Eighteen-year-old Carole Dupont was last seen on December 22nd, 1973, leaving the Hotel Blainville in Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada with three individuals. Her disappearance went largely ignored in the press at the time, a reflection of the era’s frequent underreporting of missing young women. On April 13th, 1974, nearly four months later, her body was discovered … More Carole Dupont

Born on May 26, 1951, Ivan Wheeler was a native of Belgrave, Ontario, Canada. In the wake of his sister’s untimely death in a car accident in September 1976, Ivan relocated to London to support his grieving brother-in-law. He found employment as a driver for U-Need-A-Cab, operating vehicle #457. On the evening of February 17th, … More Ivan Wheeler

Fourteen-year-old Alice Paré was a bright and talented teenager, known for her love of music and dedication to her studies. On the afternoon of Wednesday, February 17, 1971, her father dropped her off at the Pavillon de Musique at 466 rue Saint-Jean for her lesson. Afterward, she considered calling her mother for a ride but … More Alice Paré

On the afternoon of Friday, January 27, 1978, ten-year-old Manon Dubé left her home in the Lennoxville district of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. She was heading out to go sledding with friends—a typical winter activity for a child her age. But Manon never returned home. Her mother reported her missing that evening, and within hours, search … More Manon Dubé

Thirty-three-year-old Miriam Culine was known as The Candy Floss Queen, mainly because she was married to fairground boss Fred Culine, who was more than forty years her senior. The fairground in question was located in Spennymore, County Durham, England. At around six-thirty p.m. on the evening of August 21st, 1978, Miriam left a friend’s house, … More Miriam Culine

Fifty-eight-year-old John Armstrong, better known as Jack, worked as a cab driver in south Wales. On October 5th, 1979, he alerted the taxi company that he’d picked up a fare at a pub in Cardiff. It was the last time anyone heard from him. Hours later, his cab was found abandoned near the Waterton Industrial … More John Armstrong

On the afternoon of Tuesday, October 2nd, 1973, fifteen-year-old Jackie Seston was at her home on Mountsteven Avenue in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. Somewhere between one-thirty and two-thirty p.m., someone entered the residence, raped her, and stabbed her to death. Not long after the shocking crime, a man named Albert Taylor was arrested. He had been … More Jackie Seston

Thirty-two-year-old Wendy Jenkins lived with her mother and stepfather in Barton Hill, Bristol, England, and in the late 1970s, she had turned to sex work because she was short of money. She was described by friends as a nice girl who had simply fallen on hard times. On the night of Saturday, August 25th, 1979, … More Wendy Jenkins

Fifteen-year-old Enrico Sidoli lived with his loving Italian family in Hampstead, London, and was described as a gentle, musically gifted young man who was often bullied by neighbor boys. On July 8th, 1976, Enrico was swimming at a crowded public outdoor pool on Parliament Hill, Hampstead Heath. Later estimates placed the number of other people … More Enrico Sidoli

Dundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and was never known as a particularly high crime area. But in 1979 and 1980, the murders of two women, eleven months apart, put residents of the city on high alert, suspecting that a serial killer might be in their midst. On March 20th, 1979, eighteen-year-old Dundee sex … More The Templeton Woods Murders