he journal, dubbed the Maybrick diary, surfaced in 1992 when Michael Barrett, an unemployed former Liverpool scrap metal dealer, said the diary had been given to him by a friend, Tony Devereux. According to Barrett, Devereux refused to reveal where the diary came from or how he got it. The diary was signed, Jack the…
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40 years later, missing boy has been identified as a victim of serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
John Wayne Gacy (aka The Clown Killer) was one of America’s most prolific serial killers. The number of Gacy victims, young boys he raped and murdered before burying them under his home, is unknown but believed to number thirty-nine or more. This week, a previously unidentified victim has been identified through the persistent efforts of…
Sawney Bean and his 48-member backwoods cannibalistic clan terrorize 14th century Scotland from their horror-filled cave.
Over the years, Sawney’s family grew. Together, he and his wife produced 8 sons, 6 daughters, 18 grandsons, and 14 granddaughters. Most were born of incest. The family shared Sawney’s aversion to manual labor. To meet their needs, they hid along the roads at night and ambushed travelers robbing them of their possessions – and…
Does Ohio have a serial killer? Hidden torture room containing bloody women’s garments found in search of Joughin murder suspect home.
20-year-old Sierah Joughin was riding her bike with her boyfriend on Tuesday, July 19, when the two parted. They continued texting when suddenly, text message from Joughin just stopped. By evening, it was clear that something had happened to Joughin. Law enforcement searched the area and discovered her purple bicycle near where she was last…
H.H. Holmes (Herman Webster Mudgett) – America’s first, and possibly most prolific, serial killer
Herman Webster Mudgett, aka Dr. Henry Howard Holmes or just H.H. Holmes, was one of the first documented serial killers in the modern sense of the word. Holmes gained notoriety as the nation’s first, and possibly most prolific serial killer in history, after he confessed to 27 murders. Authorities believe the actual body count was…
Author provides compelling evidence that Zodiac Killer is his father – has Zodiac’s identity finally been revealed?
It has been kept secret for over a year but today, HarperCollins has released a potentially explosive new book in which its author, Gary L. Stewart, alleges that the infamous serial killer The Zodiac Killer (view complete article on the Zodiac Killer here) – is his father. According to the book’s author, during a twelve-year…
New DNA tests identify Albert DeSalvo as the infamous Boston Strangler
A major development in the infamous Boston Strangler case happened today. The most well-known suspect in the killings, Albert DeSalvo, confessed to 13 murders in the 1960′s. Despite DeSalvo’s confession, he was never charged because the confession was ruled inadmissible in court. However, DeSalvo was sentenced to life in prison on unrelated charges involving armed…
Boston Marathon Bombing – the Boston Marathon bombing (2013) – a pictorial timeline of the domestic terrorist attack and capture of brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
At the 2013 Boston Marathon, two explosions happened at about 2:50 p.m., more than two hours after the first of the race’s nearly 27,000 runners had crossed the finish line. Two explosions went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing at least two people and injuring dozens more, as runners…
30 years later, police still searching for bodies of serial killer John Wayne Gacy victims.
Tom Dart, the Cook County Sheriff, explained to ABC News yesterday that serial killer John Wayne Gacy’s contractor job brought him to as many as 20 states and that he intends to look at in each location for unsolved murders to possibly tie to Gacy. The detectives have just finished digging through the property of…
The Alphabet Murders (Rochester, New York)
The “Alphabet murders” (also known as the “double initial murders”) took place from 1971 to 1973 in the Rochester, New York area. Three young girls were raped and strangled. The case got its name from the fact that each of the three girls’ first and last names started with the same letters and that the…