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The first plot details have arrived for Quentin Tarantino’s ninth and still untitled film which is being referred to as “#9”. Set in Los Angeles in 1969, the film was at first reported as a movie about Charles Manson who passed away last night. Tarantino has now clarified that “It’s not Charles Manson, it’s 1969.” But that Manson Family will be part of the story. The plot, according to Vanity Fair, goes like this: “Set in summer of 1969, focuses on a male TV actor who has had one hit series and is looking for a way to get into the film business. His sidekick – who’s also his stunt double- looking for the same thing. The horrific murder of Sharon Tate and four of her friends by Charles Manson’s cult of followers serves as the backdrop to the main story.” Now that Sony has snagged the rights to the film, which will reportedly have a $100 million budget more
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Charles Manson, a man synonymous with evil, was admitted to the hospital back in January for an intestinal issue but was later returned to prison. A few days ago he was readmitted to Mercy hospital in Bakersville. News has now come via Debra Tate, sister of Sharon Tate, that the cult leader and mass killer is dead at the age of 83 from natural causes. She received a call at 8:13 pm on Sunday with the news, according to TMZ. Here’s a look back at the life of the infamous cult leader. The Early Years Born in Cincinnati on November 12, 1934, no one had a clue that the bouncing baby boy named Charles Milles Maddox would one day be considered one of the evilest and manipulative men on earth. His mother, Kathleen Maddox, a 16-year-old alcoholic prostitute, was briefly married to his father, William Manson. As they ended the marriage young Charles was shipped off to a boys’ school.
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Last we heard Quentin Tarantino was working on the script for his ninth film as a director, a film based on the murders by notorious cult leader Charles Manson and his family. The good news is, the script has been finished according to Deadline, but the movie has hit a speed bump. Bob and Harvey Weinstein were attached to produce. Of course with the sexual assault scandal, things have changed. Now, Tarantino is searching for another home for the project. While casting has not been confirmed, it’s been said that Margot Robbie has been cast to play Sharon Tate. Reportedly, actors Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson have also signed on to co-star. Reportedly, the film will center on Sharon Tate who was 8 months pregnant when she was murdered. But she was not alone that night. Four other people were killed at her LA home on August 8, 1969. On that night four of the Manson family
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Everyone has listened to at least one audiobook in their life. But what you may have been unaware of while listening to the story in your car or at the gym, is that there is a chance that you may have been hearing the voice of a serial killer. Run by serial killer Edmund Kemper III, there was a program at the California Medical Facility State Prison called Volunteers of Vacaville aka the “Blind Project”. The inmates in the program recorded thousands of books, novels, textbooks, and even cookbooks on tape. Some of those recordings have been transferred to digital copies. From 1977 to 1987 alone, Kemper spent over 5,000 hours recording more than four million feet of tape. The project is still alive and well today and continues to operate at the prison. I can’t begin to tell you what this has meant to me, to be able to do something constructive for someone else, to be appreciated by
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The third season of the hit series ‘BuzzFeed Unsolved: Supernatural’ will be premiering later this week with new investigations into the supernatural. Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej, the show’s creators, hosts, and producers, will take viewers on a journey into all things supernatural in search of the truth, with a hint of comedy. From the Press Release: (NEW YORK, October 6, 2017) — BuzzFeed today announced that its global hit series “BuzzFeed Unsolved: Supernatural” will return for its third season on Friday, October 13, at 6:00 p.m. EST/ 3:00 p.m. PST via YouTube.com. Creators, hosts, and producers Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej, will return with 10 all-new episodes that, for the first time, find the duo investigating the supernatural in spooky sights from London to Roswell to get closer to the “truth” behind unsolved mysteries. Each episode of “BuzzFeed Unsolved: Supernatural” will feature the hosts dissecting compelling cases of supernatural phenomena – from the Roswell Incident to the Pennhurst Asylum
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A film shoot almost turned deadly when an actor on a movie set was mistaken by police as an armed robber. News station Fox 59 is reporting that in Crawfordsville, Indiana a call came into the police dept. reporting an armed robbery in progress at the Backstep Brewery on North Green Street. When police arrived they spotted a man in a ski mask exiting the building with a gun in his hand. The officers told the man to drop his weapon. Upon the command the robber, who in reality was actor Jim Duff, he turned to face the officers and was shot at. After the shot was fired he dropped the gun (a movie prop), pulled off the mask and told officers, “This is a movie set”. Duff was detained during the investigation to confirm that it was indeed a movie filming. Officers said that they fired because they felt their life was in danger. All of the cameras and
