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Real Monsters: Pedro Lopez, The World’s Worst Serial Killer Is Free To Kill Again

There are few things more despicable than a person who hurts children. When I hear about someone abusing a child it leaves me fuming and hoping that they get a heavy dose of karma. When it comes to bad men who hurt children, there is no one on earth worse than Pedro Alonso, a kidnapper, rapist, serial killer, necrophiliac (he has sex with dead bodies), and rumored cannibal. Born on October 8, 1948, Columbian native Pedro Alonso, known as “The Monster of the Andes,” is the worst serial killer to ever walk the earth with an estimated body count of 300 victims, all children. Lopez had a rough start in life (not an excuse). His father was killed before he was born. He was the 7th of 13 children. Lopez admitted that his mother was abusive and had to turn to prostitution to take care of the family, often bringing home customers and sometimes having sex in front of Pedro

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 18, 2022

Evan Peters Is Jeffrey Dahmer In Netflix’s True Crime Series (Trailer)

“American Horror Story” veteran Evan Peters stars as the infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer in Netflix’s new series “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” which reunites Peters with “AHS” creator Ryan Murphy. The trailer has arrived that gives us a glimpse into the depravity of the crimes of murder, necrophobic, and cannibal, Dahmer who murdered at least 17 young men and boys between 1978 and 1991. With many of his victims, he would sedate them and drill a hole in their heads and would then pour in chemicals in the hole in an attempt to create the perfect zombie lover that would never leave him. I didn’t work. The series, “chronicles the story of one of America’s most notorious serial killers (Peters), largely told from the point of view of Dahmer’s victims, and dives deeply into the police incompetence and apathy that allowed the Wisconsin native to go on a multiyear killing spree.” “Between 1978 and 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer gruesomely took

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 18, 2022

Trailer Debuts For Netflix’s True-Crime Inspired Thriller ‘The Good Nurse’

While its title may be The Good Nurse, Netflix’s upcoming thriller is about someone who is anything but good. Set to premiere this October, the film is based on a real-life serial killer, Charles Cullen, and is an adaptation of Charles Graeber’s 2013 book The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder. The film is from BAFTA-nominated director Tobias Lindholm (Mindhunter, The Hunt) and Oscar-nominated writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns (1917). It stars Jessica Chastain (It Chapter Two) and Fantastic Beast’s Eddie Redmayne. In The Good Nurse, an infamous caregiver is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of hospital patients. In reality, Charles Cullen has been implicated in around 300 -yes, you read that right, 300 – deaths and earned himself the title of “Angel of Death.” Born in 1960, after leaving the Navy, the real Charles Cullen spent sixteen years killing while working as a nurse. He confessed to police that in 1988 he took his first victim

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 9, 2022

“Conversations With A Killer” To Explore The Mind & Crimes Of Jeffrey Dahmer This Season

Cannibal serial Killer Jeffrey Dahmer will be all over your TV in the upcoming months. Not only is Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series “Dahmer,” starring Evan Peters, headed your way, but so is Joe Berlinger‘s hit three-part true crime series “Conversations With A Killer” which is returning for its third season and will spotlight the killer. The official synopsis for “Conversations With A Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes” goes like this: “When Milwaukee police entered the apartment of 31-year-old Jeffrey Dahmer in July of 1991, they uncovered the grisly personal museum of a serial killer: a freezer full of human heads, skulls, bones, and other remains in various states of decomposition and display. Dahmer quickly confessed to 16 murders in Wisconsin over the previous four years, plus one more in Ohio in 1978, as well as unimaginable acts of necrophilia and cannibalism. “The discovery shocked the nation and stunned the local community, who were incensed that such a depraved killer had

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 1, 2022

New Exclusive Trailer: Jake Busey Stars As Real-Life Serial Killer In ‘Pig Killer’

From Girls and Corpses/Crappy World Films, comes this horrific tale, Pig Killer, starring Jake Busey (Stranger Things, Starship Troopers, The Frighteners) in the role of his life, as Canadian serial killer Willie Pickman. The story was inspired by the true story of Vancouver serial killer Willie Pickton who murdered 49 women and fed them to his pigs. The film also stars Bai Ling (The Crow, Exorcism At 60,000 Feet), Lew Temple (The Walking Dead), and Ginger Lynn (The Devil’s Rejects) as Pickman’s mother. The film was written and directed by Chad Ferrin (Exorcism At 60,000 Feet (2020), Night Caller 2022) and produced by Robert Rhine (Exorcism at 60,000 Feet (2020), Cynthia (2018) who also co-stars RCMP Detective Schneer and his partner Michael Pare’ (Eddie and The Cruisers) who plays Detective Oppal. The film was executive produced by Kate Patel, who also stars. This film follows the success Rhine and Ferrin have had producing Parasites (Attack on LA), The Chair, Exorcism

