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    NASA Conducted The First Artificial Gravity Experiment In Space In 1966, And Generated 0.00015 g
    Though spacecraft with artificial gravity are still a distant dream, we had proof of concept way back in September 1966.
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    US Fireball Shattered With Force Of 26 Tons Of TNT, Caused Sonic Boom, Sent Meteorite Crashing Through Texas Home
    This is the second fireball seen over the US in as many weeks, and the ninth since February.
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    Are The Secrets Of Long Life Kept In The Oldest Organism's Genome?
    It can live for over 5,000 years. Some people think it's immortal. Now, we're starting to understand why.
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    300 Million Years Ago, Insects Were Enormous. That Stopped And Were Probably Wrong About Why
    Dragonflies could probably still be huge if they believed in themselves enough.
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    What Happened To Rose Bundy, The Daughter Of Ted Bundy?
    Ted Bundys infamous rampage against at least 30 women and children in the 1970s has been analyzed for decades.With a renewed interest, largely sparked by the The Ted Bundy Tapes documentary series on Netflix as well as a historical thriller starring Zac Efron as the renowned sociopath, comes a renewed opportunity to focus on those forgotten in the frantic obsession with the man himself: namely Ted Bundys daughter, Rose Bundy, who was conceived on death row in 1982.NetflixCarole Ann Boone, Rose Bundy, and Ted Bundy.It is still not entirely clear just how many people Ted Bundy killed. Some speculate that the number reached triple digits. Regardless, the man who killed several children eventually had a daughter of his own.Before The Birth Of Ted Bundys DaughterWikimedia CommonsOlympia, Washington in 2005.Ted Bundy and his wife Carole Ann Boone had an interesting relationship. They met as colleagues at the Department of Emergency Services in Olympia, Washington in 1974. According to Hugh Aynesworth and Stephen G. Michauds The Only Living Witness, Carole was drawn to him immediately, and though Bundy expressed an interest in dating her, the relationship remained strictly platonic at first.Boone attended Bundys 1980 Orlando trial for the killing of Chi Omega sorority girls Margaret Bowman and Lisa Levy, where the serial killer acted as his own defense attorney. Bundy even called Boone to the stand as a character witness. The soon-to-be mother of Rose Bundy had even recently moved to Gainesville to be nearer Ted, about 40 miles from the prison.Boone not only managed conjugal visits with Bundy but also allegedly smuggled drugs and money into the jail for him. Eventually, while Carole Ann Boone took the stand in Bundys defense, the killer proposed to her.The courthouse interview in which Ted Bundy proposes to his star witness, Carole Ann Boone.As true crime author Ann Rule explained in her Ted Bundy biography The Stranger Beside Me, an old Florida law stated that a declaration of marriage in court in front of a judge is considered a binding agreement. Since the pair couldnt find a minister to oversee their vows, and officials at the Orange County jail prohibited that they use the facilitys chapel, the former law student Bundy discovered the loophole.A newspaper article details Ted Bundys murder charges for the Chi Omega sorority murders, 1978.As Rule alarmingly points out, the second anniversary of Bundys brutal kidnapping and murder of young Kimberly Leach a 12-year-old girl marked Boone and Bundys first wedding anniversary.It would not be long before the pair had a daughter of their own: Rose Bundy.Rose Bundy Joins A Family On Death RowBecause Ted Bundy wasnt permitted conjugal visits while on death row, rumors began to circulate about the logistics of Rose Bundys conception. Some speculated that Boone had smuggled a condom into prison, had Bundy deposit his genetic material into it, tie it shut, and return it to her through a kiss.As Rule points out, however, the conditions of Bundys confinement didnt require such extravagant, imaginative measures. The bribing of guards was not only possible, but common, and allowed the couple to have sex in numerous corners of the facility behind a water cooler, on a table in the prisons outdoor park, and in various rooms which people reportedly even walked into a few times.Carole Ann Boone and Ted Bundy with their daughter, Rose Bundy.Some, of