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Crime Anniversaries 2020
8/21 is the day Antonio LoBianco and Barbara Locci died at the hands of a man who has never been adjudicated for it. See The Monster of Florence.
Ralph Dixon and Crystal Knight both died at the hands of Milton Johnson, who was eventually caught and punished, See 50 American Serial Killers You've Probably Never Heard Of: Volume 2.
Anna Kuchta died as a result of a brutal beating with a heavy object. See The Brick Slayer.
We lost Paula Fabrizius to serial killer Francis Nemechek. See 50 American Serial Killers You've Probably Never Heard Of: Volume 3.
Lee Allen Bonneau, aged 6, died out of nowhere at the hands of a 10-year-old not named in the Canadian papers. See https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...
Felix WAYNE Mitchell came a cropper. See https://gangsterreport.com/bloody-aug...
And, in the "boo frikkin' hoo" department, this is the day in 1614 that someone discovered Erszebet Bathory had died in her bedroom -- which had been walled up and made into a prison for her, not for the dozens or hundreds of young servant girls she'd killed, but because her family disapproved of the way she handled her finances. See Dracula Was a Woman: In Search of the Blood Countess of Transylvania.
AND it's the day in 2014, 6 years ago now that Bob Hansen croaked in prison. I wonder at times how the kids' mom explained that, or any of their father's exploits. See Butcher, Baker: A True Account of a Serial Murder.
But there is one happy anniversary from today: Olga Mantel escaped Peter Kurten with her life. See Monsters of Weimar: The Stories of Fritz Haarmann and Peter Kurten.
8/22 is the anniversary of the day we lost Elaine O'Hara to Graham Dwyer. Originally thought to be a suicide, the handcuffs and ball gag found at the death scene got the police thinking there might be more to it. See True Crime Case Histories - (Books 1, 2 & 3): 32 Disturbing True Crime Stories.
(Elaine shown with her killer)
Margaret Finner lost her life to brutal killer Michael Ross. See Torture Killers.
Nancy Clark vanished from human ken. Evidence found at the Pickton farm later answered the question of what had become of her. See The Pig Farm Murders.
Sarah Paulsen was raped and murdered by serial killer Eugene Britt. See Notorious 92: Indiana's Most Heinous Murders in All 92 Counties.
(this is the only victim of this man I have been able to find a photo of so far)
Alma Henry was raped and strangled with her brassiere. For details of the criminal investigations into 2 different men who could have done it, see https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/mill...
But the news isn't all bad today. Alma Goldhausen and Gustav Kornblum escaped Peter Kurten alive! See Monsters of Weimar: The Stories of Fritz Haarmann and Peter Kurten.
And David Cram escaped John WAYNE Gacy with his life. See Buried Dreams: Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer.
8/23 is the day An Marschal and Eefje Lambrecks were lost to us. This was a really bad one, even as child murders go. See Marc Dutroux: Le Dossier.
Russell Nelson killed the unlucky Doris Brown on approximately this day. See Cold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder.
A woman we know only as "Betty the Bag Lady" was found outside New Buffalo, Michigan. They called her that because she was in a plastic garbage bag. See https://www.woodtv.com/news/target-8/...
Ricky Stetson was found dead. See A Need to Kill: The True-Crime Account of John Joubert, Nebraska's Most Notorious Serial Child Killer.
Tammy Zywicki lost her life to Bruce Mendenhall. See Killer on the Road: Violence and the American Interstate.
8/24 is the anniversary of the day a Herbert B. was killed by his nurse -- you guessed it -- good old Niels Hoegel. See Serial Killer Nurse.Charlotte Grabbe met a particularly hideous end. She was strangled and sodomized, all her body openings were packed with auto lube, and she was set on fire. This all came out years after she disappeared, when the woman her husband killed Charlotte over couldn't keep it to herself any longer. See https://forensicfilesnow.com/index.ph...
G.M. Chervyakov died at the hands of Alexander Pichushkin. See Born to Kill in the USSR.
John Brooks took Wilbert Johnson from us. See Hunting Humans: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, Vol. 2.
Kevin Carter killed Erin McKenzie. She was only 7, but he wasn't even really that much older than she was. See Notorious 92: Indiana's Most Heinous Murders in All 92 Counties.
We also lost Fanny Adams. A search began right away when she didn't come home with her friends. It was already far too late. See Sweet FA: The True Story Of Sweet Fanny Adams.
Fritz Haarmann killed Hienrich Struss. See Monsters of Weimar: The Stories of Fritz Haarmann and Peter Kurten.
Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin, home of the Army Math Research Center, was bombed in the middle of the night on this date in 1970. Robert Fassnacht was killed in the fracas. Three others working late that night escaped with their lives. See Rads: The 1970 Bombing of the Army Math Research Center at the University of Wisconsin and Its Aftermath.
8/25 is the day we lost Trisha Ann Worley to Thomas Gilliam. See Predators: From the Files of True Detective Magazine.Robert Zarinsky did away with the unlucky Rosemary Calandriello. See https://murderpedia.org/male.Z/z/zari...
This is the anniversary of the day Steve Mak fell, jumped or was pushed out of an upstairs window in a house belonging to Rose Veres. See The Witch of Delray: Rose Veres & Detroit’s Infamous 1930s Murder Mystery.
We lost Betty Sue McConnell to Terry Hyatt. See https://mycrimelibrary.com/terry-hyat...
Stella Williamson died on this day, leaving instructions explaining where to find her 5 murdered newborns. See Hunting Humans: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers: Volume 1.
WAYNE Salyers Sr. had his wages paid by WAYNE Salyers, Jr. See Notorious 92: Indiana's Most Heinous Murders in All 92 Counties.
Anna Johnson lost her life to serial killer Milton Johnson. The matching surnames appear to have been a coincidence. See 50 American Serial Killers You've Probably Never Heard Of: Volume 2.
In the weirdest anniversary of the day, Dayton Rogers stabbed his girlfriend, proposed marriage to her, and only then drove her to a hospital to get the stabbing dealt with. One can only imagine what she made of all this. The title of the book on this guy, Blood Lust: Portrait of a Serial Sex Killer, just gained a new layer of meaning for me...
This is also the day Jocelyn Martel escaped Jeffrey Mailhot with her life. Not everyone was that lucky. See Ripper.
8/26 was the first day of Anthony Arkwright's killing spree. In emulation of his hero, Saucy Jack, he slaughtered his grandfather, Stanislas Puidokas, whom he believed to be his father, and a household servant, Elsa Konradite. He was just getting started. See https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...
(gramps)
(the housekeeper, Elsa)
Dr. Cream, always up to no good, killed his wife Flora via a botched abortion. See A Prescription for Murder: The Victorian Serial Killings of Dr. Thomas Neill Cream.
Charles Lipschow lost his life to Louise Graunke, his landlady at the time. See http://unknownmisandry.blogspot.com/2...
Helga Rousdoerfer died at the hands of a serial killer who happened to have the surname of a war criminal: Peter Goebbels. See Hunting Humans: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, Vol. 2.
Gertrud Hamacher and her cousin, Luise Lenzen, were slaughtered by Peter Kurten. See The Sadist.
(Gertrud)
Leila Jackson lost her life to Buster Putt. See http://jeffdroke.com/George%20Howard%...
Jennifer Levin was beaten black and blue, strangled and robbed in Central Park where she had gone to be with the man she loved, Robert Chambers. See Wasted: The Preppie Murder.
