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‘Torso Killer’ Admits Killing 5 Women Decades Ago Near New York City

MINEOLA, N.Y.—A serial killer known as the “Torso Killer” admitted Monday to killing a 23-year-old woman outside a Long Island shopping mall in 1968 and four other women decades ago. Richard Cottingham was arraigned earlier this year on a second-degree murder charge in connection with Diane Cusick’s death during a trip she made to buy…


The Montana Kid (1931)

A cowboy whose friend has been swindled out of his ranch and then murdered must take care of the man’s son; then, he goes after the killers. The Montana Kid is a 1931 American film directed by Harry L. Fraser. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature…


One Year Later (1933)

First, a pair of blissful honeymooners travel by train. Then, a year later, the same coach is carrying the man to his place of execution. Although it seems hopeless, there are two wild cards on board: the man’s wife and a terminally ill reporter. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch…


Rocky Mountain Mystery (1935)

The heirs of the dying owner of a valuable radium mine are being murdered as a mining engineer tries to uncover the killer and clear his cousin’s name. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access…


Details Emerge About Alleged Serial Killer’s Criminal Past

STOCKTON, Calif.—A man suspected of killing six men and wounding a woman in a series of shootings in Northern California has a criminal history that includes traffic violations and convictions for drug crimes, authorities said Monday. Stockton police arrested Wesley Brownlee, 43, on Saturday after surveilling him as he drove through the streets of the…


Sagebrush Trail (1933)

A man framed for murder escapes prison and goes west, where he joins a gang with the real killer involved. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on…


Police: 6 California Killings May Be Work of Serial Killer

STOCKTON, Calif.—Ballistics tests have linked the fatal shootings of six men and the wounding of one woman in California—all potentially at the hands of a serial killer—in crimes going back more than a year, police said. Authorities last week announced that five men in Stockton had been slain in recent months, ambushed, and shot to…


Police: Ballistics Tests Link Fatal Shootings of 6 Men to Potential Work of Serial Killer

STOCKTON, Calif.—Ballistics tests have linked the fatal shootings of six men and the wounding of one woman in California—all potentially at the hands of a serial killer—in crimes going back more than a year, police said. Authorities last week announced that five men in Stockton had been slain in recent months, ambushed, and shot to…


Police: California Serial Killer ‘On a Mission’ in Slayings

STOCKTON, Calif.—A California serial killer seems to be “on a mission” throughout the fatal shooting of six men and the wounding of one woman dating back to last year. Ballistics tests and some video evidence linked the crimes in Stockton and Oakland, about 70 miles apart, police said. “We don’t know what the motive is….


Police: 5 California Killings May Be Work of Serial Killer

STOCKTON, Calif.—A serial killer may have ambushed five men in central California separately in recent months, shooting them to death alone in the dark, and police are baffled as to why the victims were targeted. None of the men were robbed or beaten before their killings—which all took place within a radius of a few…