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  • Joshua Maddux And The Mystery Chimney

    This is perhaps Colorado’s most baffling cases. Joshua, a young 18- year old boy went missing from his home in May 2008. The events leading up to this are still very murky. The list of questions go on and on. To this day we still don’t know what happened to Joshua. I’m going to be… 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

  • Return To The Vatican- Emanuela Orlandi

    Hello 👋 I am going to be picking back up on my “Short N Sweet’ INTERNATIONAL journey, I left off in Italy and we’re going over the case of Emanuela Orlandi. Orlandi was kidnapped in the summer of 1983, and has been missing ever since. This didn’t stop her family from searching for her. Part… 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

  • Uncovering the Secrets of Woodland Park’s Abandoned Cabin

    Hey guys, and happy Monday! I hope you all had a fantastic weekend. I am currently working on Joshua Maddux’s very strange case. For now this post is just pretty much pictures. Somethings to post until I get the full story out. See you guys soon! L.W. 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