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Reason First: The Death Nurse- Genene Jones
Killing babies who are absolutely defenseless and have no clue about the world is particularly heinous. What Genene Jones of San Antonio, Texas did from 1981 to 1982 was to spike the amount of infant deaths in the hospital she worked. As a licensed vocational nurse (LVN), she was supposed to take care of these young children in desperate need. Instead, she subverted that call to action and pumped the infants full of lethal doses of drugs, causing them to have heart attacks, or stop breathing.
By Skyler Saunders5 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: The Unabomber- Dr. Theodore Kaczynski
Leopold and Loeb and Edmund Kemper dispel the myth that clever killers don’t exist. Dr. Theodore John Kacynski is no different. Named the “Unabomber” from “UNinversity, and Airline BOMber,” from an FBI profile of UNABOM for the unknown bomber, Kaczynski started creating explosive materials in the 1970s, but would evade identification and capture until 1995 when Kaczynski’s own brother alerted authorities after he noticed the bomber’s handwriting, used to draft a manifesto, matched his brother’s.
By Skyler Saunders5 years ago in Criminal
Doctor On A Killing Spree
Around the 1880s, when Jack the Ripper's killings were terrifying the people of London, Americans thought they were safe, but they didn’t know that a mad doctor was on a killing spree. He was the “Holmes” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle warned us about, as Dr. Watson hinted in one of his journals that it's a blessing that Sherlock Holmes decided to use his powers to solve the crimes and what an amazing criminal he would have become if he decided to go against the law. H. H. Holmes was the latter one.
By Saral Verma5 years ago in Criminal
Roses
Three men were gathered around an open trunk, two of them exchanging glances with the locals walking on the sidewalks, while the other opened a case. There was a mother with two little boys walking on either side of her. She wore a purple dress. The boys were in street clothes and both wore a peaked cap.
By Leonardo Pizzolato5 years ago in Criminal
Missing: Rachel Trlica, Lisa Wilson and Julie Moseley
On December 23, 1974, a married teenager named Rachel Trlica, 17, and her friend Lisa Wilson, 14, had planned a shopping trip. The Fort Worth, Texas, teenagers first stopped at a local store to get some items out of layaway. Julie Moseley, a nine-year-old neighbor who knew Wilson, asked if she could go. The teenagers told Julie to ask her parents for permission. Julie’s mother allowed her to go to the mall with Lisa and Rachel.
By Marc Hoover5 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: The Atlanta Child Murderer- Wayne Williams
From 1979 to 1981, a monster preyed exclusively on black children. Was it a Klansman wanting to wipe out enough young lives to satisfy his hatred for African Americans, or was it an unassuming wannabe music executive who shared his victims’ skin color? Surprisingly for most, it was the latter.
By Skyler Saunders5 years ago in Criminal
16-Year-Old Girl Who Shot Her Mother And Brother
On 29 August 2020, the daughter of a senior executive director of India’s railway board shot her mother and brother in cold blood. This unmerciful double murder jolted the capital city (Lucknow) of Uttar Pradesh (India). Why would a 16-year-old girl shoot her family?
By Saral Verma5 years ago in Criminal