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Back in 2014, two 12-year-old Milwaukee girls committed an unthinkable crime that rocked the nation. The girls stabbed their friend Payton Geyser 19 times after luring her into woods. The victim somehow found the strength to drag herself onto a bicycle path where a passing bicyclist found her. Luckily, Geyser survived the ordeal. The reason the girls gave for committing the heinous act, they did it to win favor with the character Slender Man, a figure who was born in a Creepypasta story by Eric Knudsen. After 3 years one of the girls, Anissa Weier, has finally had her day in court where she plead guilty to attempted second-degree intentional homicide. The verdict came down that Weier will avoid prison. Instead, she will be committed to a mental hospital where she will wait out her 3-year sentence. Both girls have been diagnosed with Shared Delusional Disorder. Shared Psychotic Disorder or folie à deux definition: A rare delusional disorder shared by
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What was Jeffrey Dahmer like before he became an infamous serial killer? The upcoming film My Friend Dahmer will answer that by explore the killer’s teenage years. Based on the 2012 graphic novel by John “Derf” Backderf, a friend of Dahmer’s as a teen, the film stars Ross Lynch, once a Disney star, as the killer himself who in real life murdered, dismembered and cannibalized 17 young men and boys (that we know of) from 1978 to 1991. You have to admit, Lynch does heavily resemble a young Dahmer. Lynch, Dahmer In the film, Mad Men’s Vincent Kartheiser plays the role of Dahmer’s doctor, Anne Heche will appear as Dahmer’s mother, and Alex Wolff will co-star as “Derf”. Marc Meyers was in the director’s chair for the film. He penned the script as well. The first trailer has now arrived giving us a peak at what we can expect from this dark tale that ventures into the mind of a
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When an area becomes a popular place to film it can attract two types of surges, the good, with things like an increase in tourism or, the bad, with an increase crime. Recently, there has been a lot of the later in southern California. Over the past two years there has been a huge jump in crime targeting film crews and it’s something we all need to talk about. At 8 am on Sunday, July 16th, 71 year-old Ed French, a well known fixture in commercial production, was scouting locations for a commercial at the Twin Peaks Overlook in San Francisco. What started out as a beautiful morning quickly turned into a nightmare. French was approached by an African American man with shoulder-length dreadlocks and a woman in her late teens. The two strangers shot French and took his camera and equipment before fleeing the area in a dark gray Honda Accord, a witness reported to police. This has happened
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Eli Roth is a busy man. Not only is Roth producing the upcoming Halloween film Haunt, he will also be producing the upcoming film 1974 that will explore the true story behind one of the most well known haunted houses, the Amityville house. Casey La Scala, who produced the long delayed movie Amityville: The Awakening, will be in the director’s chair. Production is set to begin this September and will center on the DeFeo murders murders that took place one year before the Lutz family moved into the house, only to leave 28 days later after a plague of paranormal activity. 1974 will be the first film about the happenings at the Amityville house that will feature the Defeo murders. No cast has been announced, but as soon as they are we will let you know.
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The first plot details have arrived for Quentin Tarantino’s ninth and still untitled film which is being referred to as “#9”. Set in Los Angeles in 1969, the film was at first reported as a movie about Charles Manson who passed away last night. Tarantino has now clarified that “It’s not Charles Manson, it’s 1969.” But that Manson Family will be part of the story. The plot, according to Vanity Fair, goes like this: “Set in summer of 1969, focuses on a male TV actor who has had one hit series and is looking for a way to get into the film business. His sidekick – who’s also his stunt double- looking for the same thing. The horrific murder of Sharon Tate and four of her friends by Charles Manson’s cult of followers serves as the backdrop to the main story.” Now that Sony has snagged the rights to the film, which will reportedly have a $100 million budget more
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Charles Manson, a man synonymous with evil, was admitted to the hospital back in January for an intestinal issue but was later returned to prison. A few days ago he was readmitted to Mercy hospital in Bakersville. News has now come via Debra Tate, sister of Sharon Tate, that the cult leader and mass killer is dead at the age of 83 from natural causes. She received a call at 8:13 pm on Sunday with the news, according to TMZ. Here’s a look back at the life of the infamous cult leader. The Early Years Born in Cincinnati on November 12, 1934, no one had a clue that the bouncing baby boy named Charles Milles Maddox would one day be considered one of the evilest and manipulative men on earth. His mother, Kathleen Maddox, a 16-year-old alcoholic prostitute, was briefly married to his father, William Manson. As they ended the marriage young Charles was shipped off to a boys’ school.
