Out of the nearly 3,500 Medal of Honor recipients, only one was a woman. Dr. Mary Walker was an American abolitionist, prohibitionist, prisoner of war, and surgeon.
Author: Emily Thompson
The Missing Beauty Queen – Tammy Lynn Leppert
Tammy Lynn Leppert was an actress and model from Rockledge, Florida. On 6 July, 1983, she vanished in Cocoa Beach, Florida, after having an argument with a male friend. She has never been found.
The Incan Child Sacrifices
More than 500 years ago, three children climbed up the Llullaillaco volcano on the border of Argentina and Chile and never came back down. They were the probable victims of human sacrifice.
One Week of Sadism – The Murder of Suzanne Capper
Suzanne Capper, 16, suffered from a week of torture before being set on fire by a group of people she considered her friends.
Killed for Being in the Way – The Karissa Boudreau Murder
Penny Boudreau murdered her 12-year-old daughter, Karissa, because she believed it would save her relationship with her boyfriend.
Grundy County Jane Doe
On the 2nd of October, 1976, the body of a young woman was found in ditch along U.S. Route 6, around 1.4 miles east of the LaSelle County line in Illinois. She had been shot once in the back of the head.
The Truman Show Delusion
The Truman Show Delusion is a delusion that afflicts people who are convinced that every waking moment of their life is being filmed for a secret reality show with themselves as the unwitting star.
Book Review – “A Serial Killer’s Daughter: My Story of Faith, Love, and Overcoming”
Kerri Rawson’s world came crashing down around her when she discovered that her beloved father – Dennis Rader – was the “BTK” serial killer.
The Disappearance of Nyleen Marshall
On the 25th of June, 1983, Nyleen Marhsall, 4, disappeared while in the Elkhorn Mountains near Helena, Montana. Witnesses saw her speaking with an unidentified man wearing a jogging suit shortly before she disappeared.
Befriending the KKK
Daryl Davis – an African American blues musician – has spent the last 35 years befriending members of the Ku Klux Klan in a bid to understand them and make them see the error of their ways.