(police surrounding Jennifer's body; her killer was sitting across the street, watching them work)
8/27 is the anniversary of the day Niels Hogel, that inveterate poisoner, did away with Alfred Mitshker. See Serial Killer Nurse.Anthony Arkwright continued his killing spree on this day, killing Raymond Ford with a knife and disemboweling him in emulation of his hero, Jack the Ripper. He wore a devil mask for the occasion. See https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...
A man Gary Krist had killed for no particular reason was found on this day. To my knowledge he has never been identified. See Life: The Man Who Kidnapped Barbara Mackle.
Miles Vallint, an 11-year-old boy, died at the hands of an unknown person. See The Child Killers.
On this day in 1979, Neil Muir became a victim of the "Family" murders. We lost Peter Stogneff to the same killer or killers on the same day in 1981. See Young Blood: The Story of the Family Murders.
Neil
Peter
This is also the anniversary of the day Lillian Berube did her best to fight off Charles William Abou. It almost worked. See Deadmonton: Crime Stories from Canada's Murder City.
William Freeman died violently. See Innocent Blood: A true story of obsession and serial murder.
This is also the day Michael Vick pleaded guilty to dogfighting charges. Unbelievably, it's already been 13 years! See Badd Newz: The Untold Story Of The Michael Vick Dog Fighting Case.
(taken at his sentencing)
8/28 is the anniversary of the day Niels Hogel killed a man identified in the papers only as Peter E. See Serial Killer Nurse.Anthony Arkwright, not done yet, went over to Marcus Law's place. They got into a dispute over a pack of cigs. He dragged Marcus out of his wheelchair, stabbed him 70 times, gouged his eyes out, thrust a crutch through his body, and stuck cigarettes into every opening he could find. And of course the killer had just made 70 new openings. See https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5754437...
Dawn Smith vanished. She would be found dead months later and her killer, David Wood, was found after a much longer wait. See Hunting Humans: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers: Volume 1 under "Missing."
We lost Gabriel Kovari to a serial killer belonging to one of the rarest subcategories of all: celebrity chef. See https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45407465
Sandra Delaware was found dead. Even for a murder victim she was in frightful condition. See Deadly Thrills: The True Story of Chicago's Most Shocking Killers.
We lost Emily Adkins Moyer to a couple of mopes named James Russell Odom and James Clayton Lawson. See https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digit...
And at a time when it seems like there is a demonstration on every streetcorner about racial injustice, it bears repeating that this is the day in 1955 that we lost Emmett Till to a lynch mob, for the capital crime of (maybe) whistling at a white woman. His devastated mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, used the 1955 equivalent of the viral online video -- an open-casket funeral open to the public -- to light a fire under the heap of tinder we now know as the civil rights movement. See Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America.
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Anthony Arkwright, not done yet, went over to Marcus L..."
Didn't the woman (Emmett Till) later admit she lied?
Lady ♥ Belleza wrote: "Fishface wrote: "8/28 is the anniversary of the day Niels Hogel killed a man identified in the papers only as Peter E. See Serial Killer Nurse.Anthony Arkwright, not done yet, went..."
Very recently, yes.
8/29 is the anniversary of the day a likely double child murderer died in jail waiting to go to trial. See https://oklahoman.com/article/2367439...This is the day Elizabeth Fritzl found out about all the DIY work her dad had been doing in secret in the downstairs of their house. See Secrets in the Cellar.
We lost Crystal Shay Benoit Zeno. See Jeff Davis 8: The True Story Behind the Unsolved Murder That Allegedly Inspired True Detective, Season One.
Xiao Mei Guo died more or less out of nowhere. See https://www.standard.co.uk/news/white...
Glenn True Clark was gunned down. But that was just the beginning of the story for Jimmy Dale Taylor, who told us about it in his memoir Mountain Madness: A True Story of Murder, Guilt, & Innocence.
Thomas R. Bunday killed the unlucky Glinda Sodeman. See https://militaryjusticeforall.com/198...
Far more happily, this is the day Gilbert Martinez was rescued from serial killer Charles Hatcher. See Innocent Blood: A true story of obsession and serial murder.
8/30 is the anniversary of the day a woman named Sophie S. was killed by a member of her healthcare team. See Serial Killer Nurse.This is the day Jennifer Joyes vanished. She is considered a part of the Calgary Prostitutes Killer series. See https://www.canadaunsolved.com/cases/...
(Jennifer is second from the R in the top row of this lineup)
Egor Kudryavstev died at the hands of Alexandr Pichushkin. See Born to Kill in the USSR
(Egor is marked #34)
Lynn Taylor died as well. See https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...
This is the anniversary of the terrible day Doris Schroeder was raped, stabbed 19 times, violated with a foreign object and finally drowned. It was Helmut Weidenbroeker again. See Hunting Humans: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers: Volume 1.
Jacob Surber and Jon Simpson died horrible, horrible deaths, probably not that different from Doris's. See Slayer of Innocence.
We lost Jessica Payne to Walter Ellis. See 50 American Serial Killers You've Probably Never Heard Of: Volume 2.
Soroush Mahmudi died a really hideous death at the hands of Bruce McArthur. See https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/20...
8/31 is the day John Jamelske kidnapped a woman in her 50s, who would be held prisoner and raped daily for the next 9 months. See https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/19/ny...Edwina Taylor lost her life for no good reason on this earth. She vanished from home -- she was only 4 -- and when the police heard that Derek Edwardson had vanished around the same time, they decided to see whether the two events were connected. Edwina's violated body was found on a pile of coal in his place. See The Child Killers.
(Edwina's mother with a photo of her)
Johann Karl J., as he was identified in the papers, was murdered in his hospital bed. See Serial Killer Nurse.
We lost Kenneth Wrede at his workplace. See In the Line of Duty: The Story of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.
Amy Eveans was murdered by her mom, Tammy, who was feeling jealous of all the attention her baby was getting. See 50 American Serial Killers You've Probably Never Heard Of: Volume 6.
Ralph Calise became the latest victim of Larry Eyler. See Freed to Kill: The True Story of Larry Eyler.
We almost lost Phynnise Johnson, but she got away alive from Mark Profit, thank Scrod. See https://groups.google.com/g/alt.true-...
Ann Burr disappeared, never to be seen again. See Ted and Ann: The Mystery of a Missing Child and Her Neighbor Ted Bundy.
This is the day deputies started unearthing bodies at Dayton Rogers's clandestine graveyard. Before they were done they would find the remains of Cynthia DeVore, Riatha Gyles, Nondace Cervantes, Christine Adams, Maureen Hodges and Lisa Mock. See
(L to R, top to bottom: Jennifer Smith, Lisa Mock, Maureen Hodges, Christine Adams, Cynthia DeVore, "Noni" Cervantes, Reatha Gyles, Tawnie Johnson)
9/1 is the day we lost Ruth Muir, maybe to the Coast Fiend. See http://malefactorsregister.com/wp/the...
(Ruth is marked #1)
Paul Witte was iced by his son Eric. See Clifford Linedecker's Blood Money.
(the killer and his mom Hilma, who masterminded the operation)
Someone found Amber Tuccaro's skull. She had been missing for some time. See Deadmonton: Crime Stories from Canada's Murder City.
Martha Morrison died with what was probably extreme cruelty. That was the way her killer, Warren Forrest, usually rolled. See https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news...
Natasha Montgomery lost her life as well. See The Country Boy Killer: The True Story of Cody Legebokoff, Canada's Teenage Serial Killer.
This is the 132nd anniversary of the day Charles Cross found Polly Nichols dead at the hands of Jack the Ripper. (I'm not sure about that, because at the inquest Police Constable John Neil also claimed to be the one who found her lying there in Buck's Row.) Her throat had been slit down to the vertebrae and she had been disemboweled. See Jack the Ripper: The Story of the Whitechapel Murderer.
