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Philadelphia Mob War — Mafia Power Struggle of the Early 1990s
The Philadelphia Mob War is a series of murders, shootings, and racketeering acts in which John Stanfa's faction battled Joseph 'Skinny Joey' Merlino's younger crew for control of the Philadelphia crime family.
Three Mile Island — America's Worst Nuclear Accident
The Three Mile Island accident is the most serious nuclear reactor disaster in U.S. history, a partial core meltdown at a Pennsylvania plant on March 28, 1979, that triggered a corporate cover-up prosecution.
The York County Hex Murder — witchcraft belief killing
The York County Hex Murder was the 1928 killing of Pennsylvania farmer Nelson Rehmeyer by three men who believed he had cursed them and sought his powwow spell book and a lock of his hair.
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Philadelphia Mob War — Mafia Power Struggle of the Early 1990s
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Hex Hollow: Witchcraft and Murder in Pennsylvania
Hex Hollow is a 2015 documentary film about the 1928 murder of folk healer Nelson Rehmeyer in York County, PA, by three men who believed he had cursed them.
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The York County Hex Murder — witchcraft belief killing
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The Pizza Bomber Case — Erie collar bomb bank robbery
The Pizza Bomber case is a 2003 U.S. bank robbery and murder conspiracy in Erie, Pennsylvania, in which pizza driver Brian Wells died after a locked collar bomb detonated.
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The Ellen Greenberg Case — Contested Philadelphia Death
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Jimmy Hoffa: America's Most Notorious Unsolved Disappearance
James Riddle Hoffa, the powerful president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, disappeared on July 30, 1975, from a restaurant parking lot in Michigan. His case has become one of America's most enduring unsolved mysteries, with the FBI pointing to organized crime involvement but no body ever recovered.