. Aired 7 December 2023.

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*The most bananas case I’ve covered* In 1999, the tiny town of Butler, Alabama, made national headlines when three intellectually disabled defendants were accused of killing a baby that never existed. What started out as a lie told by Victoria Banks to get a lower bail quickly spiraled, landing her estranged husband, Medell Banks, Jr., and her sister, Diane Tucker, in handcuffs alongside her.

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https://exonerationregistry.org/cases/10246

http://www.justicedenied.org/choctawthree.htm

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jul-07-adna-justice7-story.html

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In 1877, German immigrants John and Gretchen Kintzler lived in a messy log cabin in Troxelville, Pennsylvania. On Sundays, John told fortunes at their kitchen table, so the couple had more money than their humble home suggested. Then, on December 8, 1877, a fire erupted in the Kintzler cabin, and the townsfolk soon realized that they had a brutal murder to solve.

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In 2012 Barbara Latiolas hired a local teenager to mow her lawn. That decision led to a pair of killers hiding in her crawl space, waiting for the perfect time to strike.

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https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/teen-convicted-in-2012-strangulation-murder-of-castro-valley-woman/

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/killer-gets-life-with-no-parole-for-castro-valley-womans-murder-committed-4-months-after-hs-graduation/

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/life-sentence-castro-valley-murder/

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/hayward-man-to-represent-himself-in-castro-valley-murder-trial/

https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/07/08/defense-for-teen-killer-focuses-on-sad-childhood/

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/arrest-made-in-beating-death-of-woman-found-in-burning-castro-valley-home/

https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/31/us/shakespeare-in-prison