9/2 is the anniversary of the day Shawn Moore was snatched off his bike at a convenience store a short distance from where I live now. He was carted all over the county for a couple of days being raped over and over, and was even allowed to call his parents by his kidnapper, Ronald Bailey. Shawn was finally murdered and left in the tall weeds to be found later. See Journey Into Darkness.
Alari Kivi escaped a knife attack by Johannes-Andreas Hanni and his wife Pille. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johanne...
A woman escaped Kendall Francois alive. See Body Dump.
"Starr" Pipe was taken from us by the Hemlock Valley Killer. See Cold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder.
Reyna Marroquin and her unborn child were found in the crawlspace formerly owned by Harold Elkin. He foolishly packed her away there with a ton of evidence leading straight back to him. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_...
Cara King died at the hands of Joseph Laboucan. See Deadmonton: Crime Stories from Canada's Murder City.
Betty Askew died at the hands of rape killer Eugene Britt. See Notorious 92: Indiana's Most Heinous Murders in All 92 Counties.
Kenneth Neu killed Lawrence Shead. See Ready to Hang: Seven Famous New Orleans Murders.
Betty Pahlahadi died, maybe at the hands of David Selepe. See Catch Me a Killer: Serial Murders: A Profiler's True Story.
9/3 isn't all bad:This is the 7th anniversary of the day Ariel Castro hanged himself in his jail cell, saving his victims the emotional expense of a trial. See The Lost Girls: The True Story of the Cleveland Abductions and the Incredible Rescue of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus.
This is the day not one, but 3 women got away from Peter Kurten. See The Sadist.
Susie Sublett successfully fought off a serial killer named Lyndon Pace. See 50 American Serial Killers You've Probably Never Heard Of: Volume 5.
A man named Donald Dull got away alive from John-Michael Trimmer, allowing him to report Trimmer to police, who found out pretty soon that John-Michael and several friends had already killed Dennis Medlar. See Raising Hell: An Encyclopedia of Devil Worship and Satanic Crime.
On the other hand, this is the day Richard Caputo killed Laura Saenz. See Ladykiller.
An unidentified victim of Norman Simons was killed on more or less this day. See Catch Me a Killer: Serial Murders: A Profiler's True Story.
Linda Harmon died at the hands of Larry Ralston. See https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/rals...
We lost Henry Roberts to Peter Moore. See https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/...
Michael Herrington killed Julia Beckwith. See Hunting Humans: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, Vol. 2.
(Julia is pictured at upper R, next to her killer)
9/4 is the day we lost Nelisiwe Zulu to Moses Sithole. See Catch Me a Killer: Serial Murders: A Profiler's True Story.We lost Marnie Lee Frey to Willie Pickton. See On the Farm.
Darci Williams, Carmen Hunt and Claudette Juniel all fell prey to Terry Blair, more or less on this day. All were strangled; 2 of the 3 also had their necks broken in the process. See 50 American Serial Killers You've Probably Never Heard Of: Volume 2.
We lost Zack Miller to Donald DuFour. See Hunting Humans: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, Vol. 2.
Rudolfo Roque died at the hands of Michael Player. See, again, Hunting Humans: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, Vol. 2.
Dawn Mendes lost her life for no good reason on this earth. See Shallow Graves: The Hunt for the New Bedford Highway Serial Killer.
But it wasn't all bad! WAYNE Nance tried to go into the Wells home and kill Kris Wells, upon whom he had been fixated for some time. Luckily, Kris's husband was home and he had loaded guns all over the house. In the end (if I recall correctly) he used WAYNE's own weapon against him and dusted the guy, ending a years-long series of murders. See To Kill and Kill Again: The Terrifying True Story of Montana's Baby-Faced Serial Sex Murderer.
(Kris, alive and well but covered with WAYNE's blood)
Fishface wrote: "9/1 is the day we lost Ruth Muir, maybe to the Coast Fiend. See http://malefactorsregister.com/wp/the...(Ruth is marked #1)
Paul Witte was iced by his son Eric. See Clifford Linedecker'..."
Fishface wrote: "9/1 is the day we lost Ruth Muir, maybe to the Coast Fiend. See http://malefactorsregister.com/wp/the...
(Ruth is marked #1)
Paul Witte was iced by his son Eric. See Clifford Linedecker'..."
Hi Fishface, regarding the Nichols murder in Whitechapel, Charles Cross did discover her body at 3:40 am. A passerby, Robert Paul, came upon him and the two men were bewildered as to her fate. They stated later that, due to the darkness of the disregarded district, they could not see the extent of her injuries. Cross and Paul decided to continue on but alert the first policeman they encountered. Just after they left the scene, PC Neil approached the site from a different corner and found her.
Paul wrote: "Fishface wrote: "9/1 is the day we lost Ruth Muir, maybe to the Coast Fiend. See http://malefactorsregister.com/wp/the...(Ruth is marked #1)
Paul Witte was iced by his son Eric. See Cli..."
OK, that explains that, TY!
9/5 is the day we nearly lost Paul LaRuffa to the Beltway snipers. They gave it their best, shooting him 5 times, but he just refused to die. Good on him! See Diary of the D.C. Sniper.
Harry Gordon was executed for his crimes. You can read about some of his exploits in The Laughing Gorilla: A True Story of Police Corruption and Murder.
Frederick Morton was burned to death in his car, which curiously was parked in the garage at the time. It was originally thought to be an attack by the IRA, but as it turned out it was the hired help taking revenge. Or something. See The Burning of Evelyn Foster.
Ricky Brogsdale did away with Myers Jackson. See Hunting Humans: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, Vol. 2.
Paul Durousseau did away with Tracy Habersham, who had never done anything to him, that's for sure. See 50 American Serial Killers You've Probably Never Heard Of: Volume 5.
David Spanbauer did terrible things to Cora Jones that could never be taken back. See 50 American Serial Killers You've Probably Never Heard Of: Volume 6.
There were also two lucky escapes today:
Harry Austin escaped Jesse Pomeroy alive. See Fiend: The Shocking True Story of America's Youngest Serial Killer.
And Jerry Ford -- more through the help of the Secret Service guys guarding him, less because of luck -- escaped Squeaky Fromme with his life. See Squeaky: The Life and Times of Lynette Alice Fromme.
Ford being hustled into a car to give him some cover
And this is the day they hanged Carl Panzram. His last words were "Hurry it up, you Hoosier b@stard! I could kill a dozen men while you're screwing around!" See Killer: A Journal of Murder.
9/6 is the anniversary of the day we lost "Punky" Gustavson to Clifford Sleigh. See Deadmonton: Crime Stories from Canada's Murder City.
Punky
Clifford -- what is it about Canadians named Clifford???
Ellen Carlin was murdered. It was some years before Peter Manuel confessed to this crime. See Blood on the Thistle: A Casebook of Twentieth-Century Scottish Murder.
Ricky Brogsdale, still up to no good, killed Steven Wilson. See Hunting Humans: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, Vol. 2.
It's the 71st anniversary of the horrific Unruh massacre, that saw 13 people gunned down in 13 minutes. See Rampage.
the victims
We also lost Private Karen Hickman. See the William Hance section of 50 American Serial Killers You've Probably Never Heard Of: Volume 2.
Nadine Baird and her unborn child were killed by her husband, the baby's father. See Notorious 92: Indiana's Most Heinous Murders in All 92 Counties.
