It was around Christmastime of 1978 in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. Seventeen-year-old Walter Taylor had been for a night out to celebrate and was presumably walking home across the Jubilee Playing Fields in Ashby, a nearby suburb. At some point during his journey, however, he was attacked by an unknown assailant. Walter was found dead sometime … More Walter Taylor

Seventy-two-year-old Leslie Guntrip was retired and lived alone at the isolated Bradford Mill Farm near Winsford, Cheshire, England. On the morning of February 15th, 1978, a bread delivery man discovered Leslie’s lifeless body slumped in a chair in front of the TV in his living room. The chair and floor around him were covered in … More Leslie Guntrip

Fifty-two-year-old welfare worker Beryl Culverwell lived with her husband Anthony in a house called Woodholme in the Widcombe Hill area of Bath, England. At around six p.m. on the evening of January 13th, 1978, Anthony came home from work as usual. At first, nothing seemed amiss; Beryl’s Renault was parked where it always was, and … More Beryl Culverwell

On June 4th, 1978, eighteen-year-old Michael Page attended a party with friends at Crofton Hall in Orpington, Kent, England. Michael worked as a bank clerk at the NatWest bank in Elephant and Castle, South London. As Michael walked home from the party, he was set upon by an unknown attacker and stabbed a half-dozen times. … More Michael Page

Fifty-one-year-old Annie Walsh worked in a factory and lived in a flat on Charles Berry Crescent in Hulme, Greater Manchester, England. By all accounts, she lived a normal and unremarkable life. But on January 31st, 1977, Annie was found beaten to death in her home. Whoever had killed her had perpetrated an attack so savage … More Annie Walsh

Thirty-year-old Joe Gallagher was beloved by his family, an Army veteran and former St. Bede’s College student who became a free spirit in the counterculture whirlwind of the 1970s. He toured with bands, rode motorcycles, hung out with the Hell’s Angels, and was known to use and occasionally sell marijuana. He worked as a taxi … More Joe Gallagher and Frieda Hunter

Forty-four-year-old Susan Donoghue was originally from Ireland but moved to Bristol, England, where she worked as a nurse at Brentry Hospital. She had one child. On the night of August 5th, 1976, someone broke into her Sneyd Park flat while she was sleeping, beat her over the head with a truncheon, and sexually assaulted her … More Susan Donoghue

Seventeen-year-old Brenda Evans lived in Poulton, Cheshire, England, and had a job at the local post office and general store. Every day on her lunch break, she would walk the half-mile to her aunt and uncle’s house, have lunch with them, and then return to work. However, on the afternoon of October 7th, 1977, Brenda … More Brenda Evans

Twenty-five-year-old Joy Sweatman lived in a semi-detached house on St. Andrew’s Road in Coulsdon, London, England, with her two-year-old daughter Sarah; she also had a five-year-old son named Simon, but he lived with his father Gerald in Purley. Joy also rented out the upper floor of her home to a fifty-three-year-old tenant named Vernon Patton … More Joy Sweatman

Fifteen-year-old Sean McGann lived with his family in Northampton, England. On April 17th, 1979, he had been to visit his grandparents but left their home between five-thirty and six p.m. to go to a local fair. He was never seen alive again. The following morning at a little past eight a.m., a passerby found the … More Sean McGann