True stories

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Sometimes the horror comes from inside the house.

We often encounter stories far stranger than anything film or TV can make up. While all true crime stories have a way of capturing the public's imagination, some have twists and turns that even the most skilled writers could not imagine. From huge plot twists to cases that prompt endless theorizing, these cases made us want to dive in deeper and find out more.The cases on... #truecrime #murdermystery #unsolvedcases #bizarrestories #crimeinvestigation #strangetwists #tragicevents…

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Fact Republic is where curiosity meets clarity. Discover random, history, and uncommon facts about everyday life. Uncover the unbelievable and unknown

01. In 2016, a 10-year old boy named Caleb Schwab was decapitated when he was ejected from his raft on Verrückt, a 168-foot-tall water slide.

A number of true crime updates came to light in 2022, with many cold cases solved through forensic genetic genealogy. Also known as investigative genetic genealogy, this relatively new practice involves finding criminals via companies that collect consumer DNA samples for genealogy purposes. Thanks to these samples, a number of high-profile crimes have been solved in th... #truecrime #coldcases #2022updates #geneticgenealogy #dnaforensics #goldenstatekiller #unsolvedmysteries…

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Every family seems to have a dark family secret that nearly everyone knows but just isn’t spoken about. If there are any secrets in my family I sure don’t know about them – maybe …

This account of the true story of the Carpathia and her response to the Titanic's distress call is amazing. There should be a movie about it.