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History's Biggest VillainsThe Story of David Edwin MasonThe story of David Edwin Mason’s life was the result of childhood neglect combined with an undiagnosed mental illness. Even as a young kid, he suffered from abuse in multiple ways, while also not being mentally strong enough to deal with the bullying he received. As a teenager, he experimented with multiple ways to commit suicide, like hanging, cutting, throwing himself down the stairs and even setting himself on fire. David then turned his aggression outwards and began attacking fellow classmates and teachers, getting into several run-ins with the law. After a failed stint in the Marine Corps, he...
2026-01-2311 minHistory's Biggest VillainsDanny Figueroa: The Backwoods SniperDanny Figueroa was just like any other kid before the invention of cellphones, as he loved being outside and spending time in nature. But these habits still carried on into adulthood, as it seemed like Danny’s mental state remained that of an adolescent. He called himself a survivalist, infatuated with military fatigues and sleeping outdoors, as he wandered through the woods with his rifle. In his twisted mind, he was on the battlefield scoping out the enemy. But in reality, innocent people were on the other end of the gun.
2026-01-0106 minHistory's Biggest VillainsRobert Liberty: Death By CandlelightOn Saturday, June 4, 1966 in Westminster, CA, police received a strange call. 19 year old Robert Liberty told them that his girlfriend Marcella Landis was dead in their apartment. When the cops showed up, Marcella was found just like Robert had described. But her body was sprawled on the couch with a silk stocking wrapped around her neck, candles lit around her from head to toe and a Bible on her chest. Even more strangely, Robert was sitting next to her body, strumming a guitar. He was quickly taken into custody, but a judge ruled him insane, and he was found...
2025-12-2205 minHistory's Biggest VillainsNestor Pirotte: The Fake Aristocrat That Terrorized BelgiumNestor Pirotte had come from humble beginnings, but since he and his brothers played with the children of the aristocrats, he started to claim that he was a part of that group. When he grew up and eventually joined the military, he still had these claims, but he admitted to stealing from his comrades and other forms of theft. At the age of 21, he believed that his aunt had sold cattle and had a large amount of money, so Nestor grabbed an iron bar and beat her to death, only to find out that the money was already spent...
2025-12-1405 minHistory's Biggest VillainsStewart Weldon: The House of HorrorsOn May 27, 2018 in Springfield, Massachusetts, Stewart Weldon saw that he was about to get pulled over for a busted taillight, so he floored it. The chase ended when he tried to ram a police car and his vehicle stalled. As the cops approached the car, they saw a woman tied up in the backseat. She yelled to the officer that she was being kidnapped and Stewart was arrested. The woman told the police that she was held captive for a month, repeatedly beaten and raped. For some reason, the police didn’t bother to search his house. It was onl...
2025-10-2707 minHistory's Biggest VillainsGary Ray Bowles: The I-95 SlayerOn November 18, 1994, Belinda Hinton was concerned about her brother Jay, as he failed to contact her on her birthday. Her fiance William went to check on him, but he had to break a back window to get in the house. Almost immediately, he was met with a foul odor, and with his room in disarray, William knew something was wrong. He then found the decomposing body of his brother-in-law. Jay’s face was crushed by a concrete stone sitting near his body, but the marks on his neck indicated that he was strangled to death. He had five broken ri...
2025-10-2507 minHistory's Biggest VillainsWayne Henry Garrison: The Child Killer That Almost Got AwayWayne Henry Garrison seemed to have murderous urges at a young age, as he had already killed 2 children before he turned 18, as one was his 4 year old cousin, and the other was a random 3 year old boy that he kidnapped. For the second murder, he plead guilty to second degree manslaughter and out of jail before he graduated high school. Since he wasn’t properly punished, his pedophilic urges were allowed to continue, and it was only a matter of time before he claimed another victim, but he almost got away with this one.
2025-10-1805 minHistory's Biggest VillainsRobert Maury: The Killer That Solved His Own MurdersShirley Landruth was working the hotline for Shasta County’s Secret Witness program when she started receiving strange calls from a man in 1985. The line allowed people to provide details on unsolved crimes, sometimes for reward money. With the system being anonymous, the calls were never recorded, however, this particular caller was strange. The man gave precise directions to the location of a body, and over the next few years, that same man with the same distinctive voice called over 20 times. He reported various minor offenses, but the most peculiar part was that he gave the locations to 2 more bo...
2025-09-1706 minHistory's Biggest VillainsDonald Dillbeck: The Cop Killer That Got AwayOn June 22,1990 in Tallahassee, Florida, Robbie Faye Vann was waiting in her car while her family shopped in the mall. Suddenly, a man armed with a knife attempted to steal her car, and Robbie fought back. She tried to honk the horn, and the man stabbed her 20 times, killing her. The car crashed and he fled on foot, but he was captured in a backyard, with the knife still in his hand. The suspect’s name was Donald Dillbeck, a convicted murderer who managed to escape from a prison catering event.
2025-09-1506 minHistory's Biggest VillainsRosemary Ndlovu: South Africa's Killer CopRosemary Ndlovu was a relatively normal person growing up in South Africa. She joined the police force and worked her way up to become a sergeant. But unbeknownst to everyone, she had a gambling addiction, and she was in deep water with loan sharks. In order to clear her debts, she took out dozens of life insurance policies on her family members, hiring hitmen to kill them, although she wasn’t above murder herself. Even after she had earned over a million rand due to the deaths of six of her family members, her greed knew no bounds. She th...
2025-09-1307 minHistory's Biggest VillainsAxel Rudakubana: The Southport Killer
To say that Axel Rudakubana was a violent kid would be a massive understatement. Even as a preteen, he frequently watched graphic videos of people getting killed and was obsessed with genocide. While in high school, he called a child helpline, admitting that he wanted to kill a kid that was bullying him, as he was expelled after admitting to bringing a knife to school 10 different times. Somehow, he was able to get the materials to make poison, as well as downloading a training manual from Al-Qaida. Now with his mind made up, he took a taxi under a...
2025-01-2608 minHistory's Biggest VillainsTony Amati: The Thrill Killer
Tony Amati was someone who was considered to be highly intelligent, even exhibiting symptoms of OCD. After he graduated high school with Honors in 1994,it seemed like his whole personality changed. This supposedly normal guy had turned evil, recruiting his friends to help him rob a gun store. After they made off with a massive haul, Tony and his friends would then go around Las Vegas, shooting people, simply for the fun of it. After blood evidence linked him to one of the murders,he became the prime suspect. His two accomplices would be caught after they sold their...
