Robert Maudsley: Britain’s Most Dangerous Criminal

Robert Maudsley resides deep below HMP Wakefield, in Yorkshire, England. The prison has housed some of Britain’s most notorious criminals, including several serial killers like Harold Shipman and Colin Ireland, child murderer Ian Huntley, and serial sex offender Ian Watkins. For that reason, it’s known by some as ‘Monster Mansion.’ There’s a big difference between

Houston House of Horrors

Dubbed the Houston House of Horrors, news recently broke of an apartment that housed three abandoned children. The worst thing, however, was that – thanks to their mother, Gloria Williams, and her partner, Brian Coulter – these children were living with the dead body of their young brother. It started on October 24th 2021 when

Kelly Anne Bates: Tortured to Death

When Kelly Anne Bates began telling her parents about a boy called ‘Dave’, they understandably assumed that their 14-year-old daughter had an innocent crush on another teenager at school. They weren’t surprised either. Born in 1978, Kelly had been a bubbly, confident, and social girl from the start, always finding it easy to meet new

Donald Neilson: The Black Panther

On 11th February 1975, British newspaper, The Daily Mirror used the words “the most dangerous criminal at large in Britain” to describe a man believed to be guilty of a young heiress’ kidnapping. To the press, and the British public, this man was known as The Black Panther. Before then, the kidnapper’s identity was a

Rocío Wanninkhof: Spain’s Miscarriage of Justice

The peaceful coastal town of La Cala de Mijas is located in southern Spain and is home to around 4000 people. In 1999, one of those people was 19-year-old Rocío Wanninkhof. She was born to a Dutch father, Willem Wanninkhof, and Spanish mother, Alicia Hornos, in 1979, but they separated a few years later. Alicia,

Unique Harris: A Murder Charge But No Body

On the 9th October 2010, 24-year-old Unique Harris had just tucked her two sons into bed at around 9pm-10pm, along with her cousin’s 8-year-old daughter. They’d spent the night having a movie marathon. By the time the children woke up at 8:30am, though, she was nowhere to be found inside their Washington D.C apartment. They

FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives

The FBI Ten Most Wanted list has contained some of the most dangerous criminals since its creation in 1950. When it was first made, the idea was for the list to assist the FBI in finding and capturing dangerous fugitives by giving the cases extra exposure. Information regarding the list can be found online and

Mark Latunski: Grindr Cannibal

25-year-old Kevin Bacon left his house in Swartz Creek, Michigan, on the 24th December 2019. By the 28th December 2019 he was found dead, suspended from the ceiling by his ankles inside the basement of Mark Latunski. So what happened in those 4 days that led to such a tragic and horrific end of life?

Miriam Rodriguez: A Mother’s Love

A mother’s love is not to be underestimated. In many cases that we see in the news – ones of deaths, kidnappings, attacks – we often hear of the mothers of the victims. Their heartbreaking pleas for answers, the difficult and sometimes never-ending quests for justice, the desperation of not having their child’s suffering be

Phoebe Handsjuk: Suicide By Garbage Chute?

On the evening of December 2nd 2010, a building duty concierge walked into the garbage room of Balenca, a luxury apartment tower in Australia, and made a disturbing discovery. There, on the floor, was the body of a young woman. Her foot was nearly severed at the ankle, and there was a bloody trail leading