Thirty-six-year-old Barbara Colby had been born in New York City, and began her acting career in the theater, eventually parlaying her talents into television and movie roles. Beginning in the early 1970s, Barbara appeared on programs such as Columbo, The Odd Couple, Kung Fu, and Gunsmoke, and thereafter starred in a handful of films and … More Barbara Colby and James Kiernan

At around six p.m. on the evening of October 18th, 1971, twenty-one-year-old Karen Theresa Streed was spotted on a street corner in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, attempting to thumb a ride. Earlier that day, she had informed her coworkers at the American Optical Co. that she was planning to hitchhike to the campus of the University … More Karen Theresa Streed

It was the evening of October 18th, 1971, and seventeen-year-old Madelyn “Maddy” Summerer was at the home of her fifteen-year-old friend and schoolmate, Lynne Pionk. At a little past six-thirty p.m., the two teenagers began walking to Port Huron Northern High School, in Michigan, where they were to attend a meeting of the Girls’ Athletic … More Madelyn Summerer

Just as March of 1970 gave way to April, there would be a brutal child murder in England with very little in the way of motive or suspects. Eleven-year-old Philip Green had been hanging out with friends at a field near his home in Bristol on the morning of Tuesday, March 31st. After lunch, he … More Philip Green

In England in October of 1970, there would be another brutal rape and murder of a young hitchhiker near the M1 that hearkened back to the slaying of Jackie Ansell-Lamb from the previous March. Twenty-four-year-old teacher trainee Barbara Mayo had been taking a road trip with her boyfriend David Pollard on Sunday, October 11th when … More Barbara Mayo

On the afternoon of Sunday, March 8th, 1970, eighteen-year-old Jackie Ansell-Lamb (whose first name is sometimes spelled Jacci) was in London, picking up some belongings from her old flat and spending the weekend hanging out with her former roommate and a young man she had met at a party all three had attended on Saturday. … More Jacqueline Ansell-Lamb

It was December 16th, 1978, and fifteen-year-old Kerry Graham was planning a shopping trip with her best friend and next-door neighbor, fourteen-year-old Francine Trimble. The girls lived in Forestville, California, and on that Saturday afternoon, they were heading to the Coddingtown Mall in Santa Rosa to buy Christmas gifts for their families. Neither of them … More Kerry Graham and Francine Trimble

On November 10th, 1979, a farmer in Caledonia, New York was surveying his corn fields when he spotted a glimpse of red. Believing he’d caught a poacher, the farmer made his way over to where he had seen the hint of color, and found instead that he had discovered the dead body of a young … More Tammy Jo Alexander