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Ronald Clark O'Bryan (October 19, 1944 – March 31, 1984), nicknamed The Candy Man, The Man Who Killed Halloween and The Pixy Stix Killer, was an American man convicted of killing his eight-year-old son Timothy (April 5, 1966 – October 31, 1974) on Halloween 1974 with a potassium cyanide-laced Pixy Stix that was ostensibly collected during a trick or treat outing.
Crime and violence were everywhere in popular culture. The brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez murdered their parents in Beverly Hills in 1989, and we watched them walk in and out of courtrooms for ...
Richard Benjamin Speck (December 6, 1941 – December 5, 1991) was an American mass murderer who killed eight student nurses in their South Deering, Chicago, residence via stabbing, strangling, slashing their throats, or a combination of the three on the night of July 13–14, 1966.
Serial killers at some point active in their killing in the Chicago metropolitan area, Illinois, United States of America. Pages in category "Serial killers from Chicago" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
Serial killer, basis for Bigger Thomas in Native Son [38] John Agrue: Illinois, Colorado: 1966–1982: 3+ Serial killer whose first murder in 1966 was of his sister-in-law in Joliet, Illinois [39] [40] John Wayne Gacy: Norwood Park: 1972–1978: 33-45: Serial killer and rapist, also known as the "Killer Clown", who killed at least 33 young men ...
Law enforcement is using DNA testing to track the murderer who laced bottles of Tylenol with cyanide in 1982, killing seven people. From notorious serial killers to murderers who committed heinous ...
On June 5, 1945, 43-year-old Josephine Ross was found dead in her Chicago apartment. She had been repeatedly stabbed, and her head was wrapped in a dress. Dark hairs were clutched in her hand. [7] No valuables were taken from the apartment. [8] Police were unable to identify a dark-haired man reportedly seen fleeing the building. [7]
The man who shot 15 people at a Halloween party on Chicago’s West Side early Sunday morning has been charged with 15 counts of attempted first degree murder, 15 felony counts of aggravated ...