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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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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Beneath the Craigflower Bridge: The Murder of Reena Virk
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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Angie Housman
When a nine-year-old girl went missing in St. Ann, Missouri in 1993, an entire community feared for their children. Just nine days later, a family’s worst nightmare became a reality when the little girl was found murdered..