Hi, I’m Crystal, a Senior Editor based in Los Angeles and creator of BuzzFeed’s “That Got Dark” newsletter. I write a lot about true crime, creepy stories, and pop culture. I’ve also been known to draw silly things like Baby Yoda as Disney Princesses. Previously, I worked in the entertainment industry for nearly a decade, on TV shows for A&E, Fox, and the CW, as well as films like "G.I. Joe: Retaliation," "The Smurfs 2," and "The East." Outside of work, I love bothering my cat, Peggy, taking more photos of my son than I’ll ever be able to look at, and thinking about what movies I’d pick if I got to visit the Criterion Closet.
"After 9/11, the rescue dogs searching the rubble started to become depressed because they weren’t finding any live bodies."
An Olympic athlete becomes an FBI fugitive, the Babushka Lady mystery resurfaces, and other deeply unsettling true-crime stories in this week’s "That Got Dark."
"Her husband murdered and dismembered her, then disposed of her remains in multiple locations."
"'Old Man Trump' is a song with lyrics written by American folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie in 1954. The song describes the racist housing practices and discriminatory rental policies of his landlord, Fred Trump (Donald Trump's father)."
"I haven't seen it. But I saw the house it bought my mother."
"Raven-Symoné has been working since she was 3 and has been the most stable out of ALL the people listed here."
The Green Ranger from the "Power Rangers" was a criminal IRL?!?!
Rebecca Schaeffer, who had recently starred in the CBS sitcom My Sister Sam and was allegedly in the running for the lead in Pretty Woman, was murdered at her Los Angeles home on July 18, 1989, by a stalker.
"Left right after the puppy scene, I refuse to watch any John Wick movies because of that scene."
An alleged grave robber in Pennsylvania, Macaulay Culkin's traumatic "My Girl" experience, and the "Stocking Strangler."
"Her husband murdered and dismembered her, then disposed of her remains in multiple locations."
"'Old Man Trump' is a song with lyrics written by American folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie in 1954. The song describes the racist housing practices and discriminatory rental policies of his landlord, Fred Trump (Donald Trump's father)."
The Green Ranger from the "Power Rangers" was a criminal IRL?!?!
From toxic masculinity to capitalism and crime, these stories tried to critique harmful systems...and accidentally made them look cool.
Rebecca Schaeffer, who had recently starred in the CBS sitcom My Sister Sam and was allegedly in the running for the lead in Pretty Woman, was murdered at her Los Angeles home on July 18, 1989, by a stalker.
Missing people, a child serial killer, and growing up next to a sex cult...
"I cut out a piece of his heart. I chewed it."
"I haven't seen it. But I saw the house it bought my mother."
An alleged grave robber in Pennsylvania, Macaulay Culkin's traumatic "My Girl" experience, and the "Stocking Strangler."
"After 9/11, the rescue dogs searching the rubble started to become depressed because they weren’t finding any live bodies."