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Aug 2024
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How Far Would You Go For a "Happy Life"?...

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August 5th: Robert Spangler Dies (2001)

How far are you willing to go to achieve happiness? On August 5th 2001 a man died in prison having admitted to the deadly lengths he would go to secure a happy life for himself at any cost.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Spanglerhttps://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/spangler-robert.htmhttps://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=132630&page=1https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-22-mn-40204-story.htmlhttps://extras.denverpost.com/news/news1008b.htmhttps://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/stories/2005/august/leb083105https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/weird/robert_spangler/4.html

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