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The story of Gram Parsons' body being stolen is one of rock 'n' roll’s most bizarre and legendary tales. After the influential country-rock musician died of a drug overdose in 1973 at the Joshua Tree Inn in California, his stepfather arranged to have his body flown to New Orleans for a traditional burial. However, Parsons had once told his friend and road manager, Phil Kaufman, that he wanted to be cremated in Joshua Tree if anything happened to him. To honor that wish, Kaufman stole Parsons' body from LAX in a borrowed hearse, drove it into the desert, and attempted to cremate it by setting it on fire at Cap Rock.
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The Robert Telles story involves a shocking case of the unaliving of a journalist. Telles, a Clark County Public Administrator in Las Vegas, was arrested in September 2022 for the death of Jeff German, a veteran investigative reporter for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. German had written a series of articles exposing misconduct and a toxic workplace environment in Telles’s office, which likely contributed to Telles losing re-election.
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The Jim McDonnell amnesia story is a remarkable real-life case of disappearance and rediscovery. In 1971, Jim McDonnell, a 50-year-old mail carrier from Larchmont, New York, vanished after a series of accidents that resulted in head injuries. He was declared legally dead in 1976. Fifteen years later, on Christmas Day 1985, McDonnell unexpectedly returned home, claiming that a recent head injury had restored his memory.
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The Rita Crundwell story is one of the largest municipal fraud cases in U.S. history. As the longtime comptroller of Dixon, Illinois, Crundwell embezzled over $53 million from the small town over two decades, using the funds to finance a lavish lifestyle that included luxury cars, jewelry, and one of the nation’s top quarter horse breeding operations. She kept the theft hidden by creating a fake bank account and manipulating city financial records, all while Dixon struggled with budget cuts and deficits.
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Katy Perry nun story centers around a controversial real estate dispute involving the pop star, the Catholic Church, and a group of elderly nuns in Los Angeles. In 2015, Perry attempted to purchase a former convent for $14.5 million, with approval from the Archdiocese of L.A., but the nuns who had lived there objected, claiming they had the right to sell the property to someone else.
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Steve Buscemi got stabbed in a bar fight, and Justin Long got kidnapped by some locals.
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The Ray Trapani case centers around the fraudulent cryptocurrency startup Centra Tech, which he co-founded alongside Sohrab Sharma and Robert Farkas. In 2017, the trio launched a fake ICO (Initial Coin Offering), ultimately scamming investors out of over $25 million. Their scheme gained credibility after being promoted by celebrities like Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled, both of whom were later fined by the SEC.
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The Peggy Fulford case involves a con artist who posed as a wealthy financial advisor and defrauded professional athletes out of millions of dollars. She convinced clients—including NBA player Travis Best and Dennis Rodman and NFL star Ricky Williams—to let her manage their finances, falsely claiming to be a Harvard-educated financial expert. In reality, she had no formal financial training and used their money to fund her luxurious lifestyle, including private jets, mansions, and designer goods. In 2018, she was sentenced to 10 years in prison for wire fraud and money laundering.
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Kat Torres, born Katiuscia Torres Soares, is a Brazilian former model and social media influencer who was convicted in July 2024. Initially gaining attention for her modeling career and association with celebrities, including a rumored connection with Leonardo DiCaprio, Torres later rebranded herself as a wellness guru and spiritual life coach. She manipulated young women by enticing them with promises of a better life and personal development opportunities, only to subject them to forced labor.
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The Frédéric Bourdin case is a bizarre and unsettling tale of identity deception, where Bourdin, a French con artist, became infamous for impersonating missing children, including a high-profile case in Texas in 1997. He posed as Nicholas Barclay, a missing American teenager, despite obvious physical differences and a French accent, and even managed to convince the boy’s family. Bourdin was eventually exposed and arrested.
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The Ross Ulbricht case centers on the creator of the Silk Road, an infamous dark web marketplace used for buying and selling illegal goods. Operating under the alias “Dread Pirate Roberts,” Ulbricht was arrested in 2013 and later convicted on charges including money laundering, computer hacking.
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Mary Margaret Kreuper, an 80-year-old retired nun, served as the principal of St. James Catholic School in Torrance, California, for 28 years. During her tenure, she embezzled funds from the school. Kreuper diverted tuition fees and charitable donations into secret accounts she controlled, using the funds to finance personal expenses, including trips to Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe. To conceal her actions, Kreuper falsified financial reports and instructed school employees to alter and destroy records during audits.
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The Digitalprincxss case involves TikTok and Twitch creator Marrissa Cloutier, who was arrested in August 2021 in Florida and charged with neglect. Authorities discovered that she had left her young one alone at home while she went out, leading to her arrest. The charges were later dropped.
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Erik Van Conover, a prominent luxury real estate YouTuber and filmmaker based in New York City, has been charged with attempted murder following an alleged incident involving a law enforcement officer. Known for showcasing high-end properties and adventure content on his YouTube channel, Conover's arrest has shocked his substantial online following.
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In March 2025, Victoria Goodwin, wife of Ghost Adventures star Aaron Goodwin, was arrested for allegedly plotting to unalive her husband. Authorities uncovered that Victoria had been communicating with Grant Amato, discussing plans to hire a hitman to unalive Aaron during his filming schedule. The plot was discovered when corrections officers confiscated Amato's phone and found incriminating messages detailing the scheme.
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The Mark Kilroy case is a chilling true crime story involving a University of Texas student who disappeared during spring break in Matamoros, Mexico, in 1989. Kilroy was later found to have been kidnapped and murdered by a drug cult led by Adolfo Constanzo, which practiced ritualistic human sacrifices as part of their belief system. His death shocked both the U.S. and Mexico, leading to an intense cross-border investigation that exposed a gruesome network of occult crime tied to drug trafficking.
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The John Meehan case, famously known through the Netflix series Dirty John, tells the true story of a charismatic con man who manipulated, deceived, and terrorized multiple women. Posing as a successful doctor, Meehan used charm and lies to infiltrate the life of Debra Newell, a wealthy interior designer, while hiding a criminal past filled with fraud, abuse, and stalking. His pattern of emotional and psychological abuse escalated into physical violence, ultimately leading to his death in 2016.
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In 2021, Christopher Pence, a 43-year-old from Cedar City, Utah, attempted to hire a hitman via a dark web site, to murder two individuals in Hoosick Falls, New York. The intended victims were the biological parents of children Pence had adopted, and the plot was motivated by ongoing custody disputes. Authorities intercepted the scheme before any harm occurred, leading to Pence's arrest in October 2021.
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