The Ilkley Moor Alien

Living in Burley in Wharfedale, I spend a lot of time on Ilkley Moor with my dog and love exploring the wild moorland.…

Mascot, myth or real monster? What is a hodag and what’s the Wisconsin history behind it?

Three things can kill a hodag: dynamite, chloroform, and lemons. If you see one, you are advised to keep any all-white bulldogs away…

Ghostly myth of HMS Friday ‘that set sail on 13th and was never seen again’

As today marks Friday the 13th , with it comes the urban legend of HMS Friday – a ship that set sail on…

The Grim Story Of The Most Cold-Blooded Serial Killer In American History

Before he was executed in 1930, Carl Panzram confessed to a litany of crimes that included burglary, arson, rape, and murder — and…

The Story Of The Acid Bath Killer Is Just As Gruesome As His Nickname Suggests

Long before Walter White dissolved bodies in bathtubs, John George Haigh used sulphuric acid to cover up his crimes. YouTubeJohn George Haigh, also…

Baby Farmers: Former publicans who murdered a dozen babies

Baby Farmers: Former publicans who murdered a dozen babies – TIME GENTS The Royal Alfred Hotel (left), Wollongong, in the 1870s when the…

This Serial Rapist Brutalized The ‘Central Park Jogger’

Inside Central Park on April 19, 1989, Matias Reyes beat and raped a jogger named Trisha Meili. A year later, five innocent teenagers…

Meet The ‘Night Caller,’ The Necrophiliac Serial Killer Who Terrorized Australia In The 1960s

In the 1960s, Eric Edgar Cooke murdered at least eight people in Perth and sometimes even dabbled in necrophilia — until he was…

Siberian Serial Killer Is Now Russia’s Deadliest Man With 78 Confirmed Murders

Initially sentenced to the murder of 22 victims, former policeman Mikhail Popkov has been found guilty of an additional 56. RFE/RLMikhail Popkov Former…

Australia’s Notorious Backpacker Murderer Stabbed His Victims So Hard He Severed Their Spines

Caught for breaking and entering as well as attacking animals with a machete when he was just a teenager, Ivan Milat eventually graduated…

The Grisly Crimes Of David Parker Ray, The ‘Toy Box Killer’ Who Built A Torture Chamber In His Trailer

From the mid-1950s to the late 1990s, David Parker Ray kidnapped dozens of women in New Mexico — and brutalized them in his…

The Life and Crimes of Nikolai Dzhumagaliev: The Rostov Ripper

Nikolai Dzhumagaliev, also known as Metal Fang was a notorious Soviet serial killer who terrorized Kazakhstan during the late 20th century. Born on…