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Dec 2023
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The Railway Killer - December 8 2023

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December 8th: Rudy Bladel Born (1932)

Revenge can make even the most mild mannered individual into a dangerous killing machine. On December 8th 1932 a man was born who would feel his life long dreams being ripped away from him. An action that, in his opinion, could not go unpunished.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Bladelhttps://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/bladel-rudy.htmhttps://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1986-08-17-8603010576-story.html

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