August 10, 1949 — John George Haigh is executed for murder
The murderous career of John George Haigh is an object lesson in the importance of forensics in obtaining convictions. Haigh...
August 29, 2018
Church of Misery
September 6, 1949 — Howard Unruh goes on a killing spree
Sometimes, you really think that these things should have been caught earlier than they were. Surely, for example, someone in...
August 24, 2018
May 23, 1962 — Graham Young is arrested for murder
Graham Young was only 14 years old when he was arrested for murder – and the murder in question was...
October 9, 2017
August 8, 1973 — Dean Corll is murdered by his accomplices
Dean Corll was an American serial killer. Born in 1939 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, he served in the military briefly,...
January 19, 2016
December 30, 1978 — Dennis Nilsen commits his first murder
Also known as ‘The Kindly Killer’ and ‘The Muswell Hill Murderer’, Dennis Nilsen was 33 years old when he made...
August 29, 2015
February 14, 1994 — Andrei Chikatilo, the Butcher of Rostov, is executed for his murders
Andrei Chikatlio, variously known as the Rostov Ripper, the Red Ripper and the Butcher of Rostov, was a Russian-born serial...
April 4, 2014
May 10, 1994 — John Wayne Gacy is executed for murder
John Wayne Gacy was a serial rapist and murderer who lived in Chicago, Illinois. He is known to have raped...
March 19, 2014
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