In the autumn of 1888, a series of murders in London’s impoverished East End became one of the most heavily publicized criminal investigations of the Victorian era. Five women — Continue Reading →
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Hinterkaifeck Murders: The Unsolved Mystery of a Bavarian Farm
On the night of March 31, 1922, an isolated farm in Upper Bavaria became the scene of a sixfold murder that would remain unresolved for generations. Six people living at Continue Reading →
Cleveland Torso Murders: The Unsolved Kingsbury Run Killings
During the Great Depression, Cleveland was a major industrial city struggling with unemployment, poverty, and the displacement of people who had few stable places to live. Along Kingsbury Run, a Continue Reading →
Villisca Axe Murders: The Unsolved 1912 Iowa Mass Murder
On the night of June 9, 1912, the Moore family of Villisca, Iowa, attended a Children’s Day program at their local Presbyterian church before returning home with two young sisters Continue Reading →