Acts of murder committed by women are always perceived by the public as being far more disturbing than those carried out by their male counterparts. Women are often considered to be ‘the fairer sex’, and the majority are seen as being essentially caring and nurturing by nature. 

However, around fifteen percent of serial killers are known to be women; a shocking statistic! Even more disturbing is the widely held belief that

Among the stories are the murder of a reputed

Author Dale Richard Perelman tells the tragic story of the 1978 murders and the mystery surrounding them.

In the summer of 1978, a mother and her four-year-old were stabbed to death in the quiet town of New Castle. Police suspected the husband, Lou Kadunce, but were unable to find either a weapon or a motive. Sitting in a Lawrence County jail in 1981, convicted serial killer Michael Atkinson accused Frank Costal - a carny,

Did the phrase "That's what I was wondering..." solve a murder?

In the morning hours of July 16, 1936, Helen Clevenger's uncle discovered her bloodied body crumpled on the floor of her small room in Asheville's grand Battery Park Hotel. She had been shot through the chest. Buncombe County Sheriff Laurence Brown, up for reelection, desperately searched for the teenager's killer as the public clamored for answers. Though witnesses reported