In the "thank Scrod" department, this is the day Pee Wee Gaskins was executed. For details see Final Truth: The Autobiography of Mass Murderer/Serial Killer Donald "Pee Wee" Gaskins.
9/7 is the day we lost Amelia Rapodile to Moses Sithole. See Catch Me a Killer: Serial Murders: A Profiler's True Story.In a related story, Amanda Molake and Margaret Ntombeni were found dead today. They were both probably victims of David Selepe, who was also suspected at one point of killing the girlfriend of Moses Sithole. He did get out from under that killing later because it was Moses himself who had killed her. See Byleveld: Dossier of a Serial Sleuth.
Juan Segundo did away with the unlucky Melissa Badillo. See https://cowtowncrime.com/tag/juan-seg...
Melissa
Juan
Mary Payne died at age 83 at the hands of Anthony Spencer. See https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/spen...
Rick Stamps was killed with a gun by Michael Player, who was apparently working through some issues. See Hunting Humans: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, Vol. 2.
Arthur Baird II decided to put a bow on the murder of his pregnant wife by killing his parents as well. Katherine Baird and Arthur Baird I joined their daughter-in-law in the "WTH Just Happened" seating section of the afterlife. See Notorious 92: Indiana's Most Heinous Murders in All 92 Counties.
9/8 is the anniversary of the great day that a woman successfully fought off Bongani Mfeka and turned him in to the South African police. See Byleveld: Dossier of a Serial Sleuth.Nadine Mauriot and Jean Michel Kravechvili were not as lucky. See Byleveld: Dossier of a Serial Sleuth.
Neither was Robert Neal. See the Elton Jackson section of 50 American Serial Killers You've Probably Never Heard Of: Volume 6.
Kurt McFall was murdered and mutilated by parties unknown. The crime scene made no sense at all and controversy rages about it to this day. See Raising Hell: An Encyclopedia of Devil Worship and Satanic Crime.
We lost Margaret Reynolds as well. She was just a kid. See Not The Moors Murders: A Detective's Story of the Biggest Child Killer Hunt in History.
On the other hand, this is the day Carmello De Jesus and Dr. Harry Bailey both killed themselves in totally separate incidents. Both of them had been involved in a number of homicides. See, respectively, https://murderpedia.org/male.D/d/deje... and Deep Sleep: Harry Bailey And The Scandal Of Chelmsford.
9/9 is the anniversary of the day they found Nicole Leger dead. See True Crime Case Histories - (Books 1, 2 & 3): 32 Disturbing True Crime Stories.
This is the day someone found "Chryssie Crystal Creek" dead as well. She had been shot twice in the head. Someone finally decided that the remains were Asian but that's about as far as they've gotten when it comes to identifying her. See To Kill and Kill Again: The Terrifying True Story of Montana's Baby-Faced Serial Sex Murderer.
(this is the reconstruction of her face from when they thought she was of European extraction)
Uwe Rush and Horst Meyer became the latest victims of a man who has yet to be adjudicated. See The Monster of Florence.
Sofia Silva fell prey to Richard Evonitz. See 50 American Serial Killers You've Probably Never Heard Of: Volume 2.
Daphne Papo and Dorah Moleka Mokoena were murdered, probably by David Selepe. See Catch Me a Killer: Serial Murders: A Profiler's True Story.
A Hertha M. was killed by an employee of the hospital where she was being treated. See Serial Killer Nurse.
Sally Snowden McKay and Lee Baker were both killed in what I hope is a very rare circumstance. See https://nypost.com/2020/03/27/paroled...
We lost Lillian Edmeades and Malcolm Johnson to Edwin Sims. See The Sex Killers.
We lost Cynthia Maas as well. See The Country Boy Killer: The True Story of Cody Legebokoff, Canada's Teenage Serial Killer.
Skanda Navaratnam died in a way you wouldn't wish on anyone. See https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/...
9/10 is the anniversary of the death of Victoria Lynn Younker, a victim of the Hemlock Valley Killer. See Cold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder.
(with her sister victims)
Steven Pennell killed Kathleen Meyer. See Torture Killers.
David Maust killed James Raganyi. He later said he felt really horrible about it and wished himself dead. Well that just makes it all better, doesn't it? See Notorious 92: Indiana's Most Heinous Murders in All 92 Counties.
Pieces of a woman washed up on the Thames riverbank. They may have been the remains of Lyddy Hart. Then again, maybe not. It's so much harder to tell when the head is missing. See Faceless: Five Gruesome Unsolved Murders: Most Mysterious and Headless Unsolved Murders of All Time.
On the other hand, this is the day a woman escaped Mark Profit with her life. See 50 American Serial Killers You've Probably Never Heard Of: Volume 6.
9/11 is the anniversary of the time 2,793 Americans died, all on the same day, due to a remarkably well-thought-out series of terrorist attacks. That used to sound like such a huge number, but with nearly 200,000 dead of a new virus since March and over 1,000 people dying daily right now, well, it seems less overwhelming. Or maybe I should say it makes the Coronavirus sound more overwhelming. See The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11.
We lost Jimmy Ryce to a pervert. See Sun Struck: 16 Infamous Murders in the Sunshine State.
(were they deliberately trying to make him look like Adam Walsh in this photo!?)
Cornelia Vaida was found where Romulus Veres had left her. See Romanian Serial Killers: The Punisher.
Fernando Cota did away with the unlucky Gwendolyn Hoffman. See Hunting Humans: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, Vol. 2.
Constance Dickey died untimely. See Cold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder.
In a horrific scenario that beggars description, Ira Einhorn killed Holly Maddux. See The Unicorn's Secret: Murder in the Age of Aquarius.
(she died trying to claw her way out of this trunk)
9/12 is the anniversary of the day Richard Moore escaped alive from Syd Jones. He might not even have known Jones wanted to kill him, but Jones always regretted the missed opportunity. See https://murderpedia.org/male.J/j/jone...
Georgia Flint turned up dead in a national park. No cause of death could be determined, but she's thought to have been a possible victim of Thomas Svekla. See Deadmonton: Crime Stories from Canada's Murder City.
A man identified in the papers only as Gunther G. was killed in his hospital bed. See Serial Killer Nurse.
Thomas Clevenger was found dead at the tender age of 17. The police are pretty sure Herb Baumeister was the responsible party. See You Think You Know Me: The True Story of Herb Baumeister and the Horror at Fox Hollow Farm.
Monica Vilakazi and another woman -- still waiting to be identified -- were found dead. they are thought to be victims of David Selepe. See Catch Me a Killer: Serial Murders: A Profiler's True Story.
Cleaster McNeil, who went by "Precious," was raped and murdered by Eugene Britt. A 13-year-old was slightly luckier that day, escaping with her life and reporting her rape to her mother immediately who rushed her to a hospital. Notorious 92: Indiana's Most Heinous Murders in All 92 Counties.
Michelle Jones and Teri and Charlie Brandt all died together. See Invisible Killer: The Monster Behind the Mask.
Lillian O'Dare vanished on this day in 1978, turning up later as a skeleton in the crawlspace of an abandoned house on the East side of Vancouver. She was identified using DNA testing after nearly 20 years. Her case is now 42 years old, and the trail is stone cold. The RCMP are waiting for your call. See https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...
9/13 is the day N.I. Ilyinski went out to the park with Alexander Pichushkin to share a drink over the grave of Pichushkin's dog. Ilyinski had no idea what he was in for. See Alexander Pichushkin: The Shocking True Story of the Chessboard Killer.22 people were killed and 130 more injured in a train derailment caused by a fellow named Szilveszster Matuschka. Speculation had it that he did it for sexual reasons. See Murder in the 1930s.