2025-01-2206 minHistory's Biggest VillainsThe Story of the Briley Brothers
The Briley brothers, Linwood, James and Anthony were growing up in Richmond, Virginia. Although the neighbors knew them as helpful, providing assistance with car repairs and lawn maintenance, the brothers would change once their parents separated. Their dad apparently kept his door padlocked overnight to protect himself from the three boys. In January of 1971, Linwood, only 16, aimed his rifle out of the window and shot his neighbor for no reason, killing her. However, his lawyer convinced the judge that it was only an accidental shooting and he only served a year in jail. After this, the three brothers along...
2025-01-0809 minHistory's Biggest VillainsGwen Graham and Cathy Wood: The Lethal Lovers
Gwen Graham arrived at the Alpine Manor nursing home in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1986. She then met Cathy Wood, her supervisor on the floor. The two developed a close relationship, as they eventually fell in love with each other. But their bond took a deadly turn, as they decided to kill the patients they looked after to strengthen their love bond. Cathy would be the lookout while Gwen smothered defenseless victims to death, as the two would make a game out of it. Nobody was on to them until 1988, when Cathy’s ex husband waited over a year to di...
2025-01-0106 minHistory's Biggest VillainsGuy Georges: The Beast of Bastille
Guy Georges was rejected early on, as he was given away by his mother because of the attitude towards mixed race kids in their hometown. He was made a ward of the state, before he was adopted by a family who had 7 biological children along with 13 foster children. At 14, Guy started stealing food from stores and carrying a knife around. He then attempted to strangle his mentally disabled sister, before attempting to strangle his other sister with an iron bar. His foster mother was fed up and sent him to a psychiatric hospital. After he was released, he continued...
2024-12-2509 minHistory's Biggest VillainsJohn Wesley Ewell: The Talk Show Killer
John Ewell was someone who felt like he was a victim of the justice system. He had two previous robbery convictions, which were now counted under the new “three-strikes” law in California in 1994. He was then caught trying to deposit a $28,000 check into his account, and was charged with check forgery, which would potentially count as a third strike, with a possible sentence of 25 years to life in prison. John pled guilty for a reduced seven year sentence. While John was in prison, his wife became a member of a group that worked to reform the Three Strikes Law, as s...
2024-12-2108 minHistory's Biggest VillainsJoseph Paul Franklin: The White Supremacist
Joseph Paul Franklin knew nothing but abuse from an early age, as his father was an abusive alcoholic and his mother barely fed him and rarely cared about him and his siblings. As a high schooler, he sought acceptance, so he read up on evangelical Christianity, then this soon evolved into memberships in the local Nazi and KKK chapters. The height of his value shift was when he read Mein Kampf, as this prejudiced text influenced him to start a race war, ensuring that the whites were on top. But instead of just talking about it like most did...
2024-12-1208 minHistory's Biggest VillainsGeorge Waterfield Russell: The Charmer
On the morning of June 23, 1990 in Bellevue, Washington, a McDonald’s employee was taking out the trash when he found something horrifying, so he ran inside and called 911. Police came to the scene and discovered the nude body of a young woman, but she had no visible gunshot or stab wounds. She had been posed in a strange way, as there was a large coffee cup lid covering her right eye. One foot was crossed over the other and her hands were folded over her stomach and they were holding a pine cone. It was clear she had been du...
2024-12-0707 minHistory's Biggest VillainsThe Story of Stephen Akinmurele
Stephen Akinmurele was a young man with severe mental issues. After his parents split up he lived with his mother, who often had his grandmother over. Stephen’s grandmother was a strict disciplinarian and he grew to resent her. This seething hatred would stretch to encompass all elderly people in general. His hatred would develop into murderous intentions and it all came to a head on October 30, 1998 when he killed Eric Boardman and his wife Joan, who were both in their 70s. After he was caught and charged with their murder, more evidence came up that linked him to pr...
2024-11-2205 minHistory's Biggest VillainsJoseph Baldi: The Queens Creeper
On September 19, 1970, Areti and Dimitros Koularmanis and their three children traveled from Toronto to New York City for a family reunion. They were staying with his parents in their ground-floor apartment in Jamaica, Queens. At 4:30 the next morning, an intruder broke into the apartment and grabbed Areti, plunging his knife into her throat. She staggered out of the room, waking her husband before she collapsed on the floor. Areti died from her injuries and her killer escaped without getting caught. The man continued to break into homes after this until he was approached by police. He pulled out a...
2024-11-0708 minHistory's Biggest VillainsJoshua Anderson: The Neighborhood Bully
Joshua Anderson was a kid with an erratic personality, so he had no issues with using violence to get even. It all started early as at 16, he was accused of shooting someone. But somehow the warrant was recalled after a month. A year later, Josh was arrested on kidnapping and battery charges. He agreed to a plea bargain so he was released after three months. A month after that, he was charged with shooting another person, but the case was dropped due to a lack of witnesses coming forward. Josh had a reputation as the neighborhood bully, striking fear...
2024-11-0404 minHistory's Biggest VillainsFrank Matthews: The One That Got Away
Frank Matthews was destined for a life of crime at an early age. By the time he was 14, he had dropped out of school and was leading a gang of teenagers that stole chickens from local farms. He then moved to Philadelphia where he was involved in the illegal gambling rackets, making important connections that would serve him later in life. By 1965, Frank was in Bed-Stuy in Brooklyn, working as a barber, loan shark and enforcer for the Black Mafia. He attempted to partner with the Gambino and Bonanno crime families but they declined, so he met with Cuban...
2024-10-2410 minHistory's Biggest VillainsStephen Morin: The Chameleon
Stephen Morin was a man who was adept at flying under the radar. His drug addiction took over his life and he soon became a man outside the law. He had a few arrests for theft and drug possession. But he upped the ante by kidnapping a 14 year old girl, raping and torturing her before releasing her. For this crime, he was put on the FBI’s Most Wanted List. But Stephen was one step ahead of the authorities, as he frequently used different aliases to mask his identity. Under these multiple identities, he would go on a cross-country mu...
2024-10-1709 minHistory's Biggest VillainsBuck Ruxton: The Jigsaw Murders
Buck Ruxton was a successful Indian-born doctor who had a medical practice in Lancashire at 2 Dalton Square. He was known to provide his services for free on several occasions when patients couldn’t afford them. By 1933, he had a wife, Isabella, three children and a housekeeper, Mary Jane Rogerson. But by the next year, cracks in their marriage started to show, as Buck frequently accused Isabella of infidelity and it would lead to many arguments between them. On September 29, 1935, a woman named Susan Johnson looked over a bridge in the town of Moffat, and she noticed a bundle wrapped in...
