Eleven-year-old Allan Graham lived with his older brother and his sister-in-law in a house on Gerald Street, Benwell, Newcastle, England. On Saturday, January 24th, 1970, the boy was sent to a shop called Appleton’s down the street to purchase some cigarettes. In the course of this errand, Allan completely vanished. The following day, his strangled … More Allan Graham
Between 1975 and 1977, the dismembered bodies of six men were discovered stuffed into garbage bags and floating in the Hudson River in New York City. From an examination of the clothing on the remains, it was established that all six victims had purchased leather items from shops in Greenwich Village that were known to … More The Bag Murders
Eighteen-year-old Annette Louise Morgan was a popular and well-liked nursing student at Royal Newcastle Hospital in New South Wales, Australia. Shortly after seven a.m. on the morning of October 29th, 1977, Annette was walking down Glebe Point Road in Sydney, on her way to visit a friend at St. Paul’s College at Sydney University. She … More Annette Louise Morgan
On May 28th, 1974, the body of a young woman was found on the jetty of Alamitos Beach in Long Beach, California. She had been raped and strangled. Dubbed Long Beach Jane Doe or Jane Doe 40, the victim was believed to be between eighteen and twenty-eight years old at the time of her murder. … More Long Beach Jane Doe
On the 25th of January, 2010, a former parking lot in Manchester, England was undergoing redevelopment when a worker noticed a human skull. Further investigation yielded the rest of the skeleton, hidden underneath scraps of blue carpeting. The victim was found to be female, aged between eighteen and thirty-five, probably standing between five-foot-one and five-foot-seven, … More Angel of the Meadow
Twenty-year-old Anne Roberts had just returned to her home in the suburb of Black Forest from a night out in nearby Adelaide, South Australia. It was September 16th, 1979. At some point after she entered her flat, she was attacked by an unknown assailant, who either forced his way in or was already there, lying … More Anne Roberts
On the evening of November 7th, 1975, sixteen-year-old Mariam Peters was planning to visit her sick grandfather at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada. Her mother Merle dropped her off at Finch station, and she boarded the train. Mariam arrived at her stop, St. Patrick station, at about eight-twenty p.m., and entered a dimly lit … More Mariam Peters
On October 24, 1976, a forest ranger in Maasbergen, Netherlands came across the nude body of a young girl, lying under an array of leaves in a pit near a parking area off the A12. Dubbed Huel Girl, the victim was believed to be between twelve and fifteen years old, standing about five-foot-three with a … More Huel Girl
On April 13th, 1977, a couple in Lindbrook, Alberta, Canada were searching their abandoned property for a septic tank pump when they made a horrifying discovery: the mutilated body of a human being, floating in their old septic tank. The victim was clad in a blue, button-up Levi’s shirt over a gray t-shirt, jeans, and … More Gordon Sanderson: Septic Tank Sam
On June 20th, 1979, a stonemason was walking alongside a river in Perry County, Pennsylvania when he happened upon the skeletonized remains of a human being. She was clad in a tan jacket, white shirt, blue tank top, blue knitted wool slacks, green and white socks, and white boots with silver buckles. She was also … More Perry County Jane Doe
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