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Did Cal Ripken Jr. Sign This Painting Of An Oriole By John Wayne Gacy?For those of you clamoring for the autographs of both a serial killer and a Baseball Hall of Famer, here’s a way to, well, kill two birds with one stone. You can buy this “original acrylic painting of an Oriole by John Wayne Gacy, which prominently features the autograph of Cal Ripken Jr.” for $9,99...

The Man Cops Say Is My Neighborhood Serial Killer Was A Basketball Walk-On At St. John'sFor almost two months, my neighborhood in Tampa has been terrorized by a serial killer. Four people are dead, with nothing connecting them other than that they live here in Seminole Heights. Yesterday, cops arrested Howell “Trai” Donaldson III and charged him with the murders; today, Rob Dauster ov...

Serial Rapist Darren Sharper Sentenced To 18 Years In PrisonSerial rapist and former NFL star Darren Sharper was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for raping, drugging, and/or attempting to rape 16 women in four different states. Sharper was sentenced in federal court by Judge Jane Triche Milazzo, who previously rejected a global plea deal that would hav...

The New Season of <i>Serial </i>Is Here

The first season of the podcast Serial told the story of the little-known murder case of Hae Min-Lee in weekly installments; it was an improbably huge sensation, even if some people around here hated it. Today, the second season premieres, and as previously (and rudely) leaked to, uh, Maxim, it will...

<i>Serial</i> Sucked And Wasted Everyone's Time

What do I know after listening to every episode of Serial? Nothing. I know absolutely nothing, except that it wasted my damn time, and I really hate it when that happens. Did you know sometimes we send people to prison on flimsy evidence? Did you know investigators can manipulate a witness narrative...

Hae Min Lee, Team Player: The <i>Serial </i>Murder Victim's Lacrosse Heroics 

Originally published at Lacrosse Magazine....

One-Time Raiders Defensive End Anthony Smith May Be The NFL's First Sociopathic Serial Killer

Anthony Smith was a defensive end for Alabama and Arizona for four years before being drafted 11th in the first round of the 1990 NFL Draft (six spots behind Junior Seau, six ahead of Emmitt Smith). He played seven seasons for the Raiders—the first four in Los Angeles, the last three in Oakland—befo...

You may remember earlier this year when a man on death row in Ohio used his final words to predict a Browns Super Bowl. Well, a murderer in Tacoma, Washington was sentenced to 163 years in jail, but he does hope the Seahawks beat the Browns this week. [KIRO]...