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Ivan Milat in 1991 at Wombeyan Caves Road. Three of the Milat brothers owned a small property on the Wombeyan Caves road, twenty five miles from Belanglo. The brothers used the place for camping and shooting practice. Ivan was a frequent visitor, either bringing his girlfriends, friends or just spending time with his brothers and their families. The Wombeyan Caves Road is a New South Wales country road linking Mittagong near the Hume Highway in the east to the Goulburn-Oberon Road at the locality of Richlands in the west. The road is designated as Main Road 258.

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Jim Jones in San Francisco, California, July 1976.

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At an early age Christine Paolilla was forced to go through several hardships. After her father was killed in a construction accident, her mother began abusing drugs and neglecting Christine and her brother. Soon, Paolilla's maternal grandmother took the two children in to care for them. Around this time Paolilla was diagnosed with alopecia and had lost most of her hair. She would wear wigs and also had to wear thick eyeglasses which lead to her classmates bullying her.

By the time Paolilla was ready to enter high school, her mother had received the help she needed and was able to have custody of Christine and her brother again. The family moved to Clear Lake City, Texas and Paolilla attended Clear Lake High School.

Once there Paolilla met Rachel Koloroutis and Tiffany Rowell. The two befriended her and gave her some what of a makeover which helped her to gain some self worth and acceptance from the students there.

With her new found confidence she met and began dating 21 year old Christopher Lee Snider. Snider had a history of drug use as well as a criminal record. Paolilla's friends and family did not like Snider because of this and felt he was too controlling of Paolilla. Their relationship quickly lead to them both using drugs and constant arguing. During one fight they had, Paolilla wouldn't leave Snider's front yard and screamed threats of killing his family if he wouldn't stay with her.

On the night of July 18, 2003 Paolilla and Snider planned to go to Rowell's house to steal drugs from her and boyfriend Marcus Precella. Koloroutis, and Precella's cousin Adelbert Sanchez were also at the house. Once Snider and Paolilla arrived, an arguement broke out between Snider and Precella which lead to Snider shooting him as well as the others multiple times killing three of them. Rachel Koloroutis tried to make her way to a phone but, Paolilla caught her and beat her in the head with the butt of a gun crushing her skull, killing her as well.

For two years the case ramained unsolved due to the lack of evidence that was left behind at the scene.

By 2005 Paolilla and Snider had broken up, Paolilla was sober, and she had married a man she met in rehab, Justin Rott. With a trust fund of $360,000 she received from her father's death the couple moved in to a new home together.

On the two year annivesary of the brutal murders, after seeing a news story speaking of how the case still remained unsolved which then showed the police sketches of Paolilla and Snider, Paolilla admitted to Rott of what she and Snider had done.

From there the two went into hiding for eight months in a local motel where they heavily used heroin on a daily basis.

During this time a man who had been in rehab with Paolilla called Crimestoppers and reported that Paolilla had addmitted to him she and Snider had commited the murders.

On July 19, 2006 police arrested Paolilla on suspicion of murder and Rott for having drugs.

While in custody Rott told police of Paolilla's confession.

It was quickly made known police were now on the hunt for Snider who had been in and out of jail the last few years and was currently living in South Carolina with a girlfriend.

A family member of Snider's had called to alert him of the warrant police had out and Snider made the decision he would not go back to prison ever again.

On August 5, 2006 police found a dead body deep into the woods who they determined to be Snider. He had committed suicide by overdosing on prescription pills.

By October 2006 Christine Paolilla was convicted of four counts of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison.

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The Abuduction and Murder of Brenda Ball

Brenda Carol Ball was 22-years-old when she went missing on 1st June 1972. Ted Bundy confessed to her murder while awaiting execution.

Brenda Ball was a small and slim woman who her friends described as a free spirit. At the time of her disappearance, she was said to be partying a lot and was unsure of the direction she wished her life to take. On 31st May 1972, she decided to go out drinking at her local, The Flame Tavern. It is known that Brenda stayed until closing time at around 2 in the morning on 1st June 1972. It is unknown how Ted Bundy approached her, witnesses state they saw her talking to a brown-haired man with his arm in a sling, which was a ruse Bundy was known to have used. Others recalled that Brenda was looking to hitchhike. Due to Brenda’s free-spirited nature and love of hitchhiking she was not reported missing until 17th June, two and a half weeks later.

