Maxwell Thomas Berty Confait, born in 1945 in the Seychelles, was a twenty-six-year-old mixed-race man who lived in a bedsit at 27 Doggett Road in Catford, South East London. Known locally as “Michelle” or sometimes “Handbag,” he was a cross-dresser who worked as a male prostitute and was part of the local gay scene. He … More Maxwell “Michelle” Confait
Seventy-six-year-old widow and mother Betty Jagodzinski had overcome cancer and raised five children. By 2001, she lived alone at 332 Bronson Avenue in North Toledo, a modest home in a working-class neighborhood. She worked a morning shift at a local McDonald’s, a job she held even in her later years, reflecting her active and independent … More Betty Jagodzinski
In the early morning hours of July 23rd, 2001, twenty-year-old Wajid Coleman walked out of his home at 1302 29th Street East in Palmetto, Florida, a small city in Manatee County. He was never seen alive again. One week later, on July 30th, 2001, his body was discovered in a wooded area in the 600 … More Wajid Coleman
Between February 1976 and March 1977, a predator stalked the affluent suburbs north of Detroit, abducting four children—two boys and two girls, all between the ages of ten and twelve—along or near the Woodward Corridor in Oakland County, Michigan. The victims were held captive for days or even weeks, fed, bathed, and cared for before … More The Oakland County Child Killer
Nineteen-year-old Gloria Nadine Knutson was a senior at Hudson’s Bay High School in Vancouver, Washington. Described by those who knew her as outgoing and independent, Gloria had plans for the future, but like many young people in the 1970s, she enjoyed the social scene of her hometown. Vancouver, a growing city near the Columbia River, … More Gloria Nadine Knutson
Alma Tirtschke was a bright and dutiful young girl from Melbourne, Australia. Born in 1909, she was the daughter of a local family and attended Hawthorne West Central School. On the afternoon of December 30th, 1921, the twelve-year-old Alma was sent by her grandmother to collect a parcel of meat from a butcher in Swanston … More Alma Tirtschke: The Gun Alley Murder
Eugene Hamilton Grace was born on August 6th, 1883, in Macon, Georgia. He grew up in Newnan, Coweta County, and built a successful career as a contractor, amassing considerable wealth. In late 1911, Grace married Daisy Ulrich Opie, a woman who would soon become the center of scandal. The couple had been wed for only … More Eugene H. Grace
Kelly Lynn Albright was born on May 17th, 1958, in Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas. A bright and beloved twelve-year-old girl described by childhood friends as having “a beautiful smile” and a promising future, she lived with her mother, Roberta LeShure, and stepfather, Richard LeShure, in a home on East 10th Street in Hutchinson. On the … More Kelly Lynn Albright
Born on December 23rd, 1874, in Sangerville, Maine, to a prosperous lawyer father and his wife, Harry Oakes was one of five children. He attended Foxcroft Academy, briefly studied at Bowdoin College, and spent two years at Syracuse University Medical School before abandoning academia in 1898 to chase fortune in the Klondike Gold Rush. For … More Sir Harry Oakes
On the afternoon of March 22nd, 1944, eleven-year-old Betty June Binnicker and eight-year-old Mary Emma Thames set out on their bicycles from their homes in Alcolu, South Carolina, a lumber town divided by railroad tracks separating Black and white residents. The girls were looking for maypops, a type of wild passionflower common in the area. … More Betty June Binnicker and Mary Emma Thames
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