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Mark McDermott/YouTubeOxana Malaya spent nearly five years living in a kennel with stray dogs.On one bitterly cold night in the 1980s, a three-year-old Ukrainian girl named Oxana Malaya was left out overnight by her neglectful alcoholic parents.Desperate for warmth and shelter, she followed her dog Naida into her familys dog kennel and stayed there for nearly five years.During this time, she lived with a pack of strays and picked up a number of dog-like behaviors. By the time authorities finally found her, she fully behaved like a dog, crawling around on all fours, barking, and sleeping on the floor.Oxana Malayas Life With The DogsOksana Oleksandrivna Malaya, or Oxana Malaya, was born on November 4, 1983. She grew up in poverty in Nova Blagovishchenka, Ukraine. Her parents, who struggled with alcoholism, ignored her for most of her childhood.Mum had too many kids, Oxana later told 60 Minutes, according to The U.S. Sun. We didnt have enough beds.So when she got locked out of the house one night, thats where she stayed. She soon joined a pack of local strays, surviving on raw meat and scraps. She gradually lost all ability to speak, instead communicating in barks and growls. I would talk to them they would bark and I would repeat it, she said. That was our way of communication.A video on the condition of Oxana Malaya.Her unusual living situation went unnoticed for nearly five years. It wasnt until Oxana barked at a neighbor that anyone suspected anything was wrong.How Oxana Malaya Was Finally RescuedWhen authorities finally found Oxana Malaya, the pack of dogs had come to view her as one of their own. They were so protective of Oxana that they wouldnt let the police get anywhere near her. Officers had to lure the dogs away with food so they could take her away.Oxana was taken to a childrens home, where she was given years of intense, specialized therapy and education. She was more like a little dog than a human child, the director of the institute said in an interview with 60 Minutes. She used to show her tongue when she saw water and she used to eat with her tongue and not her hands.Despite not speaking any human language until she was almost eight years old, she picked up language and other basic skills fairly quickly.Still, her doctors said it was unlikely she will ever be completely rehabilitated. Even though Oxana is now over 40 years old, researchers still consider her level of development and intellectual capacity to be comparable to that of a six-year-old.Mark McDermott/YouTubeBy the time authorities found seven-year-old Oxana Malaya, she behaved like a dog.Today, Oxana Malaya lives in a special care home, where she spends most of her time looking after animals. Despite her progress, she says she sometimes reverts back to dog-like behavior.When I feel lonely I crawl on all fours. This is how lonely I feel, she said, according to The Sun. Because I have nobody, I spend my time with dogs, I go for walks and do anything I want to. Nobody notices that I walk on all fours.Nature Versus NurtureOxana Malayas condition furthers the scientific debate about nature versus nurture when it comes to how childhood development.Nature, in the context of this debate, refers to a persons innate being, predetermined by factors like genetics. Nurture, on the other hand, means environmental factors during a childs development, such as social interaction, childhood experiences, and whether or not basic needs are met.Personality and behavioral traits lie at the center of the nature versus nurture debate. For instance, are children who are aggressive or grow up to commit violent crimes born that way, or are their violent tendencies the result of the way they were raised?Scientists have come to somewhat of a consensus that both nature and nurture play important roles in shaping personality. But the question still remains: which is the most influential?Mark McDermott/YouTubeAfter intensive therapy, Oxana Malaya developed language skills and learned to walk upright.Oxana Malayas case certainly indicates that nurture has a profound influence on a child. The fact that she developed doglike behaviors complete with canine appetites, habits, and vocalizations emphasized the importance of socialization in shaping ones personality. In recent years, research in the field of epigenetics, or the study of how environmental factors change the way genes function, has lended support to the theory of nature through nurture, which suggests that traits have both inherent genetic and environmental influences.This is seen commonly among cases of extreme emotional distress, mental illness, or personality disorders. A prominent example is psychopathy, which is often inherent in a persons genetics but gets triggered by intensely negative environmental factors.Epigenetic stressors during early childhood can make certain genetic traits like the hallmarks of psychopathy turn against someone in a bad way, writes Dr. Caroline Leaf. The cortisol from abuse, trauma, or being abandoned can shape how they interact with others by affecting the development of their ability to socialize.Feral Children And Rehabilitation Into A Normal LifeSadly, Oxana Malaya is far from the only child who suffered this kind of parental abandonment or neglect.In Russia in 2008, a seven-year-old boy named Vanya Yudin was rescued from his mothers home when it was discovered that she had been raising him as a pet bird. He could only communicate through chirps, and was sent to a psychological care center for rehabilitation.