On November 6, 2003, the unthinkable occurred in Chesnee, South Carolina, when four people were killed at Superbike Motorsports. The case remained as cold as ice for 13 years, until a local serial killer confessed to the horrific slayings. The killings provoked much fear, not only in Spartanburg County, but also in neighboring counties in…
The Valentine’s Day Murders in North Carolina
On February 12, 1971, a young couple, Patricia Mann and Jesse McBane, disappeared after they left a Valentine’s Day dance at Watts Hospital in Durham, North Carolina, and would never be seen alive again. The pair had planned to return to Mann’s dorm by the 1 am curfew time, but when they failed to show,…
The Gilgo Beach Serial Killings
The Gilgo Beach serial killings were a series of murders in Long Island, New York, which spanned from 1993 to 2011. Many of the victims’ remains were found over months in late 2010 and 2011 during a police search of the area after victim Shannon Gilbert ran from the house of a client. No one knows what…
The Atlanta Ripper
Many today are unaware that one place in the United States also had a killing crime spree in the early 1900s that remains unsolved. When I say Jack the Ripper, most people know his infamous name, but the same can not be said about the other. Around 1910, the first victims, all African-American women, began…
The Christmas Day Massacre of 1929
The Christmas season can be a joyful time where families gather around the Christmas tree, children finish their Santa lists, and parents see green from the amounts of money spent to bring a little holiday cheer. Stockings hang from mantels, presents sit beautifully wrapped, lights glisten from homes and businesses, and people are ordering last-minute…
The Taco Bell Strangler Was Born In This S.C. Town
In 1994, black women were becoming victims of violent rapes and murders in Charlotte, N.C. There were 11 victims, to be exact, of Henry Louis Wallace, who was eventually called The Taco Bell Strangler. Henry Louis Wallace was born in Barnwell, South Carolina. He was raised by his mother, Lottie Mae Wallace, who was known…