In September of 1969, as the leaves began their spectacular fall transformation in central Vermont, the beauty of the landscape would be marred by the gruesome double murder of a vacationing couple. James and Iola Hipp were retired and had planned a months-long trek from their home in Lutz, Florida up the coast into New … More James and Iola Hipp

Forty-eight-year-old Dorothy H. Miller worked for Bolick Realty in Burlington, Iowa, the only female realtor in town. On August 15th of 1969, Dorothy Miller received a phone call from a man calling himself Robert Clark and requesting a tour of an available property on Grand Street later that night. Dorothy, wary of showing houses to … More Dorothy Miller

In the summer of 1969, a hard-working North Carolina grandmother would be mercilessly stabbed to death in her home, for reasons which are still a complete enigma. Fifty-five-year-old Elizabeth Hilts Grant was a widow who had lived alone in a house on Robinhood Road in Winston-Salem since the death of her husband in 1953. The … More Elizabeth Hilts Grant

On Wednesday, July 9th, 1969, the Veach family—parents Bill and Etta, and children Billy and Patricia—were spending a quiet, normal evening at their home in Des Moines, Iowa. The kids went to bed at their usual times, but Bill and Etta stayed up until around two a.m., and nothing at all seemed amiss. The next … More Patricia Ann Veach

In the summer of 1969, a young teacher would mysteriously vanish, and although her remains would not be discovered for nearly thirty years, her suspected killer had possible links to at least one other case already mentioned on this site. Twenty-nine-year-old Luella Blakeslee, an avid world traveler and an alumnus of both the University of … More Luella Blakeslee

It was Wednesday, April 2nd, 1969. Seventy-six-year-old Annie Walker had been at her bank in the village of Coalville that day, withdrawing the sum of one-thousand pounds. As she headed back toward her home in nearby Heather, Leicestershire, England, it seems that someone was following her. The next day, the body of Annie Walker was … More Annie Walker

Thirty-six-year-old Massie Pittman owned the Blue Note Tavern in Davenport, Iowa, and lived alone in an apartment next door to the establishment. Massie was a widow; her husband Hubert Pittman had been murdered in 1962, only a month after their wedding. Sadly, the same fate was soon to befall the surviving member of the doomed … More Massie Pittman

Fifty-year-old widow Ada Bean had previously worked as a research secretary at Harvard, though in 1969 she was employed at the Associated Business Machine Company. She lived alone in a Harvard-owned apartment on Linnaean Street. On Wednesday, February 5th, 1969, Ada’s employer became concerned when she didn’t show up for work, and his concern only … More Ada Bean

In the early weeks of 1969, in the eastern United States, eleven-year-old Debra Horn was walking to a school bus stop in Allenstown, New Hampshire with her brother on the morning of January 29th. As she trudged along, she suddenly slipped and fell on the ice. Complaining that she had injured her neck in the … More Debra Horn

In June of 1968, the wealthy Robison family was heading for their beautiful cabin in the Blisswood Resort on the shores of Lake Michigan to begin their long summer vacation. It is not known on what exact date the family arrived at their cottage near Good Hart; all that is known for certain is that … More The Robison Family: The Good Hart Murders