Thursday, March 31, 2016
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
VERSE OF THE DAY WEEK 19
"Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise."
Psalms 98:4 (KJV)
"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."
James 1:17 (KJV)
"Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all."
Psalms 34:19 (KJV)
"My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him."
Psalms 62:5 (KJV)
"For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,"
1 Thessalonians 5:9 (KJV)
"For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips."
PROVERBS 8:7 KJV
"Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold."
PROVERBS 8:10 KJV
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Monday, March 28, 2016
Sunday, March 27, 2016
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Friday, March 25, 2016
VERSE OF THE DAY WEEK 18
"I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well."
Psalms 139:14 (KJV)
"But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only."
Matthew 24:36 (KJV)
"Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation..."
Psalms 25:5 (KJV)
"But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."
1 Corinthians 15:57 (KJV)
"Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD."
Psalms 150:6 (KJV)
"But the very hairs of your head are all numbered."
Matthew 10:30 (KJV)
"Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms."
Psalms 95:2 (KJV)
Psalms 139:14 (KJV)
"But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only."
Matthew 24:36 (KJV)
"Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation..."
Psalms 25:5 (KJV)
"But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."
1 Corinthians 15:57 (KJV)
"Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD."
Psalms 150:6 (KJV)
"But the very hairs of your head are all numbered."
Matthew 10:30 (KJV)
"Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms."
Psalms 95:2 (KJV)
Thursday, March 17, 2016
VERSE OF THE DAY WEEK 17
"In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion."
Psalms 71:1 (KJV)
"But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed."
James 1:6 (KJV)
"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin."
1 John 1:7 (KJV)
"In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me."
Psalms 56:11 (KJV)
"But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it."
Luke 11:28 (KJV)
"I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust."
Psalms 91:2 (KJV)
"But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."
Matthew 4:4 (KJV)
Psalms 71:1 (KJV)
"But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed."
James 1:6 (KJV)
"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin."
1 John 1:7 (KJV)
"In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me."
Psalms 56:11 (KJV)
"But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it."
Luke 11:28 (KJV)
"I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust."
Psalms 91:2 (KJV)
"But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."
Matthew 4:4 (KJV)
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Sunday, March 13, 2016
Friday, March 11, 2016
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
VERSE OF THE DAY WEEK 16
"Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
Matthew 5:3 (KJV)
"I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears."
Psalms 34:4 (KJV)
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled."
Matthew 5:6 (KJV)
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety."
Psalms 4:8 (KJV)
"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake."
Matthew 5:11 (KJV)
"I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies."
Psalms 18:3 (KJV)
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:"
Ephesians 1:3 (KJV)
Matthew 5:3 (KJV)
"I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears."
Psalms 34:4 (KJV)
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled."
Matthew 5:6 (KJV)
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety."
Psalms 4:8 (KJV)
"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake."
Matthew 5:11 (KJV)
"I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies."
Psalms 18:3 (KJV)
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:"
Ephesians 1:3 (KJV)
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Sunday, March 6, 2016
Saturday, March 5, 2016
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
VERSE OF THE DAY WEEK 15
"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves."
Matthew 7:15 (KJV)
"He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty."
Psalms 91:1 (KJV)
"Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you."
Luke 6:28 (KJV)
"He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed."
Proverbs 13:20 (KJV)
"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God."
Matthew 5:9 (KJV)
"Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee."
Exodus 20:12 (KJV)
“Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
Matthew 5:3 (KJV)
Matthew 7:15 (KJV)
"He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty."
Psalms 91:1 (KJV)
"Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you."
Luke 6:28 (KJV)
"He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed."
Proverbs 13:20 (KJV)
"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God."
Matthew 5:9 (KJV)
"Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee."
Exodus 20:12 (KJV)
“Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”
Matthew 5:3 (KJV)
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“3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.” EXODUS 20:3-7 KJV
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"8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
13 Thou shalt not kill.
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
15 Thou shalt not steal.
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.”
EXODUS 20:8-17 KJV
“2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
4 There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
7 And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. “
GENESIS 6:2-7 KJV
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“28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. “ MATTHEW 5:28 KJV
“27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.” ROMANS 1:27 KJV
27 For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.
28 If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;” DEUTERONOMY 22:25-28 KJV
24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
26 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.”
