Everything seemed to happen in slow motion, Michelle tried to reach her young daughter Breea as she ran but the sharp, cold barrels of two handguns pressed into her temples.
A KILLER RISES FROM THE GRAVE – 30 YEARS AFTER THE CRIME He pounced in a dark pub car park but many years would pass before his body finally gave up his terrible secret
A sensational claim that 60s rock idol Jimi Hendrix was murdered has emerged in a new book by his road manager. The author alleges that Hendrix was murdered
•A TRAIL OF RAPE AND MURDER •VICTORIAN MURDER MYSTERIES: A PRIVATE WEDDING, A WATERY GRAVE •THE KILLER WHO CAME BACK •DID THE MAD AXE-MAN KILL THE SECRETARY?
WHY WAS THIS THUG LET INTO BRITAIN TO RAPE AND MURDER? A man with a history of violence was allowed into the country to commit “vile and barbaric crimes”
The Fees should never have been allowed to operate a slaughterhouse so near the town centre, their neighbours said. For some time residents of the market town of Clones had been complaining about a foul stench
“When I read about the murders in the paper it was as if it was all a dream. Then I would resume my life as normal until the urge to kill the soldier came over me again and I’d go on the hunt again.
•Horror Of Craig’s Wedding Day Secret •Notable British Trials Part 25: Sex Romps, Porno And Murder Part 1 •Questions & Answers: The Last Man To Be Garrotted In Spain •Hanged At Strangeways: Part 1 Of A New Series •Under The Spotl
In 1922 William and Helen Harkness were accused of the murder of a teenage girl. What came out at their trial above all else was the story of a desperate
FROM NEWCASTLE: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION “I have murdered my entire family,” the caller said. Five minutes later police were confronted with a horrific sight
RELEASED TO KILL AGAIN: “I HOPE HE HAS NIGHTMARES FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE” Within two months of his release from a murder sentence the violent giant killed again
Perfect husband used poisoned condoms. Cheri’s husband was so desperate to continue his affairs – he resorted to the most twisted way to get rid of her.
Tragedy Ended Their Flight Of Fancy Horror In Accrington: Evil Stepfather’s Vicious Revenge Gail’s Deadly Secret The World’s Worst Killers Part 6 * From Wales: Unique Evidence Of The Signed Stamp * Licked! – By A Postage Stamp * Murder In Th
Why Moors murdered Ian Brady is unhappy… Gerald and Charlene Gallego – the couple who slay together… Devon’s murderous kidnapper Keith Rose pumped six bullets into tycoon’s wife Juliet Rowe
FROM IRELAND: THE BITTER LIFE OF A DISGRACED PREDATOR The list of possible killers would no doubt have been a long one. But who did cut the octogenarian’s throat?
DUBLIN CHILD-KILLER WAS POLICE INFORMER There are some deviant types who linger on the edge of the law, filled with a mix of fascination and twisted egotism. Such a person was John Delahunt…
Just over seven years ago, in the September 2001 issue, Master Detective described Barry George’s conviction for the murder of Jill Dando as “The Verdict That Shocked The Nation.” From the very beginning there were doubts about the safety of George’s conv
Everything in the case was bizarre. There was a wedding reception for a marriage that never took place, a “hit-man for hire” website, a woman calling herself Lyingeyes and a deadly poison concealed in a contact lens
15 Classic Murder Cases Britain’s village of death Bloodbath at the nook What Nellie gave her landlord Whitchapel’s Tom Thumb killer The Ruth Ellis tragedy
Feature on the lonely hearts killers like Brian Vale, Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez, Harry Powers, Vienna’s Elfriede Blauensteiner. The young music student who was killed by a young man from a poor Indian village. Plus lots of more….
Truth is stranger than fiction, they say, and this issue of True Detective certainly confirms that. Nick Yarris’s story could not have been made up. After spending 23 years on Death Row for a crime he did not commit, Nick became the first man in…
Do you believe in miracles? Ashley Smith did and persuaded the man who was holding her hostage in her apartment to believe in them too. Not only did Ashley persuade him to give himself up, she also converted him to Christianity. Now he wants to spread the
Her relationship was a sham masquerading as "the best marriage in the universe," Nancy Kissel confided to a friend in an email from Hong Kong, where she and her husband were living. Nancy’s way of dealing with this was somewhat unconventional – she spiked
This issue is full of fascinating crime stories both past and present from around the globe which gives you an opportunity to compare and contrast cases.
The vanishing. A mystery from Colorado. At first it seemed that Paul Skiba had abducted his daughter Sarah after his ex-wife talked of moving to Oregon. But police soon realised that not only was Sarah missing but so was her father and one of his employe
Was Jack The Ripper an American? A retired British cop says he was, and has produced startling evidence to back his theory – including a letter from Scotland Yard named Francis J. Tumblety as the most likely suspect.
The Salcombe murders are solved at last. On May Day, 1975, John Allen disposed of his wife without too many questions being asked, but his children presented a further problem. He had to murder them and concoct a foolproof alibi, one that would stand the
Lynda Block from Alabama – was she the last to die in the electric chair? Lynda was not usual inhabitant of Death Row. She’d had a privileged upbringing with well-heeled parents, and was respected member of her comunity. So how did she end up in the elec
From Germany the couple who became Vampire Killers. Part 1 in the series ‘These Women Were Deadly’. The story of Evelyn Dick. In this astonishing case Evelyn kept human bones in her attic next to her baby’s corpse that was encased in cement. She was s
These women were deadly – the story of Addie Mae Lemoine. From New York, the madman’s laughing message ‘Tristian’s on the floor in…five, six, seven pieces". He has caught and arrested in Central Park, New York, reading a newspaper report about the hu