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Victims Spotlight: Remembering the Victims of David Berkowitz a.k.a ‘Son of Sam’

New York City, 1976. An unknown offender, later identified as David Berkowitz, approaches a parked car in the Pelham Bay neighborhood of the Bronx. The perpetrator produces a .44 Caliber “Bulldo...

Robert Durst and His Suspected Victims [Victim’s Spotlight]

Late real estate baron Robert Durst was under a veil of suspicion beginning with the 1982 disappearance of his first wife, Kathleen “Kathie” McCormack. The couple’s 9-year marriage w...

Without Answers for 50 Years: Who Is Responsible for the Brutal Murder of Henry Bedard Jr?

Henry Edward Bedard Jr was the quintessential all-American teenager. After spending his early years in Lynn, Massachusetts, Henry’s parents–Henry Sr and Gloria–moved their family to the sm...

Victims Spotlight: Remembering the Victims of “Milwaukee Cannibal” Jeffrey Dahmer

Jeffrey Dahmer is getting the Netflix treatment. The convicted murderer, necrophile and cannibal is not only getting one show in his honor- but two. While Ryan Murphy’s Dahmer and upcoming docum...

Victims Spotlight: Essex County John Doe (1992)

Despite possibly being the victim of a homicide and having one of the most realistic, artistic renderings on Unidentified Wiki, the case of the Essex County John Doe has yielded little in the way of r...

Victims Spotlight: Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee

February 19th, 1971. Two teenage hitchhikers from Illinois were walking along Interstate 75-North (which connects Florida with the rest of the Southeast) as they were exiting Tampa. As they reached th...

Victims Spotlight: The Last Man to Die on 9/11

This year marks 20 years since four coordinated terrorist attacks sent America into a spiral of panic, grief, and anger. 9/11 caused the deaths of almost 3000 people- 2,753 people died in New York, 18...

Victims Spotlight: Alaska’s One-Eyed Jack Doe

It’s unclear what day in September of 1978 Jack Doe hitched his final ride on the outskirts of Boise, Idaho. It’s also unclear why his killer, a man later identified as Jesse Burt Bishop, ...