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 31, 2022

First Trailer Arrives For Netflix’s True Story Based Cult Thriller Series “Devil In Ohio”

This September a mystery will unfold in Netflix‘s new thrilling series, “Devil in Ohio,” based on the true story of a young woman trying to escape a cult. ‘ Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Daria Polatin, who serves as showrunner, the limited series centers on Mae (Madeleine Arthur). Mae is brought home by psychiatrist Suzanne Mathis (Emily Deschanel) who has three daughters. Quickly a series of incidents leave the family in chaos, and Suzanne’s daughter, Jules (Xaria Dotson), suspects that there’s more to the mysterious girl’s past. When Polatin’s novel was first released we sat down with her for an interview in which she went into detail about the story and the real events that inspired the novel. “When fifteen-year-old Jules Mathis comes home from school to find a strange girl sitting in her kitchen, and her psychiatrist mother reveals that Mae is one of her patients at the hospital and will be staying with

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 9, 2022

New Clip From True Story Inspired Film ‘Thirteen Lives’ Comes To The Rescue

From the brilliant Academy Award-winning director, Ron Howard comes Thirteen Lives which recounts the incredible true story of the rescue of a Thai soccer team trapped in a cave during a rainstorm in 2018, leaving people around the world glued to their TVs as the rescue unfolded. To celebrate its release, we’ve got a new clip in which rescues first locate the missing children. Faced with insurmountable odds, a team of the world’s most skilled and experienced divers – uniquely able to navigate the maze of flooded, narrow cave tunnels – join with Thai forces and more than 10,000 volunteers to attempt a harrowing rescue of the twelve boys and their coach. With impossibly high stakes and the entire world watching, the group embarks on their most challenging dive yet, showcasing the limitlessness of the human spirit in the process. Written by William Nicholson, based on a story by Nicholson and Don Macpherson, the film features an all-star cast that

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 6, 2022

Keanu Reeves Joins Leonardo DiCaprio For Hulu’s “Devil In The White City” Series

Several months ago we reported that John Wick star Keanu Reeves was in talks to star in an adaptation of Erik Larson’s “Devil in the White City”. Reeves has now confirmed he will star in the Hulu series. The eight-episode series will be executive produced by Leonardo DiCarpio and Martin Scorcese. Sam Shaw is will serve as showrunner with Todd Fields directing. The book follows two men during The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 – one being a groundbreaking architect, Daniel H. Burnham and the other being serial killer Henry H. Holmes who built hotel referred to as the “Murder Castle,” where he racked up a body count estimated to be over 200. We’ll keep you posted as we learn more. For more on H.H. Holmes, click here.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 5, 2022

Suspensions Grow In The Sneak Peek Of Episode 5 Of “Black Bird”

Ahead of episode five premiering this Friday, July 29, Apple TV+ shares a sneak peek clip from “Black Bird,” the new, six-episode psychological thriller inspired by actual events. From Dennis Lehane and starring Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser, Sepideh Moafi, Greg Kinnear and Ray Liotta, the six-episode season is rolling out one new episode weekly. In episode 5 “The Place I Lie,” Jimmy’s mounting fear and paranoia compel him to provoke Larry. McCauley and Miller have a breakthrough. Larry’s therapist grows concerned. “Inspired by actual events, when high school football hero and decorated policeman’s son Jimmy Keene (Taron Egerton) is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison, he is given the choice of a lifetime — enter a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane and befriend suspected serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser), or stay where he is and serve his full sentence with no possibility of parole. Keene quickly realizes his only way out is to

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 28, 2022

New Clip For Episode 4 Of “Black Bird” Asks “What’s Her Name?”

Ahead of episode four premiering this Friday, July 22, Apple TV+ has shared a sneak peek clip from “Black Bird,” the new, six-episode psychological thriller inspired by actual events. From Dennis Lehane comes the new six-episode series starring Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser, Sepideh Moafi, Greg Kinnear, and Ray Liotta. In episode four, “What’s Her Name,” “in the aftermath of a prison riot, Jimmy and Larry find themselves with time to learn more about each other.” “Inspired by actual events, when high school football hero and decorated policeman’s son Jimmy Keene (Taron Egerton) is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison, he is given the choice of a lifetime — enter a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane and befriend suspected serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser), or stay where he is and serve his full sentence with no possibility of parole. Keene quickly realizes his only way out is to elicit a confession and find out

