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Indecline: The Anonymous Activist Art Collective Making Waves in America

April 9, 2020February 14, 2021 Julia Kramer

Anonymous activist art collective, Indecline, made headlines with a series of illegal art displays. In the summer of 2016, amidst the presidential campaign, the unidentified artists erected a 6-foot-5 clay and silicone sculpture depicting a naked Donald Trump on the streets of San Francisco. The sculpture elicited a sensational reaction

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Stalking The Cat Killer

April 9, 2020February 14, 2021 Prescilla Kline

Don’t F**k With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer, recently rolled out on Netflix which tells the story of Luka Magnotta of Canada, cat killer turned murderer. It all began when Magnotta circulated videos of himself on the web killing cats while hiding his identity. A group of what Netflix called

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Tiger King – Murder, Tigers and Joe Exotic, Oh my!

April 7, 2020February 14, 2021 Shannon Stump

In one of the most outlandish and bizarre Netflix documentary series, Tiger King digs its claws in you and takes you on a wild ride. Joe Exotic is a gay, polyandry,country singer that owned G.W. Exotic Animal Park. The main conflict in this series is between Joe Exotic and Big

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How to Fix a Drug Scandal – Chemists Gone Wild!

April 3, 2020February 14, 2021 Shannon Stump

In this Netflix documentary, two forensic chemists are caught going rogue in Massachusetts. Sonja Farak becomes addicted to the drugs she is testing and Annie Dookhan writes up fake drug analyses and altars samples. The behavior of these two chemists leaves Massachusetts criminal justice systems in a mess of trouble

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The Sex Pistols and the Silver Jubilee

April 1, 2020March 15, 2021 Brett Seeburger

The date was February 6th, 1977, Queen Elizabeth II was celebrating the 25th anniversary of her accession to the throne. Known as the Silver Jubilee, it was a time of celebration for the royal family and parliament. The up and coming punk band originating out of London, England in the

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Gabriel Fernandez – Gross Negligence of DCF

March 5, 2020February 14, 2021 Allyson Rega

In May of 2013, 8 year old Gabriel Fernandez was murdered by his mother and her boyfriend after suffering months of abuse and torture. The six episode documentary on Netflix shows the systematic failure of every person in Gabriel’s life. School officials would try to report Gabriel’s bruises, burns and

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Food for Thought – Girls’ Bodies

March 5, 2020February 14, 2021 Allyson Rega

Unfortunately I do not know much about where this street billboard, who put it up or why. I came across this picture on Facebook. This billboard sends a powerful message that girls are not responsible for what is done to them. Through the controversy over the past couple of years,

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Mckamey Manor Haunt – You’re In For A Real Treat

March 1, 2020February 14, 2021 Prescilla Kline

The Mckamey Manor was featured on Netflix’s “Dark Tourist” wherein David Farrier dives into the art of scare. The Mckamey Manor is known as the world’s most extreme “haunt” wherein participants go through a ten-hour “horror bootcamp”. Upon completion of the program, you’ll be awarded $20,000 USD – that’s if

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Aaron Hernandez – Outed by Netflix

February 27, 2020February 14, 2021 Julia Kramer

For seven years the public has become increasingly infatuated with the Aaron Hernandez murder case. A strong and driven young athlete and a fresh face for the New England Patriots, had his invincible persona shattered when allegations of his involvement in the murder of close friend, Odin Loyd, surfaced in

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Crimesploitation Podcast

February 25, 2020February 14, 2021 Criminal Behaviorology

Criminal Behaviorology The Exploitation of Crime: Crimesploitation and the Media Misuse of Reality Crime Stories Paul Kaplan, PhD and Daniel La Chance, PhD, two experts on cultural criminology, have written on Crimesploitation, where reality programs create a kind of folk wisdom about crime, addictions and correctional work. The dangers of

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