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

Fifty-two-year-old Esther Soper was a widow who moved alone to a home in Mutley, Plymouth, Devon, England, after the death of her husband. She was a devoutly religious woman, and was very active in the Plymouth Brethren’s Exclusive Order, a strict group that discouraged contact with outsiders. At around nine p.m. on New Year’s Day … More Esther Soper

Forty-eight-year-old Margaret Lightfoot lived with her husband Roy, an architect, in Loughton, Essex, England. The couple had two grown daughters, who lived elsewhere. At around noon on November 24th, 1975, a neighbor watched Margaret leave the house with the family’s Airedale puppy and head toward Epping Forest, where Margaret often took the dog for walks. … More Margaret Lightfoot

Six-year-old Gary Shields was a charming little boy who lived with his mother Violet, his father Kevin, and his brothers Lawrence and Alan in a flat in Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear, England. On August 4th, 1974, the child was playing soccer near his house as he often did, but as the evening closed in and … More Gary Shields

Twenty-year-old Barbara Forrest was a devoutly religious young woman, heavily involved with St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Birmingham, England, even acting as national secretary for their youth group. Her twenty-one-year-old boyfriend Simon Belcher was just as active, and in fact his father Peter Belcher was the pastor at St. Mark’s. On May 27th, 1974, Barbara … More Barbara Forrest

Seventy-nine-year-old Bridgid “Mary” Hynds was something of a solitary figure, living alone on Willes Road in Kentish Town, London. She was sometimes seen in the area feeding pigeons near the underground station or having a pint in the Wolsey Arms pub, where regulars called her Mollie. On July 21st, 1973, Bridgid was found lying in … More Bridgid “Mary” Hynds

Thirty-three-year-old mother of four Nora Wilfred was originally from Risca, Wales, and had recently fallen on hard times, regularly traveling the fifteen miles into the capital city of Cardiff to make her living as a sex worker. On December 4th, 1972, Nora was looking for business in the Docks area when something horrible befell her. … More Nora Wilfred

Fifty-five-year-old Renee McGowan was a divorced woman who lived alone in a corner flat on the top floor of a fourteen-story building called Evans Towers in Ternhill Grove, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. According to neighbors, she was always well-dressed, friendly, and pleasant, but was reserved and mostly kept to herself. She had told acquaintances she … More Renee McGowan