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Jonathan Demme Will No Longer Hear The Screaming Of The Lambs

It is with a heavy heart that I bring this bit of news to you today, my Little Monsters. Acadamy Award winning director Jonathan Demme has passed away at the age of 73 from esophageal cancer as well as complications related to heart disease. Demme was the filmmaker who would prove that a smart and sophisticated horror film could win the film industry’s top honor, and in more categories than one. People can deny it all they want and try to make it more profound than it is. But at the end of the day you have to call Silence of the Lambs what it is, Jonathan Demme’s horror masterpiece. Demme also directed another incredible film that highlighted a very different kind of horror – AIDS. With Philadelphia, Demme gave a very real and human face to this horrific disease while also displaying the prejudice and misconceptions of those who are on the outside looking in and judging those who

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Capt McNeely
Apr 26, 2017
Aileen Wuornos: The True Story Of A Serial Killer

Aileen Wuornos: The True Story Of A Serial Killer

Monsters do exist. They are not the nightmares in our dreams, the ghouls under our beds, or the specters in our closets. Monsters are real people, and they are terrifying. One monster who lived on the earth is none other than Aileen Wuornos. Yes, I know that this monster prologue is based on the fact that there is a movie about her called Monster (and the movie if fantastic!), but the fact still remains that she was a vile, angry woman. As with many murderers and monsters, the argument is there for if they were born evil or created evil by their circumstances. And, if created, how justified were they? I am not going or answer that question. But I hope to at least provide the information for you to create opinions and arguments. Wuornos never met her father, as he was incarcerated at the time of her birth on February 9, 1956. He was convicted of sex crimes against

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Capt McNeely
Apr 1, 2017
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ABC To Air Unseen Manson Footage And Interviews In Two Hour Special

The name “Manson” triggers thoughts of evil, murder and manipulation. Unless you’ve been living under a rock you know who Charles Manson is and you know what he has done. The infamous leader of the the Manson Family cult gave the command to kill and his followers carried out a grisly set of murders in his name. The Tate and LaBianca murders went down in history as one of the most brutal set of crimes in history. Those intrigued by serial killers have seen the documentaries and the news casts, but there is unseen, unreleased footage out there, but not for long. This Friday (March 17th), ABC will air a new documentary filled with crime scene footage, never before seen interviews with Manson and his family, law officials, first responders, family and friends of the victims, and Sharon Tate’s younger sister, Debra Tate. Witness the brutality and evil behind the Manson Family murders on Friday, March 17, 2017 at 9E

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 14, 2017
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Sarah Paulson Joins Cast of Amazon’s Craigslist Murder Movie, LOST GIRLS

She has dealt with witchy girls, slept cheek by jowl with “freaks”, inhabited a haunted hotel, and even prosecuted a double murderer. But now Sarah Paulson will step into the skin of Mari, the mother of a young woman named Shannan, who is one of many escorts and prostitutes to fall victim to a serial killer. Paulson has been cast to star in the Amazon Studios’ serial killer thriller, Lost Girls. The movie tells the story of a real life serial killer on Long Island, who was often referred to by the media as the “Gilgo Beach Killer”. But due to the fact that many of the killer’s victims were sex workers, who were found on Craigslist, the killer was dubbed with the more familiar moniker of the “Craigslist Ripper” . Documentary filmmaker Liz Garbus will direct the film based on Michael Werwie’s screen adaptation of Robert Kolker’s book Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery (2013). This will be Garbus’

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Capt McNeely
Feb 5, 2017
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Indiegogo Campaign Goes Live For Sequel To Within Madness

Writer-director J. M. Stelly, the man behind ‘Within Madness’ has now kicked off his Indegogo campaign for the sequel, ‘Within Madness: The Chapel Tapes’, inspired by the tapes of the brutal serial killers Leonard Lake and Charles Ng. From the Press Release: From J. M. Stelly, writer and director of Within Madness, ABACUS, and The Doctor’s Apprentice along with LC Films and Anatomica Productions comes Within Madness: The Chapel Tapes. Set in the year 2006, Chapel Tapes is the story of Mark Chapel and Gregory Alexander. two friends who’s lust for slavery turns into a world of death and pain as told through the eyes of Gregory and the tapes they recorded with their friend Vaughn Neil. OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS In 2006 a raid on a house belonging to a local artist, Vaughn Neil, somewhere in rural Louisiana, turned up over fifteen tapes depicting the horrible acts of two men, Mark Chapel and Gregory Alexander. During a one on one interview

