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Teen Rapist Admits to Looking for Hitman on Facebook

A Pennsylvania teenager has admitted to raping an intoxicated woman, and to soliciting the services of a hitman on Facebook. Corey Christian Adams, a 19-year old from West Chester, was arrested last July after a woman accused him of raping her following a party. The victim, whose name has not been released, reportedly got a ride home with Adams after the party, but passed out on the way. When ...

Video Game Movies Don't Work: A History, From Raul Julia to a Not-So-Persian Prince

Share Producers and directors, take note: the video game movie -- and the inevitable franchise that follows it -- will never succeed as a film. Sure, that may sound hyperbolic, especially since movies like 'Tombraider' and 'Pokémon' have had significant box office success, but the formula, as it is, it will never work. At Switched, we are the video game generation. We grew up with ...

Hitmen Posting Their Services on Craigslist

Craigslist is probably the best resource for finding local people who do things that you need taken care of, whether they be mowing lawns, hauling away old appliances, or watching your kids (if you're brave). According to a report in London's Telegraph, the latest types of ads to show up on the site are giving a whole new angle "taking care of" things, with Mexican hitmen advertising their ...

Boy Hires Hitman to Kill Parents After Losing His PlayStation Priviledges

Saying this makes us feel a bit old but: What the hell is wrong with kids these days? It used to be that youthful acts of rebellion involved a piercing or running off for a day -- not hiring a hit man to murder your parents. 16 year-old Cory Ryder was grounded from playing his PlayStation or watching TV for weeks due to his inability to do basic things like not steal, go to school, and avoid ...

E-Mail Scam Threatens to Send Hitman After You

While many e-mail scams are easily spotted due to their relative ridiculousness and are seemingly safe to simply ignore, one recent scam has its recipients not only taking it seriously but has them in fear for their life. The e-mail in question reads: "I have been paid some ransom in advance to terminate you with some reasons listed to me by my employer." And they don't mean "terminate" in the ...

The Hitman Spam Scam

Thankfully, most of the spam we receive is at worst insulting, making various (and wholly inaccurate) claims about the size of certain body parts. However, according to the FBI, hundreds of people are receiving something rather more threatening in their inboxes: spam that claims the recipients will be killed if they don't pay off the sender. Frightening to be sure, but like most spam missives ...