portmanteau
short term memory
the name game
in the media
the real terror
200

a building inhabited by spirits + the U.S. governing body with 435 members

haunted house of representatives

200

This term refers to an item taken from a victim by a killer and kept as a memento

trophy

200

Good-looking serial killer who lured victims into his light colored VW beetle in the Northwestern U.S.

Ted Bundy

200

the theme song asks, "where are you?" because, "we need some help from you now."

scooby doo

200

This city has been without clean drinking water since 2014

Flint, Michigan

400

"it was a graveyard smash, it caught on in a flash" + an edible root vegetable crushed until it is smooth

monster mashed potatoes

400

This term refers to the pattern of bloodstains left at a crime scene

blood spatter

400

Serial killer who dressed up as a clown and killed children from the parties where he was hired to work

John Wayne Gacy

400

America's longest continuously running sci-fi show

Supernatural

400

over a quarter of homes on the Navajo reservation don't have this essential resource

electricity

600

something that can "send shivers down your spine" + a tool that is made to fit several locks

spooky scary skeleton key

600

This term refers to someone who kills two or more victims in a short time in multiple locations 

spree killer

600

Told the people of this Louisiana city to "jazz it"

Axe Man of New Orleans

600

Movie that contains the line, "Can you hear them, Clarice?"

The Silence of the Lambs

600

33 million Americans live below this monetary marker

poverty line

800

Another name for the East Area Rapist (also known as EAR/ONS) + another word for "orca"

Golden State killer whale

800

This term refers to a medical professional who intentionally harms their patients

angel of death

800

Southwestern U.S. city where aliens are said to appear

Roswell, New Mexico

800

The first science fiction novel ever written

Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)

800

27.5 million Americans went without this human right in 2018

healthcare

1000

America's most prolific serial killer + the series written by Laura Ingalls Wilder

samuel little house on the prairie

1000

This term refers to animal cruelty, fire starting, and bedwetting in children and is an indication of violent tendencies

Macdoland triad

1000

Author of The Book of the Law

Aleister Crowley

1000

Netflix series about the search for EAR/ONS and the story of Michelle McNamara

I'll Be Gone in the Dark

1000

U.S. Constitution prohibits this practice, "except as a punishment for a crime of which one has been convicted"

slavery

M
e
n
u