(crime scene photo)
Rojello Sirven and Joseph Griffen were both shot in the head. Sirven died instantly but Griffen lasted several days in a hospital. It was the work of Michael Player. See Hunting Humans: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, Vol. 2.
Summer Baldwin died for no reason on this earth that makes sense. See https://www.texastribune.org/2018/03/...
Colleen Walker also died senselessly, maybe at the hands of Jay Hart. See https://www.news.com.au/national/crim...
Angela Adams was drowned by her ex-husband, Eric, as their son watched. See Notorious 92: Indiana's Most Heinous Murders in All 92 Counties.
Bill Suff read in the papers that he -- then known only as a maniac on the loose -- only ever killed white women. He took care of that misconception immediately by driving over to University Avenue and ending the life of Catherine McDonald, making sure they would recognize his signature when they found her humiliated corpse. I just stumbled across the fact that Kamala Harris was one of the attorneys representing the People in the Suff case. See The Riverside Killer.
9/14 is the anniversary of the day Waldo Grant took Philip Mitchell's life. See 50 American Serial Killers You've Probably Never Heard Of: Volume 6.
(I haven't found any photos of the victims, but here's a Polaroid of the killer)
Marshall George Coniff interrupted a robbery in progress and was killed with a bullet. Little did he suspect that it would take decades to clear the case. See Breaking Blue.
Greg Jolley was added to Randy Kraft's scorecard with the notation "MC LAKES," or "LAKES MC," depending on where you read about him. He may have unwittingly put himself in Kraft's sights because he liked to claim he was a Marine and dress as one -- just Randy's type. He was found headless, legless and emasculated. See Angel of Darkness: The True Story of Randy Kraft and the Most Heinous Murder Spree.
Niels Hogel killed Bernard Brinkers. See Serial Killer Nurse.
Eddius Sampson was found where Ronald Dominique had left him. See The Bayou Strangler: Louisiana’s Most Gruesome Serial Killer.
We lost Damaris Huff to Fredrick Evins, a serial killer with an ingrown moustache that you can see in some of the photos of him. See https://www.goupstate.com/article/NC/...
Damaris
(check out that 'stache)
Pasquale Gentilcore and Stefania Pettini were killed for what were probably stupid reasons. See The Monster of Florence.
But the news isn't all bad. Rupinder Oberoi got away alive from the Beltway snipers after someone called him an ambulance. Nobody saw a thing. See Sniper: Inside the Hunt for the Killers Who Terrorized the Nation.
9/15 is the anniversary of a "gruesome twosome" by Niels Hogel; he murdered a Johann L. and a Carl C. See Serial Killer Nurse.We lost Randy Laufer to serial child killer John McRae. See https://www.criminallyintrigued.com/b...
Mary Ann Plett went out to show her last house. See Valley Of Shadows.
Shetisha Sheeley died on approximately this day at the hands of smirking multiple murderer Michael Madison. It's already been 8 years since we lost her. Her poor mom had already lost a son (or was she about to lose him? memory fuzzy) in a shooting. See http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/s...
Tania Zack died for similarly pointless reasons. This time it was the work of Fernando Cota. See Hunting Humans: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, Vol. 2.
We also lost Margaret Stirn to a walking heap of dog crap named Major Morris Jr. See http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct...
Mary Klinsky was taken from everything she loved by Robert Zarinsky; this is the anniversary of the day they found her body. It took a very long time to clear this one up, but they finally did it. See https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Josie Byers was murdered by a Dr. Allen Heeber at what was marketed as a sort of religious retreat called Deuteronomy. Dr. Heeber tried to deny it was Josie in the coffin, but she was quite identifiable to those who knew her. His troubles didn't end there. See 45 Murderers: A Collection of True Crime Stories.
A lynch mob took the lives of Lyle Levi, Clifford Gordon, Henry Schutter Jr., Burt Andrews and William Jenkins on this day in 1879. See Notorious 92: Indiana's Most Heinous Murders in All 92 Counties.
In happier times, this is the anniversary of the day a man named Muhammad Rashid escaped alive after being gutshot by the Beltway Snipers. See 23 Days of Terror : The Compelling True Story of the Hunt and Capture of the Beltway Snipers.
9/16 is the day Kimberly King vanished from human ken. For a while she was considered a possible victim of the Oakland County Child Killer, and in fact her dad was friends with two of the suspects in that case. But all that was knocked sideways when Arthur Ream bragged that he'd killed her and buried her with a number of other missing girls from the area. The fact remains that she has not been found and almost anything could have happened to her. See https://www.candgnews.com/news/she-ne...
Mary, Mark and John Justice Sr. were killed by John Justice Jr. He then went out and crashed his car into one driven by WAYNE Haun, in an apparent suicide attempt. Only Haun died; Justice didn't even break a nail, apparently. See https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/...
Freddy Tello lost his life for dumb teenage reasons, at the hands of 2 dumb teenagers. See https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda...
Anatoly Biryukov spotted a baby carriage outside a place that specialized in infant formula. The carriage was found empty a short distance away, and the baby was found murdered in a house across the street. Biryukov was just getting started. See https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/biry...
An unidentified woman, probably a victim of David Selepe, was found dead. See Catch Me a Killer: Serial Murders: A Profiler's True Story.
Lazaro Comesana, who was working the streets at the time, was hired for sex by Rory Conde. When he realized Lazaro was a man, he killed him in a rage. The rage wouldn't even start to dissipate until he had killed several other women in the same profession. Maybe it hasn't dissipated, come to think of it. See 50 American Serial Killers You've Probably Never Heard Of: Volume 3.
Martin Kipp killed the unlucky Tiffany Frizzell. See https://mylifeofcrime.wordpress.com/2...
Kenneth Richmond killed the unfortunate Carol Jenkins. See Notorious 92: Indiana's Most Heinous Murders in All 92 Counties.
9/17 is the anniversary of the day Christine Vu died at the hands of serial killer Dale Scheanette. See https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s1/sch...
(Christine with Thang Kuu, the fiancé who was suspected of killing her for quite a while before the truth came out)
Hazel Madzikela, Tsidi Matela, Agnes Mbuli, and 3 woman who have not been identified were all found dead on this day. It was the work of Moses Sithole. See Catch Me a Killer: Serial Murders: A Profiler's True Story.
Kenneth Neu killed the unlucky Sheffield Clark. See Ready to Hang: Seven Famous New Orleans Murders.
Town Marshall Perry Haviland, only 73 at the time he died, lost his life using his own service revolver while struggling with a burglar named James Corder. See Notorious 92: Indiana's Most Heinous Murders in All 92 Counties.
Susan Perry was killed by her boyfriend at the time, Tony Costa; little did she suspect the guy was a serial killer. I think she might have chosen someone else if she'd known. See In His Garden: The Anatomy of a Murderer.
(Susan, L, with sister victim)
The Hampton Roads Killer, Elton Jackson, killed the unlucky Garland Taylor Jr. See 50 American Serial Killers You've Probably Never Heard Of: Volume 6.
(the killer)
Christa Lehman killed her husband Karl. She was like that. See Hunting Humans: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, Vol. 2.
This is also the day John Jamelske kidnapped a young woman identified in the papers as "Kristen;" she would be kept naked in his basement for the next 3 years, being raped pretty much every day. See https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki...
In one of life's little ironies, this is the anniversary of the day in 1980 that Des Nilsen saved the life of Malcolm Barlow. See Killing for Company: The Case of Dennis Nilsen.
