On January 29th, 1990, thirty-three-year-old financial adviser Surinder Gill dropped his daughter and his brother’s children off at school in the morning as he usually did, and then drove to his West London office in his distinctive maroon Mercedes. At around lunchtime, he was spotted buying a sandwich from a shop in South Road, and … More Surinder Gill
Jacob “Jaap” Bornkamp was originally from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, but moved to London, England when he was nineteen years old to pursue a career as a florist. He found success almost immediately, landing a job with the prestigious firm Pulbrook and Gould, which provided floral arrangements for royals and important political figures. When Jaap was … More Jaap Bornkamp
Fourteen-year-old Teresa Martin was a bright but shy girl, a student at a convent school called Regina Assumpta College in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. She lived with her parents, a school principal and a private investigator, and spent weekends riding horses at a nearby ranch. On September 12th, 1969, Teresa had gone to the movies with … More Teresa Martin
Over a few months in the latter half of 1985, at least four people were killed in a bizarre series of crimes known either as the Mineral, Washington Murders, or the Tube Sock Killings. Despite a thorough investigation and a great deal of public attention, including being featured on Unsolved Mysteries in 1989, the homicides … More The Mineral, Washington Murders
On the afternoon of August 10th, 1975, eight-year-old Helen Bailey left her home in Great Barr, Birmingham, England to play nearby. However, she never returned from her excursion, and her alarmed mother reported her missing that night. The following day, the girl’s body was discovered in the woods near Booths Farm by her father after … More Helen Bailey
On June 7th, 1958, sixty-one-year-old credit draper Harry Baker was due to visit a house at a little past one p.m. It was a Friday, and he had a specific route he followed every week to collect payments from families who had bought textiles or drapery on credit. He never made his one-ten appointment, though … More Harry Baker
King David Gray was originally from Virginia but moved to Hollywood, California as a young man to work in the burgeoning movie business in the early years of the 20th century. Starting as a lighting technician, King eventually became a cinematographer; his first credit in that profession was the 1915 film The College Orphan. He … More King D. Gray
It was the cold winter evening of February 7th, 1906 in Brussels, Belgium, and eight-year-old Jeanne Van Calck set out from her grandparents’ house at about six-thirty p.m. to visit her mother, as she did for a few hours every evening. Jeanne had lived with her grandparents for some time, since her father had abandoned … More Jeanne Van Calck
In November of 1981, sixteen-year-old Pamela Hastie was walking home from school in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland. As she cut through Rannoch Woods not far from her home, she was attacked by an unknown assailant, who hit her over the head with a piece of wood, dragged her into the bushes, raped her, then strangled her … More Pamela Hastie
March 1st, 1992 was Michele Brown’s twenty-fifth birthday, and she spent the first part of it at a friend’s house in Frankston, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. At some point in the early evening, she and her friend walked to a local grocery store, where Michele called her mother from a payphone, asking her to come to … More Michele Brown
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