[His mother] had her own domestic birds and fed wild ones. [She] neither beat him nor left him without food. She just never talked to him. It was all the birds that communicated with the boy and taught him birds language, the Russian newspaper Pravda reported, according to the Daily Mail. He just chirps and when realizing that he is not understood, starts to wave hands in the way birds winnow wings.In another case in 1970, a girl named Genie Wiley was brought to a childrens hospital in Los Angeles, where doctors said she was the most profoundly damaged child they had ever seen.A 2003 TLC report on Genie Wiley.Her father, Clark Wiley, had slipped into a state of rage and depression after his mother was killed by a drunk driver, and he locked Genie in a tiny bedroom when she was just 20 months old. For most of her childhood, she was restrained in a homemade straitjacket and always harnessed to either a toilet seat or a wire mesh-covered crib.Genies mother, Irene, finally fled from Clark after a decade of abuse, alerting welfare officers to Genies condition. When they found her, she weighed under 60 pounds, and while she at first appeared no older than six or seven, she was soon determined to be 13 years old. She was sent to a childrens hospital, and is believed to still be under state care today.Children like these who have been deprived of human contact from a young age are commonly referred to as feral children. These children often have incredible difficulties reintegrating into society, as they lack socialization and language skills.While many feral children, such as Oxana Malaya, can regain these skills to some degree, Susan Curtiss, a linguistics professor who studied and befriended Genie, said that the window for linguistic ability seems to close when a child is between five and 10 years old. After that, some communication skills and vocabulary can be gained, but ones understanding of grammar and ability to communicate in sentences is likely past the point of no return.Does language make us human? Thats a tough question, Curtiss told The Guardian. Its possible to know very little language and still be fully human, to love, form relationships, and engage with the world. Genie definitely engaged with the world.After learning about Oxana Malaya, the girl who was raised by dogs, read about the real-life feral child who may have inspired The Jungle Book. Then, discover the heartwarming stories behind some of the worlds most famous dogs.The post The Heartbreaking Story Of Oxana Malaya, The Feral Child Who Lived In A Dog Kennel appeared first on All That's Interesting.

YouTubeVlado Taneski, the Macedonian serial killer.For 20 years, Vlado Taneski was a journalist in the small town of Kievo, Macedonia, covering topics like community news and municipal affairs. But then, in 2005, he got a big story. A woman had gone missing, a local cleaner. Her body was found a few weeks later, wrapped in plastic bags, and investigators determined that shed been raped before her murder. Taneski covered the story, and received praise for his engaging, informative articles. He went on to write about the murders of two other women, but by 2008, investigators had started to grow suspicious. Taneskis articles were filled with details that only the killer could know. And, looking back, investigators realized that hed pitched articles about the murders surprisingly quickly. To their horror, they soon realized that Vlado Taneski knew so much about the murders because he was the killer. The journalist was arrested for the crimes, but died by suicide in prison before he could go to trial. This is his disturbing story. The Quiet Life Of A Gentle JournalistBorn in 1952, Vlado Taneski grew up in Kievo, where he purportedly had a strained relationship with his mother, a local cleaner. Their relationship soured even further in 1990, when Taneskis father died by suicide. Still, Taneski lived a fairly normal life. He married and had two children, and his ex-wife later described their relationship as an ideal marriage. She stated that he had always been quiet and gentle, though she had observed the deep resentment he felt toward his mother. Zero/Wikimedia CommonsThe small town of Kievo, Macedonia, where Vlado Taneski committed at least three murders. The only time I ever saw him get aggressive was when we were living with his parents, Taneskis ex-wife