9/18 is the day we lost Gill Jamieson to the depredations of Myles Fukunaga. Therein hangs a tale, and you can read about it in True Crime Case Histories - (Books 1, 2 & 3): 32 Disturbing True Crime Stories. For more detail, check out Poor Innocent Lad: The Tragic Death of Gill Jamieson and the Execution of Myles Fukunaga.
We lost Rose Mogotsi to Moses Sithole on this day in 1994. A year to the day later, searchers found 10 of his victims where he had left them. See Catch Me a Killer: Serial Murders: A Profiler's True Story.
Sally Versoi and Diane Flynn escaped Harvey Carignan with their lives, on exactly the same day someone found the body of Eileen Hunley, one of his other victims. See The Want-Ad Killer.
Bonnie Barrett fell victim to the same Saucy Jack admirer who had done away with Xiao Mei Guo. The police know this because they found traces of both women's blood on the waterproof tarp he kept in his place after dismembering them. No other trace of either woman has been found. See https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/o...
George Smith lost his life in 1946 to Michael Angelo Vescio. See Cold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder.
This is the day police arrested Gordon and Louise Northcott for their crimes. See Nothing Is Strange with You: The Life and Crimes of Gordon Stewart Northcott.
This is the day Harvey Glatman died in the gas chamber at San Quentin. It would have been more fitting if they'd hanged him. See Rope: The Twisted Life and Crimes of Harvey Glatman.
9/19 is the anniversary is the murder of Julie Fortier by Danny Woof. See Cold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder.It's the approximate day in 1981 that Des Nilsen reconsidered and killed Malcolm Barlow after all. See Killing for Company: The Case of Dennis Nilsen.
Jane Toppan did away with the unlucky Lovely Dunham. See Fatal: The Poisonous Life of a Female Serial Killer.
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Anatoly Biryukov kidnapped, raped and murdered a 3-month-old girl. See https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/biry...
Reverend Roland Philips was gunned down during the closing hymn during a Sunday service at his church. See Notorious 92: Indiana's Most Heinous Murders in All 92 Counties.
We lost Herbert Kavale to Ibrahim Allam. See Hunting Humans: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers: Volume 1.
Izaac Middleton was killed by we know not who, which is odd because there were over a dozen eyewitnesses. Izaac is another example of why you should never go anywhere near a place in Edmonton, Alberta that serves alcoholic beverages. He was set upon by a dozen or so other guys, one of whom stabbed him in the chest. See Deadmonton: Crime Stories from Canada's Murder City.
Link to a photo of Izzac: https://www.edmontonpolice.ca/CrimeFi...
Dr. Charles Glatt, a desegregation specialist, was murdered by Neal Long, who had a problem with race mixing. See Hunting Humans: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers: Volume 1.
9/20 is the anniversary of the beating death of Margery Wren, an old lady who owned a candy shop. She was found alive but with head injuries that soon proved fatal. She was able to tell the police who did it to her, but she absolutely refused to do so until it was too late. See Murder Most Mysterious.
(why, Margery, why?)
David and Linda Hamilton lost their lives to a serial killer named Edward Surratt. See Rise of the Black Serial Killer: Documenting a Startling Trend, but I can't kid you -- the book is pretty racist.
(Surratt)
Hans Van Zon killed Claude Berkeley. See Hunting Humans: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers: Volume 1.
John Crawford killed the unlucky Eva Taysup. See Just Another Indian: A Serial Killer and Canada's Indifference.
Michael Player murdered Michael Singer. See, again, Hunting Humans: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers: Volume 1.
This is the day Carol Lynn Sullivan was found where Charlie Brandt had left her. See Invisible Killer: The Monster Behind the Mask.
This is the day Cindy Zarzycki was raped and murdered by Arthur Ream. See http://www.nbcnews.com/id/30229824/ns...
Merton Goodrich killed the unlucky Lillian Gallaher. This Detroit crime was so infamous that decades later, the police chief still had the killer's photo in a frame over the entryway to the station house. See http://kidnappingmurderandmayhem.blog...
9/21 is the Day of Sweet Relief, when Coral Eugene Watts and Angelo Buono died in prison and Larry Brewer and Troy Davis were executed for their crimes. See, respectively, Evil Eyes,Two of a Kind: The Hillside Stranglers, Long Dark Road: Bill King and Murder in Jasper, Texas, and I Am Troy Davis.
Coral
Angelo
Larry
Troy, who went to the death chamber proclaiming his innocence
Rosie Pender was found on the sidewalk dead of stab wounds. It was no great feat of detection to find her killer; the man she wanted to split up with, Charles Ellmore, told everyone and his hamster that he'd done it and why. See The Old Bailey: Eight Centuries of Crime, Cruelty and Corruption.
We lost Tamara Lynn Chipman on this day, along the Highway of Tears. When last seen she had just shaved her head and was probably wearing a wig. See Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Melodie Riegel was found strangled to death. She may -- or may not -- be a victim of Thomas Svekla. Edmonton police are waiting for your call. See Deadmonton: Crime Stories from Canada's Murder City.
Claudine Lee Parker died on the Beltway in what seemed at the time to be a random, unmotivated shooting. See 23 Days of Terror : The Compelling True Story of the Hunt and Capture of the Beltway Snipers.
Andre Crawford killed the unlucky, and blameless, Patricia Dunn. See Rise of the Black Serial Killer: Documenting a Startling Trend.
A nameless woman was found dead in Maryland on this day in 1987, the victim of what looked like a serial killer. The killer, too, still has no name. See under "Maryland" in Hunting Humans: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, Vol. 2.
This is also the day Tim and Lisa Holland were granted their foster-care license. DHHS did not know it -- heck, neither did Tim or Lisa -- but this effectively signed the death warrant of a little boy they would soon be adopting. See https://www.freep.com/story/news/loca...
9/22 is the day they found Arleen Salcedo dead. It was the work of Adrian, Michigan's least-favorite son, Tony Walker. See https://www.lenconnect.com/article/20...Michelle Gordon was found dead at the hands of Steven Pennell. See Torture Killers.
We lost Glenn Dunn to a psychotic killer. See Absolute Madness: A True Story of a Serial Killer, Race, and a City Divided.
Father Lazer Sheldija died very violently indeed. See Torture Killers II.
This is the day in 1988 that Billy Ray Bowers disappeared, and the day in 1989 that he was found dead. See Cries in the Desert.
John McDonald was poisoned by his loving wife, Jane. See Hunting Humans: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, Vol. 2.
According to In the Line of Duty: The Story of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, Jay Brunkella was beaten so severely on this day that he would die in a hospital on October 4th. But all the online sources say he was shot, so you tell me.
Halley Richardson was raped, but he did at least escape Michael Angelo Vescia alive. See Cold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder.
And once again Jerry Ford found himself being bundled into a waiting car to get him away from a female assassin. This time it was Sarah Jane Moore. See Taking Aim at the President: The Remarkable Story of the Woman Who Shot at Gerald Ford.
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I bet it was the hamster that turned him in. They are known to squeal.
9/23 is the anniversary of the day a Marianne P. was killed in her bed by a member of her healthcare team. See Serial Killer Nurse.This is the anniversary of the day Edna Bernard was found dead. Once again, maybe it was serial killer Thomas Svekla; maybe not, though. See Deadmonton: Crime Stories from Canada's Murder City.
Joe Christopher was still out gunning for black men on this day, and this time he found Emmanuel Thomas. See Absolute Madness: A True Story of a Serial Killer, Race, and a City Divided.
Michael Player did away with David Towns. See Hunting Humans: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, Vol. 2.
