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On New Years Eve in 2017, Scott Kologi, a New Jersey teen, fatally shot three of his family members and a family friend with a semi-automatic rifle just before midnight in his childhood home. Prosecutors called him cold-blooded, but his defense attorneys said severe mental illness drove him to kill his family. However, Scott was found competent to stand trial and was eventually sentenced to hundred-fifty-years in prison. So, did Scott kill his family in cold blood or was his mental illness to blame?

References:

NJ Teen Who Killed 4 Family Members Found Guilty On All Counts | Long Branch, NJ Patch

Scott Kologi: Guilty verdict in Long Branch NJ family murders

'I Doubt I'd Do It Again, but I'm Not Sure': Video of Teen with Autism Confessing to Family Massacre Leads to Guilty Verdicts in New Jersey | Law & Crime

NJ man Scott Kologi sentenced to 150 years for killing 4 family members | New York Post

Scott Kologi: Teen Who Killed Family on New Year's Eve Gets 150 Years

Long Branch NJ Murder: Scott Kologi Sentenced to 150 Years in Family Killings – NBC New York

N.J. Man Who Massacred His Family Gets Effective Life Sentence for 'Acts of Evil Carried Out by Someone Who Knew Exactly What He Was Doing' | Law & Crime

Scott Kologi murder trial: Brother testifies Long Branch family happy

A 16-Year-Old Killed 4 People on New Year’s Eve 2017

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During the Christmas season of 1987 Ronald Gene Simmons committed one of the most sinister mass murders in American history, killing fourteen members of his immediate family, including his wife, children and grandchildren. Four days after massacring his family, Simmons went on a terrifying forty-five-minute rampage killing two of his former colleagues and wounding four others. In total, he claimed the lives of sixteen people, resulting in the largest family mass murder in U.S. history and Arkansas’s worst mass killing. So, why did Ronald Gene Simmons murder his family and former colleagues?

References:

The Ronald Gene Simmons Story

Simmons, Ronald Gene - Encyclopedia of Arkansas

The Christmas Massacre: How Ronald Gene Simmons Became the Deadliest Dad in US History - PKAlert

Ronald Gene Simmons: The Family Annihilator Who Killed 16 in Arkansas' Worst Mass Murder (1987)

The Christmas Massacre of Ronald Gene Simmons — Inside America’s Most Terrifying Family Slaughter | by Chronicles of Crime | Nov, 2025 | Medium

Dad murdered 16 people, including 14 family members, in horrific Christmas killing spree - The Mirror

Ronald Gene Simmons | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

Ronald Gene Simmons Killed 16 People — 14 Of Them Were His Family

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In the early morning hours of Christmas Day in 1945 a devasting fire broke out at George and Jennie Sodder’s home located in Fayetteville, West Virginia. Four of the ten Sodder children survived, one had been away fighting in World War II, but the other five quite literally disappeared. It was first assumed that the five young children had perished in the fire, however, the children's remains were never discovered in the debris leaving more questions than answers. So, what happened to the five missing Sodder children?

References:

Mysterious Disappearance of the Five Sodder Children - Historic Mysteries

The True Story Of The Disappearance Of The Sodder Children

A Christmas Eve Mystery: What Happened to the Sodder Children? | HowStuffWorks

The weird disappearance of the Sodder Children in West Virginia — StrangeOutdoors.com

Sodder Children Disappearance: Strange Events Still Unexplained Decades After Christmas Fire | HuffPost Latest News

The mystery of the vanished Sodder children has never been solved, but the cold case has haunted this small town for decades - ABC News

The Chilling Story Of The Sodder Children Who Went Up In Smoke

What Happened to the Sodder Children, the Siblings Who Went Up in Smoke in a West Virginia House Fire?

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On Christmas Eve in 1993, in Consett, County Durham, England, take away driver Paul Logan was found with fatal head wounds on farmland near Shotley Bridge. The previous evening, he had been making a food delivery but when he arrived at the secluded address was told by the owners that they had never placed an order for food and was sent away. It is believed that Paul had been lured there on the pretext of delivering a meal but in fact it was a ploy to murder him. Over thirty years later his murder still remains unsolved. So, who killed Paul Logan and why?

References:

Can you help police catch Paul Logan’s killer – cumbriacrack.com

BBC NEWS | UK | England | Police 'close' to solving murder

Paul Logan: Family offers £50k reward over 1993 murder

Paul Logan: Timeline of the twists and turns in baffling and brutal murder probe; The Consett dad was killed after being lured to a remote farm in County Durham, yet 30 years on his murder remains unsolved. - Free Online Library

Paul Logan: Timeline of the twists and turns in baffling and brutal murder probe | Chronicle Live

Can you help police catch Paul Logan’s killer – cumbriacrack.com

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Harry T. Moore and his wife Harriette V.S. Moore were pioneer activists and leaders of the early Civil Rights Movement in the United States. The Civil Rights power couple who founded a chapter of the NAACP in Brevard County, Florida became the first martyrs in the movement after a handmade explosive detonated under the couple’s bed on Christmas night in 1951 killing the two. So, who so sinisterly murdered Harry and Harriette Moore and why?

