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Katie Serena
A former staff writer at All That's Interesting, Katie Serena has also published work in Salon.
Recent Posts
Meet Armin Meiwes, The German Cannibal Who Placed An Online Ad To Eat Someone — And Someone Answered
Katie Serena
3 years ago
Known as the "Rotenburg Cannibal," Armin Meiwes killed and ate a willing victim named Bernd Brandes in 2001 before storing the leftovers for 20 months in a hidden freezer.
How Did Pablo Escobar Die? Inside The Rooftop Shootout That Ended El Patrón
Katie Serena
3 years ago
Gunned down in Medellín on December 2, 1993, "The King of Cocaine" allegedly was shot by Colombian police. But who really killed Pablo Escobar?
How Bobby Dunbar Disappeared — Then Returned As A Different Boy
Katie Serena
3 years ago
Bobby Dunbar vanished in 1912. His reappearance would lead to a custody battle, a possibly wrongly convicted man, and an incredible DNA test 90 years later.
Who Was Sarah Winchester? The Story Of The Troubled Woman Behind The Winchester Mystery House
Katie Serena
3 years ago
After her husband died, firearms heiress Sarah Winchester built a "mystery house" — allegedly to escape the ghosts of people killed by Winchester rifles.
The Mysteries Of The Sentinelese, The Uncontacted Tribe Of North Sentinel Island
Katie Serena
3 years ago
The Sentinelese have remained almost completely uncontacted on North Sentinel Island for nearly 60,000 years — and anyone who has tried to contact them has been met with violence.
The Terrifying True Story Of The Winchester Mystery House And The Tormented Heiress Who Built It
Katie Serena
3 years ago
Over the course of 40 years, Sarah Winchester had the so-called Winchester Mansion built in San Jose to her bizarre specifications — in order to appease the ghosts she thought were haunting her.
Wernher Von Braun, The Ex-Nazi Scientist Who Became The ‘Father Of The American Lunar Program’
Katie Serena
3 years ago
After developing the V-2 rocket for the Nazis, Wernher von Braun was recruited by America at the end of World War II where he designed the spacecraft that took NASA to the moon in 1969.
The Story Of Ram Dass, The LSD Pioneer And Spiritual Guru Who Helped Give Birth To The Hippie Movement
Katie Serena
3 years ago
After hallucinogenics researcher Richard Alpert was fired from Harvard for drugging his students, he reinvented himself as a spiritual leader named Ram Dass and became an icon of the counterculture.
Inside The Grisly Murder Of Junko Furuta, The Teenage Girl Who Was Tortured For 44 Days
Katie Serena
3 years ago
Junko Furuta was just 17 years old when she was raped, beaten, and killed by four teenage boys in 1980s Japan.
How Did Edgar Allan Poe Die? Inside The Mysterious Demise Of The Famed Gothic Writer
Katie Serena
3 years ago
After suffering from mysterious hallucinations for four days straight, Edgar Allan Poe died of unknown causes in Baltimore at age 40 on October 7, 1849.
Inside The Shocking Revenge Story Of Marvin Heemeyer And His ‘Killdozer’
Katie Serena
3 years ago
After his zoning petition was repeatedly dismissed, Marvin Heemeyer decided to modify a bulldozer into a lethal "killdozer" and go on a rampage in Granby, Colorado.
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