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Website jokes about kidnapped women held as sex slaves in holiday-themed post
A website promoting events in Cleveland apologized for its "inexcusable and inappropriate" holiday-themed Facebook post that referenced three women who were kidnapped and held captive as sex slaves for a...
Infamous Cleveland neighborhood overrun with spectators
CLEVELAND — Residents on the Cleveland street where three women were secretly held captive in Ariel Castro’s house of horrors for about a decade say they’re tired of being eyed...
Cleveland 'House of Horrors' survivor is now happily married
A woman who was kidnapped and held captive for 11 years in a Cleveland House of Horrors has revealed that she is now happily married. Michelle Knight, who was abducted...
Without these 6 people, Adele's '25' would sound completely different
After four years, eight Grammys and 30 million albums sold since her blockbuster “21,” Adele is finally back. Londoner Adele Adkins toiled over her new album “25” (out Friday), enlisting...
How ‘Room’ was inspired by real-life kidnapping cases
While “Room,” which hit theaters Friday, is fiction, many of the film’s poignant details echo real-life cases. (Warning: Minor spoilers ahead.) In the film, Brie Larson plays a young woman...
Cleveland kidnap survivors recall decade of hellish imprisonment
They leaned on each other. Two of the three Cleveland women who were kidnapped and held as sex slaves helped each other “stay positive” to survive life with their twisted...
Cleveland kidnap victim saluted at Midtown gala
Cleveland kidnap victim Michelle Knight was honored in New York Tuesday night for her courage and bravery by the Guardian Angels. Knight, who suffered a decade of cruelty at the...
Michelle Knight: I hid from rescuers
The woman who suffered the longest in Cleveland’s house of horrors was so mentally fragile, she panicked and hid when cops finally came to the door, she writes in a...
Ariel Castro allowed Cleveland captives to escape: attorney
CLEVELAND — Ariel Castro intentionally left doors unlocked at his house in the months before three women escaped after nearly a decade of captivity because he knew the end was...
Cleveland house of horrors survivors reunite
MEDINA, Ohio — The three women who survived a decade-long captivity in a Cleveland house before being freed received Gov. John Kasich's annual courage awards on Monday night. Kasich called...
'Cleveland hero' Charles Ramsey gets book deal
CLEVELAND — The man who famously put aside his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive in a Cleveland house over a decade has signed a contract to...
'Major tension' between Cleveland kidnap survivors over tell-alls
The three Cleveland women who were kidnapped and held captive for years by Ariel Castro are now at odds with competing tell-all books. Michelle Knight is working on a memoir...
Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro's death a 'suicide'
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two corrections consultants have concluded that Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro committed suicide in his prison cell and didn't die by accidentally killing himself while attempting to achieve...
Ohio victim: Ariel Castro took 'coward's way out'
CLEVELAND — The first of three women who were kidnapped and held for a decade in a Cleveland home described kidnapper Ariel Castro as cowardly when he died in prison...
Ariel Castro lured Michelle Knight with a puppy
CLEVELAND — The first of three women kidnapped and held for a decade in Ariel Castro's Cleveland home was chained and raped by her captor, who struck her with a...
Cleveland kidnap survivor shares story
CLEVELAND — One of three women who escaped from a ramshackle Cleveland home after more than a decade in captivity is about to share her story. Michelle Knight will appear...
Ohio kidnapping survivors to pen book
NEW YORK -- Two of the three women held captive for a decade in a Cleveland house are collaborating with a Pulitzer Prize-winning team of Washington Post reporters for a...
Castro may have died of auto-erotic asphyxiation
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio officials suggest in a new report it's possible Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro may have died of auto-erotic asphyxiation, not suicide. A report from the Ohio Department...
Ariel Castro's son hopes dad’s crimes lead to changes
CLEVELAND — The son of Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro says he hopes his father's life and death can lead to changes in handling sexual predators, domestic violence, mental illness and...
Kidnap fiend used window to hang self
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Cleveland kidnapper and rapist Ariel Castro committed suicide by hanging himself with a sheet attached to a window hinge in his prison cell, coroner's investigative notes show....