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In 1988, Bette Lucas took a fatal fall while she was walking up the stairs with her son, Steve. The police focused on Steven when they found out about Bette's will and Steven's shady business practices. Aquatru: Go to Aquatru.com and use promo code CITY for 20% off your purifier and a 30-day best tasting water guarantee! Progressive: Multitask right now. Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com...

In 1997, an affair between officers Linda Brown and Kevin Cummings in the Santa Monica Police Department ended in gunfire. The resulting fallout lead to revelations that many members of the force were more interested in sex and money than law and order. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In 1983, two bankers, Toby Thulin and Rudy Bluthe, were murdered on a secluded Minnesota farm. Their deaths, and the lives of their troubled killers, Jim and Steve Jenkins, shocked the small town of Ruthton and became a disputed national symbol for the farm crisis of the early 1980's. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-...

In the summer of 1986, Troy Valentine and Melissa Hill, two locals, were found stabbed to death in the hotel they worked in. The investigation led police to Eddie Harris, Kimberly Pelly, and two friends who were traveling through town and took Valentiane and Hill's lives. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info...

Robert Johnson was the king of the blues, and in 1938 he returned to Greenwood for a last gig before heading to the big time in New York. But he was mysteriously poisoned, and the killer was never found. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Mel Fisher was Key West's resident hero since his discovery of a sunken treasure ship from 1622. However, in 1998, an investigation was sparked into Fisher's "authentic" gold coins and his old diving friend Walter Kruse. Aquatru: Go to Aquatru.com and use promo code CITY for 20% off your purifier and a 30-day best tasting water guarantee! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Califor...

In 1996, Mark Brueggen's body was found in a shallow grave. Brueggen's business partner Mark Crawford, the town's most prominent citizen and business man, was charged with his murder after the investigation led to a tangled web of fraud, conspiracy, and murder. Progressive: Multitask right now. Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 28 million drivers who trust Progressive. S...

In the early 80's Michael Matthews worked with a mob boss, Nicodemo Scarfo, to win the mayoral election which led to a ring of corruption that forever changed Atlantic City. Progressive: Multitask right now. Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 28 million drivers who trust Progressive. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://...

In the heart of Nevada's silver country lies America's most infamous ranch, a ranch without cows or cowboys that was closed by Uncle Sam in 1999. Progressive: Multitask right now. Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 28 million drivers who trust Progressive. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-no...

Alaskan political activist Joe Vogler mysteriously disappears after befriending a man and former convict who shared his distaste for government control. Progressive: Multitask right now. Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 28 million drivers who trust Progressive. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-...

During an evening in 1991, Artie Mitchell was shot with a high-powered rifle by his brother Jim. The Mitchells were the kings of the porn empire in San Francisco, and Jim said he killed Artie because he as taking his lifestyle too far. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In 1996, a prominent attorney, Tom Capano, is convicted of murdering Anne Marie Fahey, a governor’s aide with whom he was having an affair. The tawdry case involving two prominent families rippled through the political and social circles of Delaware. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In 1992 head preacher at the Church of Jesus with Signs Following, Glenn Summerford, was convicted of trying to murder his wife by forcing her hand into a cage of venomous rattlesnakes, at gunpoint. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

The story of murder and narcotics that shook up a small South Carolina town when the son of a retired bishop murdered his wife, the daughter of a state senator. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In 1985, artist Ana Mendieta fell from a building while she and her husband fellow artist, Carl Andre, were fighting. Andre was arrested for the murder after it was discovered she had a desperate fear of heights and a bellman heard her pleading for her life. Progressive: Multitask right now. Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 28 million drivers who trust Progressive. See...

Grady Stiles, a circus act named "Lobster Boy", was found dead from three gunshot wound to the head in 1992. The investigation would reveal a history of abuse and a betrayal by those closest to him. Progressive: Multitask right now. Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 28 million drivers who trust Progressive. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California P...

In 1996, Rebecca Middleton is found stabbed 16 times with her throat cut. The police find out that two young men, Kirk Mundy and Justis Smith, were the last to see her, and they are charged with her murder. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In 1995, Charles Rathburn, a freelance photographer, invited Linda Sobek, an aspiring model, on a photo shoot. Sobek never returned and the camera was turned on Rathburn after it was discovered that he was the one who killed her. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Jeff and Kathy Willets ran a brothel out of their own home, which attracted some of the best of Ft. Lauderdale. One of her clients, Doug Danziger, was a local man that crusaded for morality in Ft. Lauderdale. After the cops raided the Willets' business in 1991, they found out that one of her clients was Danziger which led to a media frenzy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and Calif...

In 1982, Alice McArthur, the wife of Bill, a prominent criminal defense attorney, is killed by two men delivering flowers. The investigation led to may Lee Orsini, a woman who wanted Bill as more than a lawyer, and the two men delivering the "flowers". See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Nancy Lyon was rushed to the hospital in 1991 by her husband after she is experiencing symptoms of a severe stomach flu and dies that night. Her true cause of death, arsenic, is discovered, and an investigation reveals an unhappy marriage with one of the premier couples of the wealthy Dallas suburb of Park Cities. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at htt...

In 1989, Larry Volk was shot in the head by David Lemons, a man hired by Soni Beckham and John Sipes. Beckham and Sipes plotted to kill Volk because of his cooperation with the Gaming Control Board in which he agreed to confess that he "fixed" machines so they wouldn't pay jackpots. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-se...

In 1981, Rolf Nesland mysteriously disappeared. His wife Ruth said he went to Norway, but there weren't any records of his arrival which led police to Ruth and the Nesland's turbulent relationship. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

In 1990, George Walterfield Russell, a charming regular on the club scene, is revealed to be a psychopath after Mary Ann Pohlreich, Andrea Levine, and another woman are found dead and their bodies posed in similar positions. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Steven Christensen and Gary Sheets are sent mail bombs which kill Christensen and Sheets' wife in 1985. A third bomb wounds Mark Hoffman, who turns out to be a top document forger who owed Christensen and Sheets money for forged Mormon church documents and tried to get rid of his debts by killing them. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.c...