The Ghastly Cleveland Torso Murders

We tackle one of the most gruesome serial killers of all time.
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BuzzFeed’s hit docuseries Unsolved True Crime follows conspiracy theory enthusiast Ryan as he deep-dives into the mysteries surrounding the most notorious unsolved crimes in history, in order to convince his dubious friend Shane that sometimes, the evidence isn’t always as it seems.
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STILLS
1930's Neoclassical Style Sandstone Building, Landmark Drury Plaza Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Interior Of Abandoned Asylum At Laveno-Mombello
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Judge holding gavel in courtroom
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Civil War Doctor Amputating a Hand
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Doctor with note-pad
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Close-Up Of Gravestone In Cemetery In Berlin
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Hanging tree
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Undefined text french. Handwritten letter. Handwriting
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Male hands cuffed signing confession, top view
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Interrogation
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1940s SMILING MAN SITTING
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Demolition Area
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Homeless People
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Hooverville in Croton Reservoir
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Police men
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Policeman Making A Point
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Black African American Firefighter From 1940 to 1960, Fire Truck.
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Ergonomic Design For Injury
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Girl Looking Through Window At Home
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Policemen frisk eight of 20 youths involved in gang fight at
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Harry Gross
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Medical supplies at the Ringling Bros and Barnum Bailey Circus. Including vitamin extracts, milk of magnesia and liver extract.
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Bolder Bridge
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USA,New York,New York City,Preacher at lectern
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Portrait of a Retro Themed Private Investigator
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Antique black and white photo of 1940 film noir gangster wearing suit and hat.
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Eliot Ness
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Bodies From Valentine's Day Massacre
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Jesse Owens Returning After The Olympic Games, In 1936
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The Boston Globe Front Page: July 19, 1998
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Ermenon village: Crash Dc10 Turkish Airlines In Ermenon village
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MAY 15 1973, MAY 17 1973;
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Farmers Market
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Peaceful Afternoon
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Portraits
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Male silhouettes posing
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Dead body floating in river Ganges in Varanasi, In
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map of the U.S. state Ohio
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Slums In Baltimore
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Shantytown During Depression
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Crumpled jeans on a pair of shoes
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Military Tanks in Front of Building
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EXTERNAL CREDITS
Gustavo Rosa - GFX Artist