course, remained skeptical. Florida State Prison superintendent Clayton Strickland, for instance, wasnt entirely convinced that these prospects were so easily attainable.Anything is possible, he said of Rose Bundys conception. Where the human element is involved, anything is possible. Theyre subject to do anything. Im not saying they couldnt have some sexual contact, but in that park, it would be mighty difficult. Its stopped as soon as it starts.The fact that Ted Bundy managed to get married and impregnate someone while incarcerated for killing several people including a child was an astonishing bit of news. It didnt take long for the media to hound Boone for details surrounding Ted Bundys daughter.I dont have to explain anything about anyone to anybody, she said.The Birth Of Ted Bundys ChildWikimedia CommonsTed Bundy in custody in Florida, 1978.Rose Bundy, who is also sometimes called Rosa, was born on October 24, 1982. It had been just a couple of years since her father was sentenced to death. He had acted in a parental position before, as a father figure to the daughter of his prior girlfriend of seven years, Elizabeth Kloepfer. He also formed a relationship with Boones son from a previous relationship.Nonetheless, Rose was Ted Bundys first and only biological child and her birth couldnt have come at a more frenzied, media-heavy time in her fathers life.Bundys trial in Florida had captured the nations attention. It was heavily televised and drew a substantial crowd. It wasnt merely comprised of angry individuals who came to decry the mans existence as many of those who showed up to his trial were young women who sought the killers attention.There was an assumption about Teds victims: that they all wore their hair long, parted in the middle, and wore hoop earrings, said Stephen G. Michaud in the E! True Hollywood Story on Ted Bundy.So, women would come to court with their hair parted in the middle, wearing hoop earrings. A couple of them even dyed their hair the right kind of brown They wanted to appeal to Ted. Bundy had essentially amassed a bizarre fanbase of groupies, which isnt necessarily unheard of for a handsome, charismatic criminal.Despite his disturbing celebrity and triple death sentence, his loyal wife brought their daughter Rose along on her visits to prison.Family photos of Ted, Carole, and Rose Bundy do exist and appear to differ from their traditional counterparts only in having the backdrop of a prison. Carole would bring her son, Jayme, with her on these visits as well.They built this little family on death row.Conversations With A Killer: The Ted Bundy TapesThree years before Ted Bundys execution in 1989, however, the precarious, unconventional marriage and illusory stability of this family came to an end. Boone divorced Bundy and left Florida for good. She took Rose and Jayme with her and Boone allegedly never saw or spoke to Bundy again.Wikimedia CommonsThe death certificate after Ted Bundys execution.Rose Bundys Life After The ExecutionThere are theories, of course, as to what exactly happened to Rose, who would be in her forties now. How she spent her youth, where she went to school, what kind of friends she made, or what she does for a living, has all remained a mystery.As Ted Bundys child, chances are high that Rose purposefully maintains a low profile. Some speculate that Boone remarried and changed her name and is living in Oklahoma as one Abigail Griffin, but nobody knows for sure.Peter Power/Getty ImagesAuthor Ann Rule in 1992.In a 2008 reprint of her book The Stranger Beside Me, Ann Rule made sure to solidify her stance on the matter for anyone and everyone likely to have bothered her for details about the current life of Ted Bundys daughter.I have heard that Teds daughter is a kind and intelligent young woman but I have no idea where she and her mother may live, she wrote. They have been through enough pain.Rule eventually clarified further on her website that:I have deliberately avoided knowing anything about Teds ex-wife and daughters whereabouts because they deserve privacy. I dont want to know where they are; I never want to be caught off guard by some reporters question about them. All I know is that Teds daughter has grown up to be a fine young woman.After reading about Ted Bundys daughter, Rose Bundy, take a look at the strange disappearance of Aaron Burrs daughter. Then, read about the heroic life and death of Amelia Earhart.The post What Happened To Rose Bundy, The Daughter Of Ted Bundy? appeared first on All That's Interesting.
