Between 24th August 2020 and 11th April 2021, three people were killed by 'Jack the Knife'- a mystery slasher who still remains at large. Larry Eugene McChristian, Jeff Welch, and Marlon Anthony Franklin were all randomly stabbed by a man in Little Rock, Arkansas. Another victim, 41-year-old Debra Walker survived, and was able to give a description of the killer.

It quickly became obvious to detectives that they were looking for one suspect, who was acting alone. Motives were too similar for the crimes to just be random stabbings. Although the victims' profiles differed somewhat, the timing, location and pattern of behaviour were clearly a pattern. What's more, CCTV captured the assailant after one of the murders. He appears to casually walk away from his dying victim as if nothing happened.

After the fourth and final murder, a $20,000 reward was issued for any information, but nothing solid has led to an arrest yet. Surviving victim, Debra Walker was able to give police a partial description. According to her, her attacker was ‘a young, black male with a slender build, over six feet tall’.

The murderer is still at large, and it's unknown whether or not he's likely to strike again.

Greenwich Halloween Murder

Greenwich, Connecticut, is one of the wealthiest suburbs in North America. One of it’s most famous faces include George Bush Sr., who grew up there. However, on the night before Halloween 1975, something sinister happened in peaceful Greenwich; 15-year-old Martha Moxley was murdered in cold blood.

When Martha’s parents woke up on Halloween morning, they expected her to still be in bed after attending a big party the night before. Instead, they saw the unimaginable– Their daughter was lying on their front lawn dead. Her bloodied body was barely recognisable. She had been beaten with a golf club so severely that it had shattered into dozens of tiny, sharp pieces. Her killer then used one of these jagged fragments to stab her in the neck 40 times. It was determined that Martha had been killed in a different location, then dragged into her own backyard. Who could have committed such a bizarre, senseless crime?

Initially, all eyes turned to the host of the party, Tommy Skakel. Tommy is the nephew of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and (coincidentally to some) got off with the crime free of charge despite him being the one to walk Martha home. Although the police were pretty convinced that Tommy was their suspect, they never made any conviction, and the gruesome Greenwich Halloween murder remained a cold case for over 16 years. it wasn’t until 1998, 23 years after the young girl’s murder, that a killer was named: Michael Skakel, Tommy’s brother. According to novelist Dominick Dunne, Michael had once climbed a tree outside Martha’s window and masturbated. He was infatuated with the girl. And in 2002, Michael Skakel was finally convicted of the murder by a grand jury.

The Unsolved Murder of Sandy Drummond

33-year-old Sandy Drummond was known to be a loner, rarely talking to anyone other than his brother, James. The brothers lived together in an isolated cottage in rural Scotland, and both of them preferred a quiet lifestyle. Sandy worked at the local papermill but he was once a soldier of the Black Watch, stationed in Ireland as an apprentice engineer. He only returned home to his parents' cottage to look after his father who had dementia and give his elderly mum, Effie, a well-deserved break. This selfless act was not out of character for Sandy, as he was known for his kindness and love for his family. With his quiet nature and kind personality, he was the last person you would think of to have any enemies. But in June 1991, somebody strangled Sandy to death. Decades later, his death remains a mystery. Who killed him, and more importantly- why?

On the night of June 24th 1991, his lifeless body was found on a farm track close to his home. He was lying face down on the grass with his arms underneath him and his legs straight out. From the position he was in, police believed that Sandy had collapsed clutching his stomach in pain. His family recalled that he was acting strangely before his death. Just days before, he had withdrawn his life savings from his bank account. The £850 was later discovered in his house after his death, ruling out robbery for a motive. On the same day, he had also resigned from his job at the papermill, giving no reason as to why. Hours before he was found dead, a witness saw him sprinting from his house to fields opposite carrying a blue sports bag which has never been found.

Other witness reports only add more mystery to the case. At 4pm, Sandy was seen running along the road. At the same time, an orange car was seen parked outside his home, and two unknown men were seen through the living room window. At 7.15pm a red hatchback car was seen reversing away from the farm road where Sandy was found 45 minutes later.

