On December 11, 1978, serial killer John Wayne Gacy abducted 15-year-old Robert Piest from the Nisson Pharmacy in Des Plaines, Illinois.
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We write about unusual places such as crime scenes, mob hangouts, filming locations, crash sites, and serial killers' houses.
- I have updated the entry on Tanya Denise Jackson:
- I have updated the OddStops entry on Brittanee Drexel to align with recent updates about the case.
- On December 4th, 2024, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot dead at this section of West 54th Street in Manhattan. A 27-year-old named Luigi Mangione currently stands accused of the crime.
- The historic Ohio State Reformatory was used as the filming location for the prison in The Shawshank Redemption (1994).
