The hit HBO show True Detective was tame compared to the twisted real life Satanic ring led by a pedophile church pastor in Hammond, La. His spine-tingling confession, seen for the first time by MailOnline, includes the horrific abuse of 25 children, the disgusting slaughter and blood-draining of cats, bestiality with a poodle and group sex--all in the name of Satan.

Emily Nesbit (left), 31, is charged with institutional sexual assault for engaging with her 18-year old student at Cumberland Valley High School (right) in Pennsylvania. While the victim is at the age of consent officials in Pennsylvania said his age was irrelevant where teachers are accused of sexual misconduct with their students. She may face up to seven years behind bars.

The founder of notorious hate group the Westboro Baptist Church is dying, according to his estranged son. The son of Fred Phelps took to his own Facebook page early on Sunday morning to announce that his father was 'on the edge of death at Midland Hospice house in Topeka.'

NEW 'I will haunt you day and night after I'm dead,' jojostai1012, from Shanghai, told her ex on Instagram before sharing a photo of her belongings burning and another of her legs dangling perilously out a window with a carpark many stories below. It's not completely clear what happened next, but Chinese forum Mop shared a photo of what appears to be a woman's body laying in a pool of water in a similar-looking carpark with police investigating the scene. However, there is no way to tell for sure if the tragic story is true or a hoax.

As a recently separated mum-of-three and almost 40, Rachel didn't have high hopes of finding a match online. But just a few days after placing an ad, she met a charming builder and father-of-two, Simon, who showered her with compliments and made her feel wanted again. Rachel's fairytale romance soon became a nightmare as she was cheated on and contracted HIV. Pictured: Rachel (left), Rachel with her two younger children (top), with her former patner Devon and one of their children (bottom).

Joseph Minoglio, 19, was arrested in Virginia after grandparents Joseph Minoglio, 84, and Peggy Minoglio, 78, were found dead Saturday just before 6.00pm in pools of their own blood after sustaining several stab wounds, police said. He was found six hours later in a gold Chevrolet Cavalier (circled) registered in their name.

The hilarious footage captures the enthusiastic antics of a young pit-bull who simply couldn't resist embarking on a frenzied case of joyfully rubbing himself all over his owner's bed.

Steve Areen's otherworldly Thailand dome home was built in six weeks -- for a mere $9,000. Areen, a retired flight attendant, was invited by a friend to build a dome home on a Thai mango farm in 2011. The cost for the basic structure was under $6,000, but went up to include finishing details and furniture.

Jubilant crowds let off fireworks (right), waved Russian flags (left) and celebrated in Lenin Square in the Crimean capital of Simferopol tonight after 95 per cent of voters backed leaving Ukraine and passing control of the region to Moscow. The cheering crowds come despite threats from the country's new prime minister to hunt down the politicians responsible for backing the referendum. The EU and US are preparing to issue sanctions against Russian officials, saying they do not recognise the outcome of the ballot.

The Chicago River's bright emerald green in honor of St Patrick's day is a tradition that's been upheld in the city for more than 50 years - but how did it begin? The tradition has its origins in the city's efforts to detect illegal sewage dumping back in 1962. Plumbers would use fluorescent dye along the river, which would turn bright green if toxic sludge was detected.

A New York woman is planning to file a lawsuit against a Queens restaurant after finding a huge bug in her bowl of soup. Natalie Estrella ordered a bowl of sancocho from Nuevo Mundo restaurant in Far Rockaway and was halfway through it when she noticed a many-legged morsel floating in the broth. Estrella says that when she showed the bug, which she believes was a silverfish, to the restaurant manager he told her, 'It's nothing,' and threw it away.

NEW Rescue crews in Sonoma County, California rescued the pup after it wandered 40 feet down a 90-feet-high cliff face Saturday afternoon. They initially tried calling the dog to come back on its own, but Oreo was too scared to move. A sheriff'd deputy then strapped onto a 100-foot line and was airlifted to the cliff face where he grabbed the dog and took her back to level ground. Oreo was then reunited with her owner, a woman from San Pablo who had driven up for the day.

Sharon Schulte, 76, had a wish in life to walk her daughter Sandy to Heaven's gate. And she got it. The Minnesota mom died less than 24 hours after her eldest child, 57, who suffered from Down Syndrome. Three days later, her husband Thomas also passed away from lung cancer. 'It's as if Sandy left and they knew they could let go,' daughter and sibling Kim Butkowski told The Mail Online. 'We lost half our family in four days.' Sharon was buried next to her husband clutching the urn of her daughters ashes following a joint funeral in St. Cloud, Minnesota, on Friday.