Bundy ‘speculated’ with investigators later that Brenda was abducted from the tavern parking lot to throw off police who were looking for a 'campus killer.’ He also spoke in the third person about taking Brenda to a room where he has 'more or less consensual sex with her’ before becoming overcome with the urge to kill and strangling her to death. Bundy’s partial confession has been met with speculation from some experts who suggest it was more likely that he incapacitated Brenda and raped and murdered her close to the tavern.

On the 31st May, Bundy was spending time with his fiancee when at about 10 pm he grew anxious, restless and made excuses as to why he had to leave immediately. It has been suggested that he felt overpowered with the urge to go out and find a victim or that he had been stalking Brenda and knew the specific time she was likely to leave and attempt to hitchhike.

Brenda’s skull, along with several others, was discovered in March 1975 in the woods, one of her temporal bones was missing suggesting Bundy may have struck her with a crowbar and conflicting with his statement he strangled Brenda without much other violence.

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The Highway of Tears 

Between Prince George and Prince Rupert in British Columbia, Canada there is a stretch of road that has become known as “The Highway of Tears”. It has been estimated that since 1989 over 30 women have gone missing or have been found raped and murdered along the Highway. 

Due to high levels of poverty and the remoteness of towns and villages, many in the area rely on hitchhiking to get around. The RCMP believe that this is how the killer(s) are finding their victim, however little has been done to provide the mostly indigenous population with any transport or infrastructure. 

The RCMP has a long history of systemic racism against First Nations and Indigenous peoples and the Highway of Tears is a perfect display of this. The RCMP were extremely hesitant to investigate the Highway of Tears, that was until they uncovered a white victim. 

Off the back of this they have now launched ‘Project E-PANA’ but many fear it may be too little too late. The investigation was initially brushed off due to the majority of the victims being First Nations or Indigenous.  

It is unknown whether The Highway of Tears is the work of one serial killer or whether Canadian authorities are dealing with multiple perpetrators.

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Killer Cars

1. O.J. Simpson’s White Ford Bronco - The now-infamous Bronco was driven by O.J. during his two-hour-long, 75-mile Southern California car chase.

2. Ted Bundy’s 1968 Volkswagen Beetle - Bundy drove this Beetle during his murderous spree after he removed the passenger seat and inside door handle so he could trap his victims inside the car.

3. Bonnie and Clyde’s V8 Ford - Stolen and driven around the midwest, Bonnie and Clyde were later shot to death in this vehicle after it was bombarded with over 100 armor-piercing bullets.

4. The Tool Box Killer’s Murder Van - Referred to by serial killer duo Lawrence Bitterer and Roy Norris as “Murder Mac”, this 1977 GMC cargo van was used to kidnap and murder teenage girls throughout the 1970s.

5. David “Son of Sam” Berkowitz’ 1970 Ford Galaxie - Berkowitz was caught after police found a gun and a map of the killings inside his vehicle, causing the NYPD to stake out and arrest Berkowitz the moment he climbed into the car.

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Charles Whitman gives his bride, Kathleen Leissner, a kiss on their wedding day, August 1962.

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The Pillbox Murder

On September 24th 1955, 11-year-old Peter Williams met up with friends and went to pick blackberries near the Woodchurch estate in Birkenhead, England. They headed for an embankment where a WW2 pillbox lay. It was at this point that Peter glanced inside the pillbox and saw what he thought was a shop mannequin. The young boy was horrified when he looked closer, only to realise it was the mutilated corpse of an elderly woman with her clothes piled on top of her face.

The woman had been strangled and obscene words had been scrawled across her naked chest in red lipstick. Her killer had also written “I AM VD” on her abdomen, but police still have no clue as to what that means.

Remaining a Jane Doe for weeks, detectives made the controversial decision to put a picture of her dead body (above) in the local newspaper. This lead to a man called John Barton to come forward, and he confirmed the murdered lady was his estranged wife, Alice Barton, who had left him to become a prostitute 10 years ago. After further investigation, it was discovered that she’d take her regular customers to the pillbox for privacy.