GENESIS 9:22-27 KJV
“6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD. “ LEVITICUS 18:6 KJV
“7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.
9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.
11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.
14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.”
LEVITICUS 18:7-16 KJV
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"17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.” LEVITICUS 18:17-19 KJV
“11 And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. “ LEVITICUS 20:11 KJV
“17 And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
18 And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
19 And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.
20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.” LEVITICUS 20:17-21 KJV
“19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.” EXODUS 22:19 KJV
“13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. “
LEVITICUS 20:13 KJV
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“20 Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
22 Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.”
DEUTERONOMY 27:20-23 KJV
“18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. “ 1 CORINTHIANS 6:18 KJV
“5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. “ EPHESIANS 5:5 KJV
“19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”
GALATIANS 5:19 KJV
“22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. “ LEVITICUS 18:22 KJV
“20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.” MARK 7:20-23 KJV
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“8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. “ COLOSSIANS 3:8 KJV
“29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. “ EPHESIANS 4:29 KJV
“13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. “ PROVERBS 8:13 KJV
“21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. “
PROVERBS 18:21 KJV
“6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
7 Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.” MATTHEW18:6-9 KJV
“17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. “ 1 CORINTHIANS 3:17 KJV
“9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.” 1 TIMOTHY 6:9-10 KJV
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“24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”
MATTHEW 6:24 KJV
“2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. “ ROMANS 12:2 KJV
“30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. “
PROVERBS 31:30 KJV
“37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.”
PSALMS 119:37 KJV
“19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) “ PHILIPPIANS 3:19 KJV
“21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.” PROVERBS 23:21 KJV
“10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds. “
EZEKIEL 5:10 KJV
“15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. “
GALATIANS 5:15 KJV
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“29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well. “ ACTS 15:29 KJV
“4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. “ GENESIS 9:4 KJV
“1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:”
1 TIMOTHY 4:1-5 KJV
“17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood. “ LEVITICUS 3:17 KJV
The issue of copycat crimes inspired by cinema is an ongoing one that has been with us for decades and it doesn’t look as if it will go away any time soon. Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for an individual to see an act take place in a film and to then emulate it in real life. Filmmakers don’t set out to make films that are going to inspire people to commit awful and atrocious acts, but do they have a moral responsibility to their audience?
Copycat crimes relating to a particular film will usually damage the film heavily. The most obvious example of this is A Clockwork Orange, which was pulled from distribution in the UK after the film began to get heavily misinterpreted and crimes based on acts that took place in the happened at a scary frequency. Sometimes, it is just the case of mentally unstable individuals seeing a particular film and acting upon a random event they see in it, but filmmakers do have a moral responsibility to their audience, particularly in the case of portraying violence as there is a fine line between examining violent behaviour and glamourising violence.
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The issue of copycat crimes inspired by cinema is an ongoing one that has been with us for decades and it doesn’t look as if it will go away any time soon. Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for an individual to see an act take place in a film and to then emulate it in real life. Filmmakers don’t set out to make films that are going to inspire people to commit awful and atrocious acts, but do they have a moral responsibility to their audience?
Copycat crimes relating to a particular film will usually damage the film heavily. The most obvious example of this is A Clockwork Orange, which was pulled from distribution in the UK after the film began to get heavily misinterpreted and crimes based on acts that took place in the happened at a scary frequency. Sometimes, it is just the case of mentally unstable individuals seeing a particular film and acting upon a random event they see in it, but filmmakers do have a moral responsibility to their audience, particularly in the case of portraying violence as there is a fine line between examining violent behaviour and glamourising violence.
Wearing nuns clothing and covering their faces with nightmarish masks like the crew in the film,
Navahcia Edwards, 25 and her fiancé stormed a Chicago bank heavily armed and walked away with over $100,000. No shots were fired during the robbery and nobody was injured or hurt, which is
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actually a pleasant surprise. The couple were eventually caught and sentenced.
11= the early 90’s movie, The Program, the main character lies down in the middle of a busy freeway as an act of bravado and to demonstrate just how ‘manly’ he is. As there always seems to be, some idiots decided to emulate his behaviour in a grand act of stupidity. One such account featured a young man convincing his friend that it was a good idea for the two of them to dress in dark clothes and go and lie at night on a busy Philadelphia highway.
