“What I want is an off-the-shelf sex partner. Slave. There’s no way around it.” — Leonard Lake It started, as so many grim tales do, with something as mundane as shoplifting. On 2 June 1985, a man named Charles Ng tried to steal a $75 metal vise from a hardware store in South San Francisco. His friend, a quiet and seemingly unremarkable man named Leonard Lake, stepped in to pay. But when police arrived, they noticed that ... View more
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The 2002 Moscow Theatre Siege: A Tragedy in Three Acts
The Dubrovka Theatre, located in a working-class district of southeast Moscow, was hosting its 129th performance of Nord-Ost, a musical adaptation of Veniamin Kaverin’s Soviet-era adventure novel The Two Captains. The production was a deliberate cultural choice—a modern celebration of patriotism and Russian resilience, supported by government funding and championed by state media. The performance had become a popular draw for ... View more
Where Is Selena’s Killer Now? Inside Yolanda Saldívar’s Life Behind Bars Nearly 30 Years After Killing the Singer
Yolanda Saldívar, who was found guilty of murdering Selena Quintanilla in October 1995, was denied parole on March 27, 2025 Yolanda Saldívar killed Selena Quintanilla on March 31, 1995, fatally shooting the singer in Corpus Christi, Texas In October 1995, Saldívar was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 30 years, eventually set for March 30, 2025 She was denied parole on March 27 and will ... View more
Where Is Rex Heuermann Now? All About the Long Island Serial Killer Suspect’s Life in Jail as He Awaits Trial for Accusations of Murdering 7 Women
Rex Heuermann has been accused of killing seven women over the course of nearly 20 years Rex Heuermann went from a seemingly average Long Island resident to the subject of countless headlines after he was accused of murdering seven women. The alleged murderer is at the center of Netflix’s true crime docuseries, Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer, premiering March 31, which delves into one of Long Island’s most ... View more
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