2024-10-0514 minHistory's Biggest VillainsThe Story Of Cordell FarringtonFrom May to September 2003, four young boys went missing in the Bahamas. These crimes, especially in a relatively safe nation like the Bahamas, sent shockwaves around the globe. Amidst all the chaos, the Bahamian government tried to assure tourists that the Bahamas was still a safe country to visit. However for five months, the police did dead end after dead end with the investigation. That all changed on October 26th when a man walked into the police department with a confession to make.
2024-09-3008 minHistory's Biggest VillainsThomas Randolph: The Black Widower
Sharon Causse was a widow who was extremely lonely, so she went on a dating website. She matched with a man named Thomas Randolph, a widower who had already been married five times before. The two hit it off quickly, probably faster than Sharon’s friends might’ve liked. Within a short time, the two got married while on a cruise. But on May 8, 2008, everything changed. When they arrived at their Las Vegas home after a date, Sharon walked in before Thomas did. Then moments later, neighbors reported hearing several gunshots. Thomas frantically called the police, saying that a mask...
2024-09-1509 minHistory's Biggest VillainsRoy DeMeo: The Mafia's Most Dangerous Hitman
On January 20, 1983, someone called the police, telling them about a Cadillac Coupe Deville that was abandoned. It had been sitting in front of the Varuna Boat Club in Brooklyn for ten days. The police shook the car and initially determined that the truck was empty so they had it towed to the police department. When it got to the station, the trunk was opened and a man was found partially frozen behind a chandelier. He had numerous bullet wounds and had his hand in front of his face in a defensive position. Police identified him as Roy DeMeo, a...
2024-09-0319 minHistory's Biggest VillainsSharon Kinne: The World's Longest Fugitive
On March 19, 1960 in Kansas City, Missouri, Sharon Kinne heard a gunshot in her house and ran to the bedroom, only to find her husband James dead. Sharon told police that their two year old daughter, who had been allowed to play with James’s guns, had accidentally shot him. Police were unable to dispute this theory, so no charges were pressed. A month later, she got involved with Walter Jones, a car salesman that was still married. Sharon was the last person to meet with his wife Patricia, before she was found shot to death in a field. But du...
2024-08-2123 min
The Jay Hill PodcastOMB Peezy Opens Up About Industry Challenges,Fake Friends, Relationship Struggles + MoreIn this powerful episode of the Jay Hill Podcast, OMB Peezy gets real about the harsh realities of the music industry. From the challenges of being signed to a major label like 300 Entertainment to dealing with fake friends and the complexities of relationships while navigating fame, Peezy doesn’t hold back. He opens up about the pressures of staying genuine in an industry full of people who only want to be around you for what you can offer. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s really like behind the scenes for a rising star, this is the episode you ca...
2024-08-2039 min
The Jay Hill PodcastWillAFool Talks Producing for Future, Challenges in Atlanta’s Hip-Hop Scene, Working with OMB PeezyIn this episode of the Jay Hill Podcast, we sit down with multi-platinum producer WillAFool to dive deep into his incredible journey in the music industry. Will shares exclusive stories about producing some of Future's biggest hits, his struggle to balance staying behind the scenes with the need to market himself, and his exciting new project with OMB Peezy. He also breaks down his top 5 producers of all time and gives his honest take on the state of modern hip-hop and why some artists just aren’t cutting It.Connect with WillAFool on Instagram: @wi...
2024-08-1855 minHistory's Biggest VillainsThe Garanhuns Cannibals
Jorge Negromonte was a man who already had a violent temper. He killed a girl as a teenager and almost killed his own mother, using the money he stole from her to buy himself a house. He even threatened to kill all the guests at his wedding, forcing him and his wife Isabel to go into isolation. In 2002, the 40 year old Jorge met 16 year old Bruna at the gym. They would fall in love as Isabel accepted her into the fold, forming a love triangle between them. Overtime, Jorge came up with the idea of forming a sect between...
2024-08-1407 minHistory's Biggest VillainsThe Story of Juana Barraza
Lucha libre was and still is a popular form of entertainment in Mexico. Juana Barraza dreamed of being a luchadore and started wrestling in the indie circuit, calling herself the “Lady Of Silence”. But her fake persona in the ring gave way to another side of her that was way more dangerous. As dozens of elderly women were found strangled to death in their homes over the years in Mexico City, the public became outraged at the police’s lack of progress on the case. But,a lucky break in 2006 led them to discover that the killer was far from w...
2024-08-1207 minHistory's Biggest VillainsClayton Fountain: America's Most Dangerous Prisoner
Clayton Fountain was born a military kid, as he and his siblings moved around every couple years. While his father was in the military and his mother was at work, Clayton, the oldest child, would be a surrogate for his younger siblings. When he got of age, he joined the US Marines like his father, but things didn’t go as smoothly. At 19 years old, he shot and killed his staff sergeant for writing him up. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois, the highest security prison in the country at...
2024-08-0707 minHistory's Biggest VillainsThe Story of Michael Bear and Suzan Bear Carson
James Clifford Carson was just a lowly weed dealer when he began a relationship with Susan Barnes, a divorcee with two sons. He quickly fell underneath her spell, as he was known as a follower. Using her trust fund, Susan and James went on drug-fueled voyages around the world, practicing radical Islam, although James was born a Jew. Susan had fully embraced the hippie culture, but her frequent drug use coupled with her mental issues caused her to go into psychosis. James, who was more than willing to do anything she wanted, joined her on a murderous journey through...
2024-07-2907 minHistory's Biggest VillainsDavid Middleton: The Cable Guy
According to his coworkers in the Miami-Dade police department, David Middleton was a nice guy who took pride in his job. However, he used the power of the badge to fulfill his sexual desires. In 1990, he pulled up to a 16 year old girl on the street, giving her the false excuse that she was out past curfew. He then handcuffed her and told her he was taking her to a juvenile institution. But instead he took her to a secluded area and raped her. After he dropped her off, she alerted the police who quickly arrested him. However, the...