After his death, police looked into Sandy's co-workers at the papermill. Apparently, his final months had been made a living hell by certain people at work. He always seemed happy with his job but suddenly, he got transferred to a new department and something inside him changed. He became troubled and secretive, not sharing his secret with anyone. His mother feared he was being persecuted or blackmailed for something, but no matter how much she tried to talk to her son, he just shut her out.

The night before he died, he had written down the names of several employees, perhaps meant as a clue for police. Every mill employee was questioned. Detectives agreed that somebody knew something, but nobody was talking.

Sadly, this case remains a frustrating mystery. Whoever killed Sandy Drummond had accomplices and will probably take the terrible secret to their graves. His tortured mother died not knowing what happened to her son, and the case is likely to remain cold.

Somerton Man Identified

An unidentified man found dead on an Australian beach with an unsmoked cigarette and a mysterious Persian phrase inside his jacket may have been identified after 74 years. Nicknamed the “Somerton Man” after the beach where he was found, he had “Tamam Shud” scribbled on the inside of his pocket, which translates to "Finished". His cause of death hasn’t been determined but pathologists agreed there was evidence of poisoning. Now, Professor Derek Abbott from the University of Adelaide claims he knows who he was.

Professor Abbott matched the man’s DNA to his cousins’ and discovered they all shared a common relative: Carl “Charles” Webb, an Electrical Engineer from Melbourne. Abbott delved deeper into Carl’s life and says that Webb was born on November 16, 1905, making him 43 when he died. Carl was married but disappeared some time in 1947, with his wife just thinking he’d left her so she filed for divorce. He was never reported missing. An official confirmation is expected to be announced in the next few days.

The Disappearance of Corrie McKeague

It was the early hours of September 24th, 2016, and the usual Saturday nightlife scene was beginning to die down in the town of Bury St. Edmunds, England. Amongst the people partying was 23-year-old Corrie McKeague, an RAF gunner originally from Scotland. Corrie had been drinking with friends that night, parking his car in a nearby carpark with the intention of leaving it overnight. At around 1 am, Corrie tried to enter the Flex nightclub on St Andrews Street South, but was turned away due to the fact he was too drunk. The bouncer who refused him told investigators that he was no trouble at all, and that he seemed chatty, friendly, and understanding to the situation. Corrie then wandered over to Mamma Mia’s takeaway, where he ordered food and sat alone for a while until 1:30 am. Corrie is then seen here at 3:25 a.m walking on Brentgovel Street, walking into an area referred to as the "Horseshoe area"- a large open space containing wheelie bins. Corrie never emerged. This would be the last time he was ever seen.

It is widely speculated that the young soldier climbed into one of the huge bins and fell asleep, most likely passing out from the alcohol. One possibility is that Corrie died in the bin, perhaps falling victim to suffocation or exposure due to the cold weather. A darker consideration is that Corrie remained alive until the bin was picked up by garbage men, and that he was crushed to death, his screams deafened by the noise of the truck. Or could he have been a victim of a robbery gone wrong? A dark alley seems the perfect place to mug unsuspecting, drunk people in the dead of night. If this happened, and Corrie refused to hand over his money, then an angry criminal could have easily killed him in a fit of rage. Despite this plausible theory, it doesn’t explain his missing body.

Signals from Corrie’s mobile phone were picked up travelling quickly on a route to the local landfill site, meaning that his phone, and probably his body, were in a wheelie bin. Initially reluctant to believe this frightening prospect, police did not search the landfill site due to the driver stating that his wagon’s load contained around 15kg of rubbish, a relatively normal weight. However, this was later discovered to be untrue, and the actual weight of the rubbish was significantly heavier than average, being over 100kg. Had the driver lied? Or was it a simple mistake? The landfill was searched extensively, yet no trace of Corrie has been found. No bone fragments, no DNA, no unusual sightings. It’s almost as if Corrie disappeared off the face of the earth.

In 2018, the search for Corrie was officially called off by police after no new leads. The case runs cold without a shred of evidence. After his disappearance, his girlfriend gave birth to their daughter, Ellie-Louise, a daughter he is unlikely to ever meet.