Her murder remains unsolved, though a local 19-year-old woman called Aimee Buckley came forward recently stating that her grandfather may be involved:

“One night, (my grandfather) came home wearing blood soaked clothes demanding my nan to burn them. My nan was so horrified and in shock that she went to throw them in the wash immediately, but he ordered her to burn them there and then.”

The man in question has since passed away and no further action was taken by police. Will this case ever be solved? Sadly, a lack of DNA technology diminishes that possibility.

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In 2003, Metallica played a ten-song set in San Quentin Prison, California. The band recorded the music video for St. Anger in the prison and in return for using the prison in their video, played for the inmates and also made a $10,000 donation towards the San Quentin Giants baseball field.

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Danny Rolling, The Gainesville Ripper

Daniel Harold Rolling was an American serial killer who murdered five students in Gainesville, Florida over 4 days in late August 1990. Rolling later confessed to further murders and his victim count is thought to be 8.

Danny Rolling was born in Louisiana to a father who told him he was unwanted and abused his mother. As a teenagers he was arrested several times for robberies and struggled to hold down a job or fit in with society. In May 1990, he attempted to kill his father during an argument resulting in his dad losing an eye and an ear.

In August 1990, Rolling murdered five students during a burglary and robbery spree. On 24th August he broke into an apartment and killed two more students, raping one of them and posing the bodies in sexually provocative poses. A day later, Rolling bound, rapped and killed another student, posing her head on a shelf. On 27th August Rolling raped and murdered another young student, again posing her body, he also killed the girl’s boyfriend. With the exception of the final victim’s boyfriend all of the victims were petite, Caucasians with brown hair and brown eyes. On 7th September 1990, Rolling was arrested on a burglary charge and his tools were matched to marks at the murder scenes.

Rolling was charged and claimed his motive was the become a ‘superstar like Ted Bundy,’ he pleaded guilty to all charges and was sentenced to death. Before being executed Rolling was questions about an unsolved triple murder in Florida which he claimed responsibility for. Rolling was executed by lethal injection on 25th October 2006. He had a last meal of lobster tail.

Rolling has appeared in many media works, being cited as the inspiration for Kevin Williamson’s slasher film ‘Scream.’

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18-year-old John Wayne Gacy wearing his local civil defense squad uniform.

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Henry Lee Lucaas

Henry Lee Lucas was an American serial killer who confessed to over 100 murders while in prison. He is confirmed to have 3 victims and his crimes are thought to have spanned from 1960-1983.

Born in 1936 to a poor family, Lucas was described as an attention seeker and liar who lost his eye aged 10 after it became infected. Lucas’ mother was a prostitute who wold force her son to watch him having sex with clients and make him cross-dress in public allegedly so she could pimp him out. Lucas dropped out of school early and began drifting around Virginia. He claimed, and later recounted, that he had committed his first murder in 1951, strangling a teenage girl.

In 1960, Lucas killed his mother during an argument, he claimed she struck him so he stabbed her. He was sentenced to 20-40 years in prison but was released after 10. In 1971 he was convicted of attempting to kidnap 3 schoolgirls. He later befriended murderer Ottis Toole, the two began a sexual relationship and Lucas began a relationship with Toole’s niece Frieda ‘Becky’ Powell, the pair ran away to California. In 1983, he was arrested for unlawful firearm possession an later confessed to a double murder, leading police to the remains of the two bodies. He was incarcerated for his crimes. The confession led police to trust Lucas and prove him capable of murder.

In November 1983, Lucas was transferred to a jail in Williamson County, Texas where he attempted suicide. Lucas claimed he was abused and tortured and denied legal help. In. interviews Lucas confessed to additional  unsolved killings. The task force officially ‘cleared’ 213 unsolved murders based on his confessions and Lucas received special treatment for his confessions, he was taken to restaurants, rarely handcuffed and allowed to wander freely through the jail. Lucas’ confessions were criticised as imprecise, he originally claimed to have killed 60 people, then raised this number to over 100 and then gave a figure of over 3000. He also frequently withdrew confessions and made statements such as ‘I am not a serial killer.’ DNA evidence has verified Lucas did not kill 20 of his supposed victims.