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    Inside The Tragic Death Of Steve McQueen, Hollywoods King Of Cool
    John Dominis/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesAfter the 1969 Manson Family murders, Steve McQueen didnt go anywhere without a gun.Steve McQueen was the silent type for a modern era, capable of turning the tables against any threat on screen. But at home, his domestic abuses and addictions ruled. Then, suddenly, on Nov. 7, 1980, he was dead.Two years earlier, McQueen had developed a chronic cough in 1978. Antibiotic treatments failed to subdue it, as did giving up cigarettes. When he finally sought professional treatment, a biopsy revealed pleural mesothelioma on Dec. 22, 1979.The aggressive form of lung cancer is caused by severe exposure to asbestos, which McQueen believed he inhaled in the Marines while removing insulation from a warships pipes. With no known cure, the diagnosis was terminal. Soon, it spread to his stomach, liver, and neck.For months, McQueen sought alternative therapies in Mexico before turning to a kidney specialist there who had made a name for himself putting mutilated bullfighters back together. The doctor was willing to perform an operation to remove his tumors that every American doctor had advised against, knowing it would likely kill him. And in the end, Steve McQueens death proved their prognosis tragically accurate. Hollywoods King Of CoolTerrence Stephen McQueen was born on March 24, 1930, in Beech Grove, Indiana. His disinterested father, William, abandoned him and his family within months. Then, at the age of three, his mother, Julia Ann, placed him in the care of her parents in Slater, Missouri. McQueen would remain there until she remarried in 1942.Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesSteve McQueens substance abuse issues saw him arrested for drunk driving on June 22, 1972, in Anchorage, Alaska.Summoned to Los Angeles, the 12-year-old McQueen was routinely beaten by his stepfather. He grew a temper and got into petty crimes that landed him in reform school until he was 16. McQueen reunited with his mother yet again in 1946, this time in New York. When she put him up in a separate apartment, however, he left.Determined to find his purpose, McQueen joined the merchant marines, only to walk off the job while docked in the Dominican Republic. For years, he bounced around odd jobs as oil rig worker and brothel towel boy before trying his hand in the Marines in 1947. He served three years and was honorably discharged in 1950. Bartending back in New York, McQueen met an actress and followed her into the profession. The G.I. bill helped him pay for the iconic Neighborhood Playhouse and study under legends like Lee Strasberg and Uta Hagen. And by 1960, he had been on Broadway stages and in films with Paul Newman and Frank Sinatra.Soon, he became known as mans man whose impactful roles in Bullitt and Le Mans reflected his lifestyle of fast cars and hard partying.At home, however, he did more than merely party. His two ex-wives later revealed he had viciously beaten them. He married his third wife, Barbara Minty, in January 1980.They would be together for only 10 more months before Steve McQueen died.Steve McQueens Brief Battle With CancerWhen Steve McQueen married Barbara Minty, he had already been diagnosed with terminal cancer against which he intended to fight in private.Bettmann/Getty ImagesSteve McQueen straightens the sign on the casket of his dear friend Bruce Lee, of whom he was a student.But on March 18, 1980, the National Enquirer robbed him of that hope by publishing an article headlined Steve McQueens Heroic Battle Against Terminal Cancer. It spread like wildfire. McQueen made his last public appearance on March 28 in Oxnard, California. Paunchy and bearded, he attended an early screening of his western Tom Horn before rhetorically asking a ravenous press if they had taken enough pictures. The film was released to dismal reviews on July 28, with Variety calling it a sorry ending.McQueen didnt have the time nor energy to do press for the film, and at any rate, by that time had already left the United States for Rosarito Beach, Mexico. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy had failed to shrink his cancer, seeing McQueen desperate for alternative solutions. And before Steve McQueens death, the actor placed his trust in a man named William D. Kelley.Kelley not only claimed to have cured his own pancreatic cancer, but devised a regimen so baseless that the American Cancer Society had to formally reject it. Kelley wasnt even a cancer specialist, but a disgraced orthodontist whose treatment approach for McQueen involved coffee enemas and animal cell injections. Supervised by Dr. Rodrigo Rodriguez, McQueen received 50 daily vitamins and underwent countless coffee enemas, massages, prayer sessions, and psychotherapy sessions. And although McQueen thanked Mexicos unregulated approach to alternative solutions for helping to save my life in October 1980, his condition would only worsen.Steve McQueens DeathOn November 5, 1980, two days before Steve McQueen died, he checked into Clinica de Santa Rosa in Juarez, Mexico. He had heard of a kidney specialist there named Cesar Santos Vargas who had a knack for putting mutilated bullfighters back together. Ever stoic, he registered under the pseudonym Samuel Sheppard and signed off for the operation.Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection/Getty ImagesBarbara Minty and Steve McQueen at the Tom Horn premiere in 1980.When Vargas received Sam Sheppard, he found a very huge tumor in the right lung which was malignant and had spread to his left lung, neck and down into the intestines. The doctor said his patient had been in great pain and he was barely able to walk even with a cane when he arrived.McQueens five-pound tumor had distended his stomach so much that Vargas said he looked more pregnant than a fully pregnant woman. And Vargas admonished those who didnt immediately operate upon looking at McQueens x-rays.The surgeon wasted no time and performed the three-hour surgery at 8 a.m. the next morning. He removed as many tumors in McQueens neck and liver as he could. And for one day, it looked like McQueen had gained a few more years to live and conquered his cancerous foe.McQueen survived the operation and said he was in much less pain than he was before. He even gave his doctor two thumbs up and said, I did it in Spanish. But that night, after a visit from Minty and his children, Steve McQueen died at 2:50 a.m. on Nov. 7, 1980. He was 50 years old and died from cardiac arrest following his surgery. Vargas later told the press that McQueen displayed an immense will to live during the few days that he knew him. He also said that McQueen had been able to walk and chew on bits of ice after the surgery, but that tumor was so large it would have eventually killed him.Vargas performed an autopsy at the Prado Funeral Home in Juarez in the morning. It took 30 minutes and yielded the complete picture of McQueens cancer-riddled organs. His body was then transported from the funeral home to El Paso International Airport in an old Ford LTD and put on a Lear Jet that landed in Los Angeles at 4 p.m. that day. In the end, Steve McQueens legacy is one of reserved confidence and the pitfalls of male rage. And although Vargas had only known him for two days and didnt even realize who McQueen was, he unwittingly uttered the most accurate and concise obituaries ever written of Hollywoods King of Cool:He was a man sure of himself and very sincere.After learning about Steve McQueens death, read about the mysterious circumstances around Bruce Lees death. Then, learn about the death of Bob Marley and the conspiracy theories around it.The post Inside The Tragic Death Of Steve McQueen, Hollywoods King Of Cool appeared first on All That's Interesting.
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    The Disturbing Practice Of Chinese Water Torture And How It Drove Victims Insane
    Human beings have inflicted untold suffering on each other since the dawn of time. Over the centuries, people have worked to devise constantly evolving forms of punishment and coercion. Compared to devices like the Iron Maiden or chains and whips, Chinese water torture may not sound particularly grueling, but history begs to differ.Medieval torture devices typically used razor-sharp blades, ropes, or blunt instruments to pry confessions from subjects. Chinese water torture was more insidious, however.Wikimedia CommonsA 1674 illustration from Sweden depicting Chinese water torture (left) and a reproduction of a water torture device on display in Berlin (right).According to the New York Times Magazine, the torture method involves holding a person in place while slowly dripping cold water on their face, forehead, or scalp. The splash of water is jarring, and the victim experiences anxiety while trying to anticipate the next drop. From the Vietnam War to the War on Terror, other methods of enhanced interrogations using water such as simulated drowning or waterboarding have largely sidelined general curiosity about Chinese water torture. But while scarce evidence of its actual implementation exists, Chinese water torture has a long and fascinating history.The Grisly History Of Chinese Water TortureWhile the historical record on Chinese water torture is lacking, it was first described in the late 15th or early 16th century by Hippolytus de Marsiliis. The Bologna, Italy native was a successful lawyer, but he is best known for being the first to document the method that is today known as Chinese water torture. Legend has it that de Marsiliis devised the idea after noticing how the continuous dripping of water upon stone eventually eroded away parts of the rock. He then applied this method to humans. According to the Encyclopedia of Asylum Therapeutics, this form of water torture withstood the test of time, as it was used in French and German asylums in the mid-1800s. Some doctors at the time believed insanity had physical causes and that water torture could cure patients of their mental afflictions.Wikimedia CommonsHarry Houdini and the Chinese Water Torture Cell in Berlin.Convinced that a buildup of blood in the head caused people to go insane, these asylum workers used a dripping machine to alleviate internal congestion.Patients were restrained and commonly blindfolded before cold water was released upon their foreheads at regular intervals from a bucket above. This treatment was also employed to cure headaches and insomnia naturally to no success.It is unclear when the term Chinese water torture came into use, but by 1892, it had entered the public lexicon and was mentioned in a short story in Overland Monthly entitled The Compromiser. Ultimately, though, it was Harry Houdini who made the term famous.In 1911, the famous illusionist constructed a