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What Is Murderabilia?
Let's cut right to the chase here: What is murderabilia? Murderabilia, also sometimes known as "murderbilia," is a term first coined by Andy Kahan, the director of the Crime Victims Office at the Houston Police Department. The term refers to a particularly macabre realm of collectible items. More specifically, murderabilia refers to collectible items that belonged to or are somehow connected to serial killers and other notorious perpetrators of violent crimes.
By Joseph D. N. Kendrick7 years ago in Criminal
Home Is Where the Murder Is
“My daddy is a hero, he helps me grow up strong. He helps me snuggle too. He reads me books. He ties my shoes. You’re a hero through and through. My daddy, daddy, I love you.” Bella Watts sang about her father, and murderer, Chris Watts. Watching the video of the little girl sing her daddy's praises is chilling. In the span of days, he would take her life, as well as the lives of her mother, her sister Celeste, and unborn brother. Chris Watts pleaded through the media for his family to return, “I just want everybody to come home,” an act of a desperate man, who needed to cover his tracks with his family missing and an alleged boyfriend coming out of the woodwork.
By Edward Anderson7 years ago in Criminal
Nothing Bad Happens Behind Pretty Doors
This why so many children end up on the streets; unprotected and alone. Children who run come from all different types of homes. Many of them come from middle to upper income households. Somehow we feel that these children are less likely to be suffering abuse… bad things don’t happen behind pretty doors. The truth is that child abuse knows no boundaries. Abuse doesn’t take up residence in a home because of how big or small it is… Abuse doesn’t know the difference between cash for groceries or food stamps.
By Marnie Grundman7 years ago in Criminal
'American Vandal' Season 2
American Vandal, season two, came out on Netflix last Friday and I watched it all in a day. It was really good. As most fans were, I was worried it wouldn't live up to the first season, and while it did lack in some areas, it overall stood on its own legs. It's an impressive follow-up to an iconic first season.
By Katherine Bullion7 years ago in Criminal
'Castle': A Rom-Com Procedural
One show that has stayed with me a few years after ending is the television series Castle starring Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic. While the show has ended much to fans' dismay, I'm happy we had it for as long as it lasted. What was so special about this series, and what made it work more than just being a procedural series, is that there was comedy mixed into the plot more than other cop shows these days.
By KRYSTAL READS7 years ago in Criminal
Love, Murder
“I think there should be a good balance between being a good student and being able to enjoy your high school life,” Vanessa Minnillo advises people who ask her. There is a ton of drama that can be mined from the high school experience, there is a reason why networks chase the golden goose known as the high school soap opera. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Just ask the students and teachers at Fitzgerald High School inn Warren, Michigan. In the case of Tanaya Lewis and Danya Gibson, the love of a boy ruined a friendship and led to the murder of Gibson.
By Edward Anderson7 years ago in Criminal
Violent Crime Among Youngsters
In today's society it is very common for children under the age of 18 to be violent, as they are deprived of social and emotional learning in which they need from parents and teachers. However, it can also be argued that this violence is not caused by the lack of social and emotional learning, instead the reason being, that teenagers and children are still in a critical state where they are still developing, and this may make them violent despite their upbringing.
By Natalie G.7 years ago in Criminal
11 Facts About Hate Crime in America Most People Don't Know
I remember the first time I heard about hate crime happening in my neighborhood. It was a simple, stupid piece of graffiti that had a racist remark on it; nothing violent, per se. However, it was disturbing. I never thought my small town would be a place where people would hate one another so deeply.
By Skunk Uzeki7 years ago in Criminal
We Most Stop Blaming Parents for Gang Culture
I enjoy having conversations with other parents and non-parents about gang culture and the problematic rise in crime in London. I am a former Londoner who has moved out of London. And with no willingness to return for the safety of my son. I grew up in the 90s so I am not that much older than many of the teenage gang members in London today. It has been reported that 6 percent of 10 to 19 year olds belong to a gang in England and Whales. Gang culture researcher Keir Irwin Rogers said that "there was 9,000 stabbing in London alone last year - 2017."
By Trina Tuthill7 years ago in Criminal