Michelle Angiers lost her life to the depredations of William Christensen. See http://coolopolis.blogspot.com/2012_0...
Hong Im Ballenger was shot and killed by the beltway Snipers, but curiously, this happened all the way over in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, nowhere near the Beltway. See In Pursuit: The Hunt for the Beltway Snipers.
Helen Hallmark was reported missing on this day in 1998, more than a year after she had last been seen by anyone who knew her (June 15th, 1997). Her DNA turned up at the Pickton farm and he was charged with killing her. RIP Helen. See On the Farm.
Jimmy Rode, aka Cesar Barone, killed the unlucky Elizabeth Wasson. You may be sure it was an ugly, brutal death. See Dead of Night: The True Story of a Serial Killer.
This was also the day in 1974 that Ann Dawson decided it would be a good idea to travel with Paul John Knowles, the same decision Sandy Fawkes would make a short time later. See Sandy's book on the experience, Killing Time.
Lady ♥ Belleza wrote: "I bet it was the hamster that turned him in. They are known to squeal."Wait, turned who in again?
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Rosie Pender was found on the sidewalk dead of stab wounds. It was no great feat of detection to find her killer; the man she wanted to split up with, Ellmore, told everyone and his hamster that he'd done it and why.
Sorry, another tragic case of Covid-brain Bel!9/24 is the anniversary of the day we lost Cassie Riley, maybe to Marvin Mutch, but maybe to "Froggie" Daveggio. See Hunting Evil.
Joe Christopher killed Joseph McCoy. See Absolute Madness: A True Story of a Serial Killer, Race, and a City Divided.
Sarah Grogan chased off Lyndon Pace. He had undoubtedly been planning to kill her. See 50 American Serial Killers You've Probably Never Heard Of: Volume 5.
It's now been a full year since 8-year-old Conner Snyder killed Brinley, his 4-year-old sister, and then killed himself, at least according to the papers when it happened. The story appears to have shifted considerably since then. See https://www.crimeonline.com/2019/10/1...
We also lost Kathryn-Mary Herbert along the Highway of Tears. See https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/...
Larry Ralston kidnapped and raped 3 women, but at least they got away alive. See https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/rals...
Paul Bronschewski died at the hands of Fritz Haarmann on this day in 1923; Richard Graf is thought to have died the same way right around this same time. See Monsters of Weimar: The Stories of Fritz Haarmann and Peter Kurten.
This is also the day Joe Ball killed himself to avoid being arrested for killing a string of wives and girlfriends. See https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/ball...
9/25 is the day Bill Suff killed his 2-month-old daughter, Dijanet. See Cat and Mouse: Mind Games with a Serial Killer.Alberta Williams was found dead. See https://chronicle.durhamcollege.ca/20...
This is also the anniversary of the George Banks massacre, which included victims ranging from his own children to random bystanders: https://www.timesleader.com/news/loca...
George in custody
This is the day in 1918 that Fritz Haarmann was caught red-handed having sex with an underage boy in his apartment. If the police had taken the trouble to do a good search of the crime scene, they would have found the head of Friedel Rothe, a missed opportunity that could have saved many, many other lives. See Der Werwolf von Hannover: Fritz Haarmann.
Kelly Goforth was found dead at the hands of Regina's first serial killer, Clayton Eichler. See Cold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder.
Robert Eveans followed his sister. See the Tammy Eveans section of 50 American Serial Killers You've Probably Never Heard Of: Volume 6.
Mary Addison died pretty horribly. As far as I know you can only read about this case in Torture Killers.
V.M. Minayev died at the hands of Alexander Pichushkin. See Born to Kill in the USSR.
Mlengwa Zikode did away with the unlucky Fikelini Memela. See Byleveld: Dossier of a Serial Sleuth.
Bob Buell was executed for crimes he denied all the way into the death chamber. See https://www.cleveland19.com/story/947...
9/26 is the anniversary of the day good old Niels Hoegel killed a patient of his named Enno P. See Serial Killer Nurse.We also lost Louise Poupart-Leblanc to a serial killer. William Fyfe confessed to killing her after he was arrested for other crimes. See http://theresaallore.com/2017/06/02/t...
(Louise is in the center of this lineup)
Hattie Dillon died on this day in 1911. One suspect in the case is her husband George. See Notorious 92: Indiana's Most Heinous Murders in All 92 Counties.
Diane Edwards vanished. It came out only much later that the killer was Joseph Ture. See 50 American Serial Killers You've Probably Never Heard Of: Volume 6.
Michelle Foster Butler was found lying in the street, stabbed to death. One possible suspect is Joshua Wade, but at this point, as far as the police are concerned, it could have been anybody who was in Anchorage, Alaska that day. See https://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2015...
Hugh Morse killed Blanche Boggs. See https://www.spokesman.com/stories/200...
Joseph Shanklin died very young. See http://unknownmisandry.blogspot.com/2...
Fernando Cota killed Lori Miller. See Hunting Humans: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, Vol. 2.
In one of the queasiest mixed-feeling anniversaries possible, this is the day Keison Sinthasomphone escaped Jeff Dahmer alive. This did not, apparently, lead to any greater safety for the other members of his family. See The Man Who Could Not Kill Enough.
9/27 is the anniversary of the day Edward Surratt killed Frank Ziegler. See Rise of the Black Serial Killer: Documenting a Startling Trend.This is the day Selina Jones washed up dead on the bank of the river Thames. The police had been looking for her ever since the baby's mother had returned to pay her caregiver, Ada Williams, in full for the service of finding her a new home and found them both gone. See https://murderpedia.org/female.W/w/wi...
Kristen Brydum, who happened to be visiting New Orleans, was robbed and murdered by a serial killer nobody knew about yet. See https://www.nola.com/news/crime_polic...
Bobbi Anderson lost her life for no good reason. See https://mylifeofcrime.wordpress.com/2...
Larry Eyler did terrible things to Eric Hansen on this day in 1983. He would be found -- I should say some of him would be found -- on Oct. 4th. See Freed to Kill: The True Story of Larry Eyler.
Jennifer Asbenson was somewhat luckier, getting away alive from Andrew Urdiales by the narrowest of margins. She was so traumatized that she spent the next several months in a psych hospital. See her tell the whole story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBu8Q...
Mike Boniface died at the hands of his prospective son-in-law, who went by Billie Boy but whose name has come down to us in history, as you can see in this book title, as Willie Boy: A Desert Manhunt.
Bernadette Ahenakew died at the hands of a person or persons unknown. See Deadmonton: Crime Stories from Canada's Murder City.
Theresa Andrews was killed and her unborn baby stolen by a woman named Michelle Bica. Where do all these bizarre people come from? See True Crime Case Histories - (Books 1, 2 & 3): 32 Disturbing True Crime Stories.
9/28 is the anniversary of the untimely death of Elizabeth Perryman. See Death Roads: The Story of the Donut Shop Murders.Niels Hoegel, still seeking a cheap thrill, killed Heinfried B. on this day in 2003. It was the anniversary of the day in 2001 that he'd killed Adolf H. See Serial Killer Nurse.
Marci Bachman, known in Missoula, Montana only as "Robin" and then later as "Debbie Deer Creek," vanished on this day at the hands of her live-in boyfriend, WAYNE Nance, who resented her desire to leave him and move on with her life. See To Kill and Kill Again: The Terrifying True Story of Montana's Baby-Faced Serial Sex Murderer.
Marci and WAYNE
Barbara Rawlinson died untimely. See The Sex Killers.
So did Loretta Jean Davis. See https://www.times-gazette.com/news/20...
