Japanese Horror Story: The Torture of Junko Furuta
Tokyo schoolgirl Junko Furuta was on her way home when a twisted teen gang abducted her and submitted her to 44 days of unimaginable torture.
Ex-Sheriff’s Deputy Convicted in Mayhem, Sexual Torture Case
On Monday, May 14, 2012, an Orange County jury found Robert McClain guilty of eight felony charges, including the most serious counts of torture, aggravated mayhem, spousal rape, sodomy by means of force, and false imprisonment.
Dr. Josef Mengele: The ‘Angel of Death’
On January 17, 1945, Mengele, the notoriously ruthless Nazi concentration camp doctor, who committed countless unspeakable crimes against humanity in the name of science, fled before the advancing Soviet Army and disappeared into obscurity.
VIDEO: The Torture Murders of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom
This short documentary film tells the horrific tale of how Knoxville couple Channon and Christopher were abducted, brutally tortured and finally murdered by three men and one woman.
Today in Crime History: Killer Couple Fred & Rose West Claim Another Victim
Around 10 p.m. on December 27, 1974, college student Lucy Partington was on her way to catch a bus home after visiting a friend. She had the misfortune to meet up with Fred and Rose West, who abducted her. She was tortured for approximately a week and then murdered, dismembered and buried in Fred’s construction projects.
A Woman’s Torturous Ordeal at the Hands of Jeffrey Maxwell
A deeply religious woman is kidnapped and held captive. For twelve days, she endured sexual torture and beatings so horrible, her captor said to her, “By the time I’m through, you won’t believe in God.”
Today in Crime History: Gary Heidnik Captures First Victim
On November 26, 1986, Josefina stormed out after a fight with her boyfriend. When she got into a stranger’s car, she could not have known that she would spend four horrifying months as a sex slave in the basement of Gary Heidnik, along with several other women.
The Mobile Torture Chamber of Serial Killer Robert Ben Rhoades
Serial killer Robert Ben Rhoades kidnapped and tortured his victims inside a chamber set up inside his big rig truck.
Police: Man Kept Wife Bound in Chains for Ten Years
A West Virginia man is accused of torturing his wife and keeping her shackled through two pregnancies.
Couple Who Kept Adopted Kids in Dog Crate Convicted of Child Abuse
A couple in Yukon, Okla., was convicted of child abuse and neglect Monday, in what assistant district attorney Paul Hesse called “the most severe case of abuse” he’d ever seen.
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