Hedonistic Lust

William Vincent Brown pled guilty on Tuesday to murder of two women. Emma O’Hearn was raped and killed in June 2003. Brown bashed her skull against the concrete after the rape. She was in a coma for six months before dying in December of that year. In March 2004, Brown…

Ten-year-old Anthony Martinez disappeared in 1997 while playing with other boys near his home in Beaumont, California. His body was found ten days later in an isolated canyon in Joshua Tree National Monument. Tuesday, convicted serial killer Joseph Edward Duncan III pleaded guilty to his murder. This was part of…

Madumetsa Jack Mogale has been found guilty of sixteen murders in the Lenasia and Westonaria areas of South Africa between 2008 and 2009. In all, he was convicted of 52 of 61 charges against him, which included rape, kidnapping, theft, and escaping from lawful custody. Just prior to his conviction,…

When we left off last week, McDuff had abducted and killed Melissa Northrup, and then disappeared. Slowly, the investigators began to put things together. You can also download the episode directly. And feel free to use the comments below for episode discussion. Sources: Bad Boy: The True Story of Kenneth…

Last week, we began looking at Derek Ernest Percy, whose sadistic fantasies resulted in the abduction and horrific murder of 12-year-old Yvonne Tuohy. A witness to the abduction, Shane Spiller, leads police to Percy later that afternoon. After a few hours of interrogation, Percy confesses to killing Yvonne, and leads…

With the confession by Antonio Rodriguez to the murder of three women, the inevitable discussion of what made the so-called Kensington Strangler tick has begun. Jessica Hopper of ABC News has interviewed a number of forensic psychologists and criminologists, and determined that he should be classified as a sexual serial…

When we left off last week, the Green River task force was up to its eyeballs in victims and leads, but no viable suspects were panning out. The began having undercover cops act as prostitutes, in order to pick up johns, one of which might be the Green River Killer….

It was April 2001, and Sheriff Dave Reichert had been a cop for nearly thirty years. With experience in SWAT, Hostage Negotiation, Bomb Disposal, and as a murder detective, he had pretty much seen it all. He had solved countless cases, and failed to solve his share as well. But…