2024-07-2512 minHistory's Biggest VillainsThe Story Of Kenneth Williams
To say that Ken Williams had a rough childhood would be an extreme understatement. Both of his parents were mentally challenged, and his mother smoked crack while she was pregnant with him. His father frequently abused the family as well. Often left on his own, he joined the Gangster Disciples at 8 years old and after he was molested, he started to rape other children in retaliation. After being moved in and out of foster homes and juvenile detention, he went on a crime spree that would eventually land him in the electric chair.
2024-07-2009 minHistory's Biggest VillainsMyra Hindley & Ian Brady: The Moors MurdersMyra Hindley and Ian Brady were a match made in hell. When the two met at Millwards Merchandising in 1961, they both learned that they shared a love of Nazi memorabilia. They would watch films of Nazi atrocities and read library books from German scholars during the time. Myra even bleached her hair blonde to emulate the ideal of Aryan perfection. Two years after they met, they began to plan the “perfect murder” By June 1963, the two moved together and a month later, they had their first victim.
2024-07-1515 minHistory's Biggest VillainsSharon Carr: The Devil's Daughter
Sharon Carr was the nice girl in school, initially described as polite and helpful by teachers. But something changed in her. Sharon began to show more aggression, also becoming more disruptive and attention-seeking. It had gotten so bad that one of her teachers called social services, resulting in Sharon being put in foster care for a short time. She would often fantasize about death and violence while she wasn’t in school. On June 7 1992, at only 12 years old, she finally saw her opportunity to live out her fantasies.
2024-07-0510 minHistory's Biggest VillainsCharles Bronson: The Most Violent Man In Britain
Charles Bronson was never far away from trouble. Even as a teenager, he had a lengthy rap sheet for robbery, assault and vandalism. He was once fired from Tesco for attacking his manager. He even stole a truck before crashing it into someone's car. The driver wasn’t seriously injured, so he narrowly avoided serious jail time. In 1974, at the age of 22, he was arrested for armed robbery and given a seven year sentence. Bronson only enjoyed a few months of freedom over the next forty years, as he continued to violate prison rules, resulting in years being added to...
2024-07-0217 minHistory's Biggest VillainsLizzie Halliday: The Worst Woman On Earth
Lizzie Halliday was known for her extremely violent temper, leading to her being at odds with her own family. Her adult life was very tumultuous, as she married six times. Two of her husbands suddenly died and two had mysteriously disappeared. She left a trail of murder and chaos everywhere she went. Lizzie wreaked havoc in the eastern United States in the late 19th century, as the New York Times called her “the worst woman on Earth”.
2024-06-2307 minHistory's Biggest VillainsKenneth Erskine: The Stockwell Strangler
In 1986, London police had a strange case on their hands. Several elderly people were found dead in their homes over a four month period, and several of them were sodomized and sexually abused, along with their belongings missing. The police were on high alert as a psychopath was breaking into elderly people’s homes, killing them, then robbing the place afterwards.
2024-06-1721 minHistory's Biggest VillainsArmin Miewes: The Consensual Cannibal
Armin Miewes had been obsessed with cannibalism from a young age. After his father left the family when he was young, he became fascinated with the story of Hansel and Gretel and had thoughts of eating his classmates at 12 years old. He continued to have this obsession into adulthood, but when his mother died in 1999, he was completely free to dive into these desires. Being a computer technician, he went online and found forums of people with similar interests. Using the alter ego “Franky”, he posted on the Cannibal Cafe, that he was looking for a man with cannibalistic feti...
2024-06-0708 minHistory's Biggest VillainsThe Story Of Albert Fish
Even as a child, Albert Fish was a very strange individual. After his father died in 1875, his mom sent him to an orphanage, where he was frequently beaten, but he actually began to derive sexual pleasure from these beatings. At the age of 12, he engaged in a homosexual relationship with another boy, in which he was introduced to drinking urine and eating feces. This odd behavior escalated to watching other teenage boys undress in public bathrooms then this eventually escalated to the murder of children.
2024-06-0224 minHistory's Biggest VillainsJeen Han: The Evil Twin
Jeen and Sunny Han were two peas in a pod. When they went to school, teachers couldn’t tell them apart so Jeen had bangs while Sunny wore her hair long. After growing up in an abusive household as children, the two sisters would often argue and fight with each other. Despite all of their internal issues, the two sisters became co-valedictorians in high school. However, after Jeen got kicked out of the Air Force and Sunny fell on hard times, the two sisters found each other again and moved in together. It was far from ideal though, as bo...
2024-05-2419 minHistory's Biggest VillainsClifton Bloomfield: The Breaking Bad Killer
Clifton Bloomfield was always known as a bully. His parents forced him to undergo treatment for a schizophrenia diagnosis, but this didn’t stop his violent behavior. He stole a motorcycle and robbed a church, and in 1989, he and his sister went on a robbery spree in Phoenix. Clifton got 13 years in prison and his sister got 10. After being released in 2002, he was arrested again for armed robbery two years later. While he was on parole, he played an extra in the 2008 movie Felon. But the film crew didn’t know that they had a serial killer on the set...
2024-05-2014 minHistory's Biggest VillainsMarcus Wesson: The Incest Cult Leader
Marcus Wesson was someone who was extremely hungry for power. Since he was extremely inadequate in his outside life, he decided to create his own cult. However, the members of his “family” came from incestuous relationships with his daughters and nieces, fathering seven children, bringing the number of children in Wesson’s to 18 . He sheltered them in the house and brainwashed them into believing he was the Messiah. He couldn’t keep a steady job as he constantly moved the family into uninhabitable homes, including army tents, abandoned trailers and tugboats. On March 12, 2004, Marcus bought a house in Fresno that use...
2024-05-1011 minHistory's Biggest VillainsThe Story of George Hassell
George Hassell was an alcoholic womanizer who had met, married and divorced several women. He also had a lengthy criminal record that included embezzlement and desertion from military service. In 1924, his brother died after being kicked in the head by a mule while working a field. George then married his brother’s widow, adopting her eight children as well. On December 5 1926, George and his wife Susan got into an argument after he had impregnated his 13 year old stepdaughter. After this, George grabbed a hammer and killed his wife. But then he decided that the entire family had to die.
2024-05-0813 minHistory's Biggest VillainsMichaiah Shobek: The Angels Of Lucifer Killer
What do you usually imagine when you think of the Bahamas? Probably loads of sun, beaches, resorts and overall relaxation. Well in the early 1970’s, this mostly peaceful nation was rocked by the gruesome murders of three American tourists. Ironically, the killer wasn’t from the Bahamas, either.
