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TIL: There is a serial killer who was also an extra in various movies and TV shows such as Breaking Bad. Clifton Bloomfield, A bully since high school, he went on a crime spree, was jailed for 14 years, and after release in 2002 he murdered 5 people before and during the filming of Breaking Bad.

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