Twenty-five-year-old Joy Sweatman lived in a semi-detached house on St. Andrew’s Road in Coulsdon, London, England, with her two-year-old daughter Sarah; she also had a five-year-old son named Simon, but he lived with his father Gerald in Purley. Joy also rented out the upper floor of her home to a fifty-three-year-old tenant named Vernon Patton … More Joy Sweatman
Louis Bega was originally from India, but moved to the UK in 1946, settling in Eccles, Greater Manchester, England, and finding work in a mill. He married two years later, and he and his wife had two children before separating in 1964. On June 23rd, 1966, Louis Bega, then aged forty-three, was found dying of … More Louis Bega
Twenty-three-year-old Laurence Winstanley was an auto mechanic who owned his own shop in Sholver, Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. He had just moved to the area a year prior. On the evening of Sunday, October 2nd, 1988, Laurence was having a drink at his local pub, The Windsor. According to other patrons, he received a phone … More Laurence Winstanley
Forty-seven-year-old mother of three Vera Holland lived with her third husband Brian on St. Barnabas Road, Shinfield Rise, south Reading, England. The couple ran a milk delivery route in Wokingham. At about ten minutes past six p.m. on Thursday, November 14th, 1996, Vera set out to walk to the KFC restaurant about three minutes away … More Vera Holland
Fifteen-year-old Sean McGann lived with his family in Northampton, England. On April 17th, 1979, he had been to visit his grandparents but left their home between five-thirty and six p.m. to go to a local fair. He was never seen alive again. The following morning at a little past eight a.m., a passerby found the … More Sean McGann
It was around five-thirty p.m. on January 24th, 1993, and seven-year-old Stacey Queripel, who lived in Birch Hill, Bracknell, Berkshire, England, told her mother that she wanted to go to bed early. Apparently seeing no reason to refuse, her mother reportedly allowed the child to do so. It would be the last time Stacey was … More Stacey Queripel
Thirteen-year-old Colin Maxwell was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His father left the family not long after his birth in 1970, and thereafter, Colin’s mother Colinda moved back and forth from Glasgow to London a number of times, often leaving Colin with relatives in Rutherglen, just outside Glasgow. In 1983, though, Colin moved to London with … More Colin Maxwell
Fifty-two-year-old Esther Soper was a widow who moved alone to a home in Mutley, Plymouth, Devon, England, after the death of her husband. She was a devoutly religious woman, and was very active in the Plymouth Brethren’s Exclusive Order, a strict group that discouraged contact with outsiders. At around nine p.m. on New Year’s Day … More Esther Soper
The year was 1903. Forty-year-old Edwin Burdick was a wealthy businessman, a part-owner of the successful Buffalo Envelope Company and living in a tasteful mansion at 101 Ashland Avenue in Buffalo, New York with his wife Alicia, the couple’s three children, and Alicia’s mother, Maria Hull. Despite his seemingly carefree life, however, some dark clouds … More Edwin Burdick
Twenty-nine-year-old Patrick Pasipanodya was an actor who lived in Walthamstow, London. He had appeared in episodes of the British TV programs Minder and The Bill, and was also said to be interested in martial arts. Shortly before eleven p.m. on the night of Tuesday, August 21st, 2001, Patrick and his girlfriend were driving in his … More Patrick Pasipanodya
