A man called the police after his dog returned carrying what appeared to be a severed arm over the weekend. Police traced the rest of the body minus the victim’s head to an abandoned house. As of now, the victim has not been identified.
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The Murder of Adam Walsh
On July 27, 1981, six-year-old Adam John Walsh was abducted from a Sears department store in Hollywood, Florida. His severed head would be found two weeks later along a Florida Turnpike. In the aftermath of the horrifying crime Adam’s father John Walsh became a victims rights advocate.
On This Day: Jeffrey Dahmer is Arrested For His Crimes
Just before midnight on July 22, 1991, two Miluwakee police officers spotted a man running down the street with one handcuff on, yelling for their help. The handcuffed man, Tracey Edwards, explained how a man named Jeffrey Dahmer threatened to kill him. What police would find in Dahmer’s apartment would make him one of the most infamous serial killers of all time.
German Man Arrested After A Severed Head was Left In Front Of A Courthouse
A German man was arrested on Tuesday for decapitating a homeless person and leaving the head on the steps of a courthouse in Bonn, Germany.
1970s Serial Killer Faces Additional Life Sentence on DNA Evidence
Already serving time for 11 murder convictions, Richard Cottingham was arraigned this week for a 12th: the former cold case of Diane Cusick, found dead in 1968.
Vlad Draculea: The Villain Before the Vampire
From a nobleman’s child in Transylvania to the commander and impaler of tens of thousands, Vlad III made his mark on Wallachian history in blood.
Man Convicted of First Degree Murder in Beheading Case
On Thursday a jury convicted Armando Barron, a New Hampshire man, of first-degree murder of Jonathan Amerault. Amerault was a co-worker of Barron’s wife, Britany, and reportedly sought out killing him after finding out she was texting Amerault.
MS-13 Gang Member “Little Devil” Found Guilty of Murder
Linez “Diabilita” Escobar was found guilty on six counts of murder and racketeering in a Long Island courtroom on Monday.
Man Who Killed and Dismembered Parents Sentenced to Life in Prison
Twenty-four year-old Chandler Halderson has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after being convicted in January in the murder and dismemberment of his parents Bart and Krista Halderson.
83-Year-Old Suspect Arrested in Connection with Dismembered Torso
An 83-year-old Brooklyn woman was charged with murder on Thursday after investigators found a head in her apartment that belonged to the dismembered torso discovered in a shopping cart last week. Harvey Marcelin had served 50 years in connection with two Manhattan homicides in 1963 and 1984 before her release in 2019. She now faces new charges in connection with the death of 68-year-old Susan Leyden.
New Podcast Episode: Cary Stayner - The Yosemite Park Killer
Steven Stayner escaped his captor and returned home to his family in March of 1980. 19 years later his older brother Cary Stayner was arrested in connection with the murder of a young woman named Joie Armstrong in Yosemite Park.
Dismembered Torso of a Woman Discovered in Shopping Cart
Police in New York City are investigating after the torso of a woman was found in a shopping cart in Brooklyn on Thursday morning. Given the absence of any dental records or fingerprint records, detectives are trying to use DNA to identify the victim.
A Mother's Horrific Discovery Leads to Murder Charges for Wisconsin Woman
A mother’s discovery of her son’s dismembered head in a bucket at the bottom of the stairs in their residential home has led to the arrest of 24-year-old Taylor Schabusiness in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Man Found Guilty of Killing and Dismembering His Parents
Last Thursday, a jury in Dane County, Wisconsin found Chandler Halderson guilty for the murder of his parents, 50-year-old Bart and 53-year-old Krista Halderson last July. Jurors deliberated for little over two hours before delivering their verdict.
Ex-NYPD Officer Charged with Murder After Nearly Decapitating his Mother with a Machete
Osvaldo Diaz, 46, is charged with second-degree murder and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon after the violent attack on his mother last February. “The defendant allegedly attacked his mother with a machete – to the point of near-decapitation,” Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said in a statement.
Missing New Orleans woman investigation leads to discovery of headless torso, chainsaw with flesh on blade
When Benjamin Beale faced questions from a New Orleans police detective about his girlfriend’s disappearance, Beale told the investigator that he feared Julia Dardar may have taken her own life or overdosed on illegal substances. Six days later, police raided Beale’s home in the Florida neighborhood and found a headless torso inside a deep freezer in a bus parked in the backyard.
The Most Terrifying Things To Happen On New Year's Eve That Will Make You Rethink Going Out
While many enjoy the thought of celebrating a new year and look forward to all of those special things you only do on New Year's Eve, for others, it becomes a New Year's Eve nightmare. New Year's Eve crimes are nothing new - people have committed every crime from petty acts of vandal to straight up mass murder; not everyone is set on making goals for positive changes in the new year.
New Podcast Episode: The Sunset Strip Slayers
In August of 1980, Carol Bundy confessed to some fellow nurses at the hospital where she worked that she had a connection to the so-called Sunset Strip Slayer who they had been hearing about on the news. She and her live-in boyfriend had been on a bit of a murder spree that kicked off when the pair discovered they shared some dark fantasies and decided to start turning them into reality.
The Cleveland Torso Murders
From 1934-1938, the brutal murders of 13 individuals ravaged the city of Cleveland, Ohio. The case is famously known as "The Cleveland Torso Murders," because none of the victims' bodies were intact. Each victim was beheaded and dismembered, leaving only their torsos to be discovered by the public. Officials positively identified only two of the victims, and to this day, no one knows who the killer is for certain.