Convicted serial killer, Scott Wilson Williams, known as “The Union County Serial Killer,” was born on December 3, 1963, in Monroe, North Carolina. Williams seemed to have lived an ordinary life as a highway worker at the North Carolina Department of Transportation, who resided in a mobile home situated virtually in his mother’s backyard. Even…
S.C. Serial Killer Joseph Ernest Atkins
Joseph Ernest Atkins was born in 1947 and was eventually adopted by the Atkins family in North Charleston, South Carolina. It was reported that Joseph endured child abuse in his early years, but Atkins would be sent to fight in Vietnam in the late 1960s, fighting on the border of Cambodia and Laos. The war…
The Meanest Man in America: Pee Wee Gaskins
Donald Henry “Pee Wee” Gaskins was born on March 13, 1933, in Florence County, South Carolina. Pee Wee was an American serial killer and rapist, and was also known as “the meanest man in America.” Gaskins was born to Eula Parrott and earned his nickname as a child due to his small stature. Even when…
“The Babyface Killer” Torments the Carolinas
Lesley Eugene Warren was born on October 15, 1967, in Candler, North Carolina. Warren began exhibiting signs of antisocial behavior at a young age, struggling with establishing emotional connections, which further worsened around 1970, after the birth of his baby brother. Around the mid-1970s, Warren’s condition worsened while attending elementary school in Candler, in western…
Serial Killer Michael Rian Torrence Sees Red
Michael Rian Torrence was born on April 15, 1961, in Pine Ridge, South Carolina. Torrence had a reported mean streak, and in 1987, he would ultimately snap. In early 1987, Donna Torrence was a topless dancer at a strip club called “The Carriage House,” near Fort Jackson. Donna was married to Michael’s brother, Thomas John…
Serial Killer Larry Gene Bell: Murder in the Midlands
Serial killer, Larry Gene Bell, believed he was Jesus Christ, and forced his victims to pen a “Last Will and Testament” before they died. Bell was born on October 30, 1949, in Ralph, Alabama, and had three sisters and one brother. The family frequently moved before Bell arrived in Columbia, South Carolina, to attend Eau…
Dallen Forrest Bounds’ Murderous Crime Spree in Greenville, SC in 1999
Dallen Forrest Bounds was born on August 9, 1971, in Washington State, but later relocated to the Greenville, South Carolina area after a failed marriage ended in Arizona. His crime spree left four people dead between June and December 1999. Sometime in early 1998, Bounds and some friends rented an apartment in Greenville. Over the…
The Interstate Killer
Sean Patrick Goble was born on November 1, 1966, in Asheboro, North Carolina. The Goble family eventually moved to Illinois; however, Sean would end up living with his mother and sister after his father was arrested on multiple charges of assault. Sean Patrick would attend Auburn High School in Rockford, but he later dropped out…
The Death Row Granny: Velma Barfield
Velma Barfield was born on October 23, 1932, on a small farm in rural South Carolina. Velma was one of nine children and was raised in a strict Christian household. At the age of 17, Barfield dropped out of school and moved to Parkton, North Carolina, marrying her love, Thomas Burke, and eventually raising two…
The “Taco Bell Strangler” Terrorizes Charlotte
In 1994, black women were becoming victims of violent crimes, including murder, in Charlotte, N.C. There were 11 victims, in total, of Henry Louis Wallace, who eventually earned the nickname “The Taco Bell Strangler.” Henry Louis Wallace was born in Barnwell, South Carolina, on November 4, 1965. Wallace excelled academically and was a member of…