Encyclopedia - Murder: Encyclopedia - Murder
In the criminal law, murder is the crime where one human being causes the death of another human being, without lawful excuse, and with i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Murder - Country-specific Murder Law
Murder - United Kingdom. Further information: murder in English law, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]], and ... See also:Murder, Murder - M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Murder - Murder Demographics
Murder occurrences vary wildly among different countries and societies. In the Western world, murder rates in most countries have decline...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hilda Murrell: Encyclopedia Ii - Hilda Murrell - Murder
She was murdered in mysterious circumstances in March 1984; she had been stabbed several times after an apparent break-in at her Shrewsbu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sal Mineo: Encyclopedia Ii - Sal Mineo - Murder
By 1976 Mineo's career seemed to be turning around again. Playing the role of a gay burglar in a San Francisco run of the stage comedy P....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phil Hartman: Encyclopedia Ii - Phil Hartman - Murder
Hartman was murdered on May 28, 1998 in his Encino, California home. As he slept, Hartman was shot twice in the head by his wife, Brynn, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Murder - Country-specific Murder Law
Murder - United Kingdom. About 850 murders per year (reported in 2000) are committed in the United Kingdom. This is low compared to the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zebra Murders: Encyclopedia - Zebra Murders
The Zebra murders were a number of connected murders performed by a black supremacist serial killer ring that took place in San Francisco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Murder: Encyclopedia - Child Murder
The murder of children is considered a particularly abhorrent crime in most societies; they are perceived within their communities and th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 187 Murder: Encyclopedia - 187 Murder
187 is the numeric code for the crime of murder used by law-enforcement officials, particularly in the state of California. This number i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cleveland Torso Murderer: Encyclopedia - Cleveland Torso Murderer
The Cleveland Torso Murderer (also known as the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run) was an unidentified serial killer active in the Cleveland, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attempted Murder: Encyclopedia - Attempted Murder
In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Murder In Small Town X: Encyclopedia - Murder In Small Town X
Murder in Small Town X was an American reality television series that aired on FOX from July through September 2001. The show is notewort...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1982 Chicago Tylenol Murders: Encyclopedia - 1982 Chicago Tylenol Murders
The Tylenol murders occurred in the autumn of 1982, when seven people in the Chicago, Illinois area in the United States died after inges...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mass Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Mass Murder - Mass Murder By Individuals
Outside of a political context, the term "mass murder" refers to the killing of several people at the same time. Examples would include s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mass Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Mass Murder - Mass Murder By A State
The concept of state-sponsored mass murder covers a range of potential killings. On one hand, there are clear examples of state-sponsored...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Murder Inc.: Encyclopedia Ii - Murder Inc. - History
Murder, Inc. was established in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York, in the late 1920s by Joe Adonis, and initially led by Martin "Bugsy" Gol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zebra Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - Zebra Murders - The First Wave Of Murders
On October 19, 1973 a couple, Richard and Quita Hague, who were kidnapped by a group of men and forced into a white van as they took an a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Murder Inc.: Encyclopedia Ii - Murder Inc. - History
Murder, Inc. was established in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York, in the late 1920s by Joe Adonis, and initially led by Martin "Buggsy" Go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Murder Inc.: Encyclopedia Ii - Murder Inc. - Background
Murder, Inc., as it was called by the press, was a chapter of a so-called National Crime Syndicate in the USA. It was essentially an enfo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zebra Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - Zebra Murders - Reaction To The Murders
The murders certainly brought panic to the city. People would try to find safety in numbers whenever they would go out, and as much as po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Midsomer Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - Midsomer Murders - Episodes
So far, forty-four episodes have been broadcast in the United Kingdom. These are the episodes, listed in production order, and the date o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Murder At The Aba: Encyclopedia Ii - Murder At The Aba - Characters
Almost all of the speaking parts in Murder at the ABA belong to fictitious persons. As part of the novel's ambiance, Asimov included seve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Murder At The Aba: Encyclopedia Ii - Murder At The Aba - Origins
Asimov recounts the unusual history behind Murder at the ABA in his second autobiographical volume, In Joy Still Felt (1980). According t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diagnosis: Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Diagnosis: Murder - Episodes
Diagnosis: Murder - Season 1 1993-199419 episodes. 01. Miracle Cure (10/29/93) 02. Amnesia (11/5/93) 03. Murder At The Telethon (11/12/...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A6 Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - A6 Murder - Suspects
A6 murder - Peter Alphon. The first suspect was Peter Alphon, a travelling salesman, who had behaved strangely in the period following ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moors Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - Moors Murders - Victims
