14 h. ago Bulgarian footballer honoured with minute’s silence despite not being dead

Petko Ganchev mistakenly commemorated by former club‘When I heard the terrible news, I poured myself a brandy’A Bulgarian footballer who was honoured with a minute’s silence by his former club, despite not being dead, has shared his side of the story and admitted “being buried alive is quite stressful, really”.The life of Petko Ganchev was commemorated by the top-division side Arda Kardzhali last Sunday, after they were wrongly informed of the former striker’s demise. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Loose Women's Sunetra Sarker's unexpected link to Harold Shipman as he was 'hiding in plain sight'

The Loose Women star shared how her father spoke to the serial killer multiple times before the truth was revealed

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18 h. ago What’s it like to have a serial killer for a father? Melissa Moore knows — and her story is being told

The eight-episode series ‘Happy Face’ for Paramount+ is inspired by the true story of Melissa G. Moore and the shocking discovery that her father was the infamous serial killer known as Happy Face. Andrea Cavallier reports

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36 h. ago Second body identified in Canada landfill amid search for serial killer’s victims

Marcedes Myran’s remains found in search mission after Jeremy Skibicki preyed on Indigenous women in 2022Canadian police have confirmed the identity of a second woman whose body was dumped at a private landfill near Winnipeg by a serial killer who preyed on Indigenous women and left their bodies hidden in trash.The Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted police said in a statement on Monday that the human remains found in the Prairie Green Landfill, north of Winnipeg, were those of Marcedes Myran, 26. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago What’s it like to have a serial killer for a father? Melissa Moore knows

The eight-episode series “Happy Face” for Paramount+ is inspired by the true story of Melissa G. Moore and the shocking discovery that her father was the infamous serial killer known as Happy Face. Andrea Cavallier reports

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43 h. ago ‘Serial killer who only killed once’ is heading to prison after decades on the run

After almost three decades on the run, Stephan Smerk has been sentenced for first-degree murder in crime ‘among the worst’ Fairfax County had ever seen, James Liddell writes

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45 h. ago Protesters claiming baby serial killer Lucy Letby is innocent demonstrate outside public inquiry looking into her crimes

Around 40 people waving placards saying 'Free Lucy Letby, no babies were murdered' and 'Lucy Letby not guilty' arrived at Liverpool Town Hall early this morning.

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54 h. ago Would YOU buy a house of horrors? From home where a nanny was buried under the patio to serial killer lairs...the homes where heinous acts took place

Some 'houses of horror' which were the scene of Britain's most notorious murders have been demolished - yet others stay not only standing but also open for offers.

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65 h. ago The ‘serial killer who only killed once’: He left an Army base in 1994 with an intent to kill, now he heads to prison

After almost three decades on the run, Stephan Smerk has been sentenced for first-degree murder in crime ‘among the worst’ Fairfax County had ever seen, James Liddell writes

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3 d. ago UK's most notorious serial killer spends 23 hours a day 'buried alive' in glass cage underground

He is the UK's longest-serving prisoner dubbed 'Hannibal the Cannibal' goes on hunger strike, we've taken a look at inside the 18ft by 15ft glass box where he’s trapped

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3 d. ago Serial killer Robert Maudsley 'buried alive' in glass cage below ground

Robert Maudsley, 71, has spent the past 46 years in solitary confinement at Wakefield Prison in West Yorkshire.

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3 d. ago Shadows, Ballet Black creates a ‘haunting’ dance spectacle in ‘handsome’ double bill

Ballet Black’s adaptations of ‘My Sister, The Serial Killer’ and ‘A Shadow Work’ continue to show this adventurous company’s ambitions

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3 d. ago The ‘Happy face’ killer left 8 women dead and his daughter traumatized. A new TV show will bring their story to life

The eight-episode series “Happy Face” for Paramount+ is inspired by the true story of Melissa G. Moore and the shocking discovery that her father was the infamous serial killer known as Happy Face. Andrea Cavallier reports

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3 d. ago Faces of evil serving whole life orders from crossbow killer to sleepover slayer

Cowardly murderer, Kyle Clifford is the latest to join the gallery of evil among child serial killer Lucy Letby, Sarah Everard’s killer Wayne Couzens and necrophiliac David Fuller to name a few

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4 d. ago Happy Face: this drama about a serial killer’s daughter is so mind

At times, this true-crime drama feels like a meta satire of an industry that milks private pain for entertainment. It is, however, no such thing You know the feeling: you’re watching a shocking docudrama about a toxic waste scandal, or the baseless prosecution of 555 sub-postmasters, or the fraudulent founder of a blood-testing biotech company, and you start thinking – did this all really happen? So you do some digging online. Usually, it turns out there has been a mild massaging of the truth in the name of narrative efficiency: a couple of characters conflated, a timeline slightly rejigged. Only very occasionally (once?) will a case of dramatic licence result in a hysterical media storm, a global debate about the ethics of dramatisation and Netflix being hit with a $170m lawsuit. And yet it is almost unheard of to settle down to watch a series based on real events – or, in the case of Paramount+’s Happy Face (from Thursday 20 March), “inspired by a true life story” – and be confron...

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4 d. ago UK's most dangerous prisoner's life 'buried alive' in glass cage underground

As notorious serial killer ‘Hannibal the Cannibal’ goes on hunger strike after prison guards confiscate his Playstation and TV, the Mirror takes a look at what’s inside the 18ft by 15ft glass box where he’s trapped

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5 d. ago Bathroom firm sparks outrage with 30ft inflatable knifeman boasting 'we murder all competitors' in city where boy was stabbed to death this week

Big Duck Bathrooms, in Glasgow, were using a blow up version of the fictional serial killer to advertise the company.

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6 d. ago Voices: Netflix missed a trick with ‘You’ – and it makes the final series pointless

The streaming service has dropped an official teaser of the final season of the serial killer hit, with Penn Badgley’s ‘Joe Goldberg’ character primed to confront his demons in New York – but it’s still a salacious step too far for Emma Clarke

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6 d. ago Glasgow bathroom company slammed over inflatable serial killer holding knife

Big Duck Bathrooms in Dennistoun was slammed by councillor Anthony Carroll over the "insensitive" stunt.

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7 d. ago Serial killer's sinister confession letter after butchering neighbours and leaving bodies in bath

After killing two of his neighbours, a serial killer nicknamed the 'Angel of Mercy' told police he had the 'urge' to kill after writing a chilling confession note

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