2024-05-0307 minHistory's Biggest VillainsKenyel Brown: The Informant Turned Killer
On February 24, 2020 in Oak Park, Michigan, career criminal Kenyel Brown shot himself in the head in a backyard after being surrounded by police. He would die four days later, ending a two month long murder spree that left six people dead. After his death, the city as well as the entire state of Michigan was shocked to find out that this habitual offender was actually a police informant.
2024-04-2810 minHistory's Biggest VillainsBeverley Allitt: The Angel Of Death
The Grantham and Kesteven Hospital in Lincolnshire was a respected medical facility in the local community. But in 1991, very strange things started happening in Children’s Ward 4, as several code blues happened over a 60-day period. Four children had died during this time, and the hospital staff were flustered as to what the cause was. But, nobody would’ve guessed that one of the nurses might’ve been responsible.
2024-04-2413 minHistory's Biggest VillainsWilliam Wickline: The Butcher
William Wickline had everything going for him. He had a loving family, good grades and he was on the school wrestling team. But suddenly his school performance suffered and he turned to a life of crime. From 1971-1984, he was arrested at least nine times for charges of burglary, drug dealing and running a prostitution ring. During this time, he developed an obsession with knives and was allegedly involved in animal sacrifices. It wouldn’t be long before he graduated to murder.
2024-04-2306 minHistory's Biggest VillainsHarrison Graham: The Death House
It was an extremely hot and humid day on August 9, 1987 in Philadelphia. 1631 North 19th Street was an area with numerous drug busts and several abandoned buildings, most with the doors and windows boarded up. The apartment complex at 1631 also looked abandoned, as several windows were broken and the front door was missing. Harrison Graham or “Marty” as he was known was evicted from his apartment due to terrible odors emanating from his residence. Before he left, he took most of his belongings and nailed the door shut. When the landlords couldn’t get into the apartment later, the police were c...
2024-04-1615 minHistory's Biggest VillainsThe Story of James Edward Pough
James Edward Pough’s life was falling apart at the seams. His new 1988 Pontiac Grand Am got repossessed less than 15 months later. His mother also died this year as well, causing him to spiral further into depression. He would often say that he had nothing to live for, and that he “would take someone with him when he leaves this world”. He was subject to frequent violent outbursts, often aimed at his wife, Theresa. He had even put a gun to her head on multiple occasions. On March 2, 1990, Theresa was granted an injunction that banned James from contacting her for a...
2024-04-1008 minHistory's Biggest VillainsThe Story of Velma Barfield
Velma Barfield was a sweet, loving, God-fearing grandmother that was cherished by her community. But unbeknownst to most, her and her husband, Thomas Burke, were at odds again. Velma had recently gotten a hysterectomy and became addicted to her painkillers. Thomas started drinking heavily and the two constantly argued. On April 4, 1969, Thomas was passed out on the couch after another disagreement. Velma had taken the kids and left, but when they returned, the house was burned to the ground, with Thomas’ body later found in the destruction. This was the first of many people that mysteriously died in the pr...
2024-04-0710 minHistory's Biggest VillainsJack Unterweger: He Wrote A Book
In 1974, Jack Unterweger was in prison for murder. However, during his prison stint, he became somewhat famous for writing poems, short stories and an autobiography, titled Purgatory or The Trip to Prison – Report of a Guilty Man. His autobiography would even become required reading in some schools. By 1985, several prominent figures in Austrian journalism and writing industries saw this as an example of a reformed prisoner, and started campaigning for his early release. After he was released in 1990, he became a minor celebrity, even hosting TV shows about criminal rehabilitation. But not long after this,he couldn’t control the...
2024-04-0310 minHistory's Biggest VillainsMelvin Ignatow: He Got Away With It
On September 23, 1988 in Louisville, Kentucky, Melvin Ignatow recruited his ex-girlfriend, Mary Ann Shore, to help him kill his current girlfriend, Brenda Schafer. He had been carefully planning her murder for a while and now was the time to act. Melvin held Brenda at gunpoint before taking her to Shore’s house. He raped and tortured her for several hours while Shore stood by, taking several pictures. Melvin killed Brenda with a chloroform soaked cloth. They then buried her in a shallow grave behind Shore’s house. Everyone in the community was sure that Melvin had killed Brenda, but when her...
2024-03-3015 minHistory's Biggest VillainsColin Ireland: A Different Kind of New Year's Resolution
Colin Ireland was a pretty unremarkable guy. Often a victim of bullying as a child, Colin Ireland turned to petty theft, burglary and blackmail. After a stint in juvenile detention, he became obsessed with survivalism, often wearing military gear and camping out in the woods. After getting divorced twice and losing his job at a homeless shelter due to explosive temper, Colin was at a crossroads in his life. That is until 1993, where he made a very strange New Year’s Resolution.
2024-03-2712 minHistory's Biggest VillainsTracie Andrews: It Was All A Lie
On December 1st, 1996, 27 year old Tracie Andrews was riding in the car with her 25 year old fiance Lee Harvey, after a night at the local pub. Suddenly, a black Ford Sierra started following them, forcing them off of the road. After they stopped, two men exited the car and confronted Lee as he also exited the car. The two men suddenly attacked Lee, stabbing him 42 times, leaving him dead on the side of the road. Two days later at a press conference for the media, Tracie elaborated on the attack, stating that a fat man with glaring eyes attacked...
2024-03-2310 minHistory's Biggest VillainsThe Story of Patrick MackayPatrick Mackay’s life was filled with abuse, even before he was born, as his father would get drunk and assault his mother, kicking her in the stomach while he was in her womb. His father continued to abuse Patrick, causing him to lash out at his classmates. He became a bully, physically attacking other classmates and even small animals. After his father died, Patrick began to spiral out of control. As the new man of the house, he frequently assaulted his mother and sister, as he was quick to throw violent tantrums. At the age of 15, Patrick was diagnosed as...
2024-03-2110 minHistory's Biggest VillainsThe Story Of Constance Fisher
On March 8, 1954, Carl Marion Fisher returned home from his job to find his door locked. He immediately grew concerned as his wife Constance frequently suffered from anxiety and depression. He contacted her physician Richard Chasse and when he arrived, the two men broke down the door. They would not be ready for what they saw.