Unsolved: Death of Dave Bocks

Working at a nuclear energy facility in rural Ohio, Dave Bocks was an engineer responsible for fitting pipes. The facility opened in the 1950′s, and was one of the few factories in America that produced uranium, a much sought-after material for the production of nuclear weapons at the time. The place was dangerous should things go wrong, and an incident in the fall of 1984 proved this when 200 tons of radioactive dust particles were released into the atmosphere, polluting local air and water supplies. Three years before this scandal, Dave Bocks mysteriously vanished into thin air in an incident far more horrific.

Dave normally carpooled to work with his co-worker, Harry Easterling. On the night of June 18th, 1984, Harry picked him up and they drove to work, ready to start the graveyard shift. They chatted about the usual things- Dave told his buddy that he was planning on taking his three children on holiday at some point. Though a divorcee, he had a good relationship with his kids and was apparently on good terms with his ex-wife. The pair clocked on at midnight and began work. Dave’s assignment for the night was to look at a broken water pump in building 8. Four hours later, another employee witnessed Dave sitting in a car. Dave and an unknown person were deep in conversation with both windows up, which the worker noted as being unusual based on how hot the night was. Later, Dave was seen walking into building 4, which was also unusual as there were no faults or work to be done in that particular building. Dave Bocks was never seen alive again.

His disappearance was first noticed when he didn’t show up to the 7 a.m. safety meeting. His colleagues assumed he was working overtime, probably stuck on some problem that needed fixing. 30 minutes later, an operator working in building 6 noticed a strange smell coming from the furnace. When a supervisor was called, they noticed that a sticky residue had formed on the casing inside the oven. At 11pm that night, when Dave was due to go to work again, he didn’t show up. A search of his locker revealed he hadn’t been back to change into his own clothes, meaning he had never left the site. It was discovered that at 5:15am on the morning of Dave's disappearance, something foreign had entered the furnace in building 6. A worker had also found a piece of bone on the lip of the furnace. A horrible feeling of unease swept over the workforce as they all had the same idea: Dave had fallen into the hot liquid metal.

The plant was shut for several days while authorities investigated. Once the metal had cooled properly, they were able to unearth more bone fragments, a pair of steel-toed boots, and part of the signature thick glasses that Dave used to wear. It was clear this is where he had met his end. Police suspected suicide, as Dave had been depressed after his divorce and there were rumours he had attempted it before. His heartbroken family suspect foul play, as nobody knows who he was talking to in that car or more importantly, what they were talking about. Anonymous employees have come forward to say they believe Dave was a whistle-blower for the facility’s many safety concerns. There is a possibility that he was silenced by the factory in the most gruesome way possible. However, the truth remains a frustrating mystery.

In the summer of 1991, death mysteriously clung to the grounds of Kings Island amusement park. The first incident involves a horrific case of electrocution. 20-year-old William Haithcoat fell into a pond. His friend and a park employee attempted to rescue him by diving in, but all three were electrocuted by an underwater circulation pump. Two of them died as witnesses looked on in horror.

An hour after this event, a heavily intoxicated 32-year-old Candy Taylor fell from a ride and died from the impact. Her brain matter reportedly spread across the floor “like jelly”.

The park has always been plagued by terrible accidents and, perhaps not coincidentally, is haunted by a small girl wearing a blue dress. Some say the place is cursed by the ghost, and the extensive list of deaths unnervingly backs this up.

A John Doe who remained unidentified for over 60 years finally got his name back thanks to DNA technology.

On the evening of Monday, March 27th, 1961, a motorist picked up a hitchhiker around the area of Centreville, Alabama. The boy was young- between the ages of 15-18 and he walked with a limp. He had dark hair but parts of it had been bleached blonde. He mentioned to the driver he had run away from home after his parents’ divorce in North Carolina.

While the pair were driving across the Cahaba River, the car smashed into the guardrail and tumbled into the river below. The motorist was able to swim to safety and survive the accident, but tragically the young boy had broken his neck and drowned. Upon recovering his body, there was little to go on in terms of identifying him, however it was clear he was dearly loved and was religious. In his pocket, he carried a photo of himself and a girl of a similar age with the inscription: “Think of me always and remember how we used to go places together.”  Unusually, this photograph has never been released to the public and the identity of the girl has not been discussed. He also had the message “RY+ LOVE” carved into his left arm. 

