Articles related to "Murders"

Halloween is not just for kids! A fun Halloween party for adults is a Murder Mystery party, where Grownups get into character and help solve a murder!

On Boxing Day 1898, one of Queensland's infamous murders took place near the small town of Gatton. A young man and his two sisters were brutally slain in a paddock.

October 20, 1970 will stand out in the minds of many from Kirkland Lake, Ontario not because of the fall beauty but because of the murder of a beautiful 12-year-old girl.

Jack the Ripper and the Zodiac were two psychopathic serial killers. Though one lived over a century ago , the two shared many traits in common.

When his niece is killed in gruesome fashion, Cross is thrust into an uncomfortable mystery that leads him to discover lurid details about his niece's lifestyle.

While the citizens of Missouri celebrated the 4th of July in 1990, Stacey Lannert killed her own father. But was she a cold-blooded murderer or a victim herself?

Half a century has gone by since the Clutter murders in Holcomb, Kansas on Nov. 15,1959, but memories of the event still cast a dark shadow over the community.

The grisly murder of a three-year-old boy in 19th-century England caused a national sensation and inspired many early crime writers.

The 2005 Australian independent horror film Wolf Creek was purely a work of fiction but it contained elements of two real Australian murders.

A twenty year old death, an aging and grieving mother, inexperienced detectives, and conflicting facts -- that's what Christine Bennett sorts through in this May mystery.

Cathie Gauthier, who survived a suicide attempt, was found guilty of three counts of first degree murder in the New Year's Day poisoning of her children aged 12, 7 and 4.

Baroness Troutbeck, the most politically incorrect of characters visits a liberal US university. Murder follows, but is the book up to the standard of other Amiss novels?

Many mystery authors pen murder mysteries with a holiday theme. Whether its Christmas, St. Patrick's Day, or Passover, the mayhem is the same.

Korean murder thriller is based on true 1980s Hwaseong killings of women by the 'Rainy Day Killer'. Film stars Kim Sang-Kyung & Kim Roe-Ha as ineffective Korean cops.

VH1 reality show Megan Wants a Millionaire is canceled after police say cast member Ryan Jenkins is wanted for murder and mutilation of ex-wife, model Jasmine Fiore.

A reconstruction of the events surrounding the mysterious disappearance of two princes in the Tower of London.

Truman Capote's famous 1966 novel In Cold Blood was adapted into an Academy Award nominated 1967 film of the same name.

Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, an unlikely detective, solves such cases as Murder at the Vicarage and The Body in the Library with her keen understanding of human nature.

William Cullen Bryant's poem dramatizes an unsolved murder mystery, and the speaker muses about the family of the man whose bones are found "far down a narrow glen."

Eliot Ness of Untouchables fame was Safety Director of Cleveland, Ohio, from 1935 to 1942. During his tenure he was plagued with the grisly, unsolved Torso Murders.

The brutal murder of gay student Matthew Shepard was horrific but not in vain - it has been a shocking wake-up call for the world to gay hate crime issues.

The old drill hall on the fairgrounds at Medicine Hat, Alberta is one of the few buildings left from the Second World War prison camps for captured Germans.

Located along one of Berlin's busiest roads, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe is one of Berlin's must-see sites, partly because of its controversial past.

In 1958 infamous killer Charles Starkweather, along with 14 year old girlfriend Caril Fugate went on a killing spree throughout the Midwest that left eleven dead.

Rachel Pfitzner murdered her two-year-old son, Dean Shillingsworth, and threw his body into a pond because "the little bastard" reminded her of his father whom she hated.

When Aimee's lost love suddenly returns to Paris, she is confused, even more when he asks her to marry him. By morning, however, he is dead.

Russia's media is strictly controlled by the Kremlin, and journalists critical of the Kremlin often wind up dead without their assailants brought to justice.

Details the murder scene of the respected New York psychotherapist and explains the philosophy of her treatment of patients throughout her 20-year career.

Phil Spector, famed record producer was found guilty of second degree murder and using a firearm in commission of a crime. He faces serving 18 years of a life sentence.

Suspect arrested in connection with this morning's fatal shooting of Dr. George Tiller, one of only three remaining doctors performing abortions after viability.

When former nun, new mother, and part-time sleuth, Christine Bennett is offered a oceanfront cottage on Fire Island, she's thrilled. But, she finds murder, not shells.

The Alehouse Murders by Maureen Ash showcases life in medieval Britain as Templar Knight, Bascot de Marins, solves several mysteries and meets many of Lincoln's citizens.

The murder of a prominent Russian journalist has caused unrest in the province of Ingushetia.

Australia's isolated roads and remote outback has been the setting for many disappearances and murders. Some of them have been solved, while others remain a mystery.

Advocacy groups are heading to Africa to offer education and to aid government intervention on a recent series of brutal murders of persons with albinism in Tanzania.

Top Hong Kong director and producer Tsui Hark's debut film is an intoxicating mix of swordplay and intrigue.

In 1964, a young woman was stabbed to death while nearby eyewitnesses did nothing.

Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a notorious associate of Charles Manson, will be released from prison on August 16. Does this indicate parole leniency for other comrades?

Germany's central Holocaust Memorial is a stunning monument dedicated to six million Jewish victims of the Nazi genocide. It is a place for remembrance and reflection.

In 1969, rock musician Brian Jones was found dead in his swimming pool, apparently as a result of an accident; now police have reopened the case.

The body of 27 year-old Brian Jones was found in the swimming pool of his home in July 1969.

At a Seder, the traditional Jewish Passover meal, one guest goes to the door to symbolically let in the prophet Elijah. When Iris Grodnik does this, she never returns.

Kansas Charley murder trial: newspaper reporter swears to statements and words that Charley probably never used and court allows the testimony.

The evidence surrounding the unsolved murder of Hollywood hopeful Beth Short skillfully examined by a journalist who lived in LA when it happened.

Each year, the Morris Avenue Boys from the old Bronx neighborhood get together for dinner and stories. This year the group got more than they intended; they got murder.

The new ABC series based on the James Patterson "Women's Murder Club" books is surprisingly well done, leaving viewers eager for next week's episode.

Six year old Adam Wals went missing and was found murdered in 1981. After 27 years the Hollywood, Florida Police held a press conference and announced the case closed.

The dead bodies of middle-aged men began turning up in rural locations in Florida and authorities suspected a female serial killer was on the loose.

What happens when cake-judging turns to chaos -- and murder -- at the Tri-County Fair?

The first Aimee LeDuc murder mystery takes readers through the intricate passageways of Paris' Marais district -- and of the city's past.