2024-03-1709 minHistory's Biggest VillainsTiffany Moss: The Evil Stepmother
Emani Moss was failed by a lot of the adults around her. After her birth, her mother surrendered parental rights to her and her four siblings due to her drug addiction. Emani ended up in the custody of her father, Eman. He then met Tiffany Moss, a preschool teacher, married her and moved in with her, having two children of their own. However, for some reason, Emani’s new stepmother was extremely cruel to her, starving and beating her until she tragically died from the abuse. Then Tiffany and Emani’s father did the unthinkable.
2024-03-1415 minHistory's Biggest VillainsRandall Woodfield: The NFL's First Serial Killer
Randall Woodfield was a talented football player who seemed to be on his way to long term success in the NFL. But his deep-seeded sexual urges were uncontrollable, even from middle school, but most times his coaches would conceal the incidents to save his football career. While playing football for Portland State University, he was arrested multiple times for vandalism and public indecency, then he decided to drop out. Despite his fairly average college career and his extensive rap sheet, he was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in 1974 but he failed to make the final roster after being...
2024-03-0811 minHistory's Biggest VillainsThe Lainz Angels of Death
The Lainz General Hospital in Vienna, Austria was a place where death was common. Especially the Pavilion 5 area, normally reserved for terminally ill patients in their seventies. In 1983, 24 year old Waltraud Wagner was a nurse’s aide at the hospital, when a 77 year old asked her to end her suffering. Wagner hesitated, but she granted the lady’s wish by injecting her with morphine. In this situation, most would feel guilty or remorseful, but she enjoyed the sense of power she got. She liked playing God, but she simply couldn’t hoard this power for herself, and she recruited three...
2024-03-0808 minHistory's Biggest VillainsCraig Price: America's Youngest Serial Killer
Even at an early age, Craig Price’s life was filled with nothing but violence. At the age of 9, he started having disturbing thoughts about death and murder. He then joined a gang of juveniles and built up a rap sheet with charges of breaking and entering, robbery, stalking, drug use, and assault. On July 27, 1987, at the age of 13, he broke into the home of Rebecca Spencer and started down a path of infamy, making him the youngest serial killer in U.S history.
2024-03-0814 minHistory's Biggest VillainsPaul Michael Stephani: The Weepy-Voiced Killer
On June 3, 1981 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, police received a phone call from a man with a whiny, high-pitched voice, saying, “God damn, will you find me? I just stabbed somebody with an ice pick. I can't stop myself. I keep killing somebody." Later, police found a woman dead in a field, with over 60 stab wounds. The caller’s voice was so unique that the police felt like somebody would recognize him, as they shared the phone calls with the news, receiving numerous tips but the killer's identity couldn’t be provided. However, this would not be the last time that the ki...
2024-03-0810 minHistory's Biggest VillainsAnthony Arkwright: 56 Hours
Anthony Arkwright was someone who knew nothing but rejection from an early age, as his mother abandoned him and his five siblings. He spent a lot of time in children’s homes, drifting into criminality after being expelled from school. By the age of 21, he was fired from his job for poor attendance and a bad attitude. This firing was the catalyst for a 56 hour murder spree that left four people dead.
2024-03-0811 minHistory's Biggest VillainsKarol Kot: The Vampire of Krakow
Karol Kot was a pretty normal kid growing up in Poland, with a normal life and a normal family. But, one summer holiday, his family took a trip down south, where Karol would stumble upon the slaughterhouse. Seeing the graphic deaths of animals firsthand, he became fascinated with blood and the concept of death. He also began to collect knives, which he would use to torture his sister’s cats and kill several small animals. It wasn’t long before his obsession with death compelled him to act out his fantasies.
2024-02-0311 minHistory's Biggest VillainsSamuel Little: America's Most Prolific Serial Killer
Samuel Little was a career criminal who had spent his life in and out of jail. At the young age of 13, he was already stealing and breaking into homes. As he matured, he developed a strange obsession with strangling women, and he ultimately gave in to his urges. In 2014, at the age of 74, he was arrested after DNA connected him to the murders of 3 women who were killed in the 80’s. But his confessions would reveal an even higher total. A MUCH higher total.
2024-01-2622 minHistory's Biggest VillainsRoch Theriault & The Ant Hill Kids
In the mid 1970’s, Roch Theriault convinced a group of people to leave their jobs and homes to join him in a religious movement. He prohibited the group from remaining in contact with their families and with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, as this was against his cult's values of freedom. Thériault made the commune build their town while he relaxed, comparing them to ants working in an ant hill, naming the group the Ant Hill Kids. However, he controlled his cult with a iron fist, which led to severe physical and sexual abuse of the members. When all was...
2024-01-2612 minHistory's Biggest VillainsAnu Singh: How to Get Away With Murder
Anu Singh was a very mentally disturbed woman. She would constantly complain that she was fat even though she barely weighed over 100 pounds. She began complaining of aching legs, hot flashes and other pains in her body. Her parents were becoming increasingly concerned about her mental health, and her boyfriend Joe Cinque recommended a drug Ipecac, an vomit inducer, or emetic, that was supposed to help those suffering with bulimia or other eating disorders. For some reason, she blamed all of her perceived medical problems on her boyfriend, saying that he poisoned her.Then, she planned to kill him...
2024-01-2621 minHistory's Biggest VillainsThe Story Of Kendall "Stinky" Francois
On September 2, 1998 in Poughkeepsie, New York, the green house at 99 Fulton Avenue, which belonged to McKinley and Paulette Francois, was just like any other house on the block, although it looked slightly run down.But, everyone in the neighborhood knew about the house, especially the awful smell permeating from it. As police got a tip from Christine Sala, a sex worker who barely survived an attack by 6 foot 4 inch 350 pound Kendall Francois the previous night, what they found inside the house he shared with his family would turn the stomachs of the entire community.
2024-01-2616 minHistory's Biggest VillainsThe Story Of Jennifer San Marco
Everyone around Jennifer San Marco knew she had mental health issues. In 2000, she had to be wheeled out of her post office job by police after she was found hiding under a mail-sorting machine. In 2004 San Marco's car broke down in Grants, New Mexico, where she ultimately chose to stay. There, she earned a reputation for her strange behavior, which included shouting to herself, ordering food at restaurants and running out the door before eating it, stripping naked in public , kneeling and praying in random places , talking to an imaginary friend, screaming death threats, and making racist comments. On...