told a local TV station. Meanwhile, he established a career as a journalist in Kievo. Taneski wrote for local papers Nova Makedonija and Utrinski Vesnik, mostly covering the day-to-day news of the town, subjects like education and municipal affairs.This all changed in 2005. How Vlado Taneski Reported On His Own MurdersIn late 2004, a 64-year-old woman named Mitra Simjanoska vanished. Then, in January 2005, her body was discovered wrapped in a plastic bag. Simjanoska had been brutally tortured, raped, and strangled and Vlado Taneski began to report on the murder investigation. Over the next three years, two more women vanished: 56-year-old Ljubica Licoska, who disappeared in November 2007, and whose body was found in February 2008, and 65-year-old Zivana Temelkoska, who disappeared in May 2008, and was found roughly a week later. Like Simjanoska, Licoska and Temelkoska had been raped and murdered, then wrapped in plastic and dumped around Kievo. And all the murders were covered by Taneski. Police HandoutVlado Taneski wrapped his victims in plastic bags before he disposed of their bodies.Indeed, Vlado Taneski seemed to have a special intuition when it came to the string of murders. He was able to report about them in detail, and when Temelkoskas body was found in May 2008, he showed surprising speed in pitching the news of her murder to Nova Makedonija. Yet those who worked with him had little inkling that something was wrong. He was very quietly spoken but also very persuasive, Goce Trpkovski, a reporter at Nova Makedonija, told The Guardian in 2008. A crime reporter who worked with Taneski, Ognen Cancarevik, seconded Trpkovski to The New York Times that same year. He was a nice and educated guy who seemed completely normal, Cancarevik said.But while his colleagues didnt suspect a thing, police began to question how Taneski had gotten his information. The Arrest And Death Of Journalist-Murderer Vlado TaneskiAs they investigated the murders of Simjanoska, Licoska, and Temelkoska, as well as a 78-year-old woman who went missing in 2003, local police read Vlado Taneskis articles about the brutal crimes. And they began to notice that the journalist had surprisingly good information about details of the murders details that only the killer would know. We read his stories and it made us suspicious, police spokesman Ivo Kotevski told The New York Times. He knew too much.In 2008, police were able to definitively tie Taneski to the murders. They found that his DNA matched semen found on the victims, and a search of his house turned up items which had belonged to the victims, as well as telephone cords similar to the one that had been used to strangle the women. They also found a large collection of pornographic material. YouTubeVlado Taneski was arrested for the murders when his DNA was found on one of the victims.Vlado Taneski was arrested on June 22, 2008. Police had enough evidence to charge him for two of the murders. They were also hoping to charge him for the third murder, and to see if Taneski knew anything about the woman who had vanished in 2003. But before they could ask the journalist-murderer questions about his crimes, Taneski died by suicide by drowning himself in a bucket of water in his cell. Though he never confessed, police were confident that Taneski was guilty. All these women were raped, molested and murdered in the most terrible way and we have very strong evidence that Taneski was responsible for all three, Kotevski stated following his death. In the end there were many things that pointed to him as a suspect and led us to file charges against him for two of the murders. We were close to charging him with a third murder, and hoped he would give us details of a fourth woman who disappeared in 2003 because we believe he was involved in that case, too.But while Taneskis involvement in the murders was obvious to police, his former newspaper colleagues were still shocked to learn that the journalist had killed the women hed written about. When the police rang me to say, Your reporter is the murderer, I could barely believe my ears, Cancarevik, the crime reporter who worked with Taneski, exclaimed. [Taneski] was so calm when he was discussing the murders. All of these women lived only meters away from his house.Why did Vlado Taneski turn from a mild-mannered journalist into a serial killer? While his suicide means that police will never know for sure, theyve theorized that his violence had something to do with his resentment toward his mother. Before her death, Taneskis mother was a cleaner, like his victims. In fact, all his victims had known Taneskis mother. After learning about the crimes of journalist-murderer Vlado Taneski, read about the still-unsolved Cleveland Torso Murders. Then, read about Hans Schmidt, the only priest ever executed in the U.S. The post The Horrific Story Of Vlado Taneski, The Serial Killer Journalist Who Reported On His Own Murders appeared first on All That's Interesting.

