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And you may ask yourself, what on Earth is that?

Is it a weird disembodied hat? An alien? A UFO????

It’s a jelly! And one of the coolest jellies in the deep sea. 

But how big is it, you ask???

We’ve got you covered:

Those lasers are set at 10 centimeters apart, so while this jelly isn’t huge, nor is it tiny. Unless it’s bigger on the inside.

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Making a Murderer Part 2

Five things you need to know before MaM Part 2 is released on Netflix!

Number 1

Kathleen Zellner has successfully exonerated 17 men in wrongful conviction cases. In 1991, she started her own law firm which represents both civil and criminal clients – handling most cases pro bono. One notable case was that of Joseph Burrows, an inmate who had spent five years on death row, who she had freed after managing to persuade the real killer to confess to the murder.

Zellner has been incredibly vocal on her social media accounts about Avery’s innocence, as she believes her client is just weeks away from release. Founder of The Steven Avery Project, Curtis Busse, revealed in an interview with WIBX, “We’re not even looking for a new trial, we’re actually looking for an exoneration. (Katherine) Zellner’s very confident and Steven is also very confident that it’s not going to take that much time.”

Number 2

In 2017, Zellner filed a 1,272-page motion accusing Halbach’s on-again-off-again boyfriend, Ryan Hillegas, of her murder. In season one, Hillegas made a brief testimony during the original murder trial about certain phone calls and messages. The relationship between the two had lasted roughly five years after they met in high school.

Reasons Zellner suspects Hillegas are:

1. He had no alibi for the time of the murder

2. He volunteered during the search for Halbach yet never revealed to law enforcement they had previously been in a five-year relationship together

3. He used a fake name during the search

4. He was on the search team that found Halbach’s vehicle

5. He personally accessed Halbach’s phone records after her murder

6. He had sustained injuries on his hands during the time frame of the murder

7. He had been abusive in their relationship

Zellner told USA Today, “Our investigators contacted Mr. Hillegas to interview him. He was told that we wanted to rule him out as a potential suspect, but we needed answers to certain questions related to his alibi, abusive relationship with Teresa Halbach, knowledge of her password, injuries to his left hand, interaction with law enforcement from Nov. 3 (2005) onward, damage to Teresa Halbach’s parking light, access to Avery property Nov. 7. Mr. Hillegas never responded.”

Number 3

On March 6th 2017, Kathleen Zellner posts a tweet which implies that Halbach’s phone was used after she left her (alleged) place of death. Police arrested Avery as he was the “last person to see her alive” yet if these records are true, Halbach left the Auto Salvage yard and used her phone elsewhere.

Alongside this new evidence, Zellner also believes that the blood found in Halbach’s car, which was one of the most damning pieces of evidence prosecutors had to hold onto during the trial, does not match with Avery. Founder of The Steven Avery Project, Curtis Busse, claimed that Zellner is going to prove: “That the blood (in Halbach’s car) and the age of the blood, it’s not going to match up between the two.”

When Halbach’s death certificate was made public many people were shocked by the large number of inconsistencies, some of which were:

– There’s a ‘no’ in the box for ‘Body Found’, yet there’s a ‘yes’ under ‘Autopsy Performed’.

– The cause of death was ‘Undetermined’ but then this was crossed out.

– The certificate was issued on November 10th but the bone fragments only arrived at the Calumet County Coroner on November 9th so the remains were not officially confirmed until January 19.

Number 4

An image of Halbach on the day she went missing could prove that the car key found in Avery’s home was planted. If we zoom in on the image it shows that she is holding a set of keys…

These are the keys for her own car, a Toyota RAV 4, which was found covered in branches at Avery’s auto salvage yard, six days after she went missing, on November 5th. The picture shows that Teresa had several keys on her chain, yet only one key attached to a fob was found at Avery’s home by the police.

This is also a good time to remind ourselves that on November 8th, when the home was searched, the police had no jurisdiction to be there – further fuelling the belief that they forced their way onto his property to plant this damning evidence.

Number 5

On the date Halbach disappeared on October 31st 2005, Avery had a $36 million lawsuit pending against the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Department. The Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel reported that the 16 members of the jury were eight men and eight women.

Most shockingly, the panel also included a man who had a son working for the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Department and another man was married to a woman who works for the Manitowoc County clerk of courts office. Both would have been fully aware jobs may have been on the line if Avery went on to win his $36 million lawsuit. Although this is yet to be included in Avery’s exoneration case it is still a factor that could potentially be considered an unfair trial.

