2 h. ago Sickening punishment used on children before they escaped from 'dungeon' in house of horrors

Pennsylvania parents accused of keeping their five children locked inside a 'dungeon' had also allegedly subjected them to some severe punishment.

Society

26 h. ago 'I moved into Fred and Rose West's house of horrors and saw chilling sign within minutes'

Kathleen Richards was just 17 when she moved into 25 Cromwell Street in Gloucester in November 1977, and was immediately subjected to the unwanted attentions of her landlord, serial killer Fred West

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26 h. ago 'I lived with Fred and Rose West and spotted something truly terrifying in my bedroom'

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: A woman who lived in Fred and Rose West's house of horrors as a teenager has spoken out about the moment she realised she was living with serial killers

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3 d. ago 'I was addicted to ketamine – it's like someone pouring boiling water into your bladder'

A young woman who might need to have her bladder removed is speaking out about the Gen Z drug of choice that makes users "wet themselves" and "wear a nappy"

Politics

4 d. ago 'I escaped notorious killers Fred and Rose West but the word evil didn't cross my mind'

Kathleen Richards was just 17 years old when she lodged at 25 Cromwell Street. She has now published a spine-chilling memoir about surviving the so-called 'House of Horrors'

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1 week ago 'I was brought back to my senses by cold water pouring into the train'

Manchester's worst rail tragedy saw a train crash 70ft off a bridge into a river, drowning passengers trapped in its carriages

Politics

1 week ago Rescue 'abandoned' for woman trapped 22,000ft up mountain with broken leg

Natalia Nagovitsina has been stuck up Victory Peak in Kyrgyzstan for a week-and-a-half after she suffered a significant injury while undertaking the 24,406ft climb.

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1 week ago 'It smells like you're sucking the juice out of Frank Gallagher's sock'

People in the temporary accommodation say they are being housed in 'a place to rival horror movies'

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2 w. ago United Utilities issue update after street and cemetery suddenly flood in Salford

Water first started pouring down Langley Road following what was a suspected leak

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2 w. ago Woman stuck inside locked public toilet needs fire crew rescue after door malfunction

Firefighters were called after a woman got trapped in a locked public toilet in Exmouth when it malfunctioned, and her desperate boyfriend called emergency services for help

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2 w. ago Evil mum 'stole' son's blood and left starving kids naked outside in house of horrors

Jordan Borders, 34, was sentenced to 39 years in prison last week after she was convicted of torturing her three children. She had diagnosed them with fake medical conditions

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3 w. ago Woman tastes 'strong chemical' in Coke sets up trap to find guilty co

Joseph Ross, 35, was arrested in March when a fellow employee contacted police after suspecting her drinks were contaminated by a chemical substance and catching him red-handed

Politics

3 w. ago Neighbour relives the moment he found his pregnant neighbour's lover's decapitated head on a spike in Waverley, Melbourne

A neighbour who lived next door to Melbourne's house of horror where a pregnant woman was allegedly murdered and her lover decapitated and his head left on a spike has relived the horror scene.

Politics

3 w. ago Slain pregnant woman and her decapitated partner are identified

Homicide detectives probing an alleged double-murder in Melbourne's southeast are dealing with a house of horror after they discovered a man's decapitated head spiked on a stick.

Politics

3 w. ago UK holiday park house blown apart in massive 'gas explosion' as horror images emerge

Emergency services rushed to the scene after a suspected gas explosion at the Ladram Bay Holiday Park in Otterton, east Devon, caused a property to be completely levelled

Events

3 w. ago Maryland house fire: Six dead, including four children, after horror fire

Authorities confirmed two adults and four children sadly died in the house fire. One adult escaped, and two more were not home when the fire broke out on Sunday morning

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3 w. ago Bedridden woman was trapped as her Massachusetts apartment burned. Then two cousins jumped into action

The local fire chief lauded the dynamic duo for coming to the rescue of the trapped woman

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3 w. ago Woman trapped in house of horrors as leaky flat above pours water into home

Linda Benjamin has been battling with Renfrewshire Council for eight months after she had water pouring out of her lights and running down the walls.

Society

3 w. ago Man burned alive at horror house party fears he will "never hold son again" after injury hell

David Owen, 36, suffered horrific burns to 15% of his body after he was "doused in lighter fluid and set on fire" at a flat in Perth on July 3.

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