Category: Murder | UK

The Yorkshire Ripper

A warning before this article. The Yorkshire Ripper case involves sustained physical violence against women, including women who survived attacks that left them with lifelong injuries. The investigation itself was, by the eventual official assessment, profoundly compromised by attitudes that…

The Moors Murders

A serious warning before this article. The Moors Murders involved the abduction, sexual abuse, and killing of children. The youngest victim was ten years old. The trial included the playing in open court of an audio tape recording of one…

Patrick Mackay

He has been called Britain’s forgotten serial killer. He was diagnosed as a psychopath at fifteen, was convicted of three killings at twenty-three, confessed at the time to eight more, and has been imprisoned continuously since 1975 — making him,…

Fred & Rose West

A warning before this article. What follows is an account of one of the most disturbing criminal cases in modern British history. It involves rape, torture, the murder of children, and prolonged abuse over more than two decades. There is…