Arguably Britain’s most reviled killers, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley preyed on children, claiming five young victims between between July 1963 and October 1965.
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Thursday, 11 June 2015
Serial Killer Video: Ian Brady and Myra Hindley - The Moors Murderers
Arguably Britain’s most reviled killers, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley preyed on children, claiming five young victims between between July 1963 and October 1965.
Wednesday, 10 June 2015
Serial Killers: Vlado Taneski
Number of victims: 3
Date of murders: 2004 - 2008
Method of murder: Strangulation
Location: Kicevo, Macedonia
Between 2005 and 2008 three elderly women were found strangled to death in the small town of Kicevo, Macedonia. The murders were a sensation in the country, particularly as they were covered in such depth by journalist Vlado Taneski, who seemed to have a unique insight into the mind of the killer.
Taneski’s graphic reports, however, began to rouse suspicion among the investigative team. Then, after he slipped up and included details that had not been released to the public, Taneski was arrested and brought in for questioning.
The police soon discovered a number of startling coincidences. Taneski knew all of the victims, lived close to them, and they all worked as domestic cleaners, incidentally the same work that Taneski’s mother had done. Then, after DNA conclusively linked Taneski to the killings, he was charged with three counts of murder.
But Vlado Taneski had no intention of standing trial. On June 22, 2008, the day after his arrest, he was found dead in his prison cell in Tetovo. He had apparently committed suicide be submerging his head in a bucket of water.
Tuesday, 9 June 2015
Serial Killers: Christopher Worrell & James Miller
Number of victims: 7
Date of murders: 1976 - 1977
Method of murder: Strangulation
Location: Truro, South Australia
Between December 1976 and February 1977, seven young women went missing from the streets of Truro, South Australia. The police were at a loss as to the disappearances and the women’s whereabouts remained a mystery until April 1978 when a mushroom hunter discovered human remains in a field. A police search turned up more remains, subsequently identified as Veronica Knight, 18, and Sylvia Pittman, 16, two of the missing.
As the police appealed to the public for information, a female caller suggested that they speak to a man named James Miller. Miller was tracked down and brought in for questioning. Under interrogation, he told a incredible story.
Miller said that the murders had been committed by a friend of his, Christopher Worrell, who had since been killed in a car crash. He admitted to being present at the time of the murders, but denied participating in them. He had no interest in the women, he said, because he was gay.
According to Miller, he had acted as driver, chauffeuring Worrell around the Truro area looking for women. If one of the women agreed to go with them, he’d drive to a remote spot. Worrell would then tell him to “take a walk.” When he returned the victim would be dead. Seven young women had died in this way in the space of just three months and Worrell would have carried on killing had he not been killed himself.
With Worrell not around to face the music, James Miller was tried with seven counts of murder and sentenced to life in prison. He died there of cancer in October 2008.
Monday, 8 June 2015
Serial Killers: Alexander Spesivtsev
Number of victims: 19+
Date of murders: 1991 - 1996
Method of murder: Stabbing
Location: Novokuznetsk, Russia
Born in the Siberian town of Novokuznetsk in 1970, Alexander Spesivtsev was raised in an abusive home. As an adult, he murdered his girlfriend and was sent to a psychiatric hospital, remaining there until 1991, when he was declared “cured” and released. He returned to Novokuznetsk, to share an apartment with his mother, Ludmilla.
In 1996, a water leakage in the Spesivtsev apartment resulted in neighbours calling a plumber. As no one was home, the plumber forced the door and entered. Moments later, he staggered out, screaming for someone to call the police.
Officers were soon on the scene. As they entered the apartment, they saw immediately what had so distressed the plumber. There was blood on the walls; bowls with pieces of human flesh in the kitchen; a mutilated, headless child’s corpse in the bathtub. On a bloodstained couch lay 15-year-old Olga Galtseva, severely mutilated but still alive. She was taken to a hospital, where she died seventeen hours later. Before that, she was able to tell investigators what had happened.
Spesivtsev's mother had lured Olga and two friends to the apartment. Once inside Spesivtsev had attacked the girls, using his fierce Doberman dog to intimidate them. The girls had been raped and beaten. Spesivtsev then killed one of the girls and forced her friends to cut flesh from her body, which he gave to his mother to cook. The second girl had been killed by the Doberman and Spesivtsev was attacking Olga with a knife when the plumber began breaking down the door. He’d then jumped from a balcony and fled.
