The Tangled Love of Caril Ann Fugate & Charles Starkweather
“The more I looked at people, the more I hated them.” CHARLES STARKWEATHER The love story of Caril and Charles is an infamous one, one with a body count. It’s also one that’s found its place in pop culture. Natural Born Killers, Badlands, Kalifornia, among others… all movies at least in part inspired by their […]
Herbert Baumeister & the Mannequins
the man Herbert Baumeister was born on April 7, 1947 in Indianapolis, Indiana. By all accounts, Baumeister’s childhood was relatively normal.[1]Jerome, Richard. “While Julie Was Away.” People, 23 Dec. 1986, https://people.com/archive/while-julie-was-away-vol-46-no-26/. However, as an adolescent, he reportedly began exhibiting some rather odd behavior, such as a fascination with dead animals and urinating on one of his […]
Sabrina Zunich: a love triangle gone wrong
The story of Sabrina Zunich is one fraught with pain and trauma. Did she commit a terrible crime? Yes, there is no question that she did. But it’s hard not to have some compassion for the life that led her to that terrible moment. She was sent to the absolute worst place for her. Kevin […]
The Twisted Mind of Shirley Winters
Much like the Krista Absalon case I covered, this one took place near my small hometown in northern New York. Shirley Winters, pictured above, was convicted, so far, of two murders. But her history is a tangled tale of darkness. about the woman Shirley Winters was born on February 27th, 1958, raised near Onondaga, New […]
Colleen Stan & the Box
the crime In 1977, twenty-year-old Colleen Stan decided to leave Eugene, Oregon and hitchhike to California for a friend’s birthday party. She never made it. Along the way, she accepted a ride from a young couple with a baby. That would be the last she was seen for seven years. Colleen’s captor was Cameron Hooker, […]
Krista Absalon and the Casablanca 5
This is a case that strikes close to home, taking place in a small town just miles from my own small hometown in northern New York. It is a case that has haunted me for years. the crime On October 26, 1991, in the small town of Gouverneur, a woman was raped. Sadly, sexual assaults […]
Liu Yongbiao
At one time, Liu Yongbiao was an accomplished and acclaimed Chinese writer. Now he has been sentenced to death. the man Little seems to be known about Yongbiao, other than his life as a writer. He wrote several novels, including one historical fiction that was made into a television series that lasted for fifty episodes. […]
Souleater & the Runaway Devil: Jeremy Steinke & Jasmine Richardson
TRIGGER WARNING: This article touches on the rape, abuse, and murder of both children and adults. “I have this plan. It begins with me killing them and ends with me living with you.” -Jasmine Richardson the crime These are the chilling words of Jasmine Richardson to her boyfriend, Jeremy Steinke, a month before before Jasmine’s […]
UPDATED: Nancy Crampton Brophy
see updates at the end There is little more surreal than a romance author who kills her own husband. But that is, allegedly, exactly what Nancy Crampton Brophy did. the crime On June 2, 2018, Daniel Brophy was found by students at the Oregon Culinary Institute where he was both a chef and an instructor. […]
Israel Keyes & His Murder Kits
Israel Keyes took something from his time in the military. He knew how to plan an operation down to the last detail. Unfortunately, instead of using those skills for good, Keyes used them to plan and carry out rape and murder, financing them through bank robberies and burglaries.[1]Biography.com. “Israel Keyes Biography.” The Biography.com, 26 June 2020, […]
Anne Perry
As an author myself, one piece of advice I’ve always gotten was to write what I know. There are some authors, however, that have taken that advice to heart in dark and murderous ways. As much as I love writing, and sometimes some very dark themes, I don’t think I have the level of committment […]