References:

Killing of Harry T. Moore and Harriette T. Moore in Florida in 1951 | The Burnham-Nobles Digital Archive

New evidence confirms ringleader of 1951 Florida Klan killing | Column

PBS - Freedom Never Dies: The Story of Harry T. Moore - Florida Terror - Introduction

Harry T. and Harriette Moore | NAACP

The Unsolved Mystery of the First People Killed During the Civil Rights Movement | HISTORY

Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore: Their lives and lasting legacy

The 1951 unsolved killing of Harry and Harriette Moore : True Crime Diva

The Unsolved Murder of Civil Rights Activist Harry Moore

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In 2012, Gilberto Valle, a New York City Police Officer, dubbed “Cannibal Cop” by the media, was accused of plotting to kidnap, torture, rape, kill, cook and eat a least a hundred women, including his wife. He discussed his dark fantasies in fetish chat rooms online and in one instance, boasted he was going to have “girl meat” for Thanksgiving. Valle has since maintained that it was just fantasy, and he never intended to follow through with these sinister acts. So, what is the fine line between intent to do harm and just one’s sinister fantasies?

References:

Crimecon: 'Cannibal Cop' Gilberto Valle Wants A New Life

Gilberto Valle, former New York police officer dubbed "Cannibal Cop," tells his story - CBS News

The Troubling Case of the ‘Cannibal Cop’ -- New York Magazine - Nymag

Former New York City Police Officer Found Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court Of Kidnapping Conspiracy And Illegally Accessing Federal Law Enforcement Database

NYC 'cannibal cop' case man Gilberto Valle sentenced on lesser charge - BBC News

What Did The Cannibal Cop Gilberto Valle Actually Do?

'Cannibal cop' Gilberto Valle found guilty of plot to kidnap, rape, kill and eat his wife and other women | The Independent | The Independent

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In July of 1999, twenty-one-year-old Barry Winchell an infantry solider in the United States Army was murdered at the Fort Campbell Army base while he slept outside of his barracks by fellow soldier Calvin Glover for dating a transgender woman. Barry’s murder brought to light the military’s homophobic policy of “don’t’ ask, don’t tell” which did not allow members of the U.S. military who were homosexual, bisexual, or transgender to be open about their sexual orientation. This is the horrifying true story of United States Army solider Barry Winchell being murdered because of who he chose to love.

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The Murder of PFC Barry Winchell. The American soldier who was murdered… | by Jade Townsend | Medium

The true story of a veteran, killed for loving a woman - Queerty

Soldier Killed by Another Because He Dated a Transgender Woman | by Criminal Matters | Medium

Fort Campbell Army Pfc. Barry Winchell Died of Injuries Sustained in a Baseball Bat Attack in the Barracks; Calvin Glover Sentenced to Life in Prison (July 5, 1999) – MILITARY JUSTICE FOR ALL

Getting at the complex truth of a soldier's story - Los Angeles Times

Remembering Pfc. Barry Winchell on the 10th Anniversary of His Murder | HuffPost Latest News

CNN.com - US - Family of murdered gay soldier sues U.S. Army for wrongful death - 26 April, 2000

Don’t Ask, Don’t Kill: Inside the Murder of Solider Barry Winchell | Vanity Fair

Remembering Soldier Barry Winchell's Tragic Death

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In 1978, Georgia animus for its climate of racism during this time was in the middle of two separate killing sprees that intersected one another. One was that of the Stocking Strangler, believed to be a black man who targeted elderly white women and the other belonged to United States Army Specialist William Henry Hance who was stationed at Fort Benning on the Georgia-Alabama border. Between 1977 and 1978, Hance murdered three women near or at Fort Benning and sent taunting letters to the local authorities attempting to blame the crimes on an organization known as the Forces of Evil. So, was William Henry Hance born a killer or made into one?

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Opinion | In America; Mr. Hance's 'Perfect Punishment' - The New York Times

Who Was William Henry Hance In 'Mindhunter'?

'Mindhunter': The True Stories Behind The Show's Killers And Profilers

Who is William Henry Hance: Serial Killer Featured in Mindhunter

Who Is The Real Serial Killer William Henry Hance

Hance v. State :: 1980 :: Supreme Court of Georgia Decisions :: Georgia Case Law :: Georgia Law :: U.S. Law :: Justia

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