Sandy Nguyen of Arapahoe County, Colorado had allegedly conned her son's school and fellow parents since September 2012. Police say she convinced the boy and even the rest of their family he had recurring bouts with leukemia and by June 2013 that he had just months to live. Authorities have recovered around $23,000 cash, much of which was raised when a 5K charity was held in her son's name and tickets quickly sold out.

Five teenagers were taken to hospital after falling ill from taking a cocktail of drunk and drugs at a house party in Central Florida. Teenagers were taken away on gurneys and many people ended up bolted from the party when cops arrived (inset bottom right). The owner of the house, Steve Miller(left) whose own teenage daughter was taken to hospital, told police that he did not know any alcohol was going to be consumed at the parts. He also claimed to have been asleep the entire time.

Two teenage California golfers may soon be giving Tiger Woods a run for his millions, that is if couples golf ever becomes a sport. In a video from YouTube user 59 Player that has people oohing and ahhing across the internet, the Alhambra high schoolers perform an astonishing trick shot where one of them chips the ball so that the other swings and smashes the ball in midair. The impressive shot requires an astonishing level of skill, patience and concentration. More than most high school juniors can muster.

The newest recruit to the LAPD fleet is a 2014 Lamborghini Gallardo that is worth $182,000 and goes up 199 mph. But you won't spot this demon racing after criminals on the 101 freeway. Why? Because the car has been donated by a private owner and will be used by police for 'charity events and recruitment'. Painted in the traditional black and white and with 'To Protect and to to Serve' written down the sides, the Lambo will be used to promote the department and inspire more men and women to enlist.

The new Harry Potter area opening at Universal Orlando Resort this summer gives fans a ride on the Hogwarts Express train and recreates the English countryside. According to a news release Friday from Universal Orlando Resort, guests will first appear to magically pass through a brick wall and board a train at Platform 9 3/4 complete with steam and a whistle. During the ride, characters and magical creatures from the book will be spotted. Among them: Hagrid on a flying motorbike, the Weasley twins on brooms, and the Knight Bus in London traffic.

Miss Nyong'o's character Patsey appeared in some of the most shocking scenes in Steve McQueen's harrowing film (right), but her own family were also the victims of harassment, violence and even murder. As an opponent of former Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi, the actress's father Peter Anyang Nyong'o (with the actress, left) was tortured repeatedly, while her uncle Charles Nyong'o's body was never found after he was attacked on board a ferry and hurled off the ship.

An 81-year-old great-grandmother has been placed behind bars for a minor pet violation committed nearly a year ago. The Maryland woman says she tried paying thousands of dollars in fines but couldn't afford them. She was jailed was jailed on $2,500 on seven counts of allegedly letting her dogs run at-large a year ago.

As most of the people of Des Moines lay sleeping at 7am on Sunday morning, a six-year-old flipped a switch that brought down a nearly 100-year-old building in a matter of seconds. The demolition of the Iowa Methodist School of Nursing took weeks of planning, most crucially removing the windows so glass did not dangerously spray into the street. Cancer patient Joey Mausser pushed the button on the implosion, which lasted just 18 seconds. A cloud of smoke lingered for about 30 minutes afterward.

Video has emerged of the moment a Playboy was hit in the buttocks with a golf club be a radio host at a 2012 golf outing sponsored by the magazine. Elizabeth Dickson, 28, is suing Playboy Enterprises and radio host Kevin Klein for $500,000 plus punitive damages after he whacked her in the behind with a golf club while trying to hit a ball off a tee placed between the cheeks of her buttocks during an amateur golf tournament in California.

The dog was taken to a Taiwanese dog pound to die after being cruelly abandoned on a street. But a charity set up by Sean McCormack rescued him and helped him make a staggering recovery. His amazing transformation has now been recognised after he was named 'Best Dog' in The Ruffs, the RSPCA's alternative to Crufts.

Jerome Caminada (inset) captivated Manchester in Victorian England with his logical reasoning, eccentric disguises and impressive crime figures. He gained notoriety as a police officer in the city, before rising to national fame in the mid 1880s - shortly before Sherlock Holmes (left) made his debut in A Study in Scarlet. Now, a biography of Caminada, published this month, reveals the 19th-century investigator may have helped inspire Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's creation of Holmes.

Watched by President Putin, 460 performers took part in a closing ceremony which featured wheelchair dancers, trapeze artists, skateboarders and a huge fireworks display.

These caves in the Vatnajookull Glacier in Iceland, pictured by Briton Rob Lott, look like giant waves frozen in time. The glacier's surface area is 5,033 miles and the caves span eight per cent of the country. Mr Lott said the experience was one of the most surreal of his life.