ABLES, Tony Alvin
DNA technology is catching up to murderer Tony Alvin Ables. Ables has been convicted of 2 murders, and charges for another are pending. Ables is not being charged with a 4th murder, despite DNA evidence. On December 11, 1970, Ables (sometimes referred to as Abels) killed a man during a robbery. He pled guilty on […]
SUMPTER, Michael E.
DNA evidence caught up with Michael Sumpter 50 years after his first murder. But death had caught up with him first. Sumpter died in 2001 from cancer. In 2018, he was linked to an old murder through DNA. Jane Sanders Britton’s father was the Administrative Vice-President of the storied Radcliffe College. Britton was an alumni […]
CARRINGTON, Celeste Simone
Celeste Simone Carrington lived a hard life in a tough part of Philadelphia. Her mother was just 16 when she had Carrington, who was the first of four children. Carrington was often left alone to raise her siblings. Both her parents were abusive alcoholics, but the father was rarely around. When he was, he raped […]
ABBOTT, Evelyn “Mother”
Evelyn “Mother” Abbott was sentenced to 3 months imprisonment and a $100 fine. She was suspected of murdering dozens of infants in her care. As a “baby farmer”, Abbott would take in infants for a fee, and care for them until the parents returned. Often, the parents never returned. Sometimes the intention was to adopt […]
PACE, Lyndon Fitzgerald
Coretta Scott King, widow of the late Martin Luther King, has survived a lot in her life. Including a brush with serial killer Lyndon Fitzgerald Pace. Pace attacked elderly African American women in the dangerous Atlanta neighborhood of Vine City. On February 24, 1988, Pace was released from state prison after serving time on drug […]
Death’s Playground – London, Ontario
Investigative journalist Avery Haines and the W5 crew have released Death’s Playground. The short documentary focuses on the kidnapping, sexual assault and murder of 15-year-old Jackie English. She disappeared on October 4, 1969 from London, Ontario. There were 8 unsolved murders of children and young women in a 21-month period, including English. There was no […]
JOHNSON, Russell Maurice
Russell Maurice Johnson was once a handsome man with a great physique. He was a body builder and auto worker. He used his strength to scale the outsides of buildings as high as 15 stories. He would go from balcony to balcony, looking for an unlocked door. He told police after his arrest he couldn’t […]
JOHNSON, Martha Ann
I’ve updated the writeup on suspected serial killer Martha Ann Johnson, mostly formatting.
ROBINSON, John Edward
John Edward Robinson Sr. was a Sunday school teacher, a Scoutmaster and a sports coach. He was also the world’s first Internet-based serial killer. He murdered women he knew and women he trolled for on Internet S&M and BDSM websites. His name was “slavemaster”. In 1977, he made up charitable and generous acts he’d done, […]
SHAWCROSS, Arthur John
Arthur John Shawcross earned his serial killer nickname, “The Genesee River Killer”. He murdered 11 women in upstate New York between 1988 and 1989. That’s an average of one victim every 59 days. Like many serial killers, Shawcross says he had a terrible childhood, full of bullying, conflict and sexual abuse. He blames his mother […]