Tag: serial killers
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The Mysteries Surrounding Bell and Lang
83-year-old Mabel Bell and her disabled sister Florence Lang, 79, were discovered comatose in their Monrovia bungalow on 1st June 1985. It is likely that their attack occurred in the early hours of 30th May, due to dated evidence at the scene: a TV guide had been turned to a page showing late night on…
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More Carrillo Logic
Another two nuggets of stupidity from the ‘His M.O. was No M.O.’ files. Carrillo had learned through his detective studies that some killers are sexually aroused by seeing fear in their victims’ eyes. He frequently cites his source, a criminology professor, Robert Morneau. Morneau wrote a book called Sex, Motivation and the Criminal Offender (1980)…
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That Orange Toyota
“How a 13-year old boy brought down the Night Stalker!” This story is one of many articles that claim something or someone directly led to Richard Ramirez’s capture. As with everything the media has told you about the Night Stalker, the reality is a little different. Bill Carns and his girlfriend Inez Erickson (sometimes named…
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Who Attacked Whitney Bennett?
At 12:45am on 5th July 1985, 16-year-old Whitney Bennett arrived at her Sierra Madre home via the back door. She made sure it was locked before changing for bed. The light was still on, and the curtains were left open when she fell asleep. Bennett’s bedroom was at the front of the house. Sometime between 2:45…