Forty-three-year-old Mary Judge was a well-known sex worker in the area around Kirkgate, near Leeds, England, recognized for her cheerful demeanor and love of drink. At ten-eighteen p.m. on Thursday, February 22nd, 1968, passengers on the eight-thirty-seven p.m. train from Hull witnessed a dreadful sight as they peered out the windows: Mary Judge being murdered … More Mary Judge
Fifty-three-year-old Dr. Danuta Kaczmarska was originally from Poland but had been a general practitioner in the UK for many years, with a successful practice in Kings Heath, Birmingham. Her patients affectionately referred to her as Dr. K. She lived alone in a comfortable, three-story house in Hall Green. On January 22nd, 1986, firefighters were summoned … More Dr. Danuta Kaczmarska
Twenty-five-year-old Joseph Cummins lived with his grandmother in a house in Fazakerley, a suburb of north Liverpool, Merseyside, England. At around nine p.m. on the night of January 20th, 2011, Joseph was getting into a car driven by his friend. Suddenly, an unknown person crept up from behind, using the unusually thick fog as a … More Joseph Cummins
Forty-six-year-old widow Linda Chandler lived with her two children, Lisa and Lynette, in a house on a cul-de-sac called Fairbourne Avenue in Kingstanding, Birmingham, England. Her husband had died eight years before, and she supported her family by working as a secretary at Birmingham City University. Neighbors later described her as a “popular” woman, friendly … More Linda Chandler
Twenty-nine-year-old Russell Marsom was a hairdresser who lived in Hunstanton, West Norfolk, England. On the evening of Saturday, March 30th, 1996, he traveled to Cambridge to go clubbing with a friend. This was a journey of about sixty miles. It’s not clear which establishment or establishments he went to that night, though one club called … More Russell Marsom
Sixty-three-year-old Frederick Dunkley was a maintenance engineer, and his fifty-nine-year-old wife Miriam was a receptionist at a doctor’s office. The couple lived a comfortable life in their house on Clifford Road in Wembley, Middlesex, England. At around twenty minutes past five on the evening of January 23rd, 1989, the pair arrived home and began to … More Frederick & Miriam Dunkley
Fifty-one-year-old Annie Walsh worked in a factory and lived in a flat on Charles Berry Crescent in Hulme, Greater Manchester, England. By all accounts, she lived a normal and unremarkable life. But on January 31st, 1977, Annie was found beaten to death in her home. Whoever had killed her had perpetrated an attack so savage … More Annie Walsh
Forty-one-year-old Lily Volpert owned a clothing store on Bute Street in the docklands area of Cardiff, Wales. According to the media, she was also an “unofficial moneylender.” On the evening of March 6th, 1952, Lily had just closed the shop and was preparing to have dinner in the back of the store with her mother … More Lily Volpert
Eighty-year-old Mary Lazenby was a small but formidable woman; standing only four-foot-eight and having lost one foot in an accident when she was a child, she had moved to Bethnal Green, East London, England back in 1941 with her husband, a merchant seaman, and the couple’s one-year-old son Larry. Mary’s husband was killed in World … More Mary Lazenby
Thirty-year-old Joe Gallagher was beloved by his family, an Army veteran and former St. Bede’s College student who became a free spirit in the counterculture whirlwind of the 1970s. He toured with bands, rode motorcycles, hung out with the Hell’s Angels, and was known to use and occasionally sell marijuana. He worked as a taxi … More Joe Gallagher and Frieda Hunter
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