On a November night in 1997, thirteen-year-old Reena Virk went beneath the Craigflower Bridge. She did not come home.
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A Revelation of Violence: The 1984 Lafferty Family Murders
In July 1984, brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty brutally murdered their sister-in-law, Brenda Lafferty, and her 15-month-old daughter, Erica, in American Fork, Utah. The killings were motivated by a “removal revelation” Ron claimed to have received from God
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The Villisca Axe Murders Eight souls, 1 axe, and a century of silence
On the night of June 9, 1912, an unknown assailant entered the home of Josiah and Sarah Moore and brutally murdered eight people in their sleep.
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Ruth Ellis Jealousy, Rejection and a Hanging
Ruth Ellis became the last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom following the fatal shooting of her lover, David Blakely.
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The Infamous Earl
Philip Herbert, 7th Earl of Pembroke became notorious as “the infamous Earl”, due to his frequent bouts of homicidal mania.
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Joanne Dennehy: The woman who murdered men for fun
I killed to see how I would feel, to see if I was as cold as I thought I was, then it got moreish
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Lucy Letby Calculating, Cunning, Cruel, Cowardly
During her tenure at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Cheshire, Lucy Letby embarked on a chilling year-long series of fatal incidents.
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Matthew Hardman Vampire Killer
It was one of the most notorious murders in Wales this century, described as “the most callous and brutal ever” by North Wales Police.
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Nannie Doss The Giggling Granny
Dubbed the “The Giggling Granny.” Others in the media gave her the nickname “The Jolly Widow.” Her given name was Nancy Hazle, and she was probably Alabama’s most prolific female serial killer.
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Juana Barraza La Dama del Silencio
In 2005, the police in Mexico City faced intense scrutiny for initially dismissing claims that a series of murders spanning several years were the sinister handiwork of a serial killer.