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| 1 | Ed Gein |  |
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For the third week we see the top slot taken by serial killer played by Charlie Hunnam on a Netflix show (#10). Gein was a schizophrenic who after the death of his mother created a "woman suit" out of human skin that he wore to pretend to be her, and also had an extensive collection of body parts, mostly taken from graveyards along with two women he killed. The horrific stories were the basis for a few fictional stories, and supposedly inspired real killers as well. |
| 2 | Diane Keaton | |
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Tributes continue to arise about this American Academy Award-winning actress who died at age 79 from bacterial pneumonia on October 11. Director Woody Allen, with whom she frequently collaborated, said she was "unlike anyone the planet has experienced or is unlikely to ever see again." |
| 3 | Ian Watkins (Lostprophets singer) |  |
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While fronting fairly successful alternative rock band Lostprophets, this Welsh singer already had conflicts with his bandmates due to drug abuse, with bassist Stuart Richardson saying he once beat Watkins for not showing up for a concert. And then he was arrested for appalling sex crimes, mostly involving children, leading to Lostprophets' music being brushed aside and the other members washing their hands of him - guitarist Lee Gaze even said that because Watkins tarnished the band so badly, he can't even be proud of his past accomplishments, never mind listen to their music, and added that had the band known about said crimes, they would have killed Watkins on the spot. Instead, he served half of a 24 year prison sentence before another inmate stabbed him to death on October 11. |
| 4 | D'Angelo | |
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Born Michael Eugene Archer, this R&B musician was widely regarded as a pioneer of neo-soul, and surprisingly followed his most successful single, 2000's "Untitled (How Does It Feel)", particularly notable for a video featuring a naked and muscular D'Angelo, with personal struggles and over a decade out of the public eye. While working on his fourth studio album, D'Angelo died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 51. |
| 5 | Ace Frehley | |
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Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley was best known as the Spaceman or "Space Ace" of Kiss, for which he designed the famous logo, provided many epic guitar riffs and solos (along with the occasional composition and even a successful solo number in "New York Groove"), and in concert played with special guitars that spewed smoke or pyrotechnics. He left the band in 1981 amidst creative differences and alcoholism (he even drank perfume once!), and had a brief reunion between 1996 and 2001, after which Kiss spent the next two decades with another guitarist wearing the Spaceman make-up and costume. Frehley fell on his home studio in September, forcing him to cancel an upcoming tour and go to the hospital, where a brain bleed sent him to a ventilator before his family decided to cut his life support, ending Frehley's life at 74. |
| 6 | Kantara: Chapter 1 |  |
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India can't get enough of this Sandalwood epic mythological action, that is now a lucky 13th in the country's highest-grossing films, while also being the year's top movie and second overall for Kannada cinema behind KGF: Chapter 2. |
| 7 | Deaths in 2025 |  |
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Let's put one of #5's songs: I'm losing power and I don't know why Not really sure if I'll live or die I wanna leave but I can't get away... |
| 8 | 6-7 (meme) | |
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6-7 at 8, makes more sense than the meme itself. |
| 9 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
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27 of the 48 teams that will play football all over North America have been determined. The week had the eight African direct spots (the small archipelago of Cape Verde will have their World Cup debut, while other spots went to more seasoned participants going to at least their fourth tournament), England becoming the first qualified European, and Asia giving spots to both Saudi Arabia (whose petrodollars made them become hosts of the 2034 edition) and Qatar (who hosted the last tournament, and may try to redeem from the shame of losing all 3 games at said World Cup). |
| 10 | Monster: The Ed Gein Story | |
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The third season of a Netflix anthology focusing on murderers is about #1. Again it shot up the streamer's most viewed list while not winning most reviewers over, due to its approach playing fast and loose with history (such as adding more victims to Gein's body count, including his brother), adding much sexualization along with the graphic violence, and having too many detours and subplots. |
| Rank | Article | Class | Views | Image | Notes/about |
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| 1 | Ed Gein | |
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We finish off a whole month with this serial killer at the top spot. The Netflix show about him shows the true and disgusting parts of this story like grave-robbing and creating objects out of human skin, but makes up a lot of stuff. Even the promotional images have one such thing, with Gein wielding a chainsaw solely because he was an influence in creating Leatherface. |
| 2 | Daniel Naroditsky | |
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Naroditsky was an American chess grandmaster who attained the title at the age of 17, and is a specialist in fast chess. He also posted educational chess content on his YouTube channel, was a popular chess streamer on Twitch, and has authored two books. For more than a year, Naroditsky was one of several players accused by former world champion Vladimir Kramnik of cheating in online chess, without substantial evidence, a claim that Naroditsky rejected. Naroditsky was found dead in his home on October 19, with police not suspecting foul play. In the aftermath, the International Chess Federation announced it will investigate Kramnik's campaign. |
| 3 | ChatGPT | |
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The popular chatbot continues to make headlines, especially as the release of OpenAI's Sora 2 late last month has assisted users in producing a plethora of odd videos featuring notable living and dead celebrities. |
| 4 | Diwali | |
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Celebrations for the Hindu festival of lights took place this year from October 18 to 22. |
| 5 | 6-7 (meme) | |
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This is the fifth week that this meme's page popularized by Skrilla's song has made the report. One can only guess that many people are still trying to figure out its meaning. |
| 6 | Deaths in 2025 | |
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Life's just a blast, it's moving really fast Better stay on top or life will kick you in the ass |
| 7 | Killing of Ajike Owens | |
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In June 2023 in Ocala, Florida, Owens was shot and killed by her neighbor, Susan Lorincz, while attempting to talk to Lorincz on her front porch. There had been ongoing racial disputes between the respective ladies' children and, at times, themselves. Lorincz was convicted of manslaughter by firearm (according to authorities, Florida's stand-your-ground law did not apply here) and sentenced to ten years imprisonment. The case was made into a documentary (#12), now playing on Netflix. |
| 8 | Kantara: Chapter 1 | |
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The highest-grossing Indian film of the year, an epic mythological action film revolving around an ancestral conflict in pre-colonial coastal Karnataka, that in the original movie is still raging in the 1970s and 1990s. |
| 9 | Virginia Giuffre | |
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Nobody's Girl, the memoir of this American and Australian advocate of sexual trafficking survivors, who died by suicide in April this year, was published on October 21. In the book, Giuffre described the abuse at the hand of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, and also alleged sexual encounters with men including Prince Andrew and a "well-known prime minister". Days before the publication of the book, Prince Andrew announced he will no longer use his titles and honors, with the exception of "prince"; the Metropolitan Police also announced an investigation into claims the prince had instructed one of his taxpayer-funded bodyguards to investigate Giuffre and find compromising material. |
| 10 | Sam Rivers (bassist) | |
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After meeting Fred Durst in Jacksonville, this musician helped form Limp Bizkit, to which he brought his drummer friend John Otto - both were eclipsed by the ever-controversial Durst and peculiar guitarist Wes Borland, but were considered a serviceable rhythm section even if the band's music was derided. Already having a history of alcoholism that led to a liver transplant, Rivers died at 48 of a cardiac arrest. |
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