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 20, 2017
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Martin Scorsese Gives An Update On Serial Killer H. H. Holmes Film Starring Leonardo DiCaprio

Back in August of 2015 we reported that legendary director Martin Scorsese will be making a film about America’s first documented serial killer H. H. Holmes, titled ‘The Devil in the White City’. Since then news about the film has been silent, until now. Scorsese has had his hands full on other projects including ‘Silence’, but now that the film is approaching its theatrical release, he will be able to turn his attention to ‘The Devil in the White City’. Scorsese recently spoke with the Toronto Sun and gave an update on the highly-anticipated true crime thriller. One of the things that I had to stop for the past six months,” Scorsese stated about ‘Silence, “was my meetings on the script. They want me to start again in January and see if we can find a because its an extraordinary story.” Paramount bought the rights to the 2003 book ‘The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 23, 2016
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Disney Star To Play Yong Jeffrey Dahmer In New Film

Twenty-five years ago, Jeffery Dahmer became a household name after he committed a series of brutal murders. His legacy of evil still lingers today. Before he became a serial killer, he was a relatively normal child and teenager. At his school, Revere High School in Ohio, Dahmer had friends, and did the things most teenagers do. One of his friends was author Derf Backderf. Backderf began his graphic novel in 2012 based their high school friendship, titled ‘My Friend Dahmer’. The graphic novel is now being adapted for a full-length film. Young Dahmer will be played by Disney star and musician Ross Lynch. Lynch’s role is completely opposite of his clean-cut Disney image. He’s going from roles in films like ‘Teen Beach Movie’ to playing the young killer. Lynch is the spitting image of young Dahmer. Young Dahmer Ross Lynch as young Dahmer It’s not a slasher film – it’s a very melancholy tale full of regret and remorse that

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 5, 2016
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Active Serial Killers Are Roaming The U.S.

The world has long had a fascination with true crime, especially when it comes to serial killers. Everyone has heard of Bundy, Gacey or Dohmer. But here is a scary fact, at any given moment there are at least 25 to 50 active serial killers in the U.S. That’s right, 25 to 50 serial killers are roaming the streets right now, according to the former chief of the FBI’s Elite Serial Killer Crime Unit, John Douglas. Here’s a list of a few of the terrifying active serial killers out there, many go unnoticed. The Edgecombe County Serial Killer/ Seven Bridges Killer Body Count: 8+ North Carolina’s Eddgecomb/Seven Bidges killer became active in 2005. The body count stands at, but is believed to be 10. The victims of the killer were all women of color who had arrests for prostitution and drug possession. Antwan Pitman was convicted of one murder, but police are not positive if he is the right man.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 3, 2016
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Take A Stab At The New Serial Killer Board Game From Culture Heroes

Are you bored? Has game night with friends and family become monotonous? Need a new game to play? Have you ever thought about killing someone who cuts you off in traffic? Do you have an interest in serial killers? If the answer is yes, we have the perfect game for you! Culture Heroes has a brand new board game, The Serial Killer Trivia Game. Players can choose to play as Ed Gein, John Wayne Gacy, Richard Ramirez, Aileen Wuornos, Albert Fish or Ted Bundy and set out on a murderous rampage (on the board). As you move across the board you draw scenario cards to reveal your murder methods. The first player to claim five victims wins. Take a stab at it. You’ll have a killer good time. Yes, the game is very real and you can buy it now Amazon. I stumbled across the game while I was looking for a book last night and it caught my eye.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 19, 2016
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The Purge Being Blamed For Series Of Murders

Ever so often a horror movie takes the blame when a real-life crime is committed. This time The Purge is being blamed for a series murders by the hands of 19-year-old Johnathan Cruz. Cruz randomly killed three people between May 12th to 15th in Indiana. Cruz has been arrested and charged with seventeen counts, including first-degree murder. The reference to The Purge stems from a text message found on Cruz’s cell phone by police. One of the messages stated “I Purge every night now..since Im dieing someone else has to.” Reportedly a witness that knows Cruz told police that he had told her about his attacks and that he had mentioned “purging”. This isn’t the first time that The Purge has been blamed for a crime. Back in 2014, reports were made when mysterious posters were popping up all over Louisville that a real purge was set to take place. Come to find out, a 12-year-old was behind the whole

