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Infamous LI: Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan The world knows her as Lindsay Lohan, an American actress, model, pop singer-songwriter and the face of way too many tabloid stories. Lohan was born on July 2, 1986, in New York City and grew up in Merrick and Cold Spring Harbor. She is the eldest child of Donata “Dina” and Michael Lohan. [...]

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Infamous LI: Joel Rifkin

Joel Rifkin Joel Rifkin was adopted by Bernard and Jeanne Rifkin when he was three weeks old, on February 14, 1959. In 1965, the family settled in East Meadow, New York where Rifkin would spend most of his remaining years. Joel was known as a shy, awkward child. He was often a target for bullies. [...]

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Infamous L.I.: The Murder of Kelly Ann Tinyes

Over 20 years ago, 13-year-old Kelly Ann Tinyes’ body was found in the basement of her neighbor’s home in Valley Stream. Robert Golub, a bodybuilder who lived just four doors away, lured her to his home and repeatedly stabbed and sexually mutilated her. As the headlines faded, memories of the case did not fade on [...]

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Infamous L.I.: Nassau’s Most Disturbing Crime Spree

When five Brooklyn thugs violently stole a Cadillac and drove to Long Island on Memorial Day weekend in 1982, they committed what would later be described by the judge who sentenced them as “the most violent and obscene crime spree in the history of Nassau County.” As this gang of armed robbers and rapists also [...]

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Infamous L.I. : Ronald DeFeo and The Amityville Horror

Ronald DeFeo, Jr. is the man whose Nov. 14, 1974 killing spree on his sleeping family spawned the series of books and horror movies known as The Amityville Horror. Currently serving a 150-year sentence following his conviction on six charges of second-degree murder, DeFeo shot his father, Ronald Sr., mother Louise, two brothers Mark and [...]

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Infamous L.I.: The Ordeal of Katie Beers

We can only imagine how Katie Beers, now 27, is coping. She was first introduced to the world the day before her 10th birthday in December of 1992, when she was reported missing from a Nesconset arcade. The “family friend” who she was with, John Esposito, then-43, a Bay Shore contractor, said she simply wandered [...]

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Infamous L.I. : Say You Love Satan: The Murder of Gary Lauwers

The Murder of Gary Lauwers By Ertan Bicer During the 1980’s America waged war on heavy metal music, deeming it satanic, pornographic and vile. It was thought that young impressionable teenagers might interpret the violent music incorrectly and drive them to replicate the subject matter of the songs. Richard Kasso became a poster child for [...]

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Infamous L.I.: The Montauk Monster…Legend or Latex?

It’s a dead dog! It’s a rotting raccoon! It’s…it’s…The Montauk Monster! When a group of beachgoers stumbled upon an unidentifiable decaying corpse in the Ditch Plains section of Montauk’s oceanfront on the sunny Saturday afternoon of July 12, 2008 a suburban legend was born. Scientists were contacted for their expert opinion, but without the remains [...]

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