Killers biography history

Finally, in , both a local undertaker and another doctor noticed the unusually high number of cremation certificates Shipman had signed off on. They also noticed striking similarities in the recently-deceased patients themselves; the majority were elderly women who were found sitting up and fully clothed, not in bed as would usually be the case with the gravely ill.

Despite these clues, this initial investigation was shoddily handled, allowing Shipman to kill three more times.

Strictly speaking, a serial

Unlike his earlier victims, Grundy had not been cremated, and an autopsy revealed lethally high levels of diamorphine the drug Shipman used for most of the killings. He was formally charged with 15 murders and was convicted and sentenced to life without parole in Shipman died in , after committing suicide in his cell. He never admitted to any of the killings.

The couple had four children two of whom died young and ran a candy store. Although both happened under suspicious circumstances, Gunness was able to collect multiple insurance policy payouts allowing her to purchase a farm in La Porte, Indiana. She quickly remarried, and just eight months later her second husband died. While an inquest was held, no proof of foul play could be produced, leading to another hefty insurance payout.

She then began placing newspaper advertisements in search of a third husband, with the requirement that potential suitors had to visit her Indiana farm. Several prospective suitors made the trek, only to disappear forever—just one made it out alive, after reportedly waking up to see a sinister-looking Gunness standing over him.

Nobody knows for certain just how many people Belle Gunness murdered, but it seems she herself met a grisly end. In February , a fire devastated the farm. The search for her missing head which never turned up led to the gruesome discovery of almost a dozen bodies, including the missing suitors and several children.