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It was a crime unlike anything seen in British Columbia. The horror of the "Wells Gray Murders" almost forty years ago transcends decades.
On August 2, 1982, three generations of a family set out on a camping trip, Bob and Jackie Johnson, their two daughters, Janet, 13 and Karen, 11, and Jackie's parents, George and Edith Bentley. A month later, the Johnson family car was, found off a mountainside logging road near Wells Gray Park completely burned...
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Known as the "Vampire Rapist" or "Strangler Bill" for his distinctive modus operandi, Wayne Boden would rape, strangle and bite the breasts of his victims. His murdering rampage would continue in two cities over three years, he was only caught by superior evidence gathering and the help of an orthodontist. This book asks the question of "How do we really know our boyfriend or lover when we don't want to ask the questions, not only because we don't...
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It started with a frantic call for help from Sebastian Burns and Atif Rafay, when the two boys arrived home at just after 2 a.m. on July 13, 1994, and found Rafay's family brutally beaten to death in their Bellevue, Washington, home. Who would kill this well-liked family in such a horrific way? Police had no physical evidence and no witnesses; the case was a dead end! It was time to bring in Mr. Big! Mr. Big is a covert investigation where undercover...
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It was in Manchester, England in 1965, when the police were called to a possible crime scene at the residence of Ian Brady and girlfriend Myra Hindley. What they found in the upstairs spare bedroom were the remains of 17-year-old Edward Evans, who had been cut into pieces with an axe.
After an investigation and search, the police found two suitcases that were full of graphic pictures and a videotape of a young 10-year-old girl, Lesley Ann Downey,...
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In today's world where meeting people for the purpose of having sex with a simple click on your phone, a new type of gay sex called 'Party N Play' or 'Chemsex' has become all the rage in the mainstream.
Several young gay men were being found dead, appearing to have overdosed on the favorite sex drugs used at these chemsex parties, in a city churchyard in east London. Was this what the metro police claimed it was, "a sex drug overdose," or was there...
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In the middle-classed neighborhood of Muswell Hill, underneath a spectacular residence located at 23 Cranley Gardens, a gruesome discovery was about to be unearthed. While working on drainage pipes of the house at that location, a plumber discovered several bones and a flesh-like substance covering the inside of the pipes.
The pipes led to the top floor apartment of the residence. It was, rented to Dennis Nilsen, a 37-year old, quiet, soft-spoken...
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Young girl's panties started to go missing; sexual assaults began to occur, and then female bodies were, found! Soon this quiet town of Tweed, Ontario, was in panic. What's even more shocking was, when an upstanding resident stood accused of the assaults. This was not just any man, but a pillar of the community; a decorated military pilot, who had flown Canadian Forces VIP aircraft for dignitaries such as the Queen of England, Prince Philip, the governor...
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Robert Maudsley casually walked into the cell of another inmate, who was sleeping on his bunk facedown. A savage rage quickly took over, and Maudsley started stabbing the back of the man's head. There was blood, pieces of brain, and chunks of hair flying in a fury. After the man went limp, Maudsley grabbed the man's head and held it in both palms and started to smash it against the walls of the cell, so hard that the plaster began to fall off the...
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Killer Queens is a new series of historical fiction books based on true stories. The series explores the world of murder in the gay community, whether the victims or the killers themselves, and sometimes both, are homosexual. While the previous books looked at murders in the gay communities of Germany, England, and the United States, this fourth edition of the series visits Canada-a country that has embraced the gay community overall.
But how...
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It was a shattering death bed confession by a heartbroken mother. But would it solve the oldest cold case murder case in American jurisprudence?
In January 1994, Eileen Tessier told Jack McCullough's half-sister Janet Tessier that he, her son, kidnapped 7-year-old Maria Ridulph from their neighborhood in Sycamore, Illinois, and killed her in December 1957. It was a case that tore the child's family apart, as well as dividing and terrifying the town...
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Killer Queens is a new series of historical fiction books based on true stories. The series explores the world of murder in the gay community, whether the victims or the killers themselves, and sometimes both, are homosexual.
While the previous two books of this series explored the lives and murders of LGBTQ people in the early twentieth century, Book 3 focuses on more modern times. It is based on the case of Stephen Port, a serial murderer in London,...
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The House of Mystery Radio Show has been on the air for ten years now, broadcasting in over a dozen cities in the United States, including KKNW 1150 A.M. Seattle/Tacoma, KCAA 106.5 F.M. Los Angeles/102.3 F.M. Riverside/1050 A.M. Palm Springs. I started the show to find as much information on the world's mysteries in crime, science, religion, history, paranormal, and more. Like most people, I have heard stories and rumors and read books or watched...
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A family of three tied up, each with a gun to their head, "Where's the money? Where's the fucking money?" one of the intruders yelled. A petrified daughter tortured and forced to listen to her parents being, shot in cold blood. "I heard shots, like pops," she told the 911 operator, "somebody's broke into our home, please, I need help!" Was this a home invasion? Or, something else, more sinister, a deadly betrayal.
The real-life horror story that...
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Volume 3 of the Interview Series, "Zodiac Killer," covers another serial killer, who has stayed in the spotlight for years after their case has gone cold. It's been over 40-years now, and fascination with the Zodiac is still, going strong. Experts passionately debate Zodiac suspects, Zodiac’s letters/ciphers, opinions, and theories. Even which murder victims to include in the case is widely debated.
The House of Mystery Radio show has, been on...
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