Whatever the result – once again we will get to see Steven Avery’s case continue as the second series is just days away. They said: “From our perspective, this story is obviously not over. It’s real life and (Avery and Dassey’s) cases are both still pending.”

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True crime documentary master list for crime all you creeps

I made a mini list a while ago and thought I’d compile a much bigger list of true crime media for all the crime creeps out there. I haven’t seen everything on here, but being true crime, I guarantee a lot of it is most likely not safe for work nor for the squeamish. Please use discretion. Feel free to add on if something cool was left off.

Documentaries

The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2012): This goes hard and shows Dahmer’s life through the eyes of a detective, Dahmer’s neighbor, and a pathologist. Get ready for REAL interviews mixed with reenactments to relive the summer of his ‘91 arrest. Where you can watch it: Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube

Serial Killers: John Wayne Gacy (1999): So clowns aren’t ~really~ scary…except when the clown is a seemingly nice guy who is actually a serial murderer. A&E goes deep into Gacy’s life so you can be even more spooked by his story.Where you can watch it: YouTube

Dear Zachary: On Nov. 5, 2001, Dr. Andrew Bagby was murdered in a parking lot in western Pennsylvania; the prime suspect, his ex-girlfriend Dr. Shirley Turner. Where you can watch it: Netflix

Just Melvin, Just Evil : A classic documentary about Abuse. Where you can watch it: YouTube

The House Of Suh:An exploration of the tragic history of the Suh family and the murder that shocked America. Where you can watch it: Youtube

The Cheshire Murders: The circumstances surrounding the small-town murders of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her two young daughters. Where you can watch it: Youtube

Crips and Bloods: Made in America (2008): With a first-person look at the notorious Crips and Bloods, this film examines the conditions that have lead to decades of devastating gang violence among young African Americans growing up in South Los Angeles. Where you can watch it: Netflix

This Is the Zodiac Speaking (2007): Released as a feature on the Zodiac (2007) DVD, this doc shows interviews with original investigators from the iconic case.Where you can watch it: YouTube

Cropsey: The boogeyman-like Cropsey was just a myth for the kids of Staten Island in the ’80s, until he became a living nightmare and actually started taking children. Where you can watch it: Netflix

H.H. Holmes: The first known american serial killer. Where you can watch it: Netflix

Killer Legends: a documentary investigating US urban legends. Where you can watch it: Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon

NOVA: Mind of a rampage killer. Where you can watch it: Netflix

Room 237: Interpretations and perceived meanings of Stanley Kubrick’s film The Shining. Where you can watch it: Netflix

The Central Park Five: In 1989, five African-American teenagers are incorrectly identified as suspects in the rape of a white woman in Central Park, quickly creating a media firestorm. Where you can watch it: Netflix

Tabloid (2010): he story of British tabloid sensation Joyce McKinney, a former beauty queen accused of kidnapping a Mormon and making him her slave. Where you can watch it: Netflix

Aileen Wuornos: a serial killing lesbian from Florida with a really messed up past. There are actually two documentaries about her on Netflix. Take your pick. Where you can watch it: Netflix

Ted Bundy: The Mind of a Killer (2000): He confessed to killing more than 28 women in the 1970s. This movie will pretty much make you feel like you can’t trust anyone.Where you can watch it: YouTube

Talhotblond: the complex consequences of virtual relationships through one specific Internet love triangle, which ends in murder and incarceration. Where you can watch it: Netflix

Tales of the Grim Sleeper (2014): Lonnie Franklin’s DNA matched with over 20 possible murder victims, and Tales of the Grim Sleeper features interviews with people who knew him best — making for creepy insight into one of Los Angeles’s worst murder sprees ever. Where you can watch it: HBO Go

Into the Abyss: examines why people kill, and whether capital punishment is ever warranted. In conversations with inmate Michael Perry and those affected by his crime, Herzog delves deep into the state of the the prison system, for an unflinching look at life, death and the value of a humanity, as impacted by a search for justice. Where you can watch it: Netflix 

Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation (2007): Okay, so this one is highly disturbing — Albert Fish kidnapped, molested, and murdered CHILDREN, which is probably the most sadistic kind of murderer possible. Watch at your own risk.Where you can watch it: Amazon