water-filled tank in England that he called the Chinese Water Torture Cell. With both feet restrained, he was lowered into the water upside down. After onlookers observed him through the glass front of the tank, curtains veiled his miraculous escape. According to The Public Domain Review, he performed the trick for the first time in front of an audience on Sept. 21, 1912 in Berlin.Other Methods Of Water Torture Throughout HistoryAfter Harry Houdini performed his impressive feat, tales of his bravery spread across Europe and popularized the acts name. Actual water torture, meanwhile, would proliferate in the form of war crime atrocities in the latter part of the 20th century and be legislated as enhanced interrogation in the 21st century.Waterboarding existed long before inmates at Guantanamo Bay were tortured following the September 11 attacks and subsequent War on Terror. According to The Nation, American troops squashing a Philippine independence movement employed the method in the early 1900s, with both U.S. troops and the Viet Cong utilizing it during the Vietnam War.Wikimedia CommonsAmerican soldiers waterboarding a prisoner of war in Vietnam in 1968.Waterboarding became infamous when the U.S. government was exposed for performing the practice in the 2000s at Guantanamo Bay, and similar tortures were revealed to have been conducted at prisons like Abu Ghraib. If the Geneva Convention had any say, these would be classified as war crimes. Ultimately, they never were.Does Chinese Water Torture Actually Work?In light of American torture revelations and endless debates regarding their efficacy, the television program MythBusters set out to investigate. While host Adam Savage concluded that the Chinese water torture method certainly was effective in getting prisoners to confess, he believed the restraints used to hold victims down were responsible for making prisoners break, rather than the water itself.Savage later revealed in his web series Mind Field that somebody emailed him after the MythBusters episode aired to explain that randomizing when the drops occurred was incredibly effective. They claimed anything that happened regularly could become soothing and meditative but random drops could drive people mad.If you couldnt predict it, he said, We found we were able to induce a psychotic break within 20 hours,' recalled Savage of the strange email.Whether Chinese water torture was invented by ancient Asians or merely garnered its name from opportunists in medieval Europe remains unclear. Ultimately, it appears unlikely to have been a popular form of torture in the last several centuries as waterboarding and more macabre forms succeeded it.After learning about Chinese water torture, read about the rat torture method. Then, learn about the ancient Persian execution method of scaphism.The post The Disturbing Practice Of Chinese Water Torture And How It Drove Victims Insane appeared first on All That's Interesting.
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    Inside The Murder Of Actress Dominique Dunne At The Hands Of Her Abusive Ex-Boyfriend
    Dominique Dunne had all the ingredients necessary to be a Hollywood superstar. Pretty, talented, and with an enviable resum, Dunnes star was on the rise with roles in such films as Poltergeist and Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker.But on October 30, 1982, Dunne was attacked by her ex-boyfriend and subsequently fell into a coma. After floundering on life support, she died on November 4, 1982.Despite the brutality of the crime committed against her, Dominique Dunnes killer, John Thomas Sweeney, got only six years in prison. Whats more, Sweeney was hired as a head chef at an upscale restaurant in Santa Monica, California. And when her family campaigned for justice and founded a victims advocacy group, Sweeney himself claimed he was being harassed by the grieving family.This is the disturbing but true story of Dominique Dunnes death and what her family felt was justice denied.Dominique Dunnes Rising StarMGM/GettyDominique Dunne, center left, with Oliver Robins, Craig T. Nelson, Heather ORourke and JoBeth Williams on set of the film Poltergeist in 1982.By all accounts, Dominique Dunne had all the stars aligned in her favor literally and figuratively. Her father was the acclaimed journalist Dominick Dunne (for whom she was named), and her mother, Ellen Griffin, was the heiress to a ranching fortune. She had two older brothers Alex and Griffin, the latter of whom is best known to television watchers as Nicky Pearson on the acclaimed NBC series, This is Us. She was also the niece of the novelists John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion, and her godmother was the daughter of the Hollywood legend Gary Cooper.By all accounts, Dominique Dunne was raised in a life of privilege. Despite her parents divorce in 1967, she attended the best schools, including the prestigious Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles. After she graduated high school, she spent a year in Florence, Italy, where she learned how to speak Italian.Upon her return to the States, she took acting classes at Colorado State University, and ultimately began getting cast in film productions like Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker and in television shows like The Day The Loving Stopped.Her defining role, however, would also be her only major appearance on the silver screen. In Poltergeist, Dominique Dunne