In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Lewiston-Clarkston Lewis–Clark Valley region, where northern Idaho meets southeastern Washington along the Snake and Clearwater Rivers, was shaken by a string of disappearances and killings that investigators have long suspected are connected. The cases remain unsolved, but over the decades police have periodically signaled they believe a … More The Lewis-Clark Valley Murders

On March 20th, 1982, eleven-year-old Nava Elimelech left her family’s home in Bat Yam, Israel to walk the 300-meter distance to a friend’s house; it was a familiar short trip that should have taken only minutes. She left a note for her parents reading, “To Mom and Dad and the whole family: I’m going to … More Nava Elimelech

In the early morning hours of July 1st, 1981, four people were bludgeoned to death inside a small rental townhouse at 8763 Wonderland Avenue, tucked into the quiet hills above Los Angeles, California. The crime scene was so savage that even veteran detectives were shaken. Blood coated the walls. Bodies were left where they fell. … More The Wonderland Murders

In the spring and early summer of 1981, a string of killings in and around Tokyo, Japan shook the nightlife corridors of Shinjuku, especially the neon tangle of Kabukichō. Three women were murdered inside love hotels, each case echoing the last: a couple checks in, the man slips out alone, and staff later discover a … More The Shinjuku–Kabukichō Love Hotel Murders

On a quiet residential street in Berkeley, California in late February 1980, a triple homicide reopened a wound that many people hoped had begun to close after the 1978 People’s Temple catastrophe in Guyana. The victims—Jeannie Mills, her husband Al, and their teenage daughter Daphene—had once been insiders in the Temple’s world, and later became … More The Mills Family

In the quiet market town of Arundel, West Sussex, England, where the River Arun winds lazily through medieval streets and ancient castles, a shocking discovery shattered the summer calm on August 8th, 1980. The body of twenty-nine-year-old Jonathan Lewis, a charismatic antiques dealer from nearby Brighton, was pulled from the murky waters of the river. … More Jonathan Lewis

Fifty-five-year-old Lillian Wright lived in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England. Born in 1925, she had spent much of her adulthood in the town, a hub for the region’s fishing industry that was then grappling with economic shifts amid North Sea oil booms and declining trawler fleets. In 1980, Lillian was retired or semi-retired, her days filled with … More Lillian Wright

Esme Anne Hoad was born in July 1897 in Maidstone, Kent, England, a short distance from the bustling port of Dover. She lived as a spinster, residing alone at 2a Havelock Road in Tonbridge—a modest semi-detached house in a residential neighborhood lined with similar Edwardian properties. By 1982, at the age of eighty-five, Esme was … More Esme Hoad

In the heart of Toronto, the Hospital for Sick Children—affectionately known as SickKids—has long been a beacon of hope for families facing pediatric crises. But between June 1980 and March 1981, its cardiac ward became the stage for a chilling enigma: the sudden, suspicious deaths of at least twenty-one infants, with autopsies revealing lethal doses … More Toronto Hospital Baby Deaths

Kristin Paldi Gurholt was born in Norway but immigrated to Canada at the tender age of four, settling in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, with her family. Raised in a warm, supportive household alongside five sisters and three brothers, she blossomed into a bright and creative child. From an early age, Kristin displayed a profound talent for … More Kristin Gurholt