Thirty-three-year-old Sandy Drummond lived in a cottage in the village of Boarhills, near Fife, Scotland, with his brother James. Sandy had worked as a laborer at the nearby Guardbridge Paper Mill for the past seven years, but in late June, he abruptly quit his job, and also withdrew a large sum of money from his … More Sandy Drummond

On October 11th, 1991, a sixty-two-year-old man by the name of Colin Oliver was walking from Cuckfield back to his home in Burgess Hill, via Broxmead Lane in the village of Bolney, in Sussex. As he wandered a little way off the road to urinate, he was horrified to discover part of a human body … More The Bolney Torso

It was about seven-thirty p.m. on the frigid, foggy evening of December 23rd, 1992, and fourteen-year-old Johanna Young set out from her home in Watton, Norfolk, England, presumably to visit her boyfriend, Ryan Firman. She was spotted near a chip shop in the city center by a handful of witnesses over the ensuing hour, but … More Johanna Young

On the early afternoon of February 11th, 1993, a neighbor entered the bungalow of eighty-two-year-old Doris Shelley in Martlesham, Suffolk. Ever since Doris had been beaten and robbed of all her life savings in a home invasion back in June of 1991—the amount stolen in excess of twelve-thousand pounds—she had been a terrified recluse, and … More Doris Shelley

As the spring of 1993 came into full blossom, a distinguished athlete would be gunned down in his own home in Texas. Fifty-six-year-old Colin Ridgway had been born in Melbourne, Australia, where he began his sports career playing Australian rules football and representing his country as a high jumper in the 1956 Olympics. In 1965, … More Colin Ridgway

It was the snowy afternoon of Sunday, November 21st, 1993, and twenty-one-year-old Karen Hales was at the home she shared on Lavenham Road in Ipswich with her fiancé Peter Ruffles and the pair’s eighteen-month-old daughter Emily. At a little before four o’clock, it was already starting to get dark, and Peter left for work. Karen … More Karen Hales

It was January 29th, 1994, and two young women—Monika Maeir and Lauri Duncan—were hiking through Pogonip Park in Santa Cruz, California, looking for wild mushrooms in the woods. What they found instead was the partially buried and decomposed remains of an unknown teenage girl. The victim was white, with short brown hair, pink nail polish, … More Kori Lamaster

Seventeen-year-old Deanna Cremin lived with her parents and five siblings in Somerville, Massachusetts; she was a petite, attractive girl who volunteered for a local cable access station, worked part-time at the Star Market, and planned to go into teaching or social work after her graduation. On the evening of Wednesday, March 29th, 1995, Deanna had … More Deanna Cremin

Thirteen-year-old Lindsay Rimer lived with her parents and three siblings in a house on Cambridge Street in the market town of Hebden Bridge, in West Yorkshire, England. She had been there on the night of Monday, November 7th, 1994, but at about ten p.m., she decided to walk to a nearby supermarket to buy a … More Lindsay Rimer