American Murder Stories

Between 1972 and 1990 a serial killer, Arthur Shawcross, also known as the Genesee River Killer, the monster of the rivers and the Rochester strangler murdered 13 people, 2 of whom were children.

Despite spending time in prison for the murder of Karen Hill, he would be released, to kill again.

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Sources:

https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/arthur-shawcross

https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/shawcross-arthur.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x41_AgL2lec

Book – Interview with Serial Killers by Christopher Berry-Dee

Interview with a Serial Killer - Netflix

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On July 13th, 1966, mass murderer known as Richard Speck would enter the home of a group of nurses in a South Chicago townhouse.

He took all the nurses as hostages and would murder all but one. They were Gloria Davy, Patricia Matusek, Nina Schmale, Pamela Wilkening, Suzanne Farris, Mary Ann Jordan, Merlita Gargullo, and Valentina Pasion and survivor Corazon Amurao.

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Sources!

John Douglas & Mark Olshaker – Mindhunter – Inside the FBI Elite Serial Crime Unit.

Ryan Green – The Townhouse Massacre

The Killer Book of True Crime – Tom Philbin & Michael Philbin

Interview with John Douglas – Last Podcast on the Left

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Speck

https://allthatsinteresting.com/richard-speck

https://www.cga.ct.gov/PS97/rpt/olr/htm/97-R-0242.htm

https://www.chicagohistory.org/first-mass-murderer-richard-speck/

https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/speck-richard.htm

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On June 10th, 1912, the brutally murdered bodies of 8 people, 2 adults and 6 children, were found inside a family home in Iowa. To this day it remains a mystery as to who committed this murder. The house was occupied by the Moore family.

The Moore family was headed by local businessman, Josiah B. Moore. He was married to Sarah Moore and had 4 children. Herman, Mary, Arthur and Paul. In 1903 Josiah would move his family into a 3 bedroom home on 2nd street in Villisca, Iowa not too far from Des Moines.

Unfortunately despite all the potential leads it never got resolved. To this day no one has ever been convicted for the crime.

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The Villisca Axe Murders | Iowa Cold Cases

Villisca Axe Murders, The 1912 Massacre That Left 8 Dead (allthatsinteresting.com)

The Town History of Villisca, Iowa (villiscaiowa.com)

The Ax Murderer Who Got Away | History| Smithsonian Magazine

Unsolved Villisca Axe Murders of 1912 - Historic Mysteries

Serial Suspects: Who Committed the Villisca Axe Murders? (the-line-up.com)

The Time a Ghost Hunter Stabbed Himself at My Axe Murder Museum (vice.com)

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Between 1979 and 1981 a serial killer David Joseph Carpenter, would murder, rape, kidnap and rob multiple people. While he was apprehended in May of 1981, this was not the first time he had a brush with the law.

While the exact figure of how many he murdered is unknown, it is said to be between 7 and 11. He was found guilty and sent to San Quentin Prison. As of today, David Carpenter sits on death row since being sentenced to death in 1984. He is 94 years old.

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Sources:

The Sleeping Lady: The Trailside Murders Above the Golden Gate by Robert Graysmith

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvCvNv72eB4

https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/true-crime-in-the-outdoors/david-carpenter

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/David_Carpenter

https://listverse.com/2019/08/06/10-awful-facts-about-the-trailside-killer/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/david-carpenter

https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/David_Carpenter

https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/carpenter-david-joseph.htm

https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/very-scary-people-id-who-alleged-victims-david-carpenter

https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/predators/david_carpenter/10.html

https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/predators/david_carpenter/8.html

https://www.grunge.com/236497/the-truth-about-the-real-life-

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On the 1st of March, 1983 the small town of McCarthy, Alaska would never be the same again. Out of it’s 22 residents, 6 would be brutally murdered. Maxine Edwards, Harley King, Les and Flo Hegland, and Tim and Amy Nash, they would all meet their fate at the hands of neighbour, Louis D Hastings.

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Sources:

Frozen Terror - Ice Cold Killers- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfCVeB226kM

https://www.travelalaska.com/Destinations/Communities/Kennicott-McCarthy.aspx

https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/hastings-louis.htm

https://www.nps.gov/wrst/learn/historyculture/kennecott-mines-national-historic-landmark.htm

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/03/03/Survivor-describes-random-shootings-that-killed-six/9561415515600/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Trans-Alaska-Pipeline

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/let-these-photos-take-you-alaskas-abandoned-mining-towns-180975933/

https://casetext.com/case/hastings-v-state-55

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