YouTubeAbigail Folger was the heiress to a massive coffee fortune.Abigail Folger had a charmed life: She was an heiress to the Folgers Coffee fortune who was dating Polish actor and screenwriter Wojciech Frykowski and spending the summer of 1969 at the Beverly Hills home of Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate. Tragically, it was this time in Los Angeles that led to Folgers violent end. On August 9, 1969, four members of the Manson Family cult broke into Tates house and brutally slaughtered everyone inside. Folger was stabbed 28 times while trying to escape, and the police found her mutilated body crumpled in the yard the next morning. The murder of a prominent heiress at the hands of the crazed followers of Charles Manson would surely have been enough to fill the front pages of newspapers across the country for weeks on its own. However, such was the fame of the other victims that Folgers name was merely a footnote in the reports.This is Abigail Folgers full story, from her auspicious beginnings to her fateful final days at 10050 Cielo Drive.The Early Life Of Coffee Heiress Abigail FolgerAbigail Anne Folger was born on August 11, 1943, to Ines Mejia and Peter Folger, the chairman of the Folger Coffee Company. She was raised in the San Francisco area, where she took piano lessons and was presented as a high-society debutante in 1961. Find a GraveAbigail Folger was murdered just two days before her 26th birthday.After graduating from Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Folger went on to earn a masters degree in art history from Harvard. She secured a job at an art museum in California in 1967, but she soon moved to New York City to work for a magazine publisher and later a bookstore.It was in New York that she met Wojciech Frykowski in early 1968. He had recently arrived in the U.S. from Poland, where hed tried to break into the filmmaking industry after befriending Roman Polanski. Folger and Frykowski quickly hit it off, and they decided to move to Los Angeles together just a few months into their relationship. Back in the Golden State, Folger started volunteering with the welfare department, helping impoverished children, and supporting civil rights causes. Frykowski, hoping to make some more connections in Hollywood, briefly worked as a set constructor. In the spring of 1969, Polanski asked Frykowski to housesit for a few months while he and Tate were in Europe working on separate films. He readily agreed, and he and Abigail Folger moved into 10050 Cielo Drive that April.YouTubeAbigail Folger and Wojciech Frykowski were staying at the Los Angeles home of Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate at the time of the murders.Over the summer, the couples relationship began to break down. They were both using drugs and arguing frequently potentially about Folgers money. In Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders, prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi wrote, Friends of Abigail Folger told the police that Frykowski had introduced her to drugs so as to keep her under his control According to the police report: He had no means of support and lived off Folgers fortune.'Folgers therapist thought that she was finally making plans to leave Frykowski. But she would never get the chance.Abigail Folgers Vicious Murder At The Hands Of The Manson FamilySharon Tate returned to Los Angeles in late July 1969. She was eight months pregnant, and she asked Folger and Frykowski to continue staying with her until Roman Polanski returned from London the following month. On August 8, the three of them met celebrity hair stylist Jay Sebring at a Mexican restaurant for dinner before returning to Tates house. Tate and Sebring stayed up chatting while Frykowski fell asleep on the couch. Folger spoke with her mother on the phone around 10 p.m. and then went to her bedroom to read.Just after midnight, Folger glanced up to see a woman passing by her open door. She assumed the stranger had been invited over by Tate or Sebring, so she smiled and waved before turning her attention back to her book. In reality, the woman was Susan Atkins, a member of the Manson Family cult. She had sneaked into the house alongside Tex Watson, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Linda Kasabian and the four of them were on a mission to kill everyone inside.Bettmann/Getty ImagesLeft to right: Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Leslie Van Houten, who was involved in the LaBianca murders the night after Abigail Folgers death.Its still unclear why