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Those who knew Houston's 'Candy Man' Dean Corll all described him the same way — well-mannered, considerate, quiet, neatly groomed, and cheerful. He could usually be found in one of the more affluent communities within Houston, entertaining young boys at a small candy factory owned by his mother — the boys would pop in to watch as the pieces of candy came off the assembly line, and they all got along well with Dean.
But some boys saw a completely...
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It's hard to get a picture of who Tracy Fortson really is. On the surface, she seems to be a struggling but ambitious single mother, who worked her way up to earn the title of the first female deputy of her county. However, there's a darker side to her-she might also be a brutal and conniving killer-a woman who buried her victim's corpse in a grave of concrete.
3) Tough Tony
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Mafia enforcer Anthony "Tough Tony" Spilotro was the main muscle protecting the Chicago mafia's illegal casino profits in Las Vegas in the 1970s and 1980s, until his death in 1986. Spilotro's time in Las Vegas, and the circumstances surrounding his murder, inspired the memorable character Nicky Santoro, played by Joe Pesci in Martin Scorsese's 1995 film Casino.
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The May-December marriage between Jennings and her husband, Bill – at the time of their wedding, she was 44 and he was 77 – allowed the prosecution to portray the younger woman as a manipulative gold digger, only interested in stealing an elderly man's savings. Witnesses were brought in who testified that they recalled how Bill had transferred half of his assets to his new bride, an amount valued at approximately $150,000. They'd also claimed...
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