February 12, 1993, James Bulger, age 2, was with his mother in Bootle, Merseyside England at the New Strand Shopping Centre. While inside the A. R. Tym’s butcher’s shop on the lower floor of the shopping center, his mother became distracted. She took her eyes off him for just a moment, and he was gone. His dead body was found two days later on a railway line, 2.5 miles away in Walton, Liverpool.
Continue reading “James Bulger, A 2 Year Old Tortured”Who Was the Lipstick Killer
On September 5, 1946, William George Heirens was sentenced to 3 consecutive life sentences for the murders of 43 year old Josephine Ross, 32 year old Frances Brown, and 6 year old Suzanne Degnan. He will forever be known as the Lipstick Killer. But did he really do it?
Continue reading “Who Was the Lipstick Killer”Tamara Samsonova is the Granny Ripper
July 26, 2015, dogs sniffed out the remains of 79 year old Valentina Ulanova at an apartment building in the suburbs of St. Petersburg, Russia. Her body had been decapitated and spread out across seven different garbage bags. CCTV and blood trails on the floor of the apartment building led police to the door of 68 year old Tamara Samsonova, who had been working as a caregiver for Mrs. Ulanova.
Continue reading “Tamara Samsonova is the Granny Ripper”Christmas Eve Wholaver Murders
On Christmas Eve, 2002, in Middletown Pennsylvania, Scott Wholaver, 28, drove his brother, Ernest Wholaver Jr., 42, to the home of his estranged wife and his 2 children. Ernest broke into the home and crept into the bedroom of Jean Wholaver, 43, and pulled out his .22 calibre pistol. He shot her in the head.
Continue reading “Christmas Eve Wholaver Murders”Charles Lawson: Christmas Family Murder
Christmas, 1929, Charles Lawson murdered his wife and six of his seven children.
Charles Davis Lawson married Fannie Manring in 1911. The couple proceeded to have eight children. Their third child, William, was born in 1914, and died in 1920.
Charles moved his family to Germanton, North Carolina in 1918, when his younger two brothers moved there. They worked as tenant tobacco farmers and saved their money to purchase their own farm in 1927.
Continue reading “Charles Lawson: Christmas Family Murder”Jeffrey Dahmer, the Milwaukee Cannibal
Jeffrey Dahmer was convicted of raping, killing and dismembering 17 boys between 1978 and 1991. Many of his murders included necrophilia, cannibalism, and the permanent preservation of body parts.
But why did he do it?
Continue reading “Jeffrey Dahmer, the Milwaukee Cannibal”Entire Family Slain: Ronald Simmons
On the morning of December 22, 1987, Ronald Simmons snapped. At the age of 47, he went through the house, killing each family member. With Christmas right around the corner, he waited and killed the rest of the family as they arrived.
Continue reading “Entire Family Slain: Ronald Simmons”Katherine Knight: Daddy’s For Dinner
It’s 1995, and you’ve met an amazing woman. You know she has a violent temper, but when the two of you are together, things feel magical. You ask her to move in with you, and she agrees. What’s better, is that she gets along wonderfully with your two sons. She asks you to marry her, but you refuse. Not because you don’t love her, but because you’ve been married before, and so has she. It’s never worked out, so why put that sort of pressure on things. You tell her you still love her, but it’s not enough.
Continue reading “Katherine Knight: Daddy’s For Dinner”Fan Man-yee and the Hello Kitty Murder
Fan Man-yee (樊敏儀) was finally living a clean life. At 23, she was married, had a son, and had cleaned up her act, having worked as a prostitute and been a drug addict in the past. Unfortunately, past mistakes could still haunt you, even if you had changed. And though you yourself may have had no affinity for Hello Kitty, that’s what you would become known for. The Hello Kitty Murder.
Continue reading “Fan Man-yee and the Hello Kitty Murder”Ivan Milat: The Backpacker Murders
It’s 1989, and you’re on vacation in New South Wales, Australia. You and your boyfriend set off to go backpacking. You leave and hitch a ride, something you’ve done many times before. But this time is different. He doesn’t just take you to the next town like the others have done. No, he keeps driving, back to his home. There, he managed to tie you and your boyfriend up, rape you, and then stabs your boyfriend multiple times, severing his spinal cord and paralyzing him. Once you’re dead, he buries your bodies in the Belanglo State Forest. At least now, you can rest in peace, right? Wrong, he comes back to visit regularly, smoking his cigarettes and leaving the butts beside your shallow grave. He is Ivan Milat, the backpacker killer.
Continue reading “Ivan Milat: The Backpacker Murders”