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It Happened To Me: I Was Kidnapped And Kept In A Room For 19 Months

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 11:00:00 -0500

Natascha Kampusch, Elizabeth Smart and Jaycee Lee Dugard all went through accusations and questions about why they didn't try to escape. But no one who has never been in that situation can possibly understand what it's like -- to genuinely feel like you will be killed if you leave a room.

A Death Row Love Story: Lorri Davis On Her Relationship With Damien Echols of the West Memphis Three

Emily — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:00:00 -0400

Months after Lorri and Damien began corresponding, they fell in love. They were married in 1999 while Damien was still in prison.

It Happened to Me: My Co-Worker Killed Her Baby At Work

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:00:00 -0400

We'd all groused about the smell emanating from Jane's cubicle for a couple of days. The heat made the spoiled smell worse and it hung in the air, fighting its way into all of our noses.

It Happened To Me: My Disturbed Ex Allegedly Murdered A Senior Citizen

Sandra Miska — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:00:00 -0400

The man the French police found wandering the streets of Paris, covered in blood, couldn’t possibly be the same guy I danced with on my 25th birthday, or kissed on New Year’s Eve.

It Happened To Me: My Grandmother Was Murdered

Cathy Delacruz — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:00:00 -0400

No one ever made a movie about my grandmother's story. No new laws were signed into effect in South Texas in the 1970s when my grandmother was raped, tortured and murdered.

The Best True Crime Books I Am Probably Going to Get Serial-Murdered for Loving

Emily — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:00:14 -0400

I am getting so scared even just talking about this!