July 1975, Manchester, England: a young woman’s body is found buried in rubble, her face shattered beyond recognition. 18- year-old Wanda Skala’s injuries shocked even the most experienced detectives. Her killer later dubbed the Beast of Manchester sparked fear across the city. This Beast was 30-year-old Trevor Hardy. He got kicks from killing then returned to mutilate his victims over and over again. He slaughtered three teenage girls for his own gratification. And was one of the UK’s longest serving prisoners for his depraved crimes. Britain’s Most Evil Killers s3e6: Trevor Hardy, History 2019
Hardy’s mother believed she had an explanation for her son’s violence and aggression: in his earlier years he suffered a life-changing blow to the head. ibid.
He pulled his victim apart limb by limb. ibid.
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It’s a dark story that begins in Navada’s beautiful but desolate Black Rock Desert. Amateur archaeologist Jack Harelson and his wife Pam are searching for a legendary Indian cave. Crime Stories: Grave Robber
Jack and Pam discovered arrow heads, jewellery, and moccasins. ibid.
The crudeness of the cave excavation has destroyed the only record of an ancient culture. ibid.
Jack Harelson is convicted of theft and corpse abuse. He is sentenced to two weeks in prison and fined $2.5 million. ibid.
We gave him innumerable opportunities to back out and he was emphatic that he wanted these people murdered. Lt Kurt Barthel
Local man arrested in murder plot. Daily Courier headline 17th January 2003
I am a killer. Jack Harelson
Grant’s Pass Ore – A former insurance agent and amateur archaeologist convicted of looting ancient Indian graves in the Nevada desert and later offering $10,000 in opals for a hit man to kill a former business partner has died in prison ...
In 2005, Harelson was convicted in a retrial of trying to hire a hit man to kill Lloyd Olds of Brookings, a partner in an opal mine whom Harelson blamed for his grave-robbing conviction. Key evidence came from tape recordings of conversations with an informant who told Harelson he knew a hitman. According to testimony, Harelson gave the informant a jar full of opals valued at $10,000 to pay for the slayings. Huffington Post online article 27th December 2012
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In the UK violent TV, film and video games have never been more accessible. And some children are now turning these on-screen fantasies into reality carrying out brutal attacks that seem to be inspired by the violence they’re watching. When Kids Kill s2e3: Copycat Killers, Channel 5 2016
On the morning of 6th April 2006 Cheryl Moss left the hospital ward where she worked and stepped outside for a cigarette break. She never returned to work. Cheryl had been stabbed to death by a teenage boy she had never met. ibid.
18-year-old trainee accountant Stuart Harling … was arrested and taken into police custody … Harling entered a plea of not guilty on the grounds of diminished responsibility. ibid.
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Real-life danger, an open and shut case gone wrong, and a would-be murderer duped. Even in Tinsel Town truth can be stranger than fiction. True Crime with Aphrodite Jones s4e7: A Hollywood Hit, ID 2013
Hollywood stuntman Garrett Warren has survived four bullets fired at him from point-blank range from a stranger. ibid.
Manny [brother of ex-wife] organised a hit on his brother-in-law who he believed was a child molester. ibid.
Police arrest Claudia Haro in December 2005. ibid.
Haro, who has been free on $1.25 million bail, arrived at the courthouse in a tight-fitting blue dress and high-heeled black pumps, with an entourage that included a nun wearing a white habit and Joe Pesci, dressed in all black and wearing sunglasses. Haro kissed her current boyfriend and passed him her black purse as she took a seat next to her attorney, Tom Mesereau, who reminded the judge and lawyers, ‘She has not pled guilty to anything.’ Later, as Haro was led from the courtroom and into sheriff’s custody, members of her entourage cried out, ‘We love you.’ Pesci, looking visibly upset, quickly left the courtroom. The Daily Beast online article
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In the last decade 15 emergency workers have been killed in the line of duty. Only 4 of their killers received a life sentence. The Killing of PC Harper: A Widow’s Fight for Justice, Trevor McDonald reporting, caption, ITV 2022
This is the story of a policeman who was killed protecting the public. An investigation to convict three shameless teenage killers. ibid.
And a fight for what she [wife] sees as justice as she battles to change the law. ibid.
It’s upsetting me. He’s calling me a murderer. ibid. perpetrator
The outpouring of grief was immediate. ibid.
Three key teenage suspects were in custody. ibid.
Analysing CCTV images from the same forecourt linked the gang. ibid.
The three teenage suspects continue to deny they were in the car at the time of the crime. ibid.
The campaign feels as though it’s lost momentum. ibid.
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Eric Harris’s House 28 April 1998 ... A 17-year-old’s murderous fantasy is beginning to take shape. He and a friend, known as Vodka or V, intend to commit an act so violent that it will secure their place in history. One year later on April 20th 1999 Eric Harris and another Columbine student Dylan Klebold committed the worst high school massacre in American history. They killed twelve students and one teacher, injured twenty-three others and then turned the guns on themselves. Zero Hour: Massacre at Columbine High, BBC 2004
They both seemed hell-bent on revenge on the school itself. ibid.
Eric and Dylan have arrived with a huge arsenal of weapons. ibid.
Perhaps the answer is there is no single cause. ibid.
Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold die from self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the head. ibid.
I want to leave a lasting impression on the world. Eric Harris diary entry
Hate! I’m full of hate and I love it. I hate people, and they better fucking fear me if they know what’s good for em ... I’ll get revenge soon enough. Fuckers shouldn’t have ripped on me so much huh! Eric Harris
You Know What I Hate!!!? - People who use the same word over and over again! Like ‘actually’ or ‘fuck you’ or ‘bitch’. Read a fucking book or two, increase your vo-cab-u-lary ya fucking idiots. Eric Harris, webpage
You know what I hate!!? – Star Wars fans!!! Get a frikin life, you boring dickheads! ibid.
You know what I hate!!? – When there is a group of assholes standing in the middle of a walkway. Get the fuck outa the way or I’ll bring a friggin sawn-off shotgun to your house and blow your snotty ass head off!! ibid.
I know we’re gonna have followers because we’re so godlike. Dylan Klebold
My God, I want to die so bad. Dylan Klebold, letter
I have no happiness, no ambitions, no friends and no Love! ibid.