RAND, ANDRE: Cropsey 2009 - Killer Legends 2014 -
Growing up on Staten Island, Barbara and I had often heard the legend of Cropsey. For the kids in our neighbourhood, Cropsey was the escaped mental patient who lived in the tunnels beneath the old abandoned Willowbrook mental institution. He would come out late at night and snatch children off the streets. Cropsey, 2009
Jennifer Schweigger: disappeared 9th July 1987 … ibid.
Andre Ward worked as a orderly at the Willowbrook state school from 1966 to 1968. For years he lived in numerous makeshift camp sites in the woods surrounding Willowbrook. ibid.
Rand was convicted of kidnapping but the murder charge was dismissed after jurors couldn’t reach a verdict. Rand was sentenced 25 years to life. ibid.
They looked at other missing children from Staten Island. ibid.
While some residents were convinced of Rand’s guilt others were not so sure. ibid.
‘Evilness sells: that’s the name of their game.’ ibid. Rand
Every town has its legends. Every neighbourhood has its bogeyman. A killer with a hook for a hand. A drifter who snatches children. The witch who lives in the woods. When I was growing up in Stanten Island it was Cropsy about an escaped mental patient who lived in these buildings who snatched children off the street. This urban legend turned real when five neighbourhood children went missing. Killer Legends, Netflix 2014
RASPUTIN, GRIGORI murder: viz Assassinations: RASPUTIN, GRIGORI
RAY, DAVID PARKER: The Sex Chamber 2011 - Very Bad Men TV - True Crime Recaps 2022 -
On 22nd March 1999 a terrified woman ran though the streets of New Mexico naked. She’d escaped after being held captive by sadistic sexual torturer David Parker Ray. She wasn’t his only victim. More than 30 women have passed through Parker Ray’s torture chamber. The Sex Chamber, 2011
One of America’s most prolific serial killers. ibid.
The search team also found a collection of sinister sexual devices. ibid.
Very bad things were happening. Women were being hunted … Angie tells the sheriff how a man has held her hostage for days in a torture-chamber then drugged her and left her in the desert … And then Angie vanishes. Very Bad Men: David Parker Ray
Shockingly, the predator has a woman apprentice. ibid.
‘Sexual toys, torture devices, there were things hooked to the ceiling that hung down …’ ibid. Cynthia
The other women: where are they? ibid.
In July 1996 Kelly Garrett … met up with her friend Jesse Ray … Jesse drugged her and then somebody cracked her over the head when she stumbled into the parking lot … Kelly awoke hours later to find herself chained in a dark putrid smelling home. She had a dog collar latched around her neck and a short leash kept her from running away. She was naked and terrified but it was about to get so much worse. True Crime Recaps: Horrifying Case of the Toybox Killer, Youtube 21.57, 2022
David Parker Ray, the Toybox Killer … raped and tortured Kelly … Kelly clung to life. ibid.
David Parker Ray was free to stalk the New Mexico deserts kidnapping, torturing, raping and murdering innocent women. ibid.
He bragged about all the women he’d been killing for decades. ibid.
RAY, JAMES: Killer Clans TV - James Arthur Ray - Enlighten Us 2016 -
Kirby Brown is an adventurous artist striving for self-improvement. Self-help Guru James Ray guarantees a transformation that will unlock the life of your dreams. But Ray’s methods come at a high price and with great risk. Killer Clans, ID 2014
Kirby signs up for more of his seminars. But immersion into Ray’s world comes at a high price. ibid.
Two deaths and twenty-one serious injuries. ibid.
He is actually a junior college drop-out. ibid.
James Ray is released in 2013. ibid.
You will feel as though you are going to die. I guarantee that. James Arthur Ray
‘It was supposed to be a journey into spiritual discovery and wholeness …’ Enlighten Us: The Rise and Fall of James Arthur Ray, CNN 2016, news report, CNN 2016
‘A third person has died after being overcome by extreme heat …’ ibid.
‘James was one of the top speakers in his field.’ ibid. Ferriter
‘The self-help industry is a huge industry. It’s ten billion dollars a year.’ ibid. commentator
I still want to connect with you. ibid. Ray
The work you get done here is the work you get done. ibid.
Jersey City, New Jersey, 6th March 2009: Self-help guru and author James Arthur Ray takes to the stage to speak to a packed audience at his Harmonic Wealth weekend seminar … On the strength of his seminars, media appearances, and best-selling book, James Arthur Ray became a household name in the field of personal development. The UnXplained with William Shatner, History 2021
As they spent many hours baking in the temperatures of the sweatbox, many people began slipping in and out of consciousness … ‘as much as 200 degrees’ … The inevitable finally and tragically happened … A third would die a week later. ibid.
RAZELL, GLYNN: Conviction: Murder in Suburbia TV -
‘Glynn Razell was today found guilty of killing 41-year-old Lynn Razell … What made this murder trial astonishing – there was no body.’ Conviction: Murder in Suburbia I, news, BBC 2018
For 15 years Glynn Razell has said that he didn’t murder his wife, that he’s not guilty. ibid.
Suddenly there are reports linking Linda Razell to a double murder: Christopher Halliwell … who murdered people in the same area. ibid.
‘He [Halliwell] has committed others murders. We were aware particularly of Linda Razell.’ Conviction: Murder in Suburbia II, rozzer
‘He told us to stop. Didn’t want to go ahead.’ ibid. polygraph examiner
The main evidence that convicted Glynn was the blood evidence found in the car that he was driving on the day that Linda disappeared … The car was searched three times before any blood was found. ibid.
‘It seems more likely that she was injured and was present in the boot after she was injured.’ ibid. blood pattern & genetics expert
REAM, ART: Crime Stories TV - Digital Journal online -
March 1995: The girl was thirteen-year-old Cindy Zarzycki, better known to her friends and family as Cindy Jo. Crime Stories: Girls Just Wanna Be Found
45-year-old [Art] Ream owned a carpet business in the area ... Fifteen years in prison for raping a fifteen-year-old girl. ibid.
Detroit, 2006: A paedophile Art Ream had abducted and killed Cindy Zarzycki. ibid.
Art Ream tried to strike a deal ... Guilty. ibid.
Cindy was finally laid to rest. ibid.
Arthur Ream who has been convicted of the murder on Cindy was Scott Ream’s father. According to Assistant Prosecutor Steve Kaplan at the murder trial Ream had lured Cindy to the Dairy Queen by telling her he was having a birthday party for his son. Kaplin stated that after Ream picked her up he raped her, murdered her and hid her body. Digital Journal online article 5th August 2008
RECOB, CRAIG: How I Caught the Killer TV -
Delavan, Wisconsin: ‘On February 29th 2004 about 3 p.m. Delavan police department received a call for a welfare check on some people who lived at a residence on Highway 11.’ How I Caught the Killer s3e9: Swope – Deadly Greed, rozzer, Sky Crime 2023
The residents were an elderly couple called Carolee & Duane Recob. ibid.
Craig Swope was Carolee’s son from a previous relationship and Duane had been his step-father since he was a young boy … Craig’s behaviour seemed odd to Sergeant Voss … ‘Everything about him seemed fake.’ ibid.