February 14, 1945Lower Quinton, Warwickshire, EnglandCharles Walton (74) is killed in what some have described as a “witchcraft murder” Walton kept to himself but was well known in his village. Local gossip about Walton included his apparent ability to communicate with animals, with tales claiming birds would flock to him and eat directly from his…
Man executed for the murders of 67 over 4 years
February 14, 2004 Luohe, Henan, China Serial killer Yang Xinhai (杨新海) is executed Over a 4-year span Yang killed 67 people, sometimes slaying entire families at once. Yang’s weapons of choice were primarily hammers and meat cleavers, and he noted he used a new hammer during each attack. The spree stretched over four provinces which…
Unsolved: two students who attended school during the Columbine shooting are killed during a robbery
February 14, 2000 Littleton, Colorado Nick Kunselman (15) and Stephanie Hart-Grizzell (16) are shot to death Kunselman and Hart-Grizzell (pictured) were dating at the time of their murders, and both were students of the nearby Columbine High School, which had infamously been the stage of a school shooting the previous April. On Valentine’s night, Kunselman…