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Olivia Reivers narrowly escaped Peter Sutcliffe alive on this day. See Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son: The Story of the Yorkshire Ripper.


John Leras died, probably very horribly, at the hands, cigarette butts, and random foreign objects of Randy Kraft. See The Scorecard Killer: The Randy Kraft Story.
Timothy McCoy -- aka the Greyhound Bus Boy -- died a terrible death similar to that of John Leras. See The Man Who Killed Boys.

sorry the photo is so fuzzy, Tim; it was the only one I could find
Tony Atkins killed Patricia Cannon George, about an hour's drive from here. See The Benjamin Atkins Story: America's Most Prolific Serial Killer.

Kimberly Pitchford died, probably for no good reason. See Deliver Us: Three Decades of Murder and Redemption in the Infamous I-45/Texas Killing Fields.


this is the loser cannibal guy, not his collateral victim
Katherine Hall was killed and taken to pieces by a Trekkie run amok. See Dismembered.

George Sonnenberg died pointlessly. See Raging Cannibal: The True Story of Serial Killer Ottis Toole.
Mary Sullivan died a terrifying death; a few years ago it was proven conclusively using DNA evidence that her killer was Albert DeSalvo. See A Rose for Mary: The Hunt for the Real Boston Strangler.
Ellen Tamm died at the hands of a disorganized, opportunistic, hit-and-run type of serial killer. See Evil Eyes.

Hedwig Ebauer came to regret her decision to get on that particular train. See A Serial Killer in Nazi Berlin: The Chilling True Story of the S-Bahn Murderer.
Lee Gooch lost his life to the same guy who killed Lubie Geter. See The Atlanta Child Murders: The Night Stalker.

Michael Ross killed Tammy Williams. See: http://murderpedia.org/male.R/r1/ross...
Westley Allan Dodd was executed. See The Mind of the Devil.

This is the day Charles Stuart flung himself into the Mystic River. See Deadly Greed: The Riveting True Story of the Stuart Murder Case That Rocked Boston and Shocked the Nation.



Peter, Doris and Michael Smart were killed by Peter Manuel. See The Beast of Birkenshaw: The True Story of Serial Killer Peter Manuel.
Rosemary Stead escaped an attack by a man with a hammer. See Yorkshire Ripper - The Secret Murders: The True Story of How Peter Sutcliffe's Terrible Reign of Terror Claimed at Least Twenty-Two More Lives.


Pamela, just days before she was torn apart
Details of the autopsy findings: http://www.pamelawernermurderpeking.c...
Lothar Serve lost his life unexpectedly, to Werner Boost. See The Killers Among Us 2: Sex Madness & Mass Murder.
Willie Pickton did away with Kerry Lynn Koski on approximately this day. See The Pig Farm Murders.
John Dortch died on this day in 1965. His killer, Eula Dortch, died 5 years to the day later. See They Died Crawling: And Other Tales of Cleveland Woe; True Stories of the Foulest Crimes and Worst Disasters in Cleveland History.
Theo Durrant was executed on this day. See The Bell Tower: The Case of Jack the Ripper Finally Solved... in San Francisco.



Cindy Feliks disappeared, and may have died an even worse death than the other Cindy. See The Pig Farm Murders.

Collette Goodenough and Barbara Ann Wilcox died, quite unnecessarily. See Silent Scream.
Julianne Helton died out of nowhere. See The Devil's Dozen: How Cutting-Edge Forensics Took Down 12 Notorious Serial Killers.





Chester Turner killed Anita Fishman. See Rise of the Black Serial Killer: Documenting a Startling Trend.
Stephanie Lane died at the hands and circular saw of Willie Pickton. See On the Farm.

Fishface wrote: "1/10 is the day the Grim Sleeper killed Barbara Ware. See Homicidal.
Chester Turner killed Anita Fishman. See Rise of the Black Serial Killer: Documenting a Startling Trend..."
While reading up on this I noticed Turner's full name is "Chester DeWAYNE Turner"
Chester Turner killed Anita Fishman. See Rise of the Black Serial Killer: Documenting a Startling Trend..."
While reading up on this I noticed Turner's full name is "Chester DeWAYNE Turner"


(You know, I shouldn't rush to judgment. So many of these guys lie about how terrible their mothers were to them...)
Karen Mandic and Diane Wilder tied terrifying deaths. See Two of a Kind: The Hillside Stranglers.