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 5, 2016

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Jonathan Demme Will No Longer Hear The Screaming Of The Lambs

It is with a heavy heart that I bring this bit of news to you today, my Little Monsters. Acadamy Award winning director Jonathan Demme has passed away at the age of 73 from esophageal cancer as well as complications related to heart disease. Demme was the filmmaker who would prove that a smart and sophisticated horror film could win the film industry’s top honor, and in more categories than one. People can deny it all they want and try to make it more profound than it is. But at the end of the day you have to call Silence of the Lambs what it is, Jonathan Demme’s horror masterpiece. Demme also directed another incredible film that highlighted a very different kind of horror – AIDS. With Philadelphia, Demme gave a very real and human face to this horrific disease while also displaying the prejudice and misconceptions of those who are on the outside looking in and judging those who

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Apr 26, 2017
Aileen Wuornos: The True Story Of A Serial Killer

Aileen Wuornos: The True Story Of A Serial Killer

Monsters do exist. They are not the nightmares in our dreams, the ghouls under our beds, or the specters in our closets. Monsters are real people, and they are terrifying. One monster who lived on the earth is none other than Aileen Wuornos. Yes, I know that this monster prologue is based on the fact that there is a movie about her called Monster (and the movie if fantastic!), but the fact still remains that she was a vile, angry woman. As with many murderers and monsters, the argument is there for if they were born evil or created evil by their circumstances. And, if created, how justified were they? I am not going or answer that question. But I hope to at least provide the information for you to create opinions and arguments. Wuornos never met her father, as he was incarcerated at the time of her birth on February 9, 1956. He was convicted of sex crimes against

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Apr 1, 2017
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ABC To Air Unseen Manson Footage And Interviews In Two Hour Special

The name “Manson” triggers thoughts of evil, murder and manipulation. Unless you’ve been living under a rock you know who Charles Manson is and you know what he has done. The infamous leader of the the Manson Family cult gave the command to kill and his followers carried out a grisly set of murders in his name. The Tate and LaBianca murders went down in history as one of the most brutal set of crimes in history. Those intrigued by serial killers have seen the documentaries and the news casts, but there is unseen, unreleased footage out there, but not for long. This Friday (March 17th), ABC will air a new documentary filled with crime scene footage, never before seen interviews with Manson and his family, law officials, first responders, family and friends of the victims, and Sharon Tate’s younger sister, Debra Tate. Witness the brutality and evil behind the Manson Family murders on Friday, March 17, 2017 at 9E

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 14, 2017
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Sarah Paulson Joins Cast of Amazon’s Craigslist Murder Movie, LOST GIRLS

She has dealt with witchy girls, slept cheek by jowl with “freaks”, inhabited a haunted hotel, and even prosecuted a double murderer. But now Sarah Paulson will step into the skin of Mari, the mother of a young woman named Shannan, who is one of many escorts and prostitutes to fall victim to a serial killer. Paulson has been cast to star in the Amazon Studios’ serial killer thriller, Lost Girls. The movie tells the story of a real life serial killer on Long Island, who was often referred to by the media as the “Gilgo Beach Killer”. But due to the fact that many of the killer’s victims were sex workers, who were found on Craigslist, the killer was dubbed with the more familiar moniker of the “Craigslist Ripper” . Documentary filmmaker Liz Garbus will direct the film based on Michael Werwie’s screen adaptation of Robert Kolker’s book Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery (2013). This will be Garbus’

Continue reading →
Capt McNeely
Feb 5, 2017
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Indiegogo Campaign Goes Live For Sequel To Within Madness

Writer-director J. M. Stelly, the man behind ‘Within Madness’ has now kicked off his Indegogo campaign for the sequel, ‘Within Madness: The Chapel Tapes’, inspired by the tapes of the brutal serial killers Leonard Lake and Charles Ng. From the Press Release: From J. M. Stelly, writer and director of Within Madness, ABACUS, and The Doctor’s Apprentice along with LC Films and Anatomica Productions comes Within Madness: The Chapel Tapes. Set in the year 2006, Chapel Tapes is the story of Mark Chapel and Gregory Alexander. two friends who’s lust for slavery turns into a world of death and pain as told through the eyes of Gregory and the tapes they recorded with their friend Vaughn Neil. OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS In 2006 a raid on a house belonging to a local artist, Vaughn Neil, somewhere in rural Louisiana, turned up over fifteen tapes depicting the horrible acts of two men, Mark Chapel and Gregory Alexander. During a one on one interview