Moors murders - Pauline Reade. Their first victim was 16-year-old Pauline Reade, a neighbor of Hindley's, who disappeared on her way to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soham Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - Soham Murders - The Trial
Huntley's defence conceded that he disposed of the girls' bodies and that they were in his house when they died. However, he claimed that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Murder By Decree: Encyclopedia Ii - Murder By Decree - The Film
It is England in the autumn of 1888 and Victoria of the United Kingdom still rules over the British Empire. Sherlock Holmes (Christopher ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sleeping Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Sleeping Murder - Plot
"Let sleeping murder lie": This is the motto which is not obeyed by Gwenda Halliday, a woman in her early twenties who has recently marri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diagnosis: Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Diagnosis: Murder - Tv Movies
Made prior to the series start: Diagnosis of Murder (January 5, 1992) The House on Sycamore Street (May 1, 1992) A Twist of the Knife (F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moors Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - Moors Murders - Other Media
The Moors murders served partly as the inspiration for Edward Gorey's short story The Loathsome Couple. The Moors Murders are also the su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meat Is Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Meat Is Murder - About The Album
Meat Is Murder is the most eclectic Smiths album, featuring such divergent styles as funk, rockabilly, ballad, and dance, along with the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Murder My Sweet: Encyclopedia Ii - Murder My Sweet - Reaction
The film receives mostly positive reviews, even when compared to Chandler's novel Farewell, My Lovely. Alison Dalzell, writing for Edinbu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meat Is Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Meat Is Murder - Track Listing
All songs written by Morrissey/Marr. Meat Is Murder - LP. "The Headmaster Ritual" (4:52) "Rusholme Ruffians" (4:20) "I Want the One I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zebra Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - Zebra Murders - Reaction To The Second Wave
Once again the new wave of killings brought the city to a state of shock as people took the same precautions as they had when the first w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Moors Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - Moors Murders - Arrest And Imprisonment
Brady was immediately arrested and charged with the murder of Edward Evans. Hindley was only arrested several days later, when police fou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zebra Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - Zebra Murders - Arrest And Conviction
After seeing his face on a wanted poster for the crimes, a man named Anthony Harris, an employee at the Black Self-Help Moving and Storag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soham Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - Soham Murders - After The Trial
Following the announcement of Huntley's conviction, it emerged that various authorities were aware of allegations, from a number of sourc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Soham Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - Soham Murders - The Bichard Inquiry
The inquiry was announced on December 18 2003, and Sir Michael Bichard was appointed as the chair. The stated purpose was: “Urgently to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zebra Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - Zebra Murders - The Death Angels
The zebra killings were the work of an extremist sect of the black nationalist group, the Nation of Islam. According to their beliefs, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anita Cobby Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Anita Cobby Murder - Aftermath
Anita's parents are the founders of the Victims of Homicide Support Group, a community support group that helps families deal with heinou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lake Bodom Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - Lake Bodom Murders - Theories
Some years later – between June 3 and 6 of 1972 (approximately the 11th anniversary of the murders) – a man announced in his suicide ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - West Port Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - West Port Murders - Spree
By 1827, Burke and his mistress, Helen MacDougal, were regular tenants at Hare's lodging house in Edinburgh. It is not known whether the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zebra Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - Zebra Murders - The Killings Resume
The new year came and went, and there was, it turned out, a respite in the violence. However, on April 1, 1974, two Salvation Army cadets...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Felony Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Felony Murder - Illustrative Example
The following example employs general principles of law in the United States for the purpose of illustration. The Doe Gang attempts to ro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Murder By Death: Encyclopedia Ii - Murder By Death - Cast Of Characters
The action of the movie takes place in and around the isolated country home of eccentric multi-millionaire Lionel Twain (Capote), inhabit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anita Cobby Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Anita Cobby Murder - The Trial
All accused pleaded not guilty, however shortly before trial proceedings began, Travers changed his plea to guilty. A mistrial was called...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd: Encyclopedia Ii - The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd - Controversy
The book is most notable for two aspects that led to controversy on its publication: use of the unreliable narrator, and a surprise endin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - West Port Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - West Port Murders - Detection
Next day Ann Gray became suspicious when Burke would not let her approach a bed where she had left her stockings. When the Grays were lef...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dial M For Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Dial M For Murder - Plot