Lorenzo Gilyard killed Connie Luther. See Rise of the Black Serial Killer: Documenting a Startling Trend.
Willie Pickton killed Stephanie Lane. See On the Farm.
Carroll, Mildred, Susan and Janet Jackson died, completely out of nowhere. See http://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/rees-...

Cleophus Prince killed Tiffany Schultz. See Signature Killers.

(she's at far L in this lineup)
Judd Gray and Ruth Snyder were executed together -- touching! -- on this day. See The "Double Indemnity" Murder: Ruth Snyder, Judd Gray, and New York's Crime of the Century.


We also lost Amber Hagerman. The only good thing about this crime is that it led to the creation of the Amber Alert. See They're Killing Our Children: Inside the Kidnapping & Child Murder Epidemic Sweeping America

Sean Gillis killed Lillian Robinson. See book:Dismembered|10382848].

Karl Teufel killed his wife, Gertrude. See Occult Murders.
Cynthia Ann McGee lost her life to a nice-looking young doctor who had a hangup on poisoning people. See Blind Eye: The Terrifying Story of a Doctor Who Got Away with Murder.
Andrei Kravchenko was killed, quite horribly, by Andrei Chikatilo. See The Killer Department: The Eight Year Hunt For The Most Savage Serial Killer Of Our Times.



(the crime scene)
Lisa Levy and Margaret Bowman died dreadful deaths; Kathy Kleiner, Karen Chandler and Cheryl Thomas escaped alive, but some of them were permanently disabled by Ted Bundy's attentions. See The Only Living Witness: The True Story of Serial Sex Killer Ted Bundy.
Josie, Joey, Julie and Joe Otero were murdered for no good reason, and the three surviving children got off the school bus to find their parents and sibs dead. Nice image to have in your head for the rest of your life. See Bind, Torture, Kill: The Inside Story of the Serial Killer Next Door.

21 people died of criminal negligence that led to an unusual form of drowning. See Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919.
This is the day Greg Wainio was dragged to death in a town where I used to live, by two junkies who didn't notice the store security guard they were fleeing was trapped in their car door. I can't believe he's been gone 5 years already. See: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/kmart-wor...

Elizabeth Short was found in a vacant lot, in a horrifying condition. See Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia Murder.

On a much, much happier note, this is the day Rhonda Jetmore escaped Bill Suff alive. See Cat and Mouse: Mind Games with a Serial Killer.

Jean Wray was basically gnawed upon by WAYNE Boden. See The Dracula Syndrome.
Mary Opitz was done to death, maybe by Christopher Wilder. See The Beauty Queen Killer.

Jacqueline McDonnell accepted a date with exactly the wrong john. See On the Farm.

Bow your heads, everyone. This is the day we lost Albert Fish. See Albert Fish In His Own Words.


Bill Suff killed Linda Ruiz. See Cat and Mouse: Mind Games with a Serial Killer.
Lorenzo Gilyard killed Ann Barnes. See Rise of the Black Serial Killer: Documenting a Startling Trend.
Bob and Kay Swartz were killed, but they kind of had it coming. See Sudden Fury.

Tony Sowell killed Kim Smith in a crack-induced fury. See Nobody's Women: The Crimes and Victims of Anthony Sowell, the Cleveland Serial Killer.
We lost Jamie Doxtator. He was only weeks older than fellow victim Konarek Sinthasomphone. See The Man Who Could Not Kill Enough.
Meg Fossi died very suddenly, the same day that Julie Sanchez made one of history's narrowest escapes. See Evil Eyes.
Margaret Rollins also escaped David Penton alive. See Bogeyman - He Was Every Parent's Nightmare.
Gary Gilmore died by firing squad. See The Executioner's Song.


Robben Borrero was found dead with a John Doe. Borrero had been missing 5 weeks when he was found. There's no book I'm aware of, but the movie version is called CRUISING. Or see: https://ididitforjodie.com/2014/10/21...

Lisa Lacik died on this day in 1988, and exactly a year later Darla Ferguson died at the hands of the same serial killer: good old Bill Suff. See, again, Cat and Mouse: Mind Games with a Serial Killer.
Irene, Richard and Ricky Blackman, John and Debi Davies, and Karen Rhodes died together on this day. See A Voice out of Nowhere.
Gilles Garnier was executed on this day in 1574. See Legends, Monsters, or Serial Murderers?: The Real Story Behind an Ancient Crime.

Fishface wrote: "Bow your heads, everyone. This is the day we lost Albert Fish. See Albert Fish In His Own Words."
I'm crying for old Al.
I'm crying for old Al.

We also lost Carole Voyce. See By Reason of Insanity.