Marcia and Elizabeth Honsch were killed under circumstances that took 20 years to clear up. See His Garden: Conversations With A Serial Killer.
(L to R, the killer, Elizabeth and Marcia, who were mother and daughter; they died in 1995 but who were not reported missing until 2014)
Alexander Pichushkin did away with the unlucky Yuri Kusnetsov. See Alexander Pichushkin: The Shocking True Story of the Chessboard Killer.
Red and Dee Dee Pederson were struck down by a couple of dumb kids motivated by their starry-eyed white-supremacist dreams. See Holly Ann Grigsby & Other Killers: An anthology of True Crime.
Police rescued a 16-year-old from a terrible fate at the hands of Michael Ross on this day in 1981. See The Man in the Monster: An Intimate Portrait of a Serial Killer.
9/29 is the sorry anniversary of the unsolved Tylenol Murders. Incredibly, it's already been 38 years. See TYLENOL MAN: A 30-Year Quest to Close the Tylenol Murders Case.
Wuane Wilken was murdered by her father Stewart because he thought she was being sexually assaulted and he wanted to protect her. To go on protecting her, he slept with her remains for weeks. That guy had serious, serious issues. Poor Wuane! See Serial Killers : Stewart Wilken.
Donna Serra -- a 17-year-old from my old stomping ground, St. Clair Shores, Michigan -- was murdered in a case that remains unsolved. See https://divaboi69.livejournal.com/802...
Cody Myers, whose name sounded kind of Jewish to Holly Grigsby and her boyfriend Joey Pedersen, became their next victim. It's already been 9 years since he died, for no other reason than racist stupidity. See Holly Ann Grigsby & Other Killers: An anthology of True Crime.
Mary Vincent survived an attack by Larry Singleton, by an incredibly narrow margin. If she hadn't landed facedown in the mud with the stumps of her arms underneath her -- he had chopped her hands off with a hatchet to prevent identification of what he assumed would be her dead body -- she would be dead now. See The Mad Chopper: How the Justice System Let a Mutilator Free, This Time to Kill.
Mark Smith killed Gabriele Rader. See Legally Sane.
Jonathan Claasen was found where Norman Simons had left him, hurriedly buried facedown, with his pants lowered and his hands tied. See Catch Me a Killer: Serial Murders: A Profiler's True Story.
And happy birthday, Fred West! See An Evil Love: The Life of Frederick West.
9/30 is always a huge day for crime anniversaries. As in, huge:Katherine and Joseph Weinman became the latest victims of Edward Surratt. See Rise of the Black Serial Killer: Documenting a Startling Trend.
Filllippo Tenerelli died. Depending on who you ask, he may be a victim of the Manson Family. Or not. See https://www.oxygen.com/manson-the-wom...
Isoleta Boniface, Mike's daughter, died. The guys in the posse hunting the man she was travelling with, Billie Boy, say he killed her, which really makes no sense. He had already gone to a great deal of trouble to make her his wife and that hadn't happened yet. See Willie Boy: A Desert Manhunt, which suggests that the posse trying to rescue her from his clutches killed her by accident. It's definitely possible, am I right? But all the people who might be able to tell you for sure are dead, deader, deadest.
Richard Crosby was added to Randy Kraft's scorecard with the notation "TORRANCE." See Angel of Darkness: The True Story of Randy Kraft and the Most Heinous Murder Spree.
Hayna De Kaplany died after a month-long struggle to survive in a hospital. Her husband of 5 weeks had slashed her face, breasts and crotch with a knife and poured acid into the wounds so nobody else would ever want her. He was already convinced she was cheating on him. See The Acid Test: The Trial of Dr. De Kaplany.
Jill Troia died under what may have been even crueler circumstances at the hands of David Parker Ray. See Cries in the Desert.
Teresa Sunder was found dead at the hands of Fernando Cota. See Hunting Humans: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, Vol. 2.
Virginia Cacioppo was killed for use in the manufacture of soap and teacakes. See https://dirkdeklein.net/2016/08/23/le...
Frank Kasper and Kitty Werner went to the wrong Lover's Lane to be alone. Clarence Hill found them and killed them. See 50 American Serial Killers You've Probably Never Heard Of: Volume 3.
This is the anniversary of the "double event," maybe the first gruesome twosome by a serial killer ever to make the headlines. Of course I, personally, doubt that Elizabeth Stride was a Ripper victim, but that could just be me. See They All Love Jack: Busting the Ripper.
(Kate Eddowes was definitely a Ripper victim)
(maybe, Liz, possibly)
Michael Player killed Christopher Boyle and Leon Gaines. See Hunting Humans: The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers, Vol. 2.
This is not even half the crime anniversaries I have written down for this day. But it seems pretty fitting that this is Truman Capote's birthday. He invented the nonfiction novel -- an entirely new invention -- using what has become a very famous crime. See In Cold Blood.
If he hadn't drunk himself to death in 1984 he would have been 96 today.
10/1 is the anniversary of the day Sonny Russell successfully fought off Allen Legere. Good on him! See Cold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder.Similarly, a Goleta couple managed to fight off the Original Night Stalker, now known to be J.J. DeAngelo. See I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer.
A woman escaped Warren Forrest with her life. She was luckier than some others I can think of. See https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news...
But the news isn't all good today.
A John Doe victim of Norman Simons was found. See https://truecrimesouthafrica.com/blog...
Tim Ordzyk and James Dieter were killed. It was originally thought to be an accident, but...See Deadmonton: Crime Stories from Canada's Murder City.
We lost Mary Castro to the depredations of John Pastano. See Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery.
Sandra Horwath vanished while her children were sleeping. They woke up in Ann Arbor, Michigan to find her gone. She never showed up to work that day at University Hospital, either. Gary Taylor is a possible suspect, but until someone finds her...? See https://www.websleuths.com/forums/thr...
This is the approximate day in 1969 that Pee Wee Gaskins killed a girl he knew only as Daisy, and more or less the day in 1973 that he killed Jackie Freeman. Jackie is the one who always stays in my mind after reading about her in Final Truth: The Autobiography of Mass Murderer/Serial Killer Donald "Pee Wee" Gaskins. I can't imagine what it's like to watch a guy cook and eat some of you while you're still alive.
(Pee Wee taking law enforcement on the grand tour)
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Deadmonton: Crime Stories from Canada's Murder City (other topics)
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Dr. Cream did away with Mary Ann Faulkner. See I am Jack The...: A Biography of One Scotland's Most Notorious Killers - Thomas Neill Cream.
Mark Hatcher and his cousin Mary Booher lost their lives to the inappropriately-named Fernando Eros Caro Jr. Two other intended victims, Jack Lucchesi and Rick Donner, escaped with their lives. See https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/01/3...
Joe Beeson was murdered in prison, which seems fair. See Raising Hell: An Encyclopedia of Devil Worship and Satanic Crime.
Christopher Williams was added to Randy Kraft's list of murders with the notation "HOLLYWOOD BUS." See Angel of Darkness: The True Story of Randy Kraft and the Most Heinous Murder Spree.
This is the day a hunter found the remains of Diane Cuzsak, Joyvaline Martinez, and Mary Jane Menard where Devin Howell had left them. See His Garden: Conversations With A Serial Killer.
(L to R, Diane, Joy, Mary Jane)
Lisa Slusser, aged 12, was killed more or less on this day in 1977. Not one, but two homeless drifters confessed to killing her. Henry Lee Lucas's confession sort of crapped out, but Gary Kerpan's included details of the crime scene that only the killer would have known. See http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct...