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The Port St. Lucie Hammer Murders
Tyler Hadley was described by neighbors and friends as having a close relationship with his parents growing up. Tyler and his father were often seen playing basketball together in their Port St. Lucie...
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A Japanese Cannibal in Paris
Issei Sagawa For as long as he can remember, Issei Sagawa claims he has had the desire to eat attractive Western looking women. A fantasy, Sagawa says, that spiraled out of control and eventually found...
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Crimes that Time Forgot
Thanks to the digital collections available online through New York Public Library, users and historians alike can access thousands of historical photos. It should come to no surprise that within this...
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Mail from Murderers
Have you ever wanted to have a murderer as a penpal? If your answer to that question is, “yes,” then you’re in luck. Several websites have been set up in order to connect people on the outside with...
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The Bittersweet Murder of Amber Hagerman
9-year-old Amber Hagerman disappeared while riding her bike. It’s a parent’s worst nightmare. 9-year-old Amber Hagerman had just gotten out of school for the day and wanted to go ride her bike around...
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Killing Her Softly, With Cyanide
In March of 2010, Ari Liggett was arrested at a UPS store in Arapahoe County, Colorado, on a warrant for possession of an illegal silencer. While in police custody, he mentioned having stayed at the...
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The Human Tiger
The ‘Human Tiger’ Jacob Oppenheimer “The sooner I can cash in my chips, the better, as it will save me a lot of trouble and unhappiness.” -Jacob Oppenheimer after being condemned to death. Just like...
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5 Prison Escapees Who are Still on the Run
Prisons are home to the most notorious scourges of society. They’re cold, bleak and uncomfortable places, and it should not be too terribly surprising that many of those who are sentenced to live out...
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The “Bad Girls” Murder
Eugene Gorenman On March 29, 2004, the body of Eugene Gorenman, a 26-year-old Russian immigrant, was found on a walking path near a gun battery at San Francisco’s Fort Funston National Park. He had...
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The Murderous Past of the Canterbury Cathedral
“Who will rid me of this turbulent priest?!” – A remark allegedly uttered by England’s King Henry II, said to have unwittingly incited the murder of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. Canterbury...
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Vicious Killer Targets Random Attorney
In 2013, Warren Watson had a plan. For reasons known only to him, he decided to act out his fantasy of killing a female attorney, with a twisted scenario that included sexual assault and robbery. After...
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Dial “C” for Creepy
On May 27, 1980, 32-year-old Dorothy Jane Scott offered to drive a co-worker to the hospital after he suffered a spider bite. Dorothy and another co-worker escorted the man in, and upon his release she...
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Evil ‘Little Anna’
“I know I’m going to die. I don’t mind now. There never was any real hope.” – Anna Antonio, hours before her execution. The case of Anna Antonio is interesting not for her crime (which was a fairly...
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New York’s Final Federal Electrocution
“Goodbye, Marshall.” – Gerhard Puff to a witness at his electrocution. Thief, bank robber, murderer, Joe Strummer lookalike, the last Federal prisoner executed in New York. Puff may have looked like...
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No Parole For Colorado’s “Fatal Attraction Killer”
Jennifer Reali, 48, has once again been denied parole. The notorious “Fatal Attraction Killer” remains held under strict supervision at a halfway house in El Paso County, Colorado, for at least another...
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The Predatory Priest
As regular readers know, I do like to bring Sword and Scale some of criminal history’s more unusual cases. Toni Jo Henry was Louisiana’s only female electrocution. Martha Place and William Kemmler were...
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Killer “Disrespected”, Fillets And Burns Victim
Vermont court records show Richard Darling had quite a criminal history. Between 1999 and 2009, he was charged with 27 misdemeanors and two felonies. He also underwent at least two mental evaluations...
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Agony at Auburn Prison
“They would have done better using an ax.” – George Westinghouse on the world’s first judicial electrocution, that of William Kemmler. Auburn Prison, nowadays the Auburn Correctional Facility. Had...
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Leanderess Riley
A name long forgotten, even by anybody that heard of him in the first place. Largely forgotten for his crime, anyway, but not for the manner of his punishment. Riley was nothing special as a criminal,...
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The Loser’s Revenge
Stan Stanisclasse, 23, came to David Lewter’s West Palm Beach boxing gym in 2008, wanting to pick up some fighting techniques. Lewter was a boxing and kickboxing coach, and soon he began to see that...
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