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There are a lot of true crime stories that are so infamous it feels like we hear about them all the time — Ted Bundy, the Zodiac Killer, Jeffrey Dahmer...the list goes on, and on. But there are actually just as many (if not more) little-known true crime stories from history you may not have heard about.
So when we asked the BuzzFeed Community to tell us about a true crime story we haven't already heard 100x before, they came back with some truly bone-chilling examples. Here's what they shared:
Warning: Disturbing and graphic content ahead.
3. The Wednesday Strangler, aka the Saga Prefecture Strangler who was active from 1975–1989 in Japan.
4. The murder of Skylar Neese by her two best friends in 2012.
7. The murder of Peace Corps volunteer, Kate Puzey, in 2009.
8. The "Hangman" or "Killer Cop", aka Gerard John Schaefer Jr., a former sheriff's deputy and suspected serial killer active in Florida in the '70s.
9. The Ant Hill Kids cult, which was active from the '70s to the '80s.
10. The Pizza Killers, aka Thomas Koskovich & Jayson Vreeland from 1997.
12. The Somerton Man, an unidentified man found on a beach in Australia in 1948.
15. Michael Ryan and the “Church of Yahweh” Cult murders in 1980s Nebraska.
19. The Shankill Butchers, a gang active between 1975–1982 in Northern Ireland, that was responsible for dozens of deaths.
25. Bruce McArthur, a serial killer active in the 2010s in Toronto, Canada.
26. Richard Wershe Jr., aka "White Boy Rick," a former drug trafficker and FBI informant active in the 1980s.
Note: Some submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