As expected, this didn’t end well as they were both hit by a truck that didn’t see them. One of them was lucky to escape with his life, the other not so much and similar incidents were reported nationwide in the aftermath of the release of the movie. Police chief George Moyer sums their actions up accordingly: “In the movies, you jump out of a window and walk away, but in real life, we pick up the pieces.”
12= A drain cleaning agent is something supposed to be poured down a drain. It saves many hours of hard, labouring work on your hands and knees and is a useful household tool. However, when poured down a human being’s throat, the results are quite different. This is exactly what Clint Eastwood does in Magnum Force and what follows looks expectedly painful and distressing. As a result of seeing Magnum Force, William Andrews and Dale Selby Pierre wanted to use the method during an armed robbery of a hi-fi store in Utah. The Hi-Fi murders are particularly vile and the use of the drain agent did not work like it did in the movie where Margaret Avery’s prostitute dies instantly. Three people died as a result of Andrews and Pierre’s action and they were both eventually a victim to capitol punishment.
13= The Deer Hunter was a war drama that was released in the late 1970s. It also happens to ironically be the first movie in this list to feature Robert DeNiro. The controversy surrounding this movie was mentioned in Suicidal Movies: Social Patterns 1900-2009. According to that book, The Deer Hunter inspired acts of suicide even 25 years after it was first released. The book claims that 46 cases of suicide that occurred over a seven-year period can be linked to the Russian Roulette scenes that are depicted in The Deer Hunter. The Deer Hunter has, for what it’s worth, been widely praised by critics since its release.
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14= There are multiple parts of this crime, one inspired by a film, that are downright disturbing. Daniel Sterling and his girlfriend Lisa Stellwagen watched Interview With The Vampire on November 17, 1994. Stellwagen then, according to a story produced by the New York Times, awoke to find her boyfriend staring at her. Sterling, to his credit, was honest, saying the following to his lover: “I’m going to kill you and drink your blood.” That is exactly what he attempted to do, but Stellwagen survived the multiple stab wounds. One cannot see into the future, sure, but she probably should not have dismissed Sterling’s words as being some weird form of “pillow talk.”
15= There are some cases where it is mere speculation that a group of crimes was inspired by horror films. That was not the case with Daniel Gonzalez. It was accepted as fact that Gonzalez, a schizophrenic murderer who killed four people, was deeply and disturbingly impacted by movies such as A Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th. It was later learned that the killings may have been prevented had Gonzalez received proper treatment for his mental condition. Gonzalez was given multiple life sentences for the killings, but he took his own life in 2007.
16= Michael Myers seems to strike a special chord among serial killers because there have been a handful of murders inspired by this madman. Dating all the way back to 1981 with murders inspired by 'Halloween II'.
The next big case inspired by Mike was back in 2007 for murders inspired Rob Zombie's remake of the original classic 'Halloween'.
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The 24-year-old said "I am the Joker" when arrested by police early Friday morning, and the massacre that went down inside the Century 16 theater has parallels to more than one scene from Frank Miller's 1986 Batman comic book series, "The Dark Knight Returns."
'Dark Knight Rises' Director Calls Shooting a 'Senseless Tragedy'
In that comic-book series, the Joker murders a television studio audience by deploying "smile gas." Holmes began his massacre by setting off smoke bombs in the theater. The series also features Arnold Crimp, a disturbed man who just lost his job, pulling out a handgun in an adult film theater and killing three people.
Holmes also booby-trapped his apartment, a favorite technique of the Joker.
It's not the first time a real life crime has mimicked one featured in a fictional show or film.
19= Showtime's hit drama about a serial killer has been mentioned in at least one real life murder. In 2009, 17-year-old Andrew Conley strangled his 10-year-old brother Conner with his bare hands.
"The fact is, he has said on numerous occasions he had fantasized about killing people," prosecutor Aaron Negangard told "20/20" in 2011. "He told us he was reading books about it—on serial killers. He was watching 'Dexter.'"
In fact, an hour into his first interrogation by police, Conley said, "I don't know if you've heard of it, but it's called 'Dexter,' and it's on Showtime. And I feel like him because he's a serial killer of bad people ... but I just feel like him."
Even a life sentence in prison didn't stop Conley's fascination with "Dexter." In a prison video obtained by "20/20" that recorded the visit of a family friend, Conley asks about the show's most recent plot developments, peppering the friend with questions and comments such as "Whoa, and did Dexter kill Trinity?" and "So Dexter got arrested? Dang. That's cool."