Spooky Season Series Selection
Austin Price, Editor in Chief
Part 1 - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Spooky season is upon us! That means it’s time to pop some popcorn, curl up under a plaid blanket, and light a pumpkin spiced candle while watching a relaxing tv show. If you’re like me, this relaxing show involves gruesome crimes, obscene murders, and intense trials. As a spooky season enthusiast and true crime nerd, I understand the excitement of diving into a new series focused on some of the most horrific events imaginable. And so, to feed both my October loving soul, and satisfy my true crime craving, I am creating the ultimate list of TV series perfect for spooky season, all based on real events and true stories. Come with me as I provide you with the best content to consume as the leaves change and the costumes are purchased. Each installment of this series will highlight one of my favorite TV series that fits the macabre and mystery of spooky season. First up, we have Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.
Part 2 - Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
In continuing my Spooky Season Series Selection, we have another series created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan for Netflix. Today’s selection is the second season of the Monster series and focuses on a controversial and highly debated case. The disputation of this case was mainly due to the extensive media coverage and exploitation of all involved through the televised process. In a harrowing account of childhood abuse and the greed of the American Dream, comes the biased story of the Menendez brothers. Today’s Spooky Season Series Selection is Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.
Part 3 - Monster: The Ed Gein Story
The third and final installment of my Spooky Season Series Selection is the recently released, season 3 of Monsters. Season 3, again created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, focuses on one of the most infamous and influential individuals in true crime history. Often dubbed as the “Ghoul of Plainfield”, the “Grandfather of Gore”, and the “Plainfield Butcher” is the one and only Ed Gein. Gein would later become the pinnacle of villainous actions and the inspiration for some of the most iconic horror films ever released. Today’s Spooky Season Series Selection is Monster: The Ed Gein Story.
The Benefits of Music
Gabriella Sandoval, Events Liaison and Manager
The Benefits of House Music
Music is a universal language that undoubtedly unites us all, under the various rhythms, beats, tempos, and instrumentals that are found to be appealing to our ears. One genre in particular under the title of “house music” has found its way into many college dorms, parties, gatherings, and cars. While house music is popular for its diversity in artists and song choices, it also provides benefits to the human body.
The Benefits of Classical Music
Music takes art in many various forms and genres, with one of these genres often thought of to be jazz music’s sibling, which is classical music. Classical music is a genre that offers many benefits not only to the ears, but throughout the rest of the body as well.
Time for True Crime
Austin Price, Editor in Chief
A Review of Jim Yontz’s Lecture, Inside the Mind of a Sexual Killer, David Parker Ray at Regis University
WARNING: This article contains graphic content with mentions and descriptions of abduction, sexual assault, rape, murder, and suicide. Please read at your discretion.
David Parker Ray is an infamous character in the true crime world. His name is as recognizable as individuals such as Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and John Wayne Gacy. However, few actually know the extent of the inhumane crimes he committed, and the countless lives he ruined.
The True Crimes of Halloween
WARNING: This article contains descriptions of violence, sexual assault, torture, murder, and child abuse. Reader discretion is advised.
As you’ve probably noticed in my Spooky Stories Series throughout these past few weeks, I love Halloween. I am obsessed with Halloween. It is my favorite holiday, and it happens during my favorite time of the year, fall. It is the event that surrounds some of my favorite childhood memories. And to say it outright, it’s one heck of a holiday. Halloween is the only holiday that lets you be creepy, selfish, and allows you to tap into your inner spooky self. So yes, I love Halloween.
The Murder of Gabby Petito: An Anxious Girlfriend's Worst Nightmare
WARNING: This article contains graphic content with descriptions of domestic violence, domestic abuse, murder, and suicide. Please read at your own discretion.
Gabby Petitio was an all-American, Barbie Doll of a girl. From her bleach blonde hair to her bright blue eyes, with her tanned, clear skin, and thin build, Gabby was the “it” girl. With a picture-perfect physique, always complete with her signature smile, Gabby was the girl the rest of us wish we could be like. The girl the rest of us wish we could look like. The girl the rest of us wish we could act like. However, she is the girl that the rest of us do not want to die like. Gabrielle Venora Petito died sometime between August 27th and September 1st, 2021, at the hands of her fiancé, Brian Laundrie.