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Murder Most Foul
No. 75 (MMF75)
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Donato Bilancia couldn’t help but admit it – his penis was at the root of his problems. It was just too small. And that, claimed a Roman prostitute named Irene, was the reason why Donato became a woman-hating serial killer. But Bilancia was much more than a misogynist with an anatomical problem. He was also The Executioner, The Terminator and the Ligurian Monster, names he earned from a killing spree that resulted in 18 cold-blooded murders. He is also considered to be Italy’s worst-ever serial killer.
The public execution of wife-killer Francis Bradley almost outshone his terrible crime. Thousands flocked from all over the country to see it, the first outside Liverpool’s Kirkdale Prison for four years. As most arrived before 8 a.m. they were annoyed to learn they had a four-hour wait. Still, they passed the time as best they could, some by throwing cabbage stumps, others by picking pockets. “To see a man die game,” an observer noted at the time, “was a sublime event, sadly more solemn than death in any other form.”
Ralph Smith planned to make Swindon landlady Beatrice Baxter his wife by that Easter of 1939, provided she behaved herself and “stopped carrying on with other chaps.” But she apparently found that a difficult promise to keep. A decision that was to cost them both dear.
* The Killer With An Animal Heart
* The Last Man Hanged At Gloucester Prison
* “Close Your Eyes...I Have A Surprise For You”
* Wanted On Two Continents
* Opinion – Your Views
* Manchester Poison Classic: Murder In Small Doses
* Australia’s Slaughter In The Outback
* The Husband And Wife Murder Team
* A Trifling Affair Led To The Electric Chair
* From Italy: 18 Victims For The Terminator
* Solving Bucharest’s Boulevard Horror
* From Gosforth: Two Murders On The Same Day
* The Irishman Who Brought A Touch Of Genius To The Art Of Poisoning
The Clue Of The Faded Snapshot
From Oldham: He Killed To Escape The Asylum
Columbine’s Last Victim?
Cornwall’s Sad Affair Of The Secret Love Letters
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