Crime and Crochet

The zodiac killer had at least 7 victims in California starting in 1968. This case became one of the most famous unsolved crimes likely because of the strange things the killer, did like writing letters to newspapers, and (finally) the cause is believed to be solved! Also this episode is the season finale so thank you so much for listening and follow @crimeandcrochet on Instagram for updates on season two!

The Stoneman Douglas High School shooting happened on February 14, 2018 when 19 year old Nikolas Cruz walked into the school and opened fire into multiple class rooms. The trial for this case is happening next week so I wanted to give y’all a timeline of the events and share more information on this case.

In February of 1957 a young boy was found dead inside a box in Fox Chase, Philadelphia. To this day he is still unknown although there are a few theories of who he may be and how he may have ended up as the boy in the box.

Lawerence Bittaker and Roy Norris met in prison and upon their release they began abducting teenage girls that were hitchhiking and murdering them. This occurred in Southern California for 5 months in 1979.

Gabby Petito was a 22 year old travel blogger would started a cross country road trip with her fiancé, Brian Laundrie, in June of 2021. On September 1st Brian returned home without her and on September 11th Gabby’s family reported her missing after not hearing from her or anyone in the Laundrie family. As of right now Brian has also gone missing and has not been found.

Betty Gail Brown was a 19 year-old college student in Lexington Kentucky. She was found dead in her car on October 27, 1961 and she was strangled with her own bra. To this day, the case is still unsolved despite Alex Arnold’s Jr.’s confession in 1965.

September 11, 2001 was a horrific day in history when hijackers took over 4 planes and crashed them into the North and South Tower of the World Trade Center, The Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania.

Serial killer, Rodney Alcala was featured on an episode of the game show “The Dating Game” in 1978 during his murder spree. He killed many victims, many of them being young girls from 1968-1979.

Ronnie O’Neal killed his girlfriend and daughter, and attempted to kill his son, in 2018 in Riverview, Florida. He also set the house on fire before police arrived to the gruesome scene.

In the 1960s at least 6 women were killed in West London, England and their bodies were discovered nude. The case is still unsolved, although there have been many suspects. The killer’s nickname, Jack the Stripper, is in reference to the famous Jack the Ripper case which was similar.