Tell Us About The Time You Met, Or Interacted With Someone Connected To A Well-Known True Crime Case

Crystal Ro
·1-min read

Wild, dark, and ~true crime~ stories happen EVERYWHERE, and sometimes closer to home than you might think. So, the likelihood that many of you have either known, met, or interacted with someone connected to a well-known true crime case is actually fairly high.

Lyle and Erik Menendez in blue prison uniforms seated in a courtroom, surrounded by others
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Perhaps your grandfather ran a small medical practice during the '60s, and to this day, he is 99.9999% certain one of his patients was the Zodiac Killer.

"San Francisco Police wanted poster from 1969 with sketches of Zodiac suspect and case details."
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Or maybe you grew up just a few doors away from someone who turned out to be a serial killer (and you only found out many, many years later)?

Police officers escort American accused (and ultimately convicted) serial killer David Berkowitz, known as the Son of Sam, into the 84th precinct station in New York
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It's also possible your experience was far more intense...like when you accidentally got caught up in a serious crime scene just because you knocked on a neighbor's door. (It happens!)

Police at night, using tape to block a dark-colored car from passing, with people standing nearby
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Whatever your experience may have been — even if it happened to a friend or family member, and not you directly — we'd like to hear about it. Tell us in the comments below or use this completely anonymous form and your story could be featured in a future BuzzFeed Community post or video!

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