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In the early morning hours of November 15, 1959, four members of the Clutter family – Herb Clutter, his wife, Bonnie, and their teenage children Nancy and Kenyon – were murdered in their rural home just outside the small farming community of Holcomb, Kansas. Two ex-convicts, Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, were found guilty of the murders ...
Known for. Murder victim. Elizabeth Short (July 29, 1924 – c. January 14–15, 1947), known as the Black Dahlia, was an American woman found murdered in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on January 15, 1947. Her case became highly publicized owing to the gruesome nature of the crime, which included the mutilation of ...
In one of the most famous Hollywood murders of all time, Erik and Lyle Menendez entered their home and murdered their parents, Jose and Mary Louis "Kitty" Menendez with a shotgun. The story and ...
The Wonderland murders, also known as the Four on the Floor Murders [1] or the Laurel Canyon Murders, are four unsolved murders that occurred in Los Angeles on July 1, 1981. [2] It is assumed that five people were targeted to be killed in the known drug house of the Wonderland Gang , three of whom—Ron Launius, William "Billy" Deverell, and ...
His family. Killed. 6. Weapons. .35 Marlin rifle. Ronald Joseph DeFeo Jr. (September 26, 1951 – March 12, 2021) was an American mass murderer who was tried and convicted for the 1974 killings of his father, mother, two brothers, and two sisters in Amityville, New York. Sentenced to six counts of 25 years to life, DeFeo died in prison on March ...
Date apprehended. March 8, 1990 (Lyle) March 11, 1990 (Erik) Joseph Lyle Menéndez (born January 10, 1968) [ 2] and Erik Galen Menéndez (born November 27, 1970) [ 3] are American brothers who were convicted in 1996 of the murders of their parents, José and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menéndez. During their trial, the brothers stated that they ...
The murder has been covered in a number of true crime podcasts, including Morbid [15] and Generation Why. [16] It was also the subject of a 2012 episode of Snapped, [17] a 2014 episode of Redrum, [18] a 2023 episode of Autopsy, a 2023 episode of Forensic Files II, [19] and a 2023 episode of Murder in the 21st.
Unknown. The Villisca axe murders occurred between the evening of June 9, 1912, to the early morning of June 10, 1912; in the town of Villisca, Iowa, in the United States. The six members of the Moore family and two guests were found bludgeoned in the Moore residence. All eight victims, including six children, had severe head wounds from an axe.