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1. In 2005, Joseph Edward Duncan III traveled into Idaho and kidnapped Shasta and Dylan Groene after killing the rest of their family. After weeks of no sign of the children, what kind of restaurant did Duncan take Shasta into where she was recognized and he was subsequently captured by police?
2. In 1977, New York City was paralyzed with fear over the ".44 Caliber Killer". This was the original name given to the person who came to be known as the "Son of Sam", David Berkowitz. Who was it that inspired him to refer to himself as the "Son of Sam"?
3. In the 1980s, the Seattle area was being haunted by the "Green River Killer". During this decade, a man named Gary Ridgway was taken into custody several times and questioned, but each time he was released because there was insufficient evidence to charge him. In which year was he finally arrested and charged with murder?
4. In 2003, a male nurse by the name of Charles Cullen gained national attention for being an "angel of death". He confessed to police that, over a span of 16 years, he had caused 35 to 45 deaths in Pennsylvania and New Jersey by overdosing patients. What was the drug he used most often to cause death?
5. In February 1980, Ted Bundy's sentencing trial for the murder of Kimberly Leach began. During the penalty phase, what did he do that completely shocked the courtroom?
6. In the 1880s, H.H. Holmes arrived in Chicago. By committing fraud and murder, he accumulated enough funds to purchase a property and build a three story, 100 room house. What did he call his residence?
7. In the late 1970s, Richard Chase started a killing spree that would earn him the title "vampire". He had previously told doctors that he thought his blood was turning to powder and he needed blood from other creatures to replenish it. At one time he mentioned his concerns about "soap dish poisoning". What did Chase say was a sign that you had this poisoning?
8. On October 16, 2006, 13 year old Megan Meier of Missouri committed suicide. She had been corresponding online with a supposed 16 year old boy named Josh for about a month before things went horribly wrong. Josh tried to get Megan to gossip about other girls then started a fight and told Megan that the world would be better off without her. Who did investigators find out was allegedly behind the farce?
9. On November 15, 2004, Tom and Jackie Hawks were murdered by Skylar Deleon, a former actor with a small role on the show "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers", and two accomplices. By April 2005, the police were ready to charge Skylar and everyone involved with two counts of first degree murder with special circumstances of multiple murder and murder for financial gain. It was at this time that police uncovered other plots of murder that Skylar had been involved in. What were the charges that were put up against Skylar Deleon?
10. In September 2007, Kirby Archer and Guillermo Zarabozo killed four people aboard a fishing vessel called the "Joe Cool". They paid for a trip from Miami to Bimini, Bahamas but their intent was to hijack the boat to Cuba. The Coast Guard discovered the empty boat about 30 miles off the coast of Cuba and Archer and Zarabozo floating in the life raft a few miles from the "Joe Cool". What story did they originally tell the authorities as to what had happened to the crew?
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