Lucas’ case led to a re-evaluation in police techniques and false confessions, he was given privileges such as steak dinners and milkshakes during ‘confession’ interviews and was allowed to see case files to refresh his memory, giving him crucial knowledge that ‘only the killer could know.’ Lucas died of congestive heart failure in 2001, aged 64, while incarcerated. He is buried in an unmarked grave.

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The Rostov Ripper

Andrei Chikatilo was a Soviet serial killer known as the Butcher of Rostov, the Red Ripper and the Rostov Ripper. He sexually assaulted, raped, murdered, cannibalised and mutilated at least 52 victims, including children, between 1978 and 1990.

Born to a country in the grips of famine with insufficient food, Chikatilo claimed he had not eaten bread until aged 12 and often his family ate grass and leaves due to hunger. During his childhood Chikatilo was told by his mother that his older brother had been kidnapped and cannibalised by hungry neighbours. Chikatilo often wet his bed and was beaten for it. Chikatilo’s younger sister was thought to have been conceived when his mother was raped by a German solider, possibly in the boy’s presence. Chikatilo was a shy and awkward boy with impotence problems. As an adult Chikatilo took various jobs included as a teacher.

His first known crime was committed in 1973 when he sexually assaulted a pupil at the school he worked at. He repeated the offence on a different pupil just months later. Chikatilo was forced to leave the job and took another job teaching. His teacher career ended after more allegations of child molestation.

In 1978 the murderer committed his first documented killing, a 9-year-old girl who he attempted to rape but failed to receive an erection. He strangled the girl, choked her and stabbed her, ejaculating as he killed her. In 1981 he killed again in the same way, attempted rape before beating and strangling her, after the second murder his mutilated the body with his teeth and a stick. 9 months later he killed again, shortening the time between his kills. After this third murder, Chikatilo no longer tried to resist his homicidal urges and began stabbing, slashing and assaulting a terrifying number of victims. Many of the victims bodies showed mutilation to their eyes. It was claimed that Chikatilo often wished to rape or have intercourse with his victims but upon being unable to achieve an erection would kill them in a murderous rage.

By 1983 4 victims had been linked and investigators began to link the bodies to one person, suspicions were growing that Chikatilo may be responsible however he was not apprehended. He was eventually caught in 1990 and brought to trial in 1992. Chikatilo confessed to 56 murders and was sentenced to death for 52 of them. Chikatilo was executed by shooting in February 1994.

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17 year old Emilie Meng was last seen walking down a gravel road outside Korsor train station in Denmark at 4am in July of 2016.

Her and 3 friends had spent the day at the nearby town of Slagelse before getting the train home at around 3:50am. Emilie was in good spirits and used the 9 minute journey to charge her phone for the journey home.

At the train station she was instant on walking home, despite the fact that her friends were all putting together for a taxi and begged her to join them, nevertheless she declined and walked home.

Sadly, Emilie never made it home and early the next morning her parents reported her missing after she failed to turn up to a church service where she sang in the choir.

Every parent’s worst nightmare came true on Christmas Eve 2016 when Emilie’s body was found floating in a lake, miles away from where she had last been seen. Police have not released an official course of death but have said that she met with foul play and that it was a violent death.

As of 2020 Emilie’s murder is still unsolved, if you have any information please contact the local Korsor Police on 114.

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Dennis Nilsen

Dennis Nilsen was a Scottish serial killer and necrophile who is known to have murdered at least 12 young men and boys between 1978 and 1983 in London, UK.

Born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland to parents in an unhappy marriage, Nilsen was a quiet child. He described his most vivid childhood memory as seeing is grandfather’s body in a coffin. Nilsen had always adored his grandfather and began to withdraw after his death, showing resentment towards his family. During puberty Nilsen discovered he was gay, which confused and shamed him, he kept his sexuality hidden but his older brother teased him for being gay and a ‘girl.’ 

