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Colleen Stan hitchhiked out of Eugene, Oregon on May 19, 1977.  She was kidnapped by Cameron and Jan Hooker and held as a sex slave for seven years.  She was locked in a small coffin-like wooden box the Hookers kept under their bed.  Colleen was forced to sign a slavery contract and she was told about an organized crime group called "The Company" that could harm her or her family if she...

Colleen Stan hitchhiked out of Eugene, Oregon on May 19, 1977.  She was kidnapped by Cameron and Jan Hooker and held as a sex slave for seven years.  She was locked in a small coffin-like wooden box the Hookers kept under their bed.  Colleen was forced to sign a slavery contract and she was told about an organized crime group called "The Company" that could harm her or her family if she...

Carl Tanzler is known as Count Carl Von Cosel.  He worked as a radiology technician at a hospital in Key West, Florida.  He became obsessed with one of his patients, Elena Milagro de Hoyos and she died from Tuberculosis.  Carl's obsession carried on after her death, he took her body from the mausoleum, and he kept her corpse for 7 years. https://www.drinkingthecoolaid.com/ RESOURCES Óscar Chá...

Carl Tanzler is known as Count Carl Von Cosel.  He worked as a radiology technician at a hospital in Key West, Florida.  He became obsessed with one of his patients, Elena Milagro de Hoyos and she died from Tuberculosis.  Carl's obsession carried on after her death, he took her body from the mausoleum, and he kept her corpse for 7 years. https://www.drinkingthecoolaid.com/ RESOURCES Óscar Chá...

John George Haigh was known as the acid bath murder.  He was a serial killer that murdered his victims and put their bodies in sulphuric acid afterwards.  He was a master at forging signatures, and this allowed him to gain access to his victim's possessions and money. https://www.drinkingthecoolaid.com/ Resources: The Acid Alchemist: A True Story of Murder, Deceit, and Unspeakable Horror. , B...

John George Haigh was known as the acid bath murder.  He was a serial killer that murdered his victims and put their bodies in sulphuric acid afterwards.  He was a master at forging signatures, and this allowed him to gain access to his victim's possessions and money. https://www.drinkingthecoolaid.com/ Resources: The Acid Alchemist: A True Story of Murder, Deceit, and Unspeakable Horror. , B...

Jake Bird was tried and executed for the axe murders of Bertha Kludt and her daughter Beverly June Kludt.  It is suspected that he may have killed as many as 44 to 46 people.  After his conviction was announced, he said, "I'm putting the Jake Bird hex on all of you who had anything to do with my being punished.  Mark my words, you will die before I do."  Six people connected to the...

The Pottawattamie County Jail is also known as Squirrel Cage Jail is located in Council Bluffs, Iowa.  It's built like a giant Lazy Susan and the cells are pie shaped.  There is a single door on all 3 levels, but you need to use a hand crank to spin the jail and line it up.  Some very infamous prisoners served time in this jail, including Jake Bird, also known as the Tacoma Ax-killer.  It&apo...

Diane Staudte and her daughter, Rachel, committed murders together by poisoning their family members with antifreeze.  Diane's husband, Mark was murdered first, then her son, Shaun.  Soon after, her daughter, Sarah was taken to the hospital in critical condition and police started an investigation.  Diane was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole and Rachel was sentenc...

Melissa Platt's death certificate has been changed from undetermined to homicide due to assault and closed head injury.  Her family has hired a private investigator and the case has been re-opened.  Website:  Drinking The Cool Aid Sign the petition: Petition · Justice for Melissa Sue Platt · Change.org Justice for Melissa Gofundme: Fundraiser by Michelle Mims : Justice for Melissa Platt (gofu...

On October 3rd, 2008, Melissa Platt was allegedly beat, wrapped in a blanket, and left in a trailer to suffer for days.  When Paramedics finally found her, they reported that they had never seen someone in such a horrifying condition.  She was rushed to the hospital for an emergency craniotomy and she had an  intracranial hemorrhage, a bilateral mandible fracture, and she was bruised from head to...

29-year-old Alexa Negron Luciano was a transgender woman who was murdered in the city of Toa Baja.  She was homeless and used a mirror to check her surroundings.  Alexa was accused of peeping under a bathroom stall at a McDonald's but police confirmed that there's no evidence of this.  Alexa was murdered less than 12 hours after this incident and it was her birthday. Website: Drinking Th...