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 19, 2022

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Real Monsters: Pedro Lopez, The World’s Worst Serial Killer Is Free To Kill Again

There are few things more despicable than a person who hurts children. When I hear about someone abusing a child it leaves me fuming and hoping that they get a heavy dose of karma. When it comes to bad men who hurt children, there is no one on earth worse than Pedro Alonso, a kidnapper, rapist, serial killer, necrophiliac (he has sex with dead bodies), and rumored cannibal. Born on October 8, 1948, Columbian native Pedro Alonso, known as “The Monster of the Andes,” is the worst serial killer to ever walk the earth with an estimated body count of 300 victims, all children. Lopez had a rough start in life (not an excuse). His father was killed before he was born. He was the 7th of 13 children. Lopez admitted that his mother was abusive and had to turn to prostitution to take care of the family, often bringing home customers and sometimes having sex in front of Pedro

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 18, 2022

Evan Peters Is Jeffrey Dahmer In Netflix’s True Crime Series (Trailer)

“American Horror Story” veteran Evan Peters stars as the infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer in Netflix’s new series “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” which reunites Peters with “AHS” creator Ryan Murphy. The trailer has arrived that gives us a glimpse into the depravity of the crimes of murder, necrophobic, and cannibal, Dahmer who murdered at least 17 young men and boys between 1978 and 1991. With many of his victims, he would sedate them and drill a hole in their heads and would then pour in chemicals in the hole in an attempt to create the perfect zombie lover that would never leave him. I didn’t work. The series, “chronicles the story of one of America’s most notorious serial killers (Peters), largely told from the point of view of Dahmer’s victims, and dives deeply into the police incompetence and apathy that allowed the Wisconsin native to go on a multiyear killing spree.” “Between 1978 and 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer gruesomely took

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 18, 2022

Trailer Debuts For Netflix’s True-Crime Inspired Thriller ‘The Good Nurse’

While its title may be The Good Nurse, Netflix’s upcoming thriller is about someone who is anything but good. Set to premiere this October, the film is based on a real-life serial killer, Charles Cullen, and is an adaptation of Charles Graeber’s 2013 book The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder. The film is from BAFTA-nominated director Tobias Lindholm (Mindhunter, The Hunt) and Oscar-nominated writer Krysty Wilson-Cairns (1917). It stars Jessica Chastain (It Chapter Two) and Fantastic Beast’s Eddie Redmayne. In The Good Nurse, an infamous caregiver is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of hospital patients. In reality, Charles Cullen has been implicated in around 300 -yes, you read that right, 300 – deaths and earned himself the title of “Angel of Death.” Born in 1960, after leaving the Navy, the real Charles Cullen spent sixteen years killing while working as a nurse. He confessed to police that in 1988 he took his first victim

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 9, 2022

“Conversations With A Killer” To Explore The Mind & Crimes Of Jeffrey Dahmer This Season

Cannibal serial Killer Jeffrey Dahmer will be all over your TV in the upcoming months. Not only is Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series “Dahmer,” starring Evan Peters, headed your way, but so is Joe Berlinger‘s hit three-part true crime series “Conversations With A Killer” which is returning for its third season and will spotlight the killer. The official synopsis for “Conversations With A Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes” goes like this: “When Milwaukee police entered the apartment of 31-year-old Jeffrey Dahmer in July of 1991, they uncovered the grisly personal museum of a serial killer: a freezer full of human heads, skulls, bones, and other remains in various states of decomposition and display. Dahmer quickly confessed to 16 murders in Wisconsin over the previous four years, plus one more in Ohio in 1978, as well as unimaginable acts of necrophilia and cannibalism. “The discovery shocked the nation and stunned the local community, who were incensed that such a depraved killer had

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Sep 1, 2022

New Exclusive Trailer: Jake Busey Stars As Real-Life Serial Killer In ‘Pig Killer’

From Girls and Corpses/Crappy World Films, comes this horrific tale, Pig Killer, starring Jake Busey (Stranger Things, Starship Troopers, The Frighteners) in the role of his life, as Canadian serial killer Willie Pickman. The story was inspired by the true story of Vancouver serial killer Willie Pickton who murdered 49 women and fed them to his pigs. The film also stars Bai Ling (The Crow, Exorcism At 60,000 Feet), Lew Temple (The Walking Dead), and Ginger Lynn (The Devil’s Rejects) as Pickman’s mother. The film was written and directed by Chad Ferrin (Exorcism At 60,000 Feet (2020), Night Caller 2022) and produced by Robert Rhine (Exorcism at 60,000 Feet (2020), Cynthia (2018) who also co-stars RCMP Detective Schneer and his partner Michael Pare’ (Eddie and The Cruisers) who plays Detective Oppal. The film was executive produced by Kate Patel, who also stars. This film follows the success Rhine and Ferrin have had producing Parasites (Attack on LA), The Chair, Exorcism