played Dana Freeling, the sardonic teenage daughter of the family who was terrorized by an in-house supernatural presence. Directed by Steven Spielberg, Poltergeist earned Dunne high praise and Hollywood cache, and many critics believed that this role would be the first of many to come for her.Unfortunately, just like in her most infamous film, a sinister force was making its way into her life. Dominique Dunnes Brutal MurderIn 1981, Dominique Dunne met John Thomas Sweeney, who was a chef at the upscale Ma Maison Restaurant in Los Angeles which was best known for giving Wolfgang Puck his start in the culinary world. After only a few weeks of dating, Dunne and Sweeney moved in together but their relationship deteriorated very quickly.Sweeney was jealous and possessive, and soon began physically abusing Dunne. After much back and forth, Dunne finally snuck away from her abuser on Sept. 26, 1982, and subsequently ended the relationship. Sweeney moved out of their shared apartment, and Dunne who was staying with her mother until Sweeney moved out moved back in, changing the locks as she did so. But her safety was short-lived.On October 30, 1982, Dominique Dunne was rehearsing for the TV series V with her co-star, David Packer, when Sweeney showed up at her door. According to Packer, he then heard a scream, a smack, and a thud. Packer tried to call the police, but was informed that Dunnes house was out of their jurisdiction. He then phoned a friend and told him that if he ended up dead, John Thomas Sweeney was his killer. Finally, he went outside to find Sweeney standing over the lifeless body of his girlfriend. When the police came, Sweeney put his hands in the air and claimed that he tried to kill his girlfriend, and then himself. He was booked on attempted murder charges, and Dominique Dunne was taken to Cedars-Sinai, where she was immediately put on life support. She never regained consciousness, and Dominique Dunne died on Nov. 4, 1982. She was only 22 years old.The Trial Of John Thomas SweeneyAfter Dominique Dunnes death, John Thomas Sweeney was charged with second-degree murder. According to the Daily News, Sweeney couldnt be charged with first-degree murder because a judge ruled there was no evidence of premeditation on his part.Sweeney later testified that he only recalled standing over her body when the attack was over. Furthermore, while Sweeney insisted that he and Dunne were getting back together, Dunnes family insisted that their breakup was permanent and Sweeneys murder of Dunne was due to his refusal to accept that the relationship was over.The judge also struck testimony from Sweeneys ex-girlfriend, Lillian Pierce who testified that Sweeney sexually assaulted her, perforated her eardrum, broke her nose, and collapsed her lung on the grounds that the testimony was prejudicial. The judge also wouldnt allow Dunnes family to testify to what they witnessed between Sweeney and their daughter, with the Honorable Burton Katz claiming that their observations were hearsay.The jury ultimately only found John Thomas Sweeney guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter, which carried a maximum sentence of six-and-a-half years in prison. The jury foreman, Paul Spiegel, later commented that had the jury been allowed to hear all the evidence that was stricken and withheld, they would have unquestionably found Sweeney guilty of malice murder.Nevertheless, after serving only three years in prison, Sweeney was set free.Griffin And Dominick Dunne Deal With The AftermathWikimedia CommonsDominique Dunnes headstone in Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles.After John Thomas Sweeney was set free, he was hired as an executive chef in Los Angeles as if nothing ever happened. In protest of this move, actor Griffin Dunne and other members of Dominique Dunnes family stood outside the restaurant handing out fliers letting patrons know about Sweeneys conviction.Under growing pressure, Sweeney quit his job, moved away from Los Angeles, and changed his name to John Patrick Maura. A Reddit group subsequently revealed that as of 2014, he was living in northern California and working at Smith Ranch Homes retirement community in San Rafael in the dining services department.The Dunnes, however, never truly found peace.Griffin Dunne said that if she had lived, shed be an actress everyone in the world would know. He [Sweeney] is a murderer, hes murdered, and I think he will do it again. In 1984, Lenny Dunne founded what is now known as Justice for Homicide Victims, an advocacy group that she ran until her death in 1997.But it was Dominick Dunne who was most profoundly affected by his daughters death. In 2008, just one year before his own death, he penned a memorial in Vanity Fair for his brother John Gregory Dunne, and once again made reference to the life of the sweet, irreplaceable Dominique Dunne.The major experience of my life has been the murder of my daughter, he said. I never truly understood the meaning of the word devastation until I lost her.Now that youve read all about the horrific murder of Dominique Dunne, read about Stephen McDaniel, who was interviewed on television about a murder only for him to turn out to be the killer. Then, read all about Rodney Alcala, the Dating Game Killer.The post Inside The Murder Of Actress Dominique Dunne At The Hands Of Her Abusive Ex-Boyfriend appeared first on All That's Interesting.
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