Spesivtsev and his mother were captured soon after. Under questioning he confessed to killing 19 children. He also admitted that he and his mother had been indulging in cannibalism for five years. Both Spesivtsev and his mother were sentenced to life in prison.
Sunday, 7 June 2015
Serial Killers: George Joseph Smith
Number of victims: 3
Date of murders: 1912 - 1914
Method of murder: Drowning
Location: England
One of the most heartless killers in British history, George Joseph Smith was a “Bluebeard” who murdered three of his wives by a unique method. He drowned each of them in the bathtub.
Smith had a simple but effective method to his murder-for-profit schemes. First, he’d seduce a lonely spinster and propose marriage. Then he’d arranged for the woman to make out a will in his favor, while he’d sometimes also take out insurance on her life. Next, he’d set the scene, advising anyone who would listen that his wife suffered from fits or fainting spells. Finally, he’d carry out the murder, waiting until his new wife was in the bath, then grabbing her by the ankles and pulling her under the water.
Three unfortunate women, Bessie Williams, Alice Smith and Margaret Lofty, were dispatched in this way. And Smith might have gotten away with it, were it not for a man named Joseph Crossley. In January 1915, Crossley wrote to the Metropolitan Police enclosing a newspaper cutting about the death of Margaret Lofty, and remarking how similar it was to the death of Alice Smith 12 months previously in Blackpool.
Thus alerted, the police began hunting for Smith, eventually arresting him on a London street as he walked to the insurance company offices to collect his payout for Margaret Lofty’s death.
Smith was found guilty on three counts of murder and sentenced to hang. He was executed at Maidstone Prison on August 13, 1915. Apparently he was so weak with fear that he had to be carried to the gallows.
Dead Men Walking
Some killers get away with murder. Others pay the ultimate price.
These are the stories of 50 American killers who were put to death for their horrific crimes, including:
Ronald O'Bryan: Poisoned his own son with Halloween candy in order to collect on a life insurance policy.
Johnny Garrett: A troubled teenaged killer who raped and murdered a 76-year-old nun.
Frank Spisak Jr: A cross-dressing Nazi serial killer who prowled the streets of Cleveland, Ohio, dispensing death with his gun.
Danielle Simpson: Heartless gangster wannabe who murdered an 84-year-old woman by throwing her off a bridge.
Robert Lee Willie: A brutal sex slayer who was executed in Louisiana. Formed the basis for the lead character in the movie Dead Man Walking.
Melvin White: A vile pedophile who raped his neighbor’s 9-year-old daughter, then bludgeoned her to death with a tire iron.
John Gilbert Graham: Wanted so desperately to murder his mother that he blew up the airliner she was traveling on, killing all 44 people on board.
Thomas Piper: A respected church deacon who moonlighted as a serial killer by night, claiming four victims.
George Stinney: Just 14 years old, Stinney was the youngest person to be executed in the electric chair.
Andrew DeYoung: He wiped out his entire family so that he could gain early access his inheritance.
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Dead Men Walking
Saturday, 6 June 2015
Serial Killers: Verry Henyansyah
Number of victims: 11
Date of murders: 2006 - 2008
Method of murder: Bludgeoning / Stabbing
Location: Jombang, Indonesia
Serial killer and wannabe pop star Verry Idham Henyansyah (also known as Ryan) first came to public attention in Indonesia in 2008, when he was arrested for a series of gruesome murders, 11 in all.
Openly gay, Verry mostly targeted other homosexual men, who he claimed had insulted his sexuality, or otherwise offended him in some way. One wealthy businessman was murdered for offering money and a car to have sex with Verry’s boyfriend, another was murdered because Verry considered him to be too promiscuous. He also killed a woman and her young child, apparently because the woman fell in love with him and wouldn’t leave him alone. Some of the bodies were buried in backyard of his home in Jombang, East Java. Others were dismembered and left at roadsides around Jakarta.
Henyansyah was eventually convicted and sentenced to death. While being held at Jakarta’s Pondok Bambu Penitentiary, he recorded a pop album under the name Ryan. He also wrote his autobiography, The Untold Story of Ryan. In it, he explained the roots of his killing spree. He said that he had been training to be a Koran recital teacher when he was seduced by one of his instructors. He then realized that he was gay, but he came hate the promiscuous lifestyles of other gay men he encountered.
Verry Henyansyah is still being held at Pondok Bambu, while he awaits execution. He has
become a celebrity of sorts, attracting scores of female fans to the prison, despite his homosexuality.
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