Author: Jack Bogart

NEED TO KNOW Ilse Koch was married to the commander of the Buchenwald concentration camp during the Holocaust and allegedly tortured prisonersIlse was also accused of taking human remains and making items out of themRyan Murphy used parts of Ilse’s story in his Netflix show Monster: The Ed Gein Story Ilse Koch’s story is being resurfaced for Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s Monster: The Ed Gein Story. In the series, Vicky Krieps plays Ilse, who was Nazi commander Karl-Otto Koch’s wife and was known as the “Witch of Buchenwald.” Karl-Otto was the head of the Buchenwald concentration camp, where more than 50,000…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A man is accused of urinating on the Altar of the Confession at St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday, prompting a swift response from security personnel and drawing the attention of many visitors.Security staff and plainclothes police officers quickly intervened and escorted the man out of the church, according to multiple Italian news outlets. The incident occurred in full view of a large crowd, with footage circulating widely online.Vatican officials had not immediately issued a statement, though some reports indicated that Pope Francis was informed and “shocked to learn of the news.”The episode…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A call to shine laser lights into the sky in an effort to disrupt federal helicopters flying over South Portland has prompted serious safety concerns and forced a key trauma hospital to reroute air ambulances.The online flyer, posted on the homepage of Rose City Counter-Info, a self-described “anarchist counter-info platform in so-called Portland, Oregon,” encourages participants to take part in a “laser tag” event aimed at federal aircraft. The post urges individuals to mask up, coordinate with others, and take steps to avoid identification – including cleaning laser pointers with alcohol, wearing gloves,…

NEED TO KNOW In May 2025, 10 inmates — some of whom were facing murder charges — escaped a New Orleans prisonWhile nine of the men were captured within weeks, convicted murderer Derrick Groves evaded police for five monthsHe was captured in October 2025 after a tip led authorities to a house in Atlanta It took police five months to capture the last of a group of inmates who escaped a New Orleans prison. On Oct. 8, U.S. Marshals announced that they found Derrick Groves hiding out in an Atlanta residence, per CNN. The convicted murderer broke out of the…

NEED TO KNOW Police are searching for a missing 11-year-old boy with autism whose mother allegedly denied having a child when questioned by authoritiesThe boy, Jacob Pritchett, was reported missing following a welfare check at his mother’s apartment in BrooklynAuthorities have subsequently been searching a landfill in upstate New York where garbage from New York City is taken Authorities in upstate New York have joined the search for an 11-year-old Brooklyn boy with autism who hasn’t been seen in more than a week. The New York City Police Department released a sketch of Jacob Pritchett last week, according to WABC.…

NEED TO KNOW Luigi Mangione’s defense attorneys filed papers with a New York federal judge on Oct. 11, asking to dismiss several charges, including one that could carry the death penaltyMangione was arrested in December in connection with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian ThompsonHe has pleaded not guilty to state and federal charges Luigi Mangione’s defense lawyers are moving to dismiss several charges — including one that could carry the death penalty. The attorneys for 27-year-old — who was arrested in 2024 in connection to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson — filed papers with a New York…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A judge ruled on Saturday that National Guard troops sent to Illinois by President Donald Trump to combat crime can remain in the state but can’t patrol or deploy to protect federal property. The Trump administration had requested an emergency stay after U.S. District Judge April Perry on Thursday blocked the deployment of National Guard troops in Chicago and across Illinois for at least two weeks. Perry said there was no evidence of a “danger of rebellion” in the state as Trump has suggested he may invoke the Insurrection Act, which would mean the…

NEED TO KNOW There were hundreds of new leads in Amy Bradley’s disappearance after the release of the Netflix docuseries Amy Bradley Is Missing, a source close to production told The Hollywood ReporterThree of the leads are “very significant,” the insider saidAmy’s family believes she is still alive and they are holding onto hope Nearly three decades after Amy Bradley’s disappearance, investigators have multiple new leads. While on a cruise with her family, then-23-year-old Amy disappeared from a Royal Caribbean ship on March 24, 1998, in Curaçao, and she has been missing ever since. After the Netflix docuseries Amy Bradley…

NEED TO KNOW Newly released surveillance video shows Bryan Kohberger shopping after he murdered four University of Idaho studentsIn the footage, Kohberger is seen being turned away from a Costco store for not having a membership card, while another video shows him browsing and using a self-checkout registerKohberger was sentenced to four life sentences plus an additional 10 years for burglary in the deaths of Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Ethan Chapin Newly released surveillance video shows convicted killer Bryan Kohberger shopping soon after he murdered four University of Idaho students. In the footage obtained by Fox News, Kohberger,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! It’s been one month since Charlie Kirk was assassinated while participating in a debate event at Utah Valley University (UVU), and still several questions remain.While the university has a “September 10 – Charlie Kirk Event FAQ” section on its website, many of the provided answers, if not all of them, have been known for some time. This includes the type of event, the number of people in attendance, whether Kirk had been to the campus before and a brief reference to security measures, among other topics.FOX 13 News Utah, based in Salt…