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
The Carteron family lived a simple, impoverished life on their small farm called Ajoncs-Barrats, located a little over three hundred feet from the nearest neighbor’s house in a remote area near Bommiers in Indre département, central France. The head of the household, Kléber Carteron, was a peasant farmer who supplemented his meager income with occasional … More The Carteron Family Murders
Seven-year-old Maria Ridulph was born in Sycamore, a small town in northern Illinois known for its peaceful, rural charm. The youngest of four children, she lived with her parents, Michael and Frances Ivy Ridulph, on Archie Place. Michael worked at a local factory, while Frances was a homemaker. Maria was described as a bright, honor-roll … More Maria Ridulph
The Münsterland Murders (known in German as the Münsterlandmorde or Anhalterinnenmorde, meaning “hitchhiker murders”) represent one of West Germany’s most chilling unsolved serial killing cases from the early 1970s. Between 1971 and 1974, at least four young women were abducted, strangled, and left in remote rural areas in the Münsterland region (primarily North Rhine-Westphalia) and … More The Münsterland Murders
Crime Immemorial 