November 25, 1996Eustis, FloridaRichard Wendorf and Naomi Ruth Queen are bludgeoned to death in their home by the leader of a so-called vampire cult On November 25, the couple’s 17-year-old daughter came home from school to find her parents’ bodies. Both had been bludgeoned to death with a crowbar, each receiving 20-30 blows to the…
Man and 10-year-old daughter killed by wife’s former partner
November 19, 1992Miami, FloridaLawrence Goodine and his 10-year-old daughter are killed by a man who had previously dated Lawrence’s wife Seburt Connor had previously dated Margaret Goodine, and the pair had known each other for 20 years by the time of the killings. Margaret and her husband Lawrence separated in 1988 and Margaret began seeing…
9-year-old abducted, stabbed, thrown into pond to drown
November 4, 1987Providence, Rhode IslandFrankie Lee Barnes (9) is abducted and murdered Barnes went missing on November 4, after calling his mother at work to ask if he could play outside. She agreed under the condition he be home by dinner. He was reported missing later that evening. Another young boy, Jason Wolf (6), went…
Man executed for beating woman to death with piece of firewood
March 9, 1923 Fort Madison, Iowa Earl Throst (24, pictured) is executed for the murder of Inga Magnusson Magnusson (sometimes spelled Magnussen) was a 21-year-old teacher of a one-room schoolhouse in Allamakee County, Iowa, though she lived with her parents in Houston County, Minnesota, roughly 40 miles (64 km) north of the school. When she…
Man kills wife, apparently to begin a relationship with a model who did not know him
February 27, 1919 Long Beach, New York Dr. Walter Keene Wilkins (64) kills his wife but claims the death to be the product of a botched robbery On February 27, 1919, Wilkins reported a robbery which claimed his wife’s life. He claimed three men were burglarizing his home when he and his wife Julia interrupted…