2024-01-2613 minHistory's Biggest VillainsThe Story Of Gypsy Rose Blanchard
On June 14, 2015 in Greene County, Missouri, police found the body of Clauddine "Dee Dee" Blanchard lying on the bed in a pool of blood from 17 stab wounds to the back and neck. There was no sign of her 23 year old daughter, Gypsy Rose, who apparently had chronic conditions including leukemia, asthma, and muscular dystrophy with "mental capacity of a seven-year-old due to brain damage" as the result of premature birth. When Gypsy Rose and her boyfriend were later arrested, the details of this case would shock the entire country.
2024-01-2620 minHistory's Biggest VillainsThe Story Of Peter Bryan
Peter Bryan’s mental issues seemed to take control of his life. In 1994, he was admitted to Rampton Secure Hospital after admitting to the murder of 21 year old store assistant Nisha Sheth, who he beat to death with a claw hammer. By 2004, officials at the hospital were satisfied with Peter’s progress and they moved him to Newham General Hospital, an open psychiatric ward,before being completely discharged a month later. On February 17, 2004, Nicola Newman went to visit her friend, 43 year old Brian Cherry, who lived in a ground floor flat at Manning House, Walthamstow. The sight she saw as t...
2024-01-2607 minHistory's Biggest VillainsRichard Chase: The Sacramento Vampire
From an early age, it was pretty clear that Richard Chase wasn’t a normal kid. By the time he was 5, he had an obsession with killing animals and drinking their blood. His heavy drug and alcohol use combined with his numerous mental health issues caused him to develop hypochondria. While hospitalized, Chase frequently complained of his heart occasionally stopping or someone having stolen his pulmonary artery. In 1977, after a stay in the mental hospital, he was found naked in a field with his body smeared in cow’s blood. Even after this bizarre incident, Richard’s blood thirst became...
2024-01-2611 minHistory's Biggest VillainsWolfgang Abel and Marco Furlan: Ludwig
Wolfgang Abel and Marco Furlan both came from privileged backgrounds, living in the upper echelon communities of their respective countries. Wolfgang was the son of the manager of a prestigious German insurance company, and Marco was the son of a police officer. When they both met in high school, they both agreed that they would rid the world of the “undesirables''. Afterwards they embarked on a seven year murder spree.
2024-01-2610 minHistory's Biggest VillainsRobert Charles Gleason: Begging For Death
Robert Charles Gleason Jr. (April 10, 1970 – January 16, 2013) was an American serial killer who was sentenced to death and executed in Virginia for two separate murders of two of his cellmates. Gleason, who was already serving a life sentence for another murder, was an execution volunteer who vowed to continue killing in prison if he was not put to death. Capital punishment was abolished in Virginia on March 24, 2021, officially making Gleason the last person to be executed in Virginia by electrocution.
2023-08-2110 minHistory's Biggest VillainsDouglas Gretzler & Willie Steelman: The Greatest Murder Story Never Told
Douglas Gretzler , was an American serial killer who, together with accomplice Willie Steelman, committed seventeen murders over a three-week period in October and November 1973 in the states of Arizona and California. All the victims were shot, strangled, or stabbed to death, and the majority of the murders were committed in the commission of robberies or for the purpose of eyewitness elimination.
2023-07-2042 minHistory's Biggest VillainsHarold Shipman
Doctors are some of the most important figures in society. We trust them with our lives based on their extensive amount of schooling. Doctors take the hippocratic oath to swear that they will do the best they can to help their patient. Harold Shipman was a respected member of his community and he built trust with his patients. But he would betray these people in the worst way possible. Welcome to the story of Dr. Death.
2023-04-0413 minHistory's Biggest VillainsJohn Christie: The Monster Of 10 Rillington Place
John Christie was a man who was always destined to be a criminal. After being discharged from the Royal Air Force in 1924, he was in and out of prison for the next decade. In 1934, they moved into the now infamous 10 Rillington Place. Over a period of 10 years, 10 women would fall victim to his murderous rampage. The ineptitude of the police and the execution of an innocent man allowed Christie to avoid capture for so long This is the story of the Monster of Rillington Place.
2023-03-2718 min
History's Biggest VillainsLucy LetbyLucy Letby was a NICU nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Chester England. After the deaths of infants began to mysteriously rise in June 2015, Letby was named as the suspect and was subsequently arrested. She is currently on trial for the murders of seven infants and the attempted murders of fifteen more.
2023-03-1413 minHistory's Biggest VillainsEarl BradleyEarl Brian Bradley (born May 10, 1953) is a former pediatrician from Lewes, Delaware and a convicted serial child rapist. He was indicted in 2010 on 471 charges of molesting, raping, and exploiting 103 child patients (102 girls and 1 boy). Some of the victims were as young as three months old. He was charged in April 2010 with an additional 58 offenses in relation to the abuse of 24 additional victims. He has been described by a number of reputable news outlets and commentators as "the worst pedophile in American history." Dr. Eli Newberger, a professor at Harvard Medical School and a pediatrician who has studied child abuse...
2023-02-2310 min
History's Biggest VillainsReynhard SinagaReynhard Tambos Maruli Tua Sinaga (born 19 February 1983)is an Indonesian sex offender who was convicted of 159 sex offenses, including 136 rapes of young men committed in Manchester, England, between 2015 and 2017, where he was living as a student. He was found guilty of drugging and sexually assaulting 48 men during this period, 44 of whom he raped, some repeatedly, although the police believe he was offending for years beforehand. Sinaga was prosecuted in four trials between 2018 and 2020 and was given concurrent life sentences with a minimum term of 30 years; raised to 40 years in December 2020 by the Court of Appeal. The Crown Prosecution Service...
2023-02-1611 min
History's Biggest VillainsDavid CarrickDavid Carrick (born 4 January 1975) is an English serial rapist and a former police officer who worked for the Metropolitan Police. He joined the police force in 2001 and worked as an armed police officer in the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection from 2009 until his initial suspension without pay and subsequent sacking from his position. Carrick was arrested in 2021 and in 2022 pleaded guilty to multiple counts of rape between 2002 and 2021. In 2023, he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
2023-02-1609 minHistory's Biggest VillainsMad Frankie FraserFrank Davidson Fraser (13 December 1923 – 26 November 2014), better known as "Mad" Frankie Fraser, was an English gangster who spent 42 years in prison for numerous violent offenses.
2023-02-1607 minHistory's Biggest VillainsKing Leopold IILeopold II ( Léopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor) was the second King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909 and the autocratic prime colonizer of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908. Leopold's administration of the Congo Free State was characterized by atrocities and systematic brutality, including forced labor, torture, murder, kidnapping, and the amputation of the hands of men, women, and children when the quota of rubber was not met. In 1890 and in one of the first uses of the term, George Washington Williams described the practices of Leopold's administration of the Congo Free State as "crimes against humanity". These and o...
