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On Sunday, August 10, 1969, the film actress Sharon Tate, wife of director Roman Polanski, and four others, including hair stylist to the stars Jay Sebring, were found brutally murdered at the home Tate shared with her husband in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. That same night, a grocery supermarket chain owner and his wife met a similar fate in their home in Los Feliz, a residential neighborhood in the greater Hollywood area. Initially, there was no clear connection between these murders and the ones the night before, other than the sheer randomness and horror of both. News ...

With the seconds ticking down on the clock, the 1981 Mercer Island High School Boys' Basketball team appeared poised to win their first state championship after seven previous attempts. As the final buzzer rang out, their opponent threw up a last-second shot that was initially waved off, then counted. A melee in the middle of the court ensued as the scoreboard was changed and Shadle Park, not Mercer Island, were declared the '81 state champs. After a long and bitter dispute with the Washington Interscholastic Athletic Association ending in a decision not to hear an appeal of the game from ...

A new kind of fear swept over Southern California in the summer of 1985, shattering the otherwise idylic lifestyle of the millions who called the sprawling metropolis home. Seemingly without reason, residents began getting attacked in their homes at random by a man entering through unlocked doors and windows at night. Once inside, he enacted a level of violence on his victims only seen in horror movies. The attacks continued throughout the summer, escalating as temperatures swelled. Law-abiding citizens became prisoners in their own homes, locking themselves in despite the oppressive heat ...

Sunday, August 10, 1969. Los Angeles awakes to news that five innocent people have been savagely murdered at an estate in upscale Bel Air, home to celebrities and entertainment figures from the world of film, television and music. Details are sparse, but early reports suggested an unusual “ritualistic” killing. The very same night, a grocery supermarket chain owner and his wife meet a similar fate in their home in Los Feliz, a residential neighborhood in the greater Hollywood area. Initially, there is no clear connection between these murders and the ones the night before, other than ...

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