Tony Wendice is a former tennis player who has succeeded in marrying Sheila (called Margot in the movie) only for her money, without the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Child Murder - Killing By Family Members Vs. Killing By Strangers
Most murderers of children are relatives, acquaintances or caretakers. Younger children are more likely to be murdered by a relative whil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cleveland Torso Murderer: Encyclopedia Ii - Cleveland Torso Murderer - Victims
Most researchers consider there to be twelve definite victims of the Torso Murder, and anywhere from one to thirty possible victims. Vict...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - West Port Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - West Port Murders - In Popular Culture
The West Port murders have entered the timeless culture of children’s folklore. Threats of visits from Burke and Hare are used by some ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anita Cobby Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Anita Cobby Murder - Earlier Life
Anita Lorraine Cobby (nee Lynch) was born on November 2, 1959. At the time of her murder, Anita lived with her parents in Blacktown follo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wanda Beach Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - Wanda Beach Murders - Linked Cases
Two murders occurred during early 1966 which, police speculated, might have been the work of the Wanda Beach murderer. On 29 January 1966...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd: Encyclopedia Ii - The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd - Plot Summary
The book is set in the fictional village of King's Abbott in England. It is narrated by Dr. James Sheppard, who becomes Poirot's assistan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lake Bodom Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - Lake Bodom Murders - Arrest Of Nils Gustafsson
In late March 2004, almost 44 years after the event, Nils Gustafsson was arrested by the police on the suspicion that he was the murderer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anita Cobby Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Anita Cobby Murder - Anita Is Missing
On the day of the murder, Anita finished work at Sydney Hospital at 3pm and met friends for dinner in Redfern. She then caught a train fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Child Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Child Murder - Killing Of Children By Other Children
In most countries, there are very few cases where children are killed by other young children. According to the U.S. Department of Justic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anita Cobby Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Anita Cobby Murder - The Accused
The five accused suspects had over 50 prior convictions for offences including armed robbery, assault, larceny, car theft, breaking and e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Murder On The Orient Express: Encyclopedia Ii - Murder On The Orient Express - Plot
Detective Hercule Poirot is travelling on the Orient Express. On the journey, Poirot meets a very close friend Bouc, who works for the Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anita Cobby Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Anita Cobby Murder - Shocking Findings
On February 4, farmer John Reen discovered the naked body of a young woman on his New South Wales farm, and Police were called to the sce...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anita Cobby Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Anita Cobby Murder - Hunt For The Killers
On 6 February, the NSW State Government posted an AUD$50,000 reward for information leading to the capture of her killers. On 9 February,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wanda Beach Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - Wanda Beach Murders - Last Sighting
When the group had reached a point around 400 metres beyond the Wanda Surf Club, they stopped to shelter behind a sandhill. By this stage...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wanda Beach Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - Wanda Beach Murders - Movements At The Beach
On 11 January, accompanied by Marianne’s youngest four siblings, they again set off for Cronulla Beach. They arrived at about 11am, but...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wanda Beach Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - Wanda Beach Murders - Bodies Discovered
12 January was a bright, sunny day, and a local man named Peter Smith was taking his three young nephews for a walk, through the sandhill...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wanda Beach Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - Wanda Beach Murders - Marianne Schmidt And Christine Sharrock
Marianne Schmidt and Christine Sharrock were best friends and next door neighbours, living in the Sydney suburb of West Ryde. Sharrock li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South African Farmer Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - South African Farmer Murders - Underlying Theories
The main competing theories that have been put forth as the reason for these murders are: Criminal greed leading to attacks by poor town...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1982 Chicago Tylenol Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - 1982 Chicago Tylenol Murders - Investigation
The crime has never been solved, although an opportunistic extortionist with no connection to the deaths had made a money demand. This pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Memorial To The Murdered Jews Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Memorial To The Murdered Jews Of Europe - Description
2711 concrete slabs ("steles") are arranged in a grid pattern on the 19000 square meter site. The steles are 2.38m long, 0.95m wide and v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Memorial To The Murdered Jews Of Europe: Encyclopedia Ii - Memorial To The Murdered Jews Of Europe - Criticisms
The German organization of Roma and Sinti has criticized that the monument singles out the Jewish victims of the Holocaust, without menti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Chapman Murderer: Encyclopedia Ii - George Chapman Murderer - Was He Jack The Ripper?
