Fifty-seven-year-old Wilhelmina Kruger had worked as a cleaning woman at the Piccadilly Arcade in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia for about three years. On the morning of January 29th, 1966, Wilhelmina began her shift at around two a.m., as she usually did. Two hours later, she was spotted by a group of people who were … More Wilhelmina Kruger and Anna Dowlingkoa
In the early fall of 1922, a scandalous case in New Jersey would gin up all the tabloid fodder an eager public could possibly wish for: a double murder, a salacious affair, and the possible involvement of a wealthy and jealous spouse. In fact, prior to the Lindbergh kidnapping of the 1930s, this particular case … More The Hall-Mills Murder
Ramona Jean Cox was originally a farm girl from Moravia, Iowa, but she had moved to the capital city of Des Moines in 1956, the same year she graduated high school. She had easily secured secretarial work in the big city, and by all accounts was a well-liked, socially popular young woman who had many … More Ramona Jean Cox
On July 15th, 1982, a gravedigger named George Kise at the Cedar Ridge Cemetery in Blairstown Township, New Jersey spotted something strange in a ravine at the rear of the graveyard. Upon closer inspection, he found that it was the corpse of what appeared to be a teenage girl whose face was so badly beaten … More Dawn Olanick: Princess Doe
The date was April 24th, 1981, and farmer Greg Bridenbaugh was driving along Greenlee Road near the city of Troy, Ohio, when he saw what appeared to be an incongruous piece of clothing in the dirt just off the shoulder. Upon stopping his vehicle and examining the scene more closely, he was shocked to discover … More Marcia King: Buckskin Girl
Sixty-two-year-old Clarence Raymond Case, called Ray by friends and family, was a veteran of World War I, and had worked as a welder for many years before retiring to go into business for himself. Along with his wife Edith, he opened a tavern in Davenport, Iowa called Ray and Edith’s Travel Inn, at which the … More Clarence Raymond Case
In the summer of 1980, a young woman would go missing from her hometown of Nashua, New Hampshire and later turn up dead in the deserts of Arizona. Though she remained unidentified for decades, referred to as Pima County Jane Doe or “Flower Girl,” she was finally given her rightful name in the summer of … More Brenda Gerow
July 29th, 1981 was a significant day in British history, as it was the wedding day of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, who would famously go on to become the much beloved Princess Di. London was thronged with spectators to the lavish event, and among the crowds was a small family known as the … More Vishal Mehrotra
On August 29th of 1960, a little girl in Oregon would disappear from a bean field, though her fate would not be discovered until weeks later. Seven-year-old Alice Louise Lee was playing in a field of green beans on that summer morning in late August. The field was part of Swan’s bean yard, north of … More Alice Louise Lee
On January 12th, 1981, a dog sniffing around a privately-owned, wooded area near Houston, Texas discovered the partially buried and decomposed bodies of two probable teenagers who remained unidentified until very recently. The victims had apparently been murdered about two months previously, and the amount of time that had passed since their deaths meant that … More Harris County Does
