January 13, 1928Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaSerial killer Earle Leonard Nelson, alias Virgil Wilson, is executed Nelson primarily targeted landladies, posing as a prospective tenant to lure the victims to empty buildings. The women were strangled, and many raped after death. (One victim, 14-year-old Lola Cowen, was also seriously mutilated.) Nelson’s success largely depended on his constant…
Serial killer Dean Corll killed by accomplice
August 8, 1973 Pasadena, Texas Serial rapist/torturer/killer Dean Corll is shot and killed by one of his accomplices Corll had killed at least 27 victims, whose ages ranged from 9 to 19. All the victims were boys or young men, lured with candy from his family's candy factory for younger victims, or glue- and paint-sniffing…
Woman and granddaughter murdered by boarder
September 19, 1993* Casselberry, Florida Edward James strangled and rapes an 8-year-old before stabbing her grandmother to death *Note: because the events began sometime before midnight and continued into the following day's early hours, court documents list the date of the offense as September 19 while newspapers reported the date as September 20. James had…
Man murders, dismembers, and cannibalizes 8
September 5, 1970 Creston, British Columbia, Canada Dale Merle Nelson, reportedly high on LSD and drunk, goes on a murder/mutilation/cannibalizing spree leaving 8 dead Shortly after midnight on September 5, Nelson visited the home of a distant relative, Shirley Wasyk, as he knew her husband would not be home. He beat Shirley with a fire…
Gay man raped, murdered girl to experience sex with a woman
August 29, 2007 Oberollendorf, Rhine-Sieg district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Zdenek Hrbac (25, left) rapes and murders Hannah (last name withdrawn, 14, right) Hrbac, when questioned by police, claimed he was homosexual and wanted to experience sexual relations with a woman. He grabbed Hannah, bound and gagged her, brought her into an empty bus, sexually assaulted…
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