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Scream, Murder, and Moral Panics
To mark the twentieth anniversary of Wes Craven’s game-changing slasher, Scream, Wicked Horror presents a week of specially-themed content celebrating the movie’s enduring appeal. In this installment,...
Amityville House Sells To New Family
The infamous house at 112 Ocean Avenue, which inspired the events of The Amityville Horror, has been sold to a new family. The property was on the market for a while, but according to The Wrap, it was...
The Story Behind The People’s Temple And The Jonestown Massacre
On November 18, 1978, an American cult led by Jim Jones orchestrated a mass-suicide that claimed the lives of over 900 people, 287 of which were children murdered by their own parents. Once a peace an...
The Hillside Stranglers: Cousins Turned Killers
In 1979, cousins Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono were arrested as the main suspects in the kidnapping, rape, torture, and murder of ten female victims whose ages ranged from twelve to twenty-eight ye...
Profile of a Madman: Albert Fish
While the name Albert Fish is synonymous with cannibalism, sexual fetishes, and his most famous victim Grace Bud, the rabbit hole goes much deeper. Although Fish is always included on lists of infamou...
Wicked Wednesday: Satanic May be the Most Generic Horror Movie of 2016
Welcome to Wicked Wednesday, a recurring segment on Wicked Horror where our own Zena Dixon brings you her (always outspoken) opinion on all things horror. The subject matter for these videos will vary...
My Friend Dahmer Is A Heart-Wrenchingly Accurate Portrait Of One Of America’s Most Infamous Serial Killers
My Friend Dahmer, a graphic novel written by John (or Derf) Backderf, is a conglomeration of the author’s experiences as a classmate of the infamous Jeffrey Dahmer and the facts, as we know them now, ...
Madame LaLaurie: The Infamous Murderess Of New Orleans
In terms of serial killers, most of us will think of the stereotypical older Caucasian male with creepy glasses and a smile that sends a shiver up the spine. That is a fairly accurate representation, ...
Remembering Horror Writer Lois Duncan And The Unsolved Murder Of Her Daughter
On June 15, 2016 the literary world lost a revolutionary voice of horror and suspense. The author of the tension-fueled I Know What You Did Last Summer, Lois Duncan, died at the age of 82. Duncan had ...
