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Alessandro Moreschi was castrated at age seven. He recorded this rendition of Ave Maria at age forty-five.	639
Peter Porco, who, after being struck 16 times with an axe, regained consciousness, got out of bed, went through his morning routine, retrieved the morning paper, locked himself out of the house, and let himself back in with a spare key before eventually falling dead in the foyer.	584
In 1978, Rodney Alcala went on the game show “The Dating Game.” He’d go on to win the favor of the bachelorette, but would be turned down prior to the prized date for his off-putting personality. It’d later be revealed that he raped and murdered eight young women, including a twelve-year-old girl.	338
Lawrence Bittaker (middle) poses for a photo with his family. He was first arrested for shoplifting at the age of 12 and eventually dropped out of high school in 1957 despite his reported 138 IQ. In 1979, he went on to kidnap, rape, torture and murder five teenage girls.	250
In the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam, the Dutch women gymanasts won the gold medal in team combined exercises. Four of the ten team members were Jewish. (continued in description)	137
In February 2012, a picture was released to the news media of a likely unknown victim of Dean Corll. The color Polaroid image had been found in the personal possessions of one of his accomplices.	54
(GRAPHIC) The Killing of America is a 1981 Japanese–American documentary. Focusing on violence in the USA, it features footage and imagery of widespread death, brutality and destruction within the country’s recent history up to that point.	48
George and Betty - UK fire safety advert (2003)	8
1986 German advert about POW torture	6

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