Susan Smith made a false claim that a man kidnapped her sons during a carjacking on October 25th, 1994.  After a 9-day search, she confessed to letting her car roll into John D. Long Lake and drowning her kids.  She was convicted of murdering her sons, three-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alexander. Website: https://www.drinkingthecoolaid.com/   Resources: American Justice - The Susan Smith Sto...

Susan Smith made a false claim that a man kidnapped her sons during a carjacking on October 25th, 1994.  After a 9-day search, she confessed to letting her car roll into John D. Long Lake and drowning her kids.  She was convicted of murdering her sons, three-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alexander. Website: https://www.drinkingthecoolaid.com/   Resources: American Justice - The Susan Smith Sto...

Elizabeth Smart was abducted from her home when she was 14 years old by Brian David Mitchell.  Brian and his wife, Wanda Barzee, held her captive for nine months until she was rescued by police on March 12th, 2003.  In 2011, she founded the Elizabeth Smart foundation which aims to bring hope and end the victimization and exploitation of sexual assault through prevention, recovery, and advocacy. We...

Elizabeth Smart was abducted from her home when she was 14 years old by Brian David Mitchell.  Brian and his wife, Wanda Barzee, held her captive for nine months until she was rescued by police on March 12th, 2003.  In 2011, she founded the Elizabeth Smart foundation which aims to bring hope and end the victimization and exploitation of sexual assault through prevention, recovery, and advocacy. We...

Walburga Oesterreich (Dolly) married a wealthy man named Fred.  When she was 33, she was introduced to 17-year-old Otto Sanhuber, who worked at her husband's factory.  Dolly invited Otto to her home to "fix her sewing machine" and they began an affair.  Otto didn't really have any friends or family, so he agreed to move into Dolly's attic to make their affair easier.  Duri...

James Eagan Holmes is a mass murderer responsible for the 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting at a Century 16 movie theater on July 20th, 2012.  He didn't have any known criminal background prior to the shooting, but his behavior was very erratic.  Before the shooting, James built homemade bombs and booby-trapped his apartment.  He was sentenced to 12 consecutive life sentences plus 3,318 years wi...

James Eagan Holmes is a mass murderer responsible for the 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting at a Century 16 movie theater on July 20th, 2012.  He didn't have any known criminal background prior to the shooting, but his behavior was very erratic.  Before the shooting, James built homemade bombs and booby-trapped his apartment.  He was sentenced to 12 consecutive life sentences plus 3,318 years wi...

James Eagan Holmes is a mass murderer responsible for the 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting at a Century 16 movie theater on July 20th, 2012.  He didn't have any known criminal background prior to the shooting, but his behavior was very erratic.  Before the shooting, James built homemade bombs and booby-trapped his apartment.  He was sentenced to 12 consecutive life sentences plus 3,318 years wi...

Mrs. Warren's family came down with Typhoid fever shortly after hiring their new cook, Mary Mallon.  It was soon discovered that Mary was a carrier of typhoid even though she appeared to be healthy.  In the 1900's, people didn't understand germs as well as we do now.  It was difficult to make Mary understand that she was making others sick, so they ended up putting her in quarantine...

In 1970, MGM's wardrobe department decided to auction off their props and costumes.  Kent Warner, gave one pair of Judy Garland's ruby slippers to be auctioned and he stole the rest.  A collector named Michael Shaw ended up with a pair and eventually loaned them to the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, MN, but they were stolen in 2005.  There were many theories about what happened to...

The Wizard of Oz is an iconic movie with many dark secrets and rumors.  During the film, several people were injured, the paint was toxic, the snow was made of asbestos, and the costumes were extremely difficult to wear.  There may be some dark history, but the result was a movie of pure magic and imagination. Website: https://www.drinkingthecoolaid.com/ Resources: 13 Facts About L. Frank Baum’s &...

The Waverly Hills Sanatorium is located in Louisville, Kentucky.  It was opened as a two-story hospital for tuberculosis patients in 1910 and was over capacity right away.  The facility expanded and once you were sent there, you never went home.  The hospital practiced several surgical methods on the patients, including a method where they would collapse a portion of your lung, so it had time to r...

Dennis Rader known as BTK (Bind, Torture, Kill) murdered 10 people in Kansas.  He sent letters, poems, and dolls to the police and local news stations detailing his murders because he liked the cat and mouse game.  Dennis ended up sending a floppy disk to the police and they were able to trace it back to him and he was finally arrested in 2005. Website: https://www.drinkingthecoolaid.com/ Resource...