One of the detectives at Scotland Yard, Frederick Abberline, is reported to have told the policeman who arrested Chapman: "You've got Jac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1982 Chicago Tylenol Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - 1982 Chicago Tylenol Murders - The Incidents
In the early morning of Wednesday, September 29, 1982, 12-year old Mary Kellerman of Elk Grove Village died after taking a capsule of Ext...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Chapman Murderer: Encyclopedia Ii - George Chapman Murderer - Crimes And Execution
Not the sort of person to let his wife get in the way of his lustful ways, George Chapman took several mistresses, who often posed as his...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sleepy Lagoon Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Sleepy Lagoon Murder - Criminal Trial
The resulting criminal trial is now generally viewed as lacking in the fundamental requirements of due process. Twenty-two Chicano youths...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Silk-miller Police Murders: Encyclopedia Ii - Silk-miller Police Murders - Operation Lorimer
Police investigations into the murders were named Operation Lorimer. Victorian Police Minister Andre Haermeyer announced an AUD$500,000 r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sleepy Lagoon Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Sleepy Lagoon Murder - Convictions Reversed On Appeal
The East Los Angeles, California community came to the support of the defendants. They created the Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee, compo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sleepy Lagoon Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Sleepy Lagoon Murder - Arrest Of 600 Mexican-american Youths
The case arose from the homicide of Jose Diaz, whose body was found at the Sleepy Lagoon reservoir in southeast Los Angeles, California o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Richard Chase: Encyclopedia Ii - Richard Chase - The Third Murder/mass Murder
On January 13, 1978, two days after killing Teresa Wallin, Chase purchased two puppies from a neighbor, which he then killed and drank th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hillside Strangler: Encyclopedia Ii - Hillside Strangler - Murders
On October 17, 1977, a prostitute named Yolanda Washington disappeared. Her naked body was discovered several days later near the Warner ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Amityville Horror: Encyclopedia Ii - The Amityville Horror - The Murders
Main Article: Ronald DeFeo, Jr. On November 13, 1974, police found that all but one of the members of the family residing at 112 Oceansid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cassidy: Encyclopedia Ii - Cassidy - Murder Investigation
On June 8, 2005 a warrant was issued for the murder of a 22-year-old man during an April 15, 2005 shooting. Cassidy's attorney has stated...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andrew Cunanan: Encyclopedia Ii - Andrew Cunanan - Murders
The first murder of the spree was that of his friend Jeffrey Trail on April 27, 1997, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The next victim was Cuna...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Amityville Horror: Encyclopedia Ii - The Amityville Horror - The Murders
Main Article: Ronald DeFeo, Jr. On November 13, 1974, police found that all but one of the members of the family residing at 112 Oceansid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jeffrey Dahmer: Encyclopedia Ii - Jeffrey Dahmer - Murders
Most of his victims were African American and Asian gay men whom he subjected to sexual assaults. His main goal was for a completely comp...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Interpreation Murder: Dream Interpretations Dictionary - Murder
  Dream Interpretation Murder This dreams calls for a feeling of guilt and shame which were subdued in the waking life. Dreamin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Henry Marrow: Encyclopedia Ii - Henry Marrow - The Murder
Though the details of the story remain uncertain, Marrow seems to have been shopping at a local general store owned by the Teels when he ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Interpreation Assassination, Murder: Dream Interpretations Dictionary - Assassination, Murder
  Dream Interpretation Assassination, murder Dreams of assassination or murder have similar meanings. There are strong feelings...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Dictionary Killing, Murder: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Killing, Murder
  Killing, Murder 1. If the dreamer is killing an enemy, this implies the end of a difficult time in his life attained through hi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Interpretation Dictionary Murder, Suicide: Dream Interpretation - Murder, Suicide
  Murder, Suicide Causing death has very diverse meaning depending on who dies, why and how they die, and what interpretive frame...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ronald Goldman: Encyclopedia Ii - Ronald Goldman - The Murder
On July 30, 1993, Brett Cantor, the owner of a Hollywood nightclub called the Dragonfly, was murdered with knife in a method identical to...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Interpretation Dictionary Murder, Suicide: Dream Interpretation - Murder, Suicide
  Murder, Suicide Causing death has very diverse meaning depending on who dies, why and how they die, and what interpretive frame...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Dictionary Murder, Killing, Kill, Ded,: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Murder, Killing, Kill, Ded,
  Murder [132] To see murder committed in your dreams, foretells much sorrow arising from the misdeeds of others. Affair will a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zodiac Killer: Encyclopedia Ii - Zodiac Killer - Murders
Zodiac first came to police attention following the apparently random killing of Betty Lou Jensen and David Faraday on December 20, 1968,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Murder Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Murder
Murder Dream Symbols: Repressed hostility or resentment towards someone or something. If your are being murdered, it represents a repr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Murder Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Murder
Murder Dreaming that you have committed a murder indicates that you are putting an end to an old habit and your former ways of thinki...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Murder - Murder And Other Illegal Killings
Some instances of premeditated, intentional killing may be treated as justifiable homicide which excludes liability for murder and, in so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Murder - Mitigating Circumstances
Most countries allow conditions that "affect the balance of the mind" to be regarded as mitigating circumstances. This means that a perso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Murder: Encyclopedia Ii - Murder - Other Uses Of The Word
The word "murder" is sometimes used colloquially to mean some forms of mistreatment, e.g. a bad singer "murdering" a song, or describing ...   » Read the article