Serial Killers: The Real Life Hannibal Lecters (2001): If you saw The Silence of the Lambs and thought, This is fucked up, you’ll enjoy this film, mostly because the serial killers discussed in this movie are all equally — if not more — horrifying as the fortunately fictional Hannibal Lecter.Where you can watch it: YouTube

Serial Killers: Jack the Ripper (The Whitechapel Murderer) (2008): This documentary interviews experts who pick apart the details of the case of Jack the Ripper, one of England’s most notorious serial killers EVER. There was SO MUCH BLOOD, YOU GUYS.Where you can watch it: YouTube

I Survived BTK (2010): Dennis Rader was a respected church leader and family man in his hometown who bound, tortured, and killed victims (hence his nickname, “The BTK Killer”) — all the while tormenting the police with letters describing the murders.Where you can watch it: Amazon

The Pig Farm (2011): Robert “Willie” Pickton was a millionaire pig farmer — and one of Canada’s most notorious serial killers. This documentary studies the crimes committed by him and his brother, and will make you question whether or not you should ever trust your neighbors or friends.Where you can watch it: iTunes

Carl Panzram: The Spirit of Hatred and Vengeance (2011): Panzram was a serial killer who died in 1930. This is the story of how he befriended a prison guard who suggested Panzram write about how he came to be a murderer. Shit’s fucked up, man.Where you can watch it: Netflix

Ed Gein: The Real Leatherface (2004): Though not ~technically~ a serial killer by definition, Gein is close enough, and his story is FUCKED UP. His “necrophiliac tendencies” have inspired horrifying characters like Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Hell nah.Where you can watch it: YouTube

The Real Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2014): Where you can watch it: Hulu The Real Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003): Where you can watch it: Netflix

Interview with a Serial Killer (2008): In this jailhouse interview, Arthur Shawcross, the Genesee River Killer, shares candid details of his crimes and his surprising family bonds. Where you can watch it: Netflix

Richard Ramirez: The Night Stalker (2004): Ramirez brutally raped and murdered over a dozen people during a two-year period, and was supposedly into Satanic worship. This documentary delves deep into his mind — and it’s obviously terrifying.Where you can watch it: YouTube

Gary Ridgway: The Green River Killer (2003): Gary Ridgway was convicted of 48 horrifying murders and confessed to even more — this movie shows interviews with local police and Ridgway’s family members, and it will LITERALLY CHILL YOU TO THE BONE.Where you can watch it: YouTube

Confessions of a Serial Killer: Jeffrey Dahmer (1994): MSNBC sat down with the man who raped, murdered, and ate 17 men from the late ’70s to the early ’90s. The scariest part? His overall calmness when discussing the reasons behind his actions.Where you can watch it: Top Documentary Films

30 for 30: Benji (2012): In 1984, 17-year-old Ben Wilson was a symbol of everything promising about Chicago: a beloved, sweet-natured youngster from the city’s fabled South Side, and America’s most talented basketball prospect. Where you can watch it: Netflix

My Amityville Horror: About a guy who lived in the famous haunted house as a kid. Where you can watch it: itunes, amazon, (here), or just google it…

The Act of Killing (2013): Retired Indonesian death-squad leaders open up about genocide and their favorite ways to kill people based on what they’ve seen in American cinema: musical numbers being among their favorite to reenact — with a brutal twist. Where you can watch it: itunes, amazon, Netflix

‘Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood’ (1996):Three troubled teenage boys were accused and tried for triple homicide back in the early 1990s. Where you can watch it: itunes, amazon

‘Titicut Follies’ (1967): filmmaker Frederick Wiseman uncovers the torture chamber that was Bridgewater State Hospital, a Massachusetts institution for the criminally insane.Where you can watch it: itunes, amazon

Shenandoah: A documentary on the hate crime assault and subsequent death of a Latino man in Shenandoah Pennsylvania, including the alleged cover-up and shocking court verdicts. Where you can watch it: Netflix

The Brandon Teena Story (1998): Brandon Teena was an American trans man who was raped and murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska. His life and death were the subject of the Academy Award-winning 1999 film Boys Don’t Cry. Where you can watch it: amazon

West Of Memphis: The untold story behind an extraordinary and desperate fight to bring the truth to light; a fight to stop the State of Arkansas from killing an innocent man.Where you can watch it: amazon

