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  • Cosmic Blurbs of the iconic kind #1

    Hey! Everyone ❤ hello I hope you’re week is going super well. Last night I was listening to the ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ podcast and it was about the woman in the photo above; 50 year old Diana Davis. What begins as a wholesome story started out with Diana texting her boyfriend a photo of a ripe… Read more

  • Rachel Barber: A Bright Life Stolen Too Soon 🌟

    “Some stories stay with us because of how senseless they are. Rachel Barber’s story is one of them.” On March 1, 1999, 15-year-old Rachel Barber vanished from Melbourne, Australia. She was talented, kind, ambitious, and deeply loved by her family and friends. What began as a missing persons case would ultimately reveal a heartbreaking crime… Read more

  • The Strangest Mystery In Colorado History?-Joshua Maddux 💙

    Alright, so this is one of the most toughest cases I have ever worked on. The information I have found are all pretty much the same only worded differently. I have been researching for two weeks. So I will eventually post about this case but there’s still something’s I need to fact check. 2008 was… Read more

  • Remembering Gwen Araujo🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

    🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 For Pride Month There are some stories in true crime that stay with us not because of how a person died, but because of how much their life mattered. One of those stories is the story of Gwen Araujo. Gwen was a teenager. She was a daughter, a sister, a friend, and a young… Read more

  • How To Chimney 101

    Happy Sunday everyone hope you all are having a great weekend 🌟🌟🌟 The logistics of this are frustrating. See you soon🌟L.W. Read more

  • Unraveling Joshua Maddux: The Boy in the Chimney

    This is a cryptic blog post about Joshua Maddux’s case. Commonly headlined as ‘The Boy In The Chimney’ but luckily I found some sources about his life and who he was. Researching this has made me lose my sanity. Anyway, the man in the above picture is Andrew Newman and, well, he is a little… Read more

  • The Unsettling Murder of Al ‘Oakey’ Kite 🪁- Who Is “Robert Cooper?” (Part 2)

    Warning ⚠️ There are some disturbing details about this case. Some in which will be discussed in great detail. Reader discretion is advised.⚠️ 🪁 Aurora, Colorado, May 22, 2004: May 22, 2004, Al’s residence: Al had failed to show up for work one morning which immediately caused his coworkers to worry as Al was very… Read more

  • Before Part Two- Al Kite

    If you haven’t already, Please read part one of Al ‘Oakey’ Kite’s case here: https://dazzlinglylauren.com/2026/05/19/the-unsettling-murder-of-al-oakey-kite-part-one-%f0%9f%aa%81/ L.W. Read more

  • Happy Friday 🌟💕

    This weekend I will be posting the 2nd part of Al Kite’s case. I may post that one today. And the second is one I began working on yesterday; A very eerie case about Joshua Maddux. A young 18-year old boy who was found dead inside of an abandoned chimney in 2015. He had been… Read more

  • New week, New Posts

    Hello my friends! I hope you’re all doing super swell! Two days ago, I celebrated my birthday! Cheers to another year older. For this week, I want to put up part 2 of Al Kite’s case along with continuing my ‘Short N Sweet’ International addition. I haven’t been writing on here as much, but I… Read more