Death is a fact of life that everyone will go through one day and the following are the 10 most fascinating stages one’s body experiences immediately following death if the body is exposed to a natural decay and not preserved by processes such as embalming. Most of these stages are known by studying university controlled “body farms” used by forensic anthropologists in an attempt to further knowledge in the forensic field. This can include identifying dead bodies and their circumstances of death. RELATED: A Morbidly Fascinating Tour Inside the Body Farm These “body farms” and the studies ..read more

The Zodiac killer is one of the most elusive and unusual serial killers in American history. Riverside Police Officers at the crime scene of Cheri Jo Bates, the first suspected victim of the Zodiac Killer. Known for his bizarre, rambling handwritten letters, the Zodiac sent baffling ciphers, quoted musical lyrics, taunted police, and threatened to shoot school children. Approaching the Lake Herman Road crime scene. Unlike most serial killers, the Zodiac called police to report his crimes and wore a hooded costumer featuring his chosen symbol, the crossed circle. Vallejo phone booth used by the ..read more

Today, Times Square is glittering with dazzling neon lights and giant digital billboards. It’s big, bright, and unforgettable. But in the 1970s, “the heart of the world” was a hunting ground for the American Jack the Ripper, Richard Cottingham. Incised breasts found on the headboard of the bed. Between 1967 and 1980, Cottingham brutally murdered and dismembered at least 6 women, and claimed to have killed at least 80 more. A mutilated body found in a midtown hotel. The victim had been sadistically tortured over a period of days. Cottingham purposely severed the head and hands to make the victi ..read more

On September 6, 1974, two grouse hunters stumbled across the skeletal remains of Janice Ott and Denise Naslund near a service road in Issaquah, about 17 miles east of Seattle. Upon closer inspection, investigators made another eerie discovery – a femur and several vertebrae, belonging to Bundy’s 7th victim, Georgann Hawkins, whom he abducted from an alley behind her sorority house. Two of these women were abducted in broad light by the mysterious “Ted” at the Lake Sammamish Park. While interviewed by the police on the day of abductions, five female witnesses described an attractive ..read more

In the late 1970s, Los Angeles was a hotbed for serial killers. Randy Kraft prowled Southern California’s seemingly endless network of highways, murdering young men. Investigators examine one of the Hillside Stranglers murder scenes. William Bonin, the “Freeway Killer,” stalked the streets in a beat-up van, killing at least 21 boys and young men. A member of the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office yells instruction up a hillside as members of the Los Angeles Police Hillside Strangler task force investigate the body of Cindy Hudspeth (her leg can be seen) found in the trunk of a car. For four m ..read more

The Zodiac killer is one of the most elusive and unusual serial killers in American history. Riverside Police Officers at the crime scene of Cheri Jo Bates, the first suspected victim of the Zodiac Killer. Known for his bizarre, rambling handwritten letters, the Zodiac sent baffling ciphers, quoted musical lyrics, taunted police, and threatened to shoot school children. Approaching the Lake Herman Road crime scene. Unlike most serial killers, the Zodiac called police to report his crimes and wore a hooded costumer featuring his chosen symbol, the crossed circle. Vallejo phone booth used by the ..read more

Meet Richard Chase, a deranged man, who killed 6 people in just a month. A cannibal, who drank his victims’ blood and cannibalized their remains. A serial killer, who told the detectives that he took locked doors as a sign that he was not welcome, but unlocked doors were an invitation to come inside. Behind the Tape Photobook features 10 never-before-seen shots of the most brutal murders of Richard Chase, as well as nearly a thousand more crime scene photos. WARNING: THE PHOTOBOOK ISN’T FOR THE FAINT OF HEART! Behind the Tape Photobook (eBook) $10 Add to cart The eBook Bundle $15 Add ..read more

With all appeal avenues exhausted and no further motivation to deny his guilt, Ted Bundy agreed to an interview with Detective Bob Keppel two days before his execution. Although Bundy confessed to the murders he was the prime suspect in, he withheld many details, hoping to parlay the incomplete information into yet another stay of execution. With Florida State Prison in the background, spokesman Bob Macmasters fields questions from the media as Ted Bundy’s execution nears. (AP) Little did Bundy expect, the investigators were having none of it. Louise Bundy, the mother of convicted murderer Ted ..read more

On November 16, 1957, while investigating the disappearance of a local hardware store owner Bernice Worden, authorities stumbled upon the sight straight out of their worst nightmares. The exterior of Ed Gein’s house of horrors. A Waushara County Sheriff’s deputy discovered Worden’s decapitated and mutilated body in a shed, hung upside down by her legs with a crossbar at her ankles and ropes at her wrists. Ed Gein’s neighbor, Bob Hill, looks on in horror while standing in the interior doorway of Gein’s house. The culprit behind her murder was Ed Gein – a seemingly average Joe who made living fr ..read more

In the late 1970s, Los Angeles was a hotbed for serial killers. Randy Kraft prowled Southern California’s seemingly endless network of highways, murdering young men. Investigators examine one of the Hillside Stranglers murder scenes. William Bonin, the “Freeway Killer,” stalked the streets in a beat-up van, killing at least 21 boys and young men. A member of the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office yells instruction up a hillside as members of the Los Angeles Police Hillside Strangler task force investigate the body of Cindy Hudspeth (her leg can be seen) found in the trunk of a car. For four m ..read more