Crime and Crochet

Jeffrey Dahmer is an infamous serial killer, sex offender, and cannibal that killed 17 victims between 1978-1991.

Marie Rankin was an 81 year old woman who was murdered on Christmas Day by her neighbor Karen Walsh.

Fred and Rose West were a couple that got married in 1972 and killed at least 12 victims from 1967-1987. Some of their victims included Fred’s ex-wife and one of their children.

The Richardson Family was a family of 4 who lived in Canada. In April of 2006, 3 of the family members ended up dead after the 12 year old daughter planned to murder them with her 23 year old boyfriend.

The case of Carl Tanzler and Elena “Helen” Milagro de Hoyos is truly a real life corpse bride case. Carl took Helen’s body from her grave site and kept her in his home for 7 years before he was caught.

Gary Evans was an American serial killer who killed 3 of his friends and 2 other men from 1985-1997. He was also known for many robberies he committed and he spent a lot of time in jail for these crimes.

Steven Sueppel was like the Chris Watts of 2008. Sueppel killed his family, wife and four children, before killing himself while he was out on bond for embezzlement and money laundering in March of 2008.

Mack Ray Edwards was a serial killer and rapist that killed and assaulted at least 6 children, from the 1953-1970, in Los Angles county California.

The Bloody Benders were a family in the 1870s that killed together in Kansas. They were one of the first, if not the first, family to kill together. They had 12 known victims and were never captured.

Robert Joseph Long was a rapist and serial killer in the Tampa, FL area. He was know for answering ads in the newspaper where women were asking for help fixing something around their house, and taking advantage of them. This also gave him the name the Classified Ad Rapist in 1981. He later goes on to kill at least 10 women in Tampa FL. Thank you for tuning into the first episode of crime and crochet and I hope you enjoyed! Also I apologize for any mistakes within this first episode, I am still learning!