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Category: Unsolved Murders

The Death of an Altar Boy – Danny Croteau

By Emily Thompson

Danny Croteau was just 13-years-old when he was bludgeoned to death. The main suspect in his murder was a local priest who befriended Danny and his brothers. Following his murder, it would be discovered that the priest had been molesting young boys, including Danny's brother...

Jul 1, 2020  •  4 min read

Who Was Baby Allison?

By Emily Thompson

On 31 December, 2003, the body of a new-born baby girl was discovered in a barrel behind Sycamore Amish School, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Her umbilical cord was still attached and her throat had been sliced from ear to ear. Who was Baby Allison?

Jun 6, 2020  •  5 min read

In Broad Daylight – The Unsolved Murder of Wendy Wolin

By Emily Thompson

In 1966, 7-year-old Wendy Wolin was stabbed to death by a middle-aged man on a busy street in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in broad daylight. Despite an exhaustive investigation, her murder remains unsolved.

May 26, 2020  •  5 min read

The Unsolved Dermond Murders

By Emily Thompson

Russell Dermond, 88, was discovered beheaded in his home on the banks of Lake Ocenee, Georgia, in May 2014. His wife of 68 years, Shirley, was missing. However, the following week, her body was discovered floating in Lake Oconee. Who killed the elderly couple and why?

Apr 12, 2020  •  4 min read

Who Killed Little Vera Page?

By Emily Thompson

Vera Page, 10, was discovered strangled to death in London, in December of 1931. Police identified her killer as her neighbor, but was all as it seemed?

Feb 20, 2020  •  3 min read

A Murder & A Disappearance – Chance Wackerhagen

By Emily Thompson

Chance Wackerhagen, 9, was visiting his father, Lee, and his father's girlfriend, Latricia, over Christmas of 1993. Police found Latricia shot dead and Chance and Lee missing. Initially, police speculated Lee had killed Latricia and fled the scene with his son. However, it was later theorized somebody else had committed the murder.

Jan 29, 2020  •  3 min read

Murder at West Lodge

By Patricia Thompson

Ashton is famous for its annual World Conker Championship, as well as a horrific murder that is steeped in the local folklore and still to this day the subject of much speculation and discussion around dinner tables and in local drinking establishments. It was always thought that there may one day be a ‘deathbed confession’,…

Jan 11, 2020  •  6 min read

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Catrine da Costa

By Emily Thompson

Catrine da Costa, 28, was a sex worker from Stockholm, Sweden. On 18 July, 1984, parts of her dismembered body were discovered in bin bags in Solna. There were two main suspects: two doctors. However, nobody was ever convicted of her brutal murder.

Dec 18, 2019  •  5 min read

The Angel of the Meadow

By Patricia Thompson

It is now almost 10 years ago that Jane Doe was found in Manchester, England. Her skeletal remains were discovered wrapped in a carpet by construction workers on 25th January 2010, on the site of an old car park in an area known as Angel Meadows.

Sep 14, 2019  •  3 min read

The Dardeen Family Murders

By Emily Thompson

The name “Dardeen” resonates with the residents of Ina, Southern Illinois, who think back to a gruesome quadruple murder that took place in their sleepy hamlet in the late 1980s. Life in Ina was simple. There was a store, a gas station, a firehouse, a bank, a post office and little all else. But then…

Aug 28, 2019  •  5 min read

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