In the summer of 1965, within the seemingly all-American confines of Nashville, Tennessee, a disturbing homicide would occur that would be something of a bellwether of a grisly string of crimes that would plague one area of the city up until late 1969. Though it remains possible that the chilling murders of three local girls, … More The Nashville Murders

In the very early spring of 1966, a terrifyingly random murder of a little girl on a New Jersey street in the middle of a sunny afternoon would mark the beginning of a formerly safe town’s tragic downward spiral. It was about four p.m. on March 8th, and seven-year-old Wendy Sue Wolin was standing on … More Wendy Wolin

Louis Allen was a native of Liberty, Mississippi, where he had lived all his life, save for a stint in the Army during World War II. He had worked as a farmhand and a logger, and was eventually able to save enough money to purchase his own land, from which he ran a small logging … More Louis Allen

Mary Margaret Andrews, known as Peggy to her friends and family, was nineteen years old. Originally from a small town in Ohio called Winterville, she had moved to the capital city of Columbus after graduating high school in order to attend Columbus Business University. By the time 1962 rolled around, she had taken a full-time … More Mary Margaret Andrews

Fifty-seven-year-old Wilhelmina Kruger had worked as a cleaning woman at the Piccadilly Arcade in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia for about three years. On the morning of January 29th, 1966, Wilhelmina began her shift at around two a.m., as she usually did. Two hours later, she was spotted by a group of people who were … More Wilhelmina Kruger and Anna Dowlingkoa

Ramona Jean Cox was originally a farm girl from Moravia, Iowa, but she had moved to the capital city of Des Moines in 1956, the same year she graduated high school. She had easily secured secretarial work in the big city, and by all accounts was a well-liked, socially popular young woman who had many … More Ramona Jean Cox

Sixty-two-year-old Clarence Raymond Case, called Ray by friends and family, was a veteran of World War I, and had worked as a welder for many years before retiring to go into business for himself. Along with his wife Edith, he opened a tavern in Davenport, Iowa called Ray and Edith’s Travel Inn, at which the … More Clarence Raymond Case

On August 29th of 1960, a little girl in Oregon would disappear from a bean field, though her fate would not be discovered until weeks later. Seven-year-old Alice Louise Lee was playing in a field of green beans on that summer morning in late August. The field was part of Swan’s bean yard, north of … More Alice Louise Lee

Before 1965 came to a close, a businessman would disappear without trace on a freezing cold night in Iowa, and his case would bleed over into the following year. Fifty-two-year-old Donald Amos Nervig was the co-owner of a speedometer and electrical services company in Des Moines. On Tuesday, December 14th, he reportedly told a coworker … More Donald Nervig