exactly the Manson Family targeted 10050 Cielo Drive. Prosecutors later claimed that Charles Manson had wanted to start a race war. Others believe that Manson chose the home because it had previously been rented by Terry Melcher, a producer who once rejected Mansons music. Perhaps the cult leader didnt realize that Melcher no longer lived there. Perhaps he didnt care.Regardless, the Manson Family arrived at Tates house in the early morning hours of August 9, 1969, with a taste for blood. Frykowski was startled awake by Tex Watson kicking him in the head and telling him, Im the Devil, and Im here to do the Devils business.Meanwhile, Atkins returned to Abigail Folgers room and ordered her into the living room. Once Folger, Frykowski, Sebring, and Tate were all together, the intruders tried to tie them up, but chaos erupted. Watson shot Sebring, Frykowski broke free, and Folger tried to escape down a hallway.She made it onto the lawn before Patricia Krenwinkel caught up with her and tackled her to the ground. Tex Watson soon joined her, and the two cult members stabbed Folger 28 times. A New York Times article from 1970 described Folgers stab wounds: Four to the face, one in the left ear, five in the neck, six in the chest, two in the stomach, two in the back, one in the right arm, one in the right shoulder, one in the left arm, two on the left thigh, one on the right hand, and two on the wrist.Police HandoutAbigail Folger was stabbed to death in Sharon Tates yard.Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the Los Angeles County coroner who examined the bodies of the victims of the Manson murders, stated that there were five or six stab wounds that should be considered fatal stab wounds.Folger reportedly begged for her life as Krenwinkel and Watson attacked her, screaming, I give up, youve got me, and, Im already dead. The killers left her corpse sprawled on the grass, where Polanski and Tates maid, Winifred Chapman, spotted it when she arrived for work around 9:15 a.m.The police raced to the scene, but by then, Abigail Folger was long gone.Tracking Down The Manson Family MurderersInvestigators arrived to find that 10050 Cielo Drive had been turned into a human slaughterhouse. Steven Parent, an 18-year-old who had been driving away after visiting the propertys caretaker when the Manson Family arrived, was slumped over in the front seat of his car with four bullet wounds in his torso. The word PIG was scrawled on the front door in Sharon Tates blood. The actress had been stabbed 16 times and hanged with a nylon rope with Sebring tied to the other end. On the lawn, Abigail Folger was lying where shed fallen. Her nightgown was so soaked in blood that it was hard to tell that it had once been white. Frykowskis body was about 50 feet away. Hed been stabbed 51 times and beaten in the head with the butt of a gun. An investigator on the scene told Los Angeles Magazine in 2009, In the space of 10 minutes I saw all five bodies. Id worked homicide for five years and seen a lot of violence. This was the worst.It would be months before the police were finally able to catch the perpetrators, who had gone on to kill another couple, Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, the night after the murders at 10050 Cielo Drive.Bettmann/Contributor/Getty ImagesCharles Manson leaves the courtroom in December 1969.Finally, that October, officers raided Spahn Ranch, the Manson Familys headquarters. Several cult members were arrested for auto theft and possession of stolen property, including Susan Atkins, who later bragged to one of her cellmates about her involvement in the Tate murders. The women, in turn, informed the police, securing the conviction and imprisonment of both the culprits who carried out the slayings and Charles Manson himself.As for Abigail Folger, her body was returned to San Francisco following the coroners examination, and her funeral was held on August 13, 1969. She had been killed just two days before her 26th birthday. In another world, her name would only be associated with Folgers coffee but it is now forever entwined with the grisly Manson Family murders.After reading about the tragic fate of Abigail Folger, learn about Manson Family member and would-be presidential assassin Squeaky Fromme. Then, check out the sordid true story of the haunted Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles.The post Abigail Folger, The Heir To Folgers Coffee Who Was Brutally Murdered By The Manson Family appeared first on All That's Interesting.

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