Kathleen Milne Puckett died on this day, at the hands of Bill Suff. See Cat and Mouse: Mind Games with a Serial Killer.

Irene, Richard, and Ricky Blackman, John & Debbie Davies, and Karen Rhodes all died on this day at the hands of a relative. See A Voice out of Nowhere.

Cathy Scharf was found dead on this day. See I Would Find a Girl Walking.
Lloyd Dustyhorn was subjected to a "Starlight Tour," courtesy of the Saskatchewan police. See Starlight Tour: The Last, Lonely Night of Neil Stonechild.
Linda Farrow lost her life, maybe to Peter Sutcliffe. See Yorkshire Ripper - The Secret Murders: The True Story of How Peter Sutcliffe's Terrible Reign of Terror Claimed at Least Twenty-Two More Lives.


John Szyc disappeared on this day. Much later he was found under a concrete slab in John WAYNE Gacy's garage. See The Man Who Killed Boys.

Richard DeLong died at the hands of a handsome blonde doctor. see Blind Eye: The Terrifying Story of a Doctor Who Got Away with Murder.
1/20 - Rachel Entwistle and her 9-month daughter Lillian were shot by loving husband and father Neil Entwistle. I don't know if there is a book, I saw it on one of the True Crime Documentaries I watched yesterday.

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v30/n16/jonathan...

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v30/n16/jonathan...



Lemuel Smith killed Dot Waterstreet. See Lemuel Smith and the Compulsion To Kill: The Forensic Story of a Multiple Personality Serial Killer.
Carl Switzer was murdered. Never bring a gun to a knife fight. See: http://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/16/T...
Adrianne Reynolds fell afoul of some Juggalos. See Too Young to Kill.

Dolphus Simmons was murdered. See Unfinished Lives: Reviving the Memories of LGBTQ Hate Crimes Victims.
This is the day we lost Derrick Todd Lee. No great loss. See I've Been Watching You: The South Louisiana Serial Killer.

The Yorkshire Ripper killed Yvonne Pearson. See Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son: The Story of the Yorkshire Ripper.

The Atlanta Child Murderer killed Terry Pue. See The List.

Shelly Brooks killed Pamela Greer. See Great Lakes Serial Killlers: True Accounts of the Great Lakes Most Gruesome Murders.


(see center photo above)
Matthew Macon killed Carolyn Kronenberg, an instructor at nearby Lansing Community College. See: http://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/macon...
Teresa Wallin died a terrible death. See Vampire: The Richard Chase Murders.


Nick Hernandez was killed pretty horribly. See The Trash Bag Murderer.
The Emperor Caligula was set upon by his own men, stabbed 30 times, and slung into a shallow grave. His wife and son would soon follow him. See The Twelve Caesars.
Jane Bashara was killed in a clumsily-staged phony carjacking. See Murder in Grosse Pointe Park: Privilege, Adultery, and the Killing of Jane Bashara.

the triggerman

the mastermind

Vickie Truelove was tortured to death by Tony Atkins. See The Benjamin Atkins Story: America's Most Prolific Serial Killer.
Catherine, Dawn, Melody, Matthew, Timothy, Jeffrey and Daniel Belcher were killed. See: http://amok.wikia.com/wiki/Harry_Belcher
Ben Lyles, Jr., came a cropper. See Whisper to the Black Candle: Voodoo, Murder, and the Case of Anjette Lyles.

Kathy Francis and her sons, Daemon Francis and David Hughes, were killed. Later that day, in a separate incident, so were Joan and Jim Gianera. See The Die Song: A Journey into the Mind of a Mass Murderer.


Stephen Sinclair lost his life. See Killing for Company: The Case of Dennis Nilsen.

the killer's drawing of how Sinclair appeared after death

Randy Kraft killed Eric Church. See Angel of Darkness: The True Story of Randy Kraft and the Most Heinous Murder Spree.

Dan Meredith, Jason and Evelyn Miroth, and David Ferreira were killed pretty horribly. See Dracula Killer: The True Story of California's Vampire Killer.


(he looks exactly the way I always pictured Dorian Gray...)
Not everyone agrees it was criminal negligence, but this is also the day we lost the crew of the space shuttle Challenger because even though conditions were known to be unsafe for takeoff, someone didn't want to cancel. There were so many camera crews that day and a special guest on board and everything. See Challenger Explosion.

Mary Branch and Annie Chandler were found dead. See Murder Next Door: How Police Tracked Down Eighteen Brutal Killers.
Richard and Dawn Heikkila were waylaid and killed in their own home. See The Dark Son.