For decades, the Bibb County John Doe has remained in the thoughts of locals and internet sleuths alike. Being unidentified for so long, it seemed unlikely that he’d ever get his name back as the likelihood that his relatives had all passed away became a depressing reality. With the hopes of new DNA technology, funds were raised and his body was exhumed in 2016 and DNA testing was performed in order to identify him. They used bone fragments to extract the DNA, but the process of linking it to any relatives proved difficult, and for over 4 more years nothing turned up. Finally, a breakthrough came after the DNA was sent to a different lab in California. The had found a match: A brother, now 77, who lives in Florida. When his brother ran away, he had been in the army and had always wondered what happened to him. He was “very emotional” to learn the truth about his sibling, who we now know was called Daniel Paul Armantrout, a 15-year-old from Tennessee who wanted to start afresh after life with his mother and stepfather became too much.

May Daniel rest in peace.

Investigators looking into the Delphi Murders case are now convinced that victims Abby and Libby were catfished by a man using the Instagram profile “anthony_shots”. Indiana State Police are seeking information from anyone who had contact with the profile who they say was actively soliciting nudes from underage girls during the times of the murders. They say the model seen posing in the profile picture has been identified and is NOT connected to the murders. The discovery is an exciting lead in this high profile case, and the police department made the following statement:

Those invested in the case are hopeful that with the power of technology, more information will be uncovered about the unknown murderer known as “Bridge Guy”.

1815 Driscoll Street, Houston, Texas

By June 1965, Marvin Marlin had become increasingly concerned about his aunt and uncle who hadn’t answered his calls for several days. Fred and Edwina Rogers were a sweet elderly couple who were well-known in the community and it was unusual for them not to return anybody’s calls. Although he was busy, Marvin decided to go to their home but found the house was all locked up with the curtains drawn. Worried, he called the police and requested a welfare check.

When police entered the property, they found that the house was messy, but according to Marvin this wasn’t unusual as his aunt and uncle weren’t the tidiest of folks. However, what did seem unusual was the rotting plates of food upon the table and the smell of decay coming from the fridge.

Upon opening the fridge/freezer, police found piles of what they thought was pork in the icebox. However, when looking closer they made a horrifying discovery- two human heads propped up neatly in the freezer. It wasn’t hog meat in the the refrigerator, it was the remains of dismembered human bodies. Edwina and Fred’s bodies, to be exact.

Edwina, 79, had been beaten and shot execution style. Her husband, 81-year-old Fred Rogers’ had been bludgeoned with a hammer. His killer then gouged out his eyes and disembowelled him. The organs were later found in a nearby sewer – the killer had chopped them up and flushed them down the toilet.

Detectives determined that the couple had been dead for three days, meaning they were murdered on Father’s Day - June 20, 1965. Attention turned to the couples’s son, Charles, who lived at home with his elderly parents and was described as a “weirdo”. He spent most of his time in his room and only communicated with his parents via notes slipped under his bedroom door and was rarely seen by neighbors. Though a recluse, Charles Frederick Rogers was said to be exceptionally intelligent. He spoke seven languages and had a Bachelor of Science degree in nuclear physics. He had been a pilot for the US Navy during WWII and served in the Office of Naval Intelligence. After serving in the Armed Forces, he quit and got a job with Shell Oil Company. After nine years with Shell, Charles inexplicably quit his job without explanation and moved in with his parents. The once intelligent man became a loner and rarely spoke to anybody, living a solitary life in his parent’s attic.

After his parent’s gruesome murder, Charles vanished. No trace of him has ever been found, and it’s thought he ran away after murdering his parents for unknown reason. Though no concrete evidence can be pinned to him, the circumstances are certainly suspicious. To this day, The Icebox Murders remain a frustrating mystery.

Who was Peter Bergmann?

On June 12th, 2009, a man arrived at the seaport town of Sligo in north-west Ireland. There was nothing too unusual about the appearance of the traveler- he stood at 5 ft 10, was well-dressed in a leather jacket and jeans, and was a heavy smoker. He spoke in a German accent and kept himself to himself. There was no reason to assume he was anything other than a tourist, and in some respects that’s what he was. On June 16th, father and son Arthur and Brian Kinsella were jogging along the coastline when they came across the man’s lifeless body lying on the sand. He was dressed bizarrely, wearing purple striped speedo’s with his underpants over the top, and a blue shirt tucked into them. Arthur said the Lord’s Prayer for the dead man then called the Gardaí who now had a frustrating investigation on their hands.

Detectives pieced together CCTV evidence from around town to figure out the man’s final moments. He’d arrived in Sligo on a bus from Derry at around 18:30. He was carrying a black shoulder bag but had minimal luggage. After arriving at the bus-station, he got a taxi to the Sligo City Hotel where he paid for his room in cash and used the name “Peter Bergmann”, and stated that his home address was Ainstettersn 15, 4472, Vienna, Austria. Both that address and name were later found to be non-existent. Who was this man and why was he so determined to remain anonymous?

The case got more mysterious when investigators took a closer look at what “Peter” was actually doing during his short stay at the hotel. Every day, he would leave his room carrying only a purple plastic bag full of unknown items. When he returned an hour or so later, the bag would be gone. He did this every day for the entirety of his stay but the contents of the bag were never found, as he meticulously made sure he was in blind-spots on the town’s many surveillance cameras.

On Saturday, June 13th, the mystery man went to a Post Office and purchased 8 stamps and airmail stickers. It’s widely believed he sent letters to loved ones, although nobody has come forward. The next day, he hailed a taxi and asked the driver for recommendations for a nice quiet beach. The driver took his fair to Rosses Point but unusually the passenger didn’t want to get out. He simply sat in the back of the taxi and asked the driver to take him back to Sligo Bus Station. Three days later, his body would be found on this exact beach.

On June 15th, one day before his death, Peter checked out of his hotel. He was seen with a black shoulder bag, a purple plastic bag, and a black luggage bag. He walked to Quayside Shopping Centre and is seen awkwardly standing in the doorway for several minutes, looking unsure of what to do next. 15 minutes later, he went to the bus station and ordered a cappuccino and a ham and cheese toastie sandwich. While eating his lunch, he looked at small scraps of paper that he kept in his pocket. After reading them, he methodically tore each piece in half and threw it in the trash. He then mounted the 14:30 bus to Rosses Point. While walking along the beach, he met at least 16 people and casually greeted them. All witnesses said the man was in good spirits, totally unaware that just 16 hours later he would be dead.

So how exactly did the man calling himself Peter Bergmann die? The medical examiner found no evidence of drowning, nor any signs of foul play. When he was found, the rest of his clothes were found folded neatly on the shore with no form of formal identification anywhere nearby. His teeth were in excellent condition, but in spite of his neat appearance the post-mortem revealed he was riddled in cancer, specifically advanced prostate cancer and bone tumours. His heart showed evidence of previous heart attacks and he only had one kidney, they other being surgically removed at some point in his life. Due to his poor health, it’s considered that he would be in significant pain without any type of pain-relief medication. In spite of this, he had no medication in his system. His cause of death is still undetermined.

After five months of trying to figure out his identity, the case went cold and remains unsolved to this day. His body was eventually buried in Sligo with four Gardaí attending his funeral. Austrian police were reportedly never contacted about the case, but an investigation by French newspaper Le Monde revealed that the man matches no Interpol records for missing or wanted persons in Europe. Despite many public appeals and the attention of amateur internet sleuths, his identity still remains a frustrating mystery.

The Case Breakers, a team of volunteer sleuths consisting of retired police officers and true crime specialists have claimed to have uncovered the identity of The Zodiac Killer- Gary Francis Poste, who is believed to have died in 2018. The investigation process is ongoing, with detectives working tirelessly to link Poste to the Zodiac murders.

The Phantom Barber of Pascagoula was a notorious figure who prowled Mississippi in 1942. Two housemates, Mary Briggs and Edna Hydel, were the first to fall victim to his bizarre spree of hairdressing. Mary was the sole victim and she described her attacker as a “short fat man” who shushed her when she awoke. When the girl screamed, he jumped out the window and vanished into the night.

While at least a dozen other young girls had their hair cut by the Phantom Barber, none were seriously injured. William Dolan, a German who was disliked by the community due to his association with the war, was arrested after he attacked a couple who he had a disagreement with. On the account of human hair being found on his property, he was accused of being the Phantom although he vehemently denied this.

After the baffling spate of hair-chopping, the Phantom Barber vanished almost as quickly as he appeared. He was never caught and his identity remains a mystery to this day.

