murder & murderers

This is really interesting: The London Medieval Murder Map https://www.vrc.crim.cam.ac.uk/vrcresearch/london-medieval-murder-map Whilst the page itself gives some basic information, here's a more detailed explanation...

Weird story found in "Le Figaro", one of the main French newspapers : A lady from the town of Livry Gargan left her flat for 6 months in order to visit some family and friends in Algeria. During her absence she rented her flat to a couple "who planned to make some works" within the precincts (...

STORY NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED Stench made neighbours look for dead rat Sandhya Nair / TNN / Jun 9, 2023, 03:28 IST MUMBAI: Foul smell prompted three neighbours of Sane (46), accused of killing his live-in partner and chopping and pressure cooking her body in his Mira Roadflat, to scan their...

Utah author of book on grieving death charged with murder By SAM METZ SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — After her husband died last year, she wrote a children’s book on grief. Now she’s charged with his murder. Kouri Richins was arrested on Monday in Utah and is accused in charging documents of poisoning...

I was thinking about the phrase "murder will out", which indicates a vague belief that I think many would think true: if you kill somebody, you will eventually be discovered regardless of how clever you are. What are other superstions and legends that exist in regards to murder? I'm sure there...

My work takes me into people's homes. I can't help myself in old properties: Is it haunted ? I inquire. On one occasion I visited a family in a location close to a ruined Abbey. The lady of the household recounted the time she was hanging her washing on the line when she was disturbed by a solid...

This is an interesting article from yesterday's Guardian (Sat 19th Nov 2022). It's a very Fortean question: if you buy a house, or move into a property, with a troubled past and a violent murder having happened there - what happens next? How do you react, what might you feel, do you have any...

As the ongoing fascination with “true crime” entertainment continues, so too does the fascination with homes where insidious events went down. The owners of a home in Westfield, New Jersey, are currently dealing with an influx of visitors after Netflix’s “The Watcher” — which chronicles a series...

Three men arrested in India (Kochi, Kerala province) for the "brutal murder of two women in the name of ritualistic human sacrifice for financial prosperity". It appears that the mastermind behind the crime influenced his accomplices through superstition and promises of fortune, but was actually...

I'll get right to it. I wonder if any of you forteans can connect with this. Over the years I have always enjoyed woods and forests whether it be walks, mucking around with my kids or just being in nature as a change from city life. But not all woods have the same feel. I lived near the...

This is an interesting tale: three suspicious deaths, missing children, a cult based on apocalyptic teachings. The US mother whose two young children have been missing for months has been arrested in Hawaii amid a complicated search operation spanning the US. Lori Daybell, 46, left for Hawaii...

I was introduced to this subject by this excellent podcast. Basically, it seems that some serial killers have claimed to have worked for or have been part of a wider network, often a satanic cult who commit murders as sacrifices. It seems like most of these claims are paper-thin (Henry Lee...

Hopefully we'll soon have an answer.

Interesting developments with the news that Peter Tobin had a cache of women's jewellery. Some of it looks quite vintage and with the dates etc... matching up it could be that the infamous Bible John case could be cracked. That has been one that has always intrigued me, would be...

I heard this on the news the other day and thought it was pretty bizarre and more the kind of thing that seems like the plot of a Jean Claude van Damme film. Does this really happen in prison?

There is an old abandoned church in south/mid Bedfordshire in Clophill that has all sorts of weird stories attached to it. Allegedly it was built the wrong way round, so now people hold black masses there. When I was at school my friend said she went there at Hallowe'en with a bunch of other...

I was watching something on a documentary channel the other day about a clock-tower sniper and I found myself wondering whether spree/serial killing is really a modern phenomenon. The 'modern' serial killer phenomenon seems to start in the 19th century, with just a couple of famous historical...

i heard this when i was at uni...about...9 years ago. i was studying jewellery and metalsmithing. one of my lecturers was a well known australian metalsmith, who was going to work in japan for a bit, doing lectures and stuff. anyway, he gets into japan and is pulled aside in customs by...

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Boy's 'exorcism' death ruled homicide Another example of religious fervour gone bad. Poor kid must have been terrified... The death of an autistic eight-year-old boy during a prayer service to drive out the evil spirits supposedly causing his condition has been ruled a homicide. Terrance...

Helter Skelter film planned http://us.imdb.com/WN?20030807#9 Seems no one wants to play role of Charles M. Who do you think should play him? Or should film not be made? Maybe Colin Farrel?

Nurse to be questioned on deaths of 19 patients Is this sort of thing happening more often, or are we just hearing about it more? As far as I know there are at least 2 other such cases being investigated in English hospitals right now.

I just got through reading the Crime Library's listing for Sweeney Todd and, in one of the graphics, it had a picture of what I took to be Sweeney Todd's actual shop. Does his shop still exist, the swivling barber's chair to drop victims to the basement, the catacombs that connected Sweeney...

EH!!? WHAT? SORRY? PARDON? From the BBC: 'The wedding between jailed serial killer Rose West and Slade bass player Dave Glover has been called off - just days after it was announced. The pair have been writing to each other for a year, but Mr Glover is reported to have pulled out because...

From AOL News- 'BRADY 'PLANNING TO TAKE REVENGE ON HINDLEY' IAN BRADY is reportedly planning to take revenge from the grave on Myra Hindley for claiming he forced her to take part in killing five children. The London Evening Standard reports he has ordered the release of coded letters...

Someone posted this link over on the snopes board. Looked like something this crowd would find interesting. http://msn.espn.go.com/outdoors/general/news/2002/0802/1413354.html Nonny

Is it possible that Fred West or his equally nasty brother John, had something to do with the disappearance of Suzie Lamplugh? There is a theory that Fred and John West were procurers for a high-level Satanic group. Fred West was certainly scared when he made this comment to police during an...

i have just been trawling Ebay for those hard to find books. and i found this auction the book for sale has a story in it, detailing a murder trial were the victim's ghost gave eveidence and it was used in the trial. does anyone know the trial or the stroy behind it so i can look into it a bit more.

Absolutely Hideous and Disturbing "Prank-Gone-Wrong" THREE CLEARED OVER 'JOKE' EMAIL TO KNIFE HORROR FATHER "Three workers have been cleared of forgery after sending joke emails about a fake business trip to a rival. The man later had a mental breakdown and stabbed his 12-year-old daughter to...

Islamic Serial Killer in Iran For all you fans of abnormal psychology where it becomes serial killing. Story Text PROSTITUTE KILLER HANGED IN IRAN Wednesday 17 April 2002 12:29pm Prison authorities in Iran have executed a man convicted of a series of prostitute...

I have recently finished three books by David Peace (I think they're called 1972, 1977 and 1980 - I could be wrong though I'm useless with dates !) and in them he posited the theory that there were two Yokshire Rippers. I'm sure I've seen a "fact based", True Crime book that puts forward the...

Okay, Dark Detective, but you do realise this will now be ALL my social life? Aaron Kosminski - supposedly McNaughten's favourite suspect, but losing favour these days. Kosminski was said to have threatened his sister with a knife and threatened another with a chair leg. Neither of which is...

East End Disappearances 1881-1890 I am trying to find information regarding unusual disappearances which began in the East End of London in 1881 and continued unsolved until January 1890. Apparently men, women and children from all classes disappeared into a 'Fortean void', never to be seen or...