February 22, 1968 Glasgow, Scotland Patricia Docker, the first confirmed victim of “Bible John,” is killed Docker visited the Barrowland Ballroom on February 22 where she presumably met her killer. She was found the following day, nude and strangled. The second victim was Jemima McDonald (sometimes spelled MacDonald), killed on August 16, 1969 while the…
Woman jumps to her death, lands on and kills pedestrian in the process
October 12, 1962Los Angeles, CaliforniaA woman jumps from a 9th floor window, landing on and killing a bystander in the process At the time of the incident, Pauline Otton (27) and her husband Dewey (32) had been having marital issues. Pauline visited her estranged husband at his place of employment and asked to reconcile. Dewey…
The body of “Tent Girl” found
May 17, 1968 Near Georgetown, Kentucky The decomposing body of a woman, later dubbed the “Tent Girl,” is found The badly decomposed, nude body of a young woman, initially suspected to be in her late teens, was found by Wilbur Riddle near the side of US Highway 25. She was wrapped in a fabric similar…
Man kills pilots, crashes plane carrying 43 others in mass killing-suicide
May 7, 1964 Near Danville, California Francisco “Frank” Gonzales shoots two commercial airplane pilots and himself while in the air, leading to the deaths of all 44 on board Gonzales (27) was despondent over his substantial debt from a gambling habit, as well as being recently separated from his wife of two years. He took…
Man poisons 17, kills 5 to save himself “disrepute in his community”
March 28, 1961 Nabari, Mie Prefecture, Japan Masaru Okunishi (奥西勝) kills his wife, mistress, and three others with poison The mass poisoning occurred during a March 28 meeting of the Livelihood Improvement Group; Okunishi was the chairman of the group. Investigators found the wine served at the meeting was laced with agrochemicals, and 17 women…