On December 12th, 1996, 42-year-old Ontario man Wayne Greavette was sitting on his couch when a package arrived at his door. Baffled, he opened it up to see it contained a flashlight and a letter. Wayne and his 21-year-old son attempted to turn on the flashlight but it appeared to be broken. After the third and final attempt, the flashlight exploded, killing Wayne instantly. The letter simply read “Have a very Merry Christmas and may you never have to buy another flashlight.” Wayne’s killer was never caught.

The Delphi Murders have remained a frustrating unsolved double homicide since they happened on February 14th, 2017. On that day, Abigail Williams and Liberty German were stalked and murdered by an unknown man as they walked along the Bridge Trail in Delphi, Indiana. The girls used their quick thinking to take a blurry video of their killer shortly before he took their lives. The grainy images of “Bridge Guy” have been scrutinised ever since, but his identity has remained a mystery.

This month, James Chadwell was arrested for the assault, kidnapping, and attempted murder of a child. Given his similarities to Bridge Guy (and the fact that he lives just 30 minutes from where the girls were killed) police are now considering him as a suspect. Chadwell has a history of s*x offences that make him more than capable of being this sickening killer.

The Pillbox Murder

On September 24th 1955, 11-year-old Peter Williams met up with friends and went to pick blackberries near the Woodchurch estate in Birkenhead, England. They headed for an embankment where a WW2 pillbox lay. It was at this point that Peter glanced inside the pillbox and saw what he thought was a shop mannequin. The young boy was horrified when he looked closer, only to realise it was the mutilated corpse of an elderly woman with her clothes piled on top of her face.

The woman had been strangled and obscene words had been scrawled across her naked chest in red lipstick. Her killer had also written “I AM VD” on her abdomen, but police still have no clue as to what that means.

Remaining a Jane Doe for weeks, detectives made the controversial decision to put a picture of her dead body (above) in the local newspaper. This lead to a man called John Barton to come forward, and he confirmed the murdered lady was his estranged wife, Alice Barton, who had left him to become a prostitute 10 years ago. After further investigation, it was discovered that she’d take her regular customers to the pillbox for privacy.

Her murder remains unsolved, though a local 19-year-old woman called Aimee Buckley came forward recently stating that her grandfather may be involved:

“They’re going to get me, I just know it.”

This is 87-year-old Sigrid Barginde who was brutally murdered in her home by an unknown intruder. For months leading up to her slaying, the partially sighted, deaf innocent old lady was the victim of a series of bizarre break-ins. In April, she was taking a nap on the couch and when she awoke, she saw several shadowy figures walking around her living room. She screamed for help which made the intruders put a sheet over her head, punch her in the face, and stuff her inside the closet. When they were gone and she phoned for help, her friends and relatives on the other end of the phone couldn’t hear her properly, making police think her phonelines had been tampered with. Sure enough, her telephone’s voice transmitter had been removed with a sharp object. Despite this, police were sceptical of the old lady and blamed some form of dementia for what they believed to be far-fetched delusions.

However, the horrific break-ins continued. In May, she visited the police station to say that she had been burgled the previous night. When police arrived, they discovered that one of her phones had been completely ripped off the wall. She was truly terrified and it seemed that she was being targeted. But by who? Unnerved, detectives set up extra security around Sigrid’s home and concerned neighbours even trimmed their hedges so that the old widow’s house was more visible.

On the 16th of June, Sigrid was returning from her weekly errand of running to the bank. Suddenly, a masked man mugged her outside of her home. The robber was unsuccessful, as a determined Sigrid refused to give up her purse. She went to the neighbours house who called police. Sigrid was said to be terrified at this point and told neighbours “They’re going to get me, I just know it.” 

On June 26th, 1981, Sigrid’s friend tried to contact her for days but was unsuccessful. Concerned, she phoned the police who called around to check on her. What they found was truly disturbing: Sigrid was found lying face down on her bed with her hands tightly tied behind her back with a light brown coloured scarf. Her death was ruled as “natural” in the post-mortem, perhaps succumbing to positional asphyxia due to being immobile on her front for hours. Still, it’s pretty obvious that Sigrid was murdered by the vile home intruders who had been taunting her for months. Her murder remains unsolved.