The Imposter (2012): British-American documentary film about the 1997 case of the French confidence trickster Frédéric Bourdin, who impersonated Nicholas Barclay, a Texas boy who disappeared at the age of 13 in 1994, directed by Bart Layton. The film includes interviews with Bourdin and members of Barclay’s family, as well as archive television news footage and reenacted dramatic sequences. Where you can watch it: Netflix, Youtube

True Crime Series 

The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015): is a 2015 HBO documentary miniseries about accused murderer Robert Durst,written by Andrew Jarecki, Marc Smerling, and Zachary Stuart-Pontier. The series was also directed by Jarecki, who had previously directed the feature film All Good Things(2010), which was inspired by Durst’s biography. Where you can watch it: HBOgo

Making a Murderer (2015): Filmed over a 10-year period, Making a Murderer is an unprecedented real-life thriller about Steven Avery, a DNA exoneree who, while in the midst of exposing corruption in local law enforcement, finds himself the prime suspect in a grisly new crime. Set in America’s heartland, the series takes viewers inside a high-stakes criminal case where reputation is everything and things are never as they appear. Where you can watch it: Netflix

Psychic Investigators (2006): Real-life detective thrillers which combine stylized dramatic reconstructions, unique archive and compelling interviews with key characters. Where you can watch it: Netflix

The First 48: The first 48 hours are the most crucial in homicide and kidnapping cases, which is the premise of this series. The show is great for capturing the drama of behind-the-scenes detective work because it shines a light into what detectives need to weed through in order to get on the correct trail – and unlike Hollywood dramatizations like “CSI” and “Law & Order,” real-life police work doesn’t come with a 100-percent confession rate. Where you can watch it: AETV

Killer Kids (2012): a terrifying and fascinating journey into the disturbing lives of children who commit acts of murder. Where you can watch it: MyLifetime.com

Lockup: This TV documentary series is an interesting portrayal of what life is like inside prisons, as shown from the perspective of both the inmates and the corrections officers. “Lockup” is equal parts addicting, educational and realistic. Where you can watch it: MSNBC

Murder Maps: This drama-doc series takes us back in time to the most shocking and surprising murder cases in history. Where you can watch it: Netflix

I Survived: survivors explain, in their own words, how they overcame unbelievable circumstances – offering insight into what got them through the experience that changed their lives forever. Where you can watch it: MyLifetime.com

Youtubers

Here’s a whole youtube channel full of Serial Killer documentaries:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPnXkFy7z7JoLBtV2LLK2cQ

Rob Dyke: has a lot of videos about true crime and creepy stuff

Cayleigh Elise: a youtuber who discusses true crime and tells scary stories

Top15: A youtuber that compiles, well, top 15 lists of creepy stories. 

Corpse Husband: He tells scary stories, mostly true.

urmaker: This youtuber narrates scary stories.

Lazy Masquerade: A UK based horror storyteller

Mr. Nightmare: Here you will find videos with themes such as: dark, scary, mysterious, strange, shocking, or just interesting. 

Here’s a list of creepy documentaries all available on youtube: http://www.dailydot.com/entertainment/13-must-watch-documentaries-youtube/

Podcasts

Lore: the frightening history behind common folklore

Last Podcast on the left: covers all the horrors our world has to offer both imagined and real, from demons and slashers to cults and serial killers

Generation Why: Two friends, Aaron & Justin, discuss theories and share their opinions on unsolved murders

My Favorite Murder: Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, two lifelong fans of true crime stories. Each episode the girls tell each other their favorite tales of murder, and hear hometown crime stories from friends and fans.

Seriously Strange: Youtubers Cayleigh Elise and Rob Dyke discuss true crime and strange articles in the news

Criminal: Stories of people who’ve done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle.

Serial: The podcast everyone’s already heard of. Serial tells one story—a true story—over the course of a season.

Anything Ghost: listeners share real life stories about ghosts

Someone Knows Something: A series produced by CBC that examines unsolved cases of missing or murdered individuals.

Thin Air Podcast: Two English majors investigate cold cases by examining evidence and interviewing people involved with the original investigation.

Sword and Scale: Podcast covers the ugly underbelly of true crime. Be prepared to never sleep again…

Thinking Sideways: Investigating things we simply don’t have the answer to. Sometimes you have to think a little sideways to come up with a plausible solution to the mystery.

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“Desire becomes surrender, surrender becomes power…”

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Now, I realize that when you truly love someone, you will never want to fix them. Because love is not about fixing someone, it’s fixing ourselves.

