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What's A True Crime Story You Haven't Already Heard 100x Before?

Everyone knows about Ted Bundy, the Zodiac Killer, and Jeffrey Dahmer. We want to hear something different!

There are a lot of true crime stories that are so infamous it feels like everyone and their mother knows about them — Ted Bundy, the Zodiac Killer, Jeffrey Dahmer...the list goes on, and on.

Wanted poster for the Zodiac Killer with a pencil drawing of a man with a short haircut and glasses

But on the flip side, there are actually many true crime stories not a lot of people have heard about before.

For example, have you ever heard of the Papin sisters who assassinated their boss back in the 1930s?

The papin sisters walking to trial

Or did you know about "Cicada 3301" — a nickname that was given to three sets of anonymously posted internet puzzles from the early 2010s that focused on data security, cryptography, and internet anonymity?

A message saying hello, epiphany is upon you. your pilgramage has begun. Enlightenment awaits. Good luck, 3301

Perhaps you've gone your whole life not knowing that the R.E.M. song “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?” is a reference to the 1986 crime where CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather was attacked and mugged by two men while one of them repeatedly said, "Kenneth, what is the frequency?”

television broadcast of Dan Rather reporting on the assasination of JFK

Basically, what I'm saying is, there are A LOT of wild, true crime stories out there in the world, especially ones people don't talk about much. So we wanna know: What's a wild true crime story we haven't already heard?!

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