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 31, 2022

First Trailer Arrives For Netflix’s True Story Based Cult Thriller Series “Devil In Ohio”

This September a mystery will unfold in Netflix‘s new thrilling series, “Devil in Ohio,” based on the true story of a young woman trying to escape a cult. ‘ Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Daria Polatin, who serves as showrunner, the limited series centers on Mae (Madeleine Arthur). Mae is brought home by psychiatrist Suzanne Mathis (Emily Deschanel) who has three daughters. Quickly a series of incidents leave the family in chaos, and Suzanne’s daughter, Jules (Xaria Dotson), suspects that there’s more to the mysterious girl’s past. When Polatin’s novel was first released we sat down with her for an interview in which she went into detail about the story and the real events that inspired the novel. “When fifteen-year-old Jules Mathis comes home from school to find a strange girl sitting in her kitchen, and her psychiatrist mother reveals that Mae is one of her patients at the hospital and will be staying with

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 9, 2022

New Clip From True Story Inspired Film ‘Thirteen Lives’ Comes To The Rescue

From the brilliant Academy Award-winning director, Ron Howard comes Thirteen Lives which recounts the incredible true story of the rescue of a Thai soccer team trapped in a cave during a rainstorm in 2018, leaving people around the world glued to their TVs as the rescue unfolded. To celebrate its release, we’ve got a new clip in which rescues first locate the missing children. Faced with insurmountable odds, a team of the world’s most skilled and experienced divers – uniquely able to navigate the maze of flooded, narrow cave tunnels – join with Thai forces and more than 10,000 volunteers to attempt a harrowing rescue of the twelve boys and their coach. With impossibly high stakes and the entire world watching, the group embarks on their most challenging dive yet, showcasing the limitlessness of the human spirit in the process. Written by William Nicholson, based on a story by Nicholson and Don Macpherson, the film features an all-star cast that

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 6, 2022

Keanu Reeves Joins Leonardo DiCaprio For Hulu’s “Devil In The White City” Series

Several months ago we reported that John Wick star Keanu Reeves was in talks to star in an adaptation of Erik Larson’s “Devil in the White City”. Reeves has now confirmed he will star in the Hulu series. The eight-episode series will be executive produced by Leonardo DiCarpio and Martin Scorcese. Sam Shaw is will serve as showrunner with Todd Fields directing. The book follows two men during The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 – one being a groundbreaking architect, Daniel H. Burnham and the other being serial killer Henry H. Holmes who built hotel referred to as the “Murder Castle,” where he racked up a body count estimated to be over 200. We’ll keep you posted as we learn more. For more on H.H. Holmes, click here.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 5, 2022

Suspensions Grow In The Sneak Peek Of Episode 5 Of “Black Bird”

Ahead of episode five premiering this Friday, July 29, Apple TV+ shares a sneak peek clip from “Black Bird,” the new, six-episode psychological thriller inspired by actual events. From Dennis Lehane and starring Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser, Sepideh Moafi, Greg Kinnear and Ray Liotta, the six-episode season is rolling out one new episode weekly. In episode 5 “The Place I Lie,” Jimmy’s mounting fear and paranoia compel him to provoke Larry. McCauley and Miller have a breakthrough. Larry’s therapist grows concerned. “Inspired by actual events, when high school football hero and decorated policeman’s son Jimmy Keene (Taron Egerton) is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison, he is given the choice of a lifetime — enter a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane and befriend suspected serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser), or stay where he is and serve his full sentence with no possibility of parole. Keene quickly realizes his only way out is to

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 28, 2022

New Clip For Episode 4 Of “Black Bird” Asks “What’s Her Name?”

Ahead of episode four premiering this Friday, July 22, Apple TV+ has shared a sneak peek clip from “Black Bird,” the new, six-episode psychological thriller inspired by actual events. From Dennis Lehane comes the new six-episode series starring Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser, Sepideh Moafi, Greg Kinnear, and Ray Liotta. In episode four, “What’s Her Name,” “in the aftermath of a prison riot, Jimmy and Larry find themselves with time to learn more about each other.” “Inspired by actual events, when high school football hero and decorated policeman’s son Jimmy Keene (Taron Egerton) is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison, he is given the choice of a lifetime — enter a maximum-security prison for the criminally insane and befriend suspected serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser), or stay where he is and serve his full sentence with no possibility of parole. Keene quickly realizes his only way out is to elicit a confession and find out

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 19, 2022
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