Continue reading →
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Last we heard Quentin Tarantino was working on the script for his ninth film as a director, a film based on the murders by notorious cult leader Charles Manson and his family. The good news is, the script has been finished according to Deadline, but the movie has hit a speed bump. Bob and Harvey Weinstein were attached to produce. Of course with the sexual assault scandal, things have changed. Now, Tarantino is searching for another home for the project. While casting has not been confirmed, it’s been said that Margot Robbie has been cast to play Sharon Tate. Reportedly, actors Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and Samuel L. Jackson have also signed on to co-star. Reportedly, the film will center on Sharon Tate who was 8 months pregnant when she was murdered. But she was not alone that night. Four other people were killed at her LA home on August 8, 1969. On that night four of the Manson family
Continue reading →
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Everyone has listened to at least one audiobook in their life. But what you may have been unaware of while listening to the story in your car or at the gym, is that there is a chance that you may have been hearing the voice of a serial killer. Run by serial killer Edmund Kemper III, there was a program at the California Medical Facility State Prison called Volunteers of Vacaville aka the “Blind Project”. The inmates in the program recorded thousands of books, novels, textbooks, and even cookbooks on tape. Some of those recordings have been transferred to digital copies. From 1977 to 1987 alone, Kemper spent over 5,000 hours recording more than four million feet of tape. The project is still alive and well today and continues to operate at the prison. I can’t begin to tell you what this has meant to me, to be able to do something constructive for someone else, to be appreciated by
Continue reading →
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The third season of the hit series ‘BuzzFeed Unsolved: Supernatural’ will be premiering later this week with new investigations into the supernatural. Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej, the show’s creators, hosts, and producers, will take viewers on a journey into all things supernatural in search of the truth, with a hint of comedy. From the Press Release: (NEW YORK, October 6, 2017) — BuzzFeed today announced that its global hit series “BuzzFeed Unsolved: Supernatural” will return for its third season on Friday, October 13, at 6:00 p.m. EST/ 3:00 p.m. PST via YouTube.com. Creators, hosts, and producers Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej, will return with 10 all-new episodes that, for the first time, find the duo investigating the supernatural in spooky sights from London to Roswell to get closer to the “truth” behind unsolved mysteries. Each episode of “BuzzFeed Unsolved: Supernatural” will feature the hosts dissecting compelling cases of supernatural phenomena – from the Roswell Incident to the Pennhurst Asylum
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A film shoot almost turned deadly when an actor on a movie set was mistaken by police as an armed robber. News station Fox 59 is reporting that in Crawfordsville, Indiana a call came into the police dept. reporting an armed robbery in progress at the Backstep Brewery on North Green Street. When police arrived they spotted a man in a ski mask exiting the building with a gun in his hand. The officers told the man to drop his weapon. Upon the command the robber, who in reality was actor Jim Duff, he turned to face the officers and was shot at. After the shot was fired he dropped the gun (a movie prop), pulled off the mask and told officers, “This is a movie set”. Duff was detained during the investigation to confirm that it was indeed a movie filming. Officers said that they fired because they felt their life was in danger. All of the cameras and
Continue reading →
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Back in 2014, two 12-year-old Milwaukee girls committed an unthinkable crime that rocked the nation. The girls stabbed their friend Payton Geyser 19 times after luring her into woods. The victim somehow found the strength to drag herself onto a bicycle path where a passing bicyclist found her. Luckily, Geyser survived the ordeal. The reason the girls gave for committing the heinous act, they did it to win favor with the character Slender Man, a figure who was born in a Creepypasta story by Eric Knudsen. After 3 years one of the girls, Anissa Weier, has finally had her day in court where she plead guilty to attempted second-degree intentional homicide. The verdict came down that Weier will avoid prison. Instead, she will be committed to a mental hospital where she will wait out her 3-year sentence. Both girls have been diagnosed with Shared Delusional Disorder. Shared Psychotic Disorder or folie à deux definition: A rare delusional disorder shared by
Continue reading →
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What was Jeffrey Dahmer like before he became an infamous serial killer? The upcoming film My Friend Dahmer will answer that by explore the killer’s teenage years. Based on the 2012 graphic novel by John “Derf” Backderf, a friend of Dahmer’s as a teen, the film stars Ross Lynch, once a Disney star, as the killer himself who in real life murdered, dismembered and cannibalized 17 young men and boys (that we know of) from 1978 to 1991. You have to admit, Lynch does heavily resemble a young Dahmer. Lynch, Dahmer In the film, Mad Men’s Vincent Kartheiser plays the role of Dahmer’s doctor, Anne Heche will appear as Dahmer’s mother, and Alex Wolff will co-star as “Derf”. Marc Meyers was in the director’s chair for the film. He penned the script as well. The first trailer has now arrived giving us a peak at what we can expect from this dark tale that ventures into the mind of a
Continue reading →
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When an area becomes a popular place to film it can attract two types of surges, the good, with things like an increase in tourism or, the bad, with an increase crime. Recently, there has been a lot of the later in southern California. Over the past two years there has been a huge jump in crime targeting film crews and it’s something we all need to talk about. At 8 am on Sunday, July 16th, 71 year-old Ed French, a well known fixture in commercial production, was scouting locations for a commercial at the Twin Peaks Overlook in San Francisco. What started out as a beautiful morning quickly turned into a nightmare. French was approached by an African American man with shoulder-length dreadlocks and a woman in her late teens. The two strangers shot French and took his camera and equipment before fleeing the area in a dark gray Honda Accord, a witness reported to police. This has happened
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Eli Roth is a busy man. Not only is Roth producing the upcoming Halloween film Haunt, he will also be producing the upcoming film 1974 that will explore the true story behind one of the most well known haunted houses, the Amityville house. Casey La Scala, who produced the long delayed movie Amityville: The Awakening, will be in the director’s chair. Production is set to begin this September and will center on the DeFeo murders murders that took place one year before the Lutz family moved into the house, only to leave 28 days later after a plague of paranormal activity. 1974 will be the first film about the happenings at the Amityville house that will feature the Defeo murders. No cast has been announced, but as soon as they are we will let you know.
Continue reading →