2023-02-1619 minHistory's Biggest VillainsThe Death of James BulgerOn February 12, 1993, 2-year-old James Bulger was abducted from the New Strand Shopping Center in Liverpool, England by two 10-year-old boys, Robert Thompson and Jon Venables. His body was found near a railroad track by a group of children. Thompson and Venables were charged on 20 February 1993 with abduction and murder. They were found guilty on 24 November, making them the youngest convicted murderers in modern British history. They were sentenced to indefinite detention at Her Majesty's pleasure, and remained in custody until a Parole Board decision in June 2001 recommended their release on a lifelong licence aged 18.Venables was sent to prison i...
2023-02-1627 minHistory's Biggest VillainsMary Ann Cotton: The Black WidowMary Ann Cotton (October 31,1832 – March 24,1873) was an English convicted murderer who was executed for poisoning her stepson. Despite her sole conviction for murder, she is believed to have been a serial killer who killed many others including 11 of her 13 children and three of her four husbands for their insurance policies. Her preferred method of killing was poisoning with arsenic. Cotton's undoing came after she tried to have the son of her deceased husband sent to a workhouse. When that failed, five days later she told parish officials that Charles Edward Cotton had died. Investigations into her behavior soon showed a p...
2023-02-1616 minHistory's Biggest VillainsViktor BoutViktor Anatolyevich Bout ( born January, 13th 1967) is a Russian arms dealer. An entrepreneur and former Soviet military translator, he used his multiple companies to smuggle weapons since the collapse of the Soviet Union from Eastern Europe to Africa and the Middle East during the 1990s and early 2000s. Bout gained the nicknames the Merchant of Death and Sanctions Buster after Peter Hain of the British Foreign Office read a report to the United Nations in 2003 on Bout's wide-reaching operations, extensive clientele, and willingness to bypass embargoes. In a U.S. sting operation, Bout was arrested on 6 March 2008 in Thailand o...
2023-02-1616 minHistory's Biggest VillainsDennis NilsenOn February 9th, 1983 at the Cranley Gardens apartments in London, Dyno-Rod employee Micheal Cattran was responding to plumbing complaints made by tenants. Opening a drain cover at the side of the house, Cattran discovered the drain was packed with a flesh-like substance and numerous small bones of unknown origin. Cattran reported his suspicions to his supervisor, Gary Wheeler. As Cattran had arrived at the property at dusk, he and Wheeler agreed to postpone further investigation into the blockage until the following morning. Prior to leaving the property, Nilsen and fellow tenant Jim Allcock convened with Cattran to discuss the...
2023-02-1633 minHistory's Biggest VillainsJack The RipperJack the Ripper terrorized London in 1888, killing at least five women and mutilating their bodies in an unusual manner, indicating that the killer had a substantial knowledge of human anatomy. The culprit was never captured—or even identified—and Jack the Ripper remains one of England’s, and the world’s, most infamous criminals. All five killings attributed to Jack the Ripper took place within a mile of each other, in or near the Whitechapel district of London’s East End, from August 7 to September 10, 1888. Several other murders occurring around that time period have also been investigated as the work of “Le...
2023-02-1624 minHistory's Biggest VillainsJimmy SavileSir James Wilson Vincent Savile OBE KCSG (October 31, 1926 – October 29, 2011) was an English DJ, television and radio personality who hosted BBC shows including Top of the Pops and Jim'll Fix It. In obituaries, Savile was praised for his personal qualities and his work raising an estimated £40 million for charities. After his death, hundreds of allegations of sexual abuse made against him were investigated, leading the police to conclude that he had been a predatory sex offender and possibly one of Britain's most prolific.
2023-02-1615 minHistory's Biggest VillainsTed BundyTed Bundy (1946-1989) was an American serial killer who kidnapped and murdered numerous young women during the 1970s and possibly earlier. After more than a decade of denials, he confessed to 30 murders committed in seven states between 1974 and 1978. His true victim total is unknown and is likely significantly higher.
2023-02-1625 minHistory's Biggest VillainsGladbeck Hostage CrisisFrom August 16-18, 1988, Germans Hans Jurgen Rosner, Dieter Degowski & Marion Loblich robbed a bank, and held dozens of people hostage at gunpoint, while news reporters followed their every move, capturing the hostage situation on live TV while it happened. They were conducting interviews with the abductors and the hostages, asking them to pose for photographs, and aiding them by giving them road directions and coffee, drastically impeding the ongoing police investigation. Unfortunately, 3 people lost their lives because of this, and the situation brought up a unique question about the media's dramatic sensitization of traumatic events and the incompetency of t...
2023-02-1612 minHistory's Biggest VillainsPol PotPol Pot ruled over Cambodia for many years and his rule was very barbaric, as millions of people died due to his evil communist tactics.
2023-02-1626 minHistory's Biggest VillainsJosef MengeleJosef Mengele was a German doctor during the Nazi regime. Nicknamed "The Angel of Death", he performed unsafe experiments on Jewish prisoners, often leading to their deaths. He was never arrested for his war crimes, remaining on the run until his death in 1979.
2023-02-1614 minHistory's Biggest VillainsFelicien KabugaFelicien Kabuga was a Rwandan millionaire that financed the Rwandan genocide that claimed over 800,000 lives, evading capture for over 25 years until he was finally caught in May 2020.
2023-02-1614 minHistory's Biggest VillainsPeter Sutcliffe: The Yorkshire RipperPeter Sutcliffe was a serial killer from Yorkshire who killed 13 women in 12 years, all while the police struggled to find him.
2023-02-1618 minHistory's Biggest VillainsJosef FritzlToday, I look at Austrian man Josef Fritzl, who abducted his daughter, keeping her in his basement and fathering 7 children with her.
2023-02-1614 minHistory's Biggest VillainsVlad The ImpalerVlad the Impaler, in full Vlad III Dracula or Romanian Vlad III Drăculea, also called Vlad III or Romanian Vlad Țepeș, (born 1431, Sighișoara, Transylvania [now in Romania]—died 1476, north of present-day Bucharest, Romania), voivode (military governor, or prince) of Walachia (1448; 1456–1462; 1476) whose cruel methods of punishing his enemies gained notoriety in 15th-century Europe. Some in the scholarly community have suggested that Bram Stoker’s Dracula character was based on Vlad.
2023-02-1612 min