Las Vegas was filled with people coming and going on July 10, 1982. Inside the Greyhound Bus Terminal on South Main Street, travelers passed through the building as they waited for buses, bought tickets, or headed toward their next destination. But somewhere inside that busy terminal, an older woman entered the ladies’ restroom—and never walked … Read more
Before Lizzie Became a Famous Name Long before the Borden family became associated with one of America’s most notorious murder cases, Sarah Morse Borden was simply a young mother raising her family in Fall River, Massachusetts. Sarah married Andrew Borden on Christmas Day in 1845. She was 22 years old, while Andrew was 23. The … Read more
A Relationship Built on a Promise Deborah Taylor was 42 when she disappeared in September 1994. A mother of three originally from New York, Deborah had recently settled in Virginia Beach with her five-year-old granddaughter. For roughly nine years, she had been involved with Richard Ablamsky, a 39-year-old engineer from New Jersey who was already … Read more
For decades, he was known only as an unidentified man buried in an Oklahoma field. On January 18, 1975, authorities made a disturbing discovery in a remote area near Highway 37, outside Tuttle, Oklahoma. About seven miles east and two miles north of town, the remains of a young man were found in a shallow … Read more
A Meeting That Turned Deadly On February 16, 2001, 21-year-old Kandee Louise Martin was in Dorchester County, South Carolina, when she crossed paths with someone she already knew. Marion Bowman Jr. had known Kandee since high school. According to court records described in the source material, the two had a dispute involving money. Earlier that … Read more
On the morning of October 19, 1994, Kristina said goodbye to her sister and a friend before leaving her family’s home in Columbia, Missouri. She was on her way to Jefferson Junior High School. It should have been a normal school morning. But somewhere along the way, Kristina’s plans changed. A witness later reported seeing … Read more
A Simple Walk to His Grandparents’ House On July 27, 1988, Myron was walking through Phoenix, Arizona, with his mother. They were on their way to his grandparents’ home on East Pecan Road. It was an ordinary trip, and Myron had a simple plan. He was carrying a plastic bag filled with dirty clothes because … Read more
Gordon “Gordie” Edwin Sanderson, previously known as Septic Tank Sam, Sam Doe and Tofield John Doe, was a formerly unidentified Canadian murder victim who was found in a septic tank in 1977 at Lindbrook, Alberta, thirteen kilometres (8.1 mi) west of Tofield.[2] His remains were identified in January 2021, and his identity was revealed five … Read more
A Scholar of the Far East John Kennedy Rideout was a British scholar whose life revolved around languages, literature, and the history of East Asia. Born in Leeds in 1912, Rideout began his academic career as a classical scholar at Oxford before turning his attention toward Far Eastern languages. He later studied at the School … Read more
A Life That Seemed to Have Settled David Marsh Kelly was born on February 11, 1841, in Hamilton, Massachusetts. His life would take him from military service during the American Civil War to a successful career as a lawyer and politician in Wisconsin. After the Civil War, Kelly moved to Wisconsin in the late 1860s. … Read more