Professor Hex: Monday Night's Murders

Weekly photo flashback: the Torso Murders of the 1930s

Led by our famous safety director, Elliot Ness, they turned the city upside down. But the man who was dubbed "The butcher of Kingsbury Run" was never held accountable for his Jack-The-Ripper-style crimes - the gruesome string of murders between September 1935 and August 1938.

Yet Another Killer Dad in the Black Dahlia Case

With the publication of Steve Hodel’s “Black Dahlia Avenger” and “Most Evil,” I assumed that the market for “Daddy did it” claims about the Black Dahlia case was exhausted, particularly after the tragic suicide of Janice Knowlton, who began this bizarre publishing genre with “Daddy Was the Black Dahlia Killer.”

But no.

Screams heard as family killed in their Sydney home

The English-born curator found murdered with his author daughter at her $1 million Sydney suburban home was a respected art figure who organised the acclaimed Sydney Biennale three times, it has emerged.

Haunted by the mystery of Lee Ellen's last hours

Twelve years ago Lee Ellen Stace's remains were found in a bush grave. Her parents hope that a coronial inquiry into the schoolgirl's unsolved murder will help to lessen their agony.

Fortitude Valley killing mystery means killer still on streets

So far the man responsible for the unprovoked attack on Stephen Dickson, 53, has eluded detectives – despite being caught on camera at the scene.

Mexican mayor announces death of drug boss hours before body found

Mexico City prosecutors say corpse of Hector 'Black' Saldaña not discovered until three hours after Mauricio Fernandez declared him dead

Wife of Washington sniper reveals the chilling reasons why her husband gunned down 13 strangers

In a sensational new book, she claims her ex-husband shot all those people simply to lay the ground for another murder - her own - so that he could regain custody of their three children.

Police: Woman Missing For 10+ Years

Girly Chew came to America to find the husband of her dreams -- a rich American doctor, but what she found was a conman and a killer.

One year later, Harrisonville woman’s murder still a mystery

The investigation also found its way to an FBI fraud probe already under way into the relationship between a giant New York bank and the insurance company where Cara Jo Roberts worked until being laid off a week before she was killed.

Disputed evidence in spotlight as Amanda Knox trial nears end

Within weeks of British student Meredith Kercher's death in the vibrant college town of Perugia, Italy, prosecutors and police declared the case closed.

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