Rodney Naistus died during his police-sponsored "starlight tour." See Starlight Tour: The Last, Lonely Night of Neil Stonechild.
Kerry Lynn Koski made a fatal trip to a Greater Vancouver pig-raising operation. See On the Farm.

In happier recollections, Alice Martell escaped Coral Eugene Watts alive. See Evil Eyes.

Pnena Berkman lost her life to the Night Caller. See The Night Caller: The Eric Edgar Cooke Story.

Lachrica Jefferson was killed by Lonnie Franklin. See Grim Sleeper - Serial Killers Unauthorized & Uncensored.
Lawrence Wegner was taken on his last scenic trip into greater Saskatchewan. See Starlight Tour: The Last, Lonely Night of Neil Stonechild.
Donald and Jerry Waldrop fell for the oldest trick in the book -- a creepy man who offered them candy. See Mass Murder in Houston.
Sherry Lynn Rail went out to make a few bucks and never made it home again. See The Pig Farm Murders.

Christine Freund lost her life, but her companion for the evening -- his name was John Diehl -- survived. See Confessions of Son of Sam.
EDIT: I almost forgot Rudolph Habsburg and Mary Vetsera! Sorry you two! See The Mayerling murder.

Rudolph, lying in state

Mary's grave

Helen Rytka died horribly in the back corner of a lumberyard, just two days after her twin sister convinced her that prostitution was an easy way to make money. See Wicked Beyond Belief: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper.

Eli Stutzman croaked. He had AIDS. Far be it from me to wish a death like that on anyone, but seriously, some people might just have it coming. See Abandoned Prayers: The Incredible True Story of Murder, Obsession and Amish Secrets.
From my book (spreadsheet) of the dead. No shade on Eileen, I can only hope to be as good as she is.
2/2/1996 Barry Loukaitis aged 14 took a gun to Frontier Jr. HS, in Moses Lake, WA where he shot Leona Caires, Arnold Fritz, Jr., Manuel Vela. See Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children
2/7/1982 Elena Semander by Carl or Coral (depending on which book you read) Watts. See Evil Eyes
2/11/1900 Myra Connors by Jane Toppan (nee Honora Kelley), serial poisoner: See Fatal: The Poisonous Life of a Female Serial Killer
2/26/2004 Donna Bennett Johnston by Sean Vincent Gillis. See Dismembered
2/27/1885 Annie Freeman by Sarah Jane Robinson, another serial poisoner: See Fatal: The Poisonous Life of a Female Serial Killer
2/2/1996 Barry Loukaitis aged 14 took a gun to Frontier Jr. HS, in Moses Lake, WA where he shot Leona Caires, Arnold Fritz, Jr., Manuel Vela. See Savage Spawn: Reflections on Violent Children
2/7/1982 Elena Semander by Carl or Coral (depending on which book you read) Watts. See Evil Eyes
2/11/1900 Myra Connors by Jane Toppan (nee Honora Kelley), serial poisoner: See Fatal: The Poisonous Life of a Female Serial Killer
2/26/2004 Donna Bennett Johnston by Sean Vincent Gillis. See Dismembered
2/27/1885 Annie Freeman by Sarah Jane Robinson, another serial poisoner: See Fatal: The Poisonous Life of a Female Serial Killer

Sorry I'm behind everyone; I woke up this morning with a crashing headache and forgot all about the requirements of the TC discussions.


Bad headaches are murder. Hope it's gone now!

Looks like feverfew is a good diet pill too!


Randy Kraft killed 2 men who have yet to be identified. See Serial Killer Timelines: Illustrated Accounts of the World's Most Gruesome Murderers.
Pearl Bryan appeared to be dead already due to the effects of a botched illegal abortion. The efforts her killers made to dispose of the evidence are what finished her off. See The Mysterious Murder of Pearl Bryan or the Headless Horror.

Hannah Tailford lost her life to Jack the Stripper. See Found naked and dead.
Brenda Wolfe, a well-loved local character on the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, vanished without an explanation...until a scrap of her DNA was found at a crime scene. See On the Farm.

Cunegonde Mackamotski -- who for obvious reasons preferred the name Belle Elmore -- vanished on this day a century or so ago. See Supper with the Crippens: A New Investigation into One of the Most Notorious Domestic Murders in History.
Carli Brucia was kidnapped from a carwash; it was captured live on security cam. She was found dead in short order. See: https://mylifeofcrime.wordpress.com/2...

