Crime Immemorial

Fifty-five-year-old Renee McGowan was a divorced woman who lived alone in a corner flat on the top floor of a fourteen-story building called Evans Towers in Ternhill Grove, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. According to neighbors, she was always well-dressed, friendly, and pleasant, but was reserved and mostly kept to herself. She had told acquaintances she … More Renee McGowan

Fourteen-year-old Judith Roberts was a pretty, intelligent schoolgirl who lived with her family in the village of Wigginton, in Staffordshire, England. On the early evening of June 7th, 1972, she had a minor argument with her parents and decided to go out for a ride on her bicycle along Comberford Lane. She set out around … More Judith Roberts

Seventeen-year-old Mariella Lennie had a four-month-old baby, and lived with her parents in Tulita, in the Northwest Territories, Canada. But somewhere around the autumn of 1991, she moved to the larger city of Yellowknife to live with her aunt Bert and attend high school. Not long afterward, she left her aunt’s home and moved in … More Mariella Lennie

Thirty-nine-year-old Derek Grain had been living in Hertfordshire, England, but in the late summer of 1980, had moved to Bristol for work. Friends described him as something of a loner who enjoyed his drink, but nonetheless a cheerful, friendly fellow who was generous to a fault. Derek had been staying at the Unicorn Hotel, and … More Derek Grain

Thirty-four-year-old Stephanie Whittaker lived with her husband and their three children in Newport, Wales. On the night of Friday, March 23rd, Stephanie planned to go out for a drink with a female friend, but never arrived there, and was henceforth never seen again. Although Stephanie’s body has never been found, foul play is suspected. Her … More Stephanie Whittaker

Seventeen-year-old Caroline (or Carolyn) Allen had been at a babysitting job in Bramcote, Nottinghamshire, England on April 10th, 1974. She was planning to catch a bus for the fifteen-minute ride back to her home in Kinoulton, but somewhere along the route, she completely vanished. For more than a year, her fate was unknown, but then, … More Caroline Allen

Twenty-four-year-old Rosina Hilliard had been making her living as a sex worker in Leicester, England for some time. On February 22nd, 1974, her body was found lying across a road on a building site in Highfields. It appeared that her killer had attempted to strangle her, as there were compression injuries to her neck, but … More Rosina Hilliard

Seventeen-year-old Heidi Mnilk was German but was living in London, England, working as an au pair. On Monday, July 9th, 1973, she was riding on a train when she was approached and stabbed by an unknown attacker and thrown out of the carriage onto the tracks between the London Bridge and New Cross stations, near … More Heidi Mnilk

Emmy Werner was certainly no stranger to tragedy. Though she had lived a pleasant life with her husband Albert, a dentist, and their daughter Hedy in Brno, Czechoslovakia, all that changed in 1939, with the German occupation. Three years later, she and her family were sent to Theresienstadt concentration camp near Prague, and two years … More Emmy Werner