(Source: thoughtcatalog.com)

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Based off of this post by @lyjerria

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Gennady Mikhasevich (1947-1987)

Gennady Mikhasevich was a Soviet serial killer who murdered 36 women between 1971 and 1985 in Vitebsk, Polotsk and the rural areas of Byelorussian SSR. He was born in the village of Ist on April 7 1947, and served in the army. He committed his 1st murder in May 1971. He later explained that the murders started after he had come back from the army to find that his girlfriend had left him and got married to another man. On the night of May 14, 1971, he was travelling to Vitebsk to Polotsk. It was late so Mikhasevich couldn’t catch a bus to his parents’ home. He said that he was depressed over the breakup with his girlfriend and had made a noose to hang himself with. However, he met a young woman on the road and decided to kill her to vent his anger. He killed again in October 1971 and strangled 2 other women in 1972, near Vitebsk. Mikhasevich graduated from a technical school in Vitebsk in 1973 and returned to Ist to begin working in a sovkhoz. He got married in 1976, and all the time he carried on murdering. Many of the murders were committed in order to commit rape. He would strangle or smother his victims, either assaulting them in isolated areas and in later years would lure them into his red Zaporozhets car, or the machines of his workplace (he worked in machine repair service). Mikhasevich didn’t carry any weapons, but would instead improvise, in one case using a cord made of rye. As well as killing he would rob his victims of money and valuables, later giving some of them to his wife. He would also steal random objects, like scissors.

Gennady Mikhasevich appeared on the outside to be a good family man, a teetotaller with 2 children and a hard worker. He was a member of the Communist Party (serving as a local party functionary) and of Voluntary People’s Druzhina. The investigation started to gain momentum in the 1980s, as investigator Nikolay Ignatovich believed that all of the murders of young women near motorways in the area weren’t separate cases as previously thought, but were in fact the work of a serial killer. The police suspected that the serial killer was using a red Zaporozhets – when they started checking everyone in the Oblast for ownership of such a car, Mikhasevich, as a druzhinnik (people’s militia), learned this information and planned steps to avoid investigators. The year 1985 was especially prolific for him, he killed 12 women. Eventually Mikhasevich was getting concerned and he made a fatal mistake. In order to derail the investigation he sent an anonymous letter to the local newspaper on behalf of a pretend organisation he called ‘Patriots of Vitebsk’, calling on his fake fellow militants to intensify their struggle of killing communists and lewd women. When he left a similar hand-written note next to his latest victim, again signed on behalf of ‘Patriots of Vitebsk’, the investigation began getting handwriting samples from the male residents of the Oblast. After checking 556,000 samples, experts concluded that the sample of handwriting from Gennady Mikhasevich bore a strong resemblance to the handwriting of the murderer. Further investigation uncovered other evidence, which convinced them of his guilt once and for all. He was finally arrested in December 1985. After initially denying everything, he confessed and was sentenced to death. He was executed in 1987. The case became notorious in the USSR as it highlighted both the incompetence of the police and the corruption of the law enforcement agencies – by the time Mikhasevich was arrested, 14 people had been convicted for crimes he had committed, with suspects often being forced to confess by torture, a few sentenced to death and executed for crimes they didn’t commit.

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Brazilian graphic designer and illustrator Butcher Billy got the idea of turning famous love hits into book covers of horror master Stephen King. 

Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart,” The Smiths, “Head Over Heels” by Tears For Fears and many others were portrayed in a very unusual way.

“This series imagines an alternate universe where some of the most desperate and tragic romantic songs in the ‘70s and’ 80s are actually books written by Stephen King. The concept is to look at the dark side of love by the vision of pop culture, bringing aspects of its classic stories to play the true meaning of the songs - this can be completely subverted or stressed strangeness, while paying tribute to the vintage design of the original covers,” Butcher writes on his Behance.

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The Kids From ‘Stranger Things 2’ Forced Netflix To Let Them Swear

The kids from Stranger Things are returning to the series a little bit older, a little bit wiser, and apparently a little bit more foulmouthed than before.

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A nice clean version of the photo I put up just now. “No more Regency Silver Snuffboxes.” They are shooting it as I type this. And oh, they are wonderful.

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The ‘Devil’s Bridge’ is a 19th-century structure in Kromlau, Germany, that was designed to make a perfect circle with its reflection in the water below. Source