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Kendall L. Francois [1] (July 26, 1971 – September 11, 2014) was an American serial killer convicted of killing eight women in Poughkeepsie, New York, between 1996 and 1998. [ 2 ] Early years
The Poughkeepsie Tapes is a 2007 American pseudo-documentary horror film written, directed, and edited by John Erick Dowdle from a story he co-wrote with his brother Drew Dowdle. It revolves around a serial killer's murders in Poughkeepsie, New York, told through interviews and footage from a cache of the killer's snuff films.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 February 2025. A serial killer is typically a person who kills three or more people, with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines serial murder as "a series of two or more murders ...
Jessica Taylor, a 20-year-old Poughkeepsie native, was killed in July 2003 and her body parts dumped in Manorville and Gilgo Beach in Suffolk County.
From a shocking death to a last-minute arrest, Based on a True Story took some major swings while wrapping up season 2. Warning: This story contains spoilers about season 2 of Based on a True Story.
Richard Francis Cottingham (born November 25, 1946) is an American serial killer who was convicted in New York State of six murders committed between 1972 and 1980 and convicted in New Jersey of twelve murders committed between 1967 and 1978. [1]
The true-crime thriller, which Entertainment Weekly covered in our Fall Movie Preview, dramatizes the stranger-than-fiction inclusion of serial killer Rodney Alcala on The Dating Game, a popular ...
The actions of the films antagonist share several similarities with a number of real life serial killers, and indeed includes some real life events interwoven into the story. It was previously thought that the film was based upon Kendall Francois, a serial killer basing his crimes in/around Poughkeepsie. This has since been disregarded.