Russ Stager died quite unexpectedly. See Before He Wakes: A True Story of Money, Marriage, Sex and Murder.
"Captain" James Whitney was executed on this day all the way back in 1693. See Turned to Account: The Forms and Functions of Criminal Biography in Late Seventeenth- And Early Eighteenth-Century England.


Mme. and Mlle. Lancelin died even more atrocious deaths. See the pertinent chapter in Killer Couples: Terrifying True Stories of the World's Deadliest Duos.

the killers of the Lancelins
William Desmond Taylor was shot and killed. See A Cast of Killers.
Sid Vicious died in a case that really walks the line between suicide, homicide and flight from justice. See Sid Vicious: Rock 'n' Roll Star.



In a similar out-of-nowhere music-industry murder, Phil Spector killed Lana Clarkson. See Reckless: Millionaire Record Producer Phil Spector and the Violent Death of Lana Clarkson.

Clarence Walker killed Delores Young. I'm sure it was ugly and involved extended suffering on her part. Because he's that kind of guy. See Murder Next Door: How Police Tracked Down Eighteen Brutal Killers.
A Jane Doe -- probably a victim of a serial killer -- was found. See Deliver Us: Three Decades of Murder and Redemption in the Infamous I-45/Texas Killing Fields.
Chester Turner killed Paula Vance. See Rise of the Black Serial Killer: Documenting a Startling Trend.
Bill Bonin and friends killed James McCabe and Charles Miranda. See Angel of Darkness: The True Story of Randy Kraft and the Most Heinous Murder Spree.

McCabe

Miranda
Karla Faye Tucker went bravely to her execution, even though she didn't remember committing the crime. See Crossed Over: A Murder, A Memoir.


Patty Hearst was kidnapped. We all know where things went from there. See American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst.


Irene Richardson crossed paths with the Yorkshire Ripper. See Somebody's Husband, Somebody's Son: The Story of the Yorkshire Ripper.
Dean Marie Peters was killed by Larry Hall. See Urges: A Chronicle of Serial Killer Larry Hall.

Charlie, Braden and Joshua Powell were killed. Josh and Susan Powell Paradise Lost.
Alice Liu and Rosalinde Thorpe died hideous deaths. See Why: The Serial Killer In America.
Jim Pierson died, apparently out of nowhere. See A Deadly Silence: The Ordeal of Cheryl Pierson: A Case of Incest and Murder.
On a happier note, Sean Sellers paid the penalty for his crimes. See Devil Child.

Zachary Ramsay was killed by a guy who called himself Nathaneal Bar-Jonah. Not his real name. See A Parasite in the Mind: A Journey Through the Dark Boroughs of a Pedophilic Cannibal's Mind, Volume 2.

The Green River Killer did away with Mary West. See Serial Killer Timelines: Illustrated Accounts of the World's Most Gruesome Murderers.
WAYNE Williams killed Patrick Baltazar. See The Atlanta Child Murders: The Night Stalker.

Randy Kraft left another unidentified corpse in his wake. See, again, Serial Killer Timelines: Illustrated Accounts of the World's Most Gruesome Murderers.
Willie Pickton killed Tanya Emery. See The Pig Farm Murders.

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Peter Manuel killed Ann Kneilands. I recently read he was actually an emigrant from the USA to Scotland, which figures. See Peter Manuel, Serial Killer.
Bill Bonin killed Michael McDonald. See Angel of Darkness: The True Story of Randy Kraft and the Most Heinous Murder Spree.
Anita Mahfood was killed by a madman. See Don Drummond: The Genius and Tragedy of the World's Greatest Trombonist.
Anita
Her killer, Don Drummond
Debbie Dudley was kidnapped by Gary Heidnik, aka Old Football Head. See Cellar Of Horror.
From this point on today, all the dates are approximations only.
This is the approximate day the Green River Killer took Patricia Yellow Robe from her family. See Gary Ridgway: The Green River Kille.
a few of the Yellow Robe family in court
It's more or less the day Bill Suff killed Linda Ortega. See Cat and Mouse: Mind Games with a Serial Killer.
It's approximately the day Lorenzo Gilyard killed Gwendolyn Kizine. See Rise of the Black Serial Killer: Documenting a Startling Trend.
In all different years, this is more or less the day Willie Pickton killed Andrea Borhaven, Ruby Ann Hardy, Yvonne Abigosis, and Maria LaLiberte. See On the Farm.
This is the day Fred West hanged himself -- not out of guilt or fear of punishment, but because his soulmate stopped speaking to him. See Fred & Rose.