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Elizabeth Short - January 15, 1947, 22 year-old Elizabeth Short's naked body was found in a lot. Her nude, mutilated body was severed in half at the waist, drained of blood and washed clean. Elizabeth came to Hollywood from Massachusetts to be a star. Because her hair and clothes were always jet black, she was known as "The Black Dahlia." Lizzie Borden - American woman accused of killing her father and her stepmother, in Fall River, Mass with an ax on Aug. 4, 1892. Jack the Ripper stalked the streets of London 31st August 1888 and 9th November 1888. The killer was tied to the deaths of at least 5 prostitutes, but was never brought to justice.October 30th 2002, Run-DMC DJ Jam Master Jay was murdered at a New York recording studio.
May 1, 2001, 24-year-old Washington intern, Chandra Levy, logged off her computer, left her apartment and was never been heard from again. Her body was eventually located.
January 16, 1987 Atlanta socialite Lita Sullivan, 36, estranged wife of millionaire James Sullivan, opened the door to accept a delivery of roses. A gun emerged from behind the flowers and Lita was dead, the victim of a gunshot wound to the head. In the middle of nasty divorce proceedings to end an 11 year marriage, Lita, was scheduled to testify in court that day. Police suspected James Sullivan of arranging the murder. February 28, 1986, Olof Palme, Swedish Prime Minister and leader of the Social Democratic Party was gunned down on a Stockholm street. While there are theories about who could have been behind the murder, the identity of the culprit remains a mystery. The Mysterious Death of Thelma Todd -- Thelma was a popular actress of the late 1920s and early 1930s. Born in Lawrence, MA in 1905, she was a schoolteacher and model before beginning her career in film. Appearing in over 40 movies between 1926 and 1935, she is best remembered for her comedic roles in films like Marx Brothers movies, Monkey Business and Horse Feathers. In the 1930s, she opened a restaurant, Thelma Todd's Sidewalk Cafe, and took up residence in a luxurious apartment above the cafe. Located near the ocean, it became a popular meeting and eating place. It was in the garage of the Sidewalk Cafe on December 15, 1935, that she was found in her parked car, dead of carbon monoxide poisoning. Was it suicide or murder? Also See Historic Crimes The Death of Mary Pinchot Meyer -- October 12, 1964, Mary Pinchot Meyer, 43, a Washington, DC area artist was gunned down on a towpath in Georgetown. The death brought much criticism towards Washington's Metropolitan Police Department for its inability to protect the public, but it was the events before and after her murder which have kept Mary's death a concern. Jim Marrs's book, Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy, lists Mary Pinchot Meyer's death as one of the mysterious deaths associated with the John F. Kennedy Assassination. Also see: JFK & Monroe DB Cooper - the lone hijacker who got away with &200,000 in cash by hijacking and parachuting from a commercial airplane - never to be seen again. In March 1995, a Florida antique dealer named Duane Weber dying of polycystic kidney disease in Pensacola told his wife, "I'm Dan Cooper." He died 11 days later. Jo sold his van. The new owner discovered a hidden wallet with a US Navy "bad conduct discharge" in Duane's name, a Social Security card and prison release form from the Missouri State Penitentiary, in the name of "John C. Collins." Jo, a real-estate agent in Pace, Fla., says Duane rarely spoke of his past. Dr. Sam Sheppard was convicted of his wife's murder in 1954.Famous New Jersey unsolved murder: Hall-Mills 1922 -- Eleanor Mills, 34, was in a red polka-dotted blue dress, with a blood soaked, brown silk scarf around her neck as she lay at her lovers side. Reverend Edward W. Hall, 41, hat covered his face had his arm under Eleanors shoulder. Scattered between them were torn up letters and cards. He was the the pastor of the Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist in New Brunswick, New Jersey; his wife was Frances Noel Stevens, heiress of Johnson & Johnson. Eleanor Mills was a singer in the church choir, her husband the sexton at St. Johns. Kari & Associates
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Support this site with your purchases! The World's Most Mysterious Murdersby Lionel Fanthrope, Patricia Fanthorpe -- Most unsolved murders have no apparent motives -- or too many motives. The murders of Sir Harry Oakes in 1943, one of the richest men in Canada, and Christine Demeter, found dead in a blood-soaked garage in Mississauga in 1973 -- remain unsolved. In fact, history is full of unsolved murders. Who killed King William Rufus, Edward II, and the Princes in the Tower? Who was Jack the Ripper? Was James Hanratty really guilty of killing Michael Gregson? These mysteries and more are contained in The World's Most Mysterious Murders. Baffling Murder Mysteries: Famous Unsolved Homicides by Marilyn Morgan A collection of murders involving popular celebrities, famous investigators, or serial killers. Morgan provides commentaries as to why these crimes were committed and how the perpetrators got away with it -- famous homicide cases involving Teamster President Jimmy Hoffa, George "Superman" Reeves, and Bob "Hogan's Heroes" Crane. Great Unsolved Crimes by A. J. Cronin Unsolved Mysteries of World War II (1998) Haunted by the Spirit by Raffaele J. Bibbo, Diane M. Marobella -- This is about an unsolved murder committed on August 16, 1967, in the City of Waltham, MA . The partially clad body of Doris A. Johnson, 48-year-old woman was found with no shoes on with her silk stockings wrapped around her neck, strangling he. As the story unfolds it will hold you in suspense as it leads up to the murder. According to police, this case is considered a "cold case" (unsolved to date). You be the judge. Is this case still unsolved or has it been resolved 33 years later? The authors received their information in 1984 through a sance in which an unknown entity shouted, "This body murdered me!" At a later date, the voice was identified to be Doris Johnson. Did the deceased control the killer into a confession 33 years later, or was the killers guilt overcome by its own spirit into revealing the truth. |
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