On 30th December 1978, Nilsen killed his first victim, he invited over and drank alcohol with a teenager before they both fell asleep. The following morning when Nilsen woke up he was afraid to wake the boy in case he left, Nilsen decided the boy was the ‘stay with me over the New Year whether he wanted to to not.’ He strangled him and then drowned him in a bucket, carefully washing the body, putting it on his bed and masturbating over it before storing it under his floorboards for 8 months. He then burnt the body in a bonfire in his garden. In October 1979, Nilsen attempted another murder but his victim fled and after contacting the police did not press charges. 2 months later he killed again, strangling his young victim with his own headphones, the next day he bought a Polaroid camera and photographed the body in suggestive positions before storing the body under the floorboards. On several occasions Nilsen took the body out and sat it next to him when he watched television. Nilsen killed again in May 1980, again keeping the corpse. By the end of 1980 he had killed another 5 victims.

The bodies under his floorboards soon attracted insects and had a strong odour, maggots began to infest. Nilsen attempted to kill the insects and eliminate the smell but could not, he eventually removed and dissected the bodies before burning them disguising the smell by also burning a tyre. He checked for recognisable debris in the ashes and smashed an intact skull with his rake.

Nilsen killed 5 more victims, often taking time off work to be alone with the bodies- dates which were later matched to disappearances. In mid-1981 Nilsen’s landlord decided to renovate the property and Nilsen was asked to vacate, he dissected those bodies before burning the corpses.

After moving Nilsen had no garden or floorboards to store bodies under, he attempted murder multiple times, including one victim who he resuscitated and after Nilsen’s dog licked the victim’s face, allowed to leave even driving him to the train station.

Nilsen killed twice more, as with all previous victims, undertaking strange behaviour with the corpses, flushing the organs of his final victim down his toilet.

The flushed organs were found and a murder investigation was opened, when officers entered Nilsen’s flat they immediately smelt rotting flesh, Nilsen calmly told the officers the rest of the body was in his wardrobe. Nilsen stated “ I’ll tell you everything. I want to get it off my chest. Not here—at the police station.“ When asked whether the remains in his flat belonged to one person or two he replied fifteen or sixteen, since 1978.

Nilsen was sentenced to life imprisonment on 4th November 1983 with a recommended minimum of 25 years, this was later changed to a whole life tariff. He died in prison on 12th May 2018, aged 72.

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Ed Kemper

Edmund Emil Kemper III is an American serial killer, rapist, cannibal and necrophile who murdered ten people.

Standing at 6 feet 9 inches tall and highly intelligent (Kemper’s IQ is 145) Kemper was nicknamed the Co-Ed Killer due to most of his victims being female college students. Kemper’s childhood was disturbed and abusive, his alcoholic mother would lock him in a basement and humiliate him. he showed antisocial behaviours such as cruelty to animals as a child. Aged 10 Kemper buried a cat alive, dug up its body, decapitated it and mounted its head on a spike. Kemper had dark fantasies and would remove the heads from his sister’s dolls. He claims his favourite games as a child were ‘Gas Chamber,’ and ‘Electric Chair,’ in which he asked his sister to tie him up, pretend to flip a switch and then he would writhe on the ground and pretend to be executed. 

Kemper murdered his paternal grandparents at age 15 and was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Released for the double murder at age 21 after convincing officials he was rehabilitated and acting like a model prisoner, Kemper quickly began to kill again. Kemper typically targeted young females, luring them into his car, driving them to secluded areas and then murdering them and taking their corpses back to his home. When home Kemper would decapitate, dismember and rape the decapitated heads and bodies. Kemper murdered his mother and one of her friends before turning himself into police. Kemper once stated ‘When I see a pretty girl walking down the street, I think two things. One part of me wants to take her out, talk to her, be real nice and sweet and treat her right … [the other part wonders] what her head would look like on a stick.’

Found sane and guilty, Kemper asked for the death penalty which was suspended in California at the time. He received 8 life sentences and waived his right to parole, claiming he is happy in prison. Kemper has spoken about manipulating other prisoners, including notorious killer Herbert Mullin, Kemper stated "[Mullin] had a habit of singing and bothering people when somebody tried to watch TV, so I threw water on him to shut him up. Then, when he was a good boy, I’d give him peanuts. Herbie liked peanuts. That was effective because pretty soon he asked permission to sing. That’s called behaviour modification treatment.’ He has participated in a number of interviews and is forthcoming about the nature of his crimes. Kemper has also influenced and inspired many films and books.

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