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 20, 2017
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Martin Scorsese Gives An Update On Serial Killer H. H. Holmes Film Starring Leonardo DiCaprio

Back in August of 2015 we reported that legendary director Martin Scorsese will be making a film about America’s first documented serial killer H. H. Holmes, titled ‘The Devil in the White City’. Since then news about the film has been silent, until now. Scorsese has had his hands full on other projects including ‘Silence’, but now that the film is approaching its theatrical release, he will be able to turn his attention to ‘The Devil in the White City’. Scorsese recently spoke with the Toronto Sun and gave an update on the highly-anticipated true crime thriller. One of the things that I had to stop for the past six months,” Scorsese stated about ‘Silence, “was my meetings on the script. They want me to start again in January and see if we can find a because its an extraordinary story.” Paramount bought the rights to the 2003 book ‘The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 23, 2016
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Disney Star To Play Yong Jeffrey Dahmer In New Film

Twenty-five years ago, Jeffery Dahmer became a household name after he committed a series of brutal murders. His legacy of evil still lingers today. Before he became a serial killer, he was a relatively normal child and teenager. At his school, Revere High School in Ohio, Dahmer had friends, and did the things most teenagers do. One of his friends was author Derf Backderf. Backderf began his graphic novel in 2012 based their high school friendship, titled ‘My Friend Dahmer’. The graphic novel is now being adapted for a full-length film. Young Dahmer will be played by Disney star and musician Ross Lynch. Lynch’s role is completely opposite of his clean-cut Disney image. He’s going from roles in films like ‘Teen Beach Movie’ to playing the young killer. Lynch is the spitting image of young Dahmer. Young Dahmer Ross Lynch as young Dahmer It’s not a slasher film – it’s a very melancholy tale full of regret and remorse that

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 5, 2016
Horror Fuel

Active Serial Killers Are Roaming The U.S.

The world has long had a fascination with true crime, especially when it comes to serial killers. Everyone has heard of Bundy, Gacey or Dohmer. But here is a scary fact, at any given moment there are at least 25 to 50 active serial killers in the U.S. That’s right, 25 to 50 serial killers are roaming the streets right now, according to the former chief of the FBI’s Elite Serial Killer Crime Unit, John Douglas. Here’s a list of a few of the terrifying active serial killers out there, many go unnoticed. The Edgecombe County Serial Killer/ Seven Bridges Killer Body Count: 8+ North Carolina’s Eddgecomb/Seven Bidges killer became active in 2005. The body count stands at, but is believed to be 10. The victims of the killer were all women of color who had arrests for prostitution and drug possession. Antwan Pitman was convicted of one murder, but police are not positive if he is the right man.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 3, 2016
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Take A Stab At The New Serial Killer Board Game From Culture Heroes

Are you bored? Has game night with friends and family become monotonous? Need a new game to play? Have you ever thought about killing someone who cuts you off in traffic? Do you have an interest in serial killers? If the answer is yes, we have the perfect game for you! Culture Heroes has a brand new board game, The Serial Killer Trivia Game. Players can choose to play as Ed Gein, John Wayne Gacy, Richard Ramirez, Aileen Wuornos, Albert Fish or Ted Bundy and set out on a murderous rampage (on the board). As you move across the board you draw scenario cards to reveal your murder methods. The first player to claim five victims wins. Take a stab at it. You’ll have a killer good time. Yes, the game is very real and you can buy it now Amazon. I stumbled across the game while I was looking for a book last night and it caught my eye.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 19, 2016
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The Purge Being Blamed For Series Of Murders

Ever so often a horror movie takes the blame when a real-life crime is committed. This time The Purge is being blamed for a series murders by the hands of 19-year-old Johnathan Cruz. Cruz randomly killed three people between May 12th to 15th in Indiana. Cruz has been arrested and charged with seventeen counts, including first-degree murder. The reference to The Purge stems from a text message found on Cruz’s cell phone by police. One of the messages stated “I Purge every night now..since Im dieing someone else has to.” Reportedly a witness that knows Cruz told police that he had told her about his attacks and that he had mentioned “purging”. This isn’t the first time that The Purge has been blamed for a crime. Back in 2014, reports were made when mysterious posters were popping up all over Louisville that a real purge was set to take place. Come to find out, a 12-year-old was behind the whole

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 5, 2016
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