It was mid-October of 2001, and forty-three-year-old Brian Metcalfe had spent the evening in some of the pubs around Wath, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. His movements between Friday, October 12th, and Sunday, October 14th are not known. What is certain was that his body was found under a bridge on Station Road in Wath on … More Brian Metcalfe
Seventy-year-old Isaac Hughes and fifty-year-old Arthur Waite were good friends and spent a great deal of time drinking in their local pub, the Rifleman’s Arms, in the small mining town of Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales. The two men were engaged in their favorite pastime on Easter Monday, which fell on April 3rd of 1972. They drank … More Isaac Hughes & Arthur Waite
It was the start of Labor Day weekend: Friday, August 30th, 1974. The Cowden family of White City, Oregon—consisting of twenty-eight-year-old Richard, twenty-two-year-old Belinda, five-year-old David, and five-month-old Melissa, along with the family’s Basset Hound, Droopy—decided to go camping near Carberry Creek in Copper, Oregon, a spot they’d camped at many times before. The Cowdens … More The Cowden Family
It was the evening of February 4th, 1924 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Father Hubert Dahme, a well-liked priest at the St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church, was taking his daily walk through downtown. Just as he was in the vicinity of the Lyric Theater, an unknown assailant ran up behind him and shot him once behind … More Father Hubert Dahme
Thirty-one-year-old John Alquiros was walking in a rural area off the Greenhead Road extension of Highway 103 in Timberlea, Nova Scotia on April 19th, 2002. At some point, and for some unknown reason, an individual or individuals shot the young man dead, leaving him where he fell. Three teenagers found John’s body at about eleven … More John Alquiros
It was shortly after one a.m. on Monday, February 19th, 1990. Thirty-year-old Kevin Childerley was asleep in bed next to his thirty-two-year-old wife Denise in their terraced house on Sherwood Street, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottingham, England. The couple had two small children in the house, five-year-old Emma and five-month-old Ben, who were also fast asleep, as … More Kevin Childerley
Forty-five-year-old John Welch was a father of two from Lincoln, England who worked as a catering manager for Ladbrokes, the British gambling company. In the course of his job, he often traveled to Newcastle, and on November 26th, 1980, he had done exactly that, checking into room 101 at the Swallow Hotel. John was scheduled … More John Welch
Twenty-one-year-old Lori Pinkus had just moved from Ottawa to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and was making her living as a sex worker. Her usual area was around Bloor Street and Landsdowne Avenue. On the evening of Sunday, September 8th, 1991, Lori was drinking with friends at a bar in the same area where she worked. Not … More Lori Pinkus
Seven-year-old June Sheasby and her five-year-old brother Royston lived with their parents on Brockworth Crescent in Stapleton, Bristol, England. On Thursday, June 20th, 1957, the children walked off hand in hand to a nearby field to look at some horses. Sadly, they never returned. Their mother Barbara noticed their absence at around seven p.m. and … More June and Royston Sheasby
Forty-four-year-old Penelope Mogano and her husband Carlo were quite well known in the old-time dance circles of Radford, Coventry, England, and Penelope was also active in the Radford Townswoman’s Guild, though she resigned from it in the autumn of 1953, claiming she wanted to be able to rest in the afternoons. The Moganos had two … More Penelope Mogano
