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David Thabo Simelane was born in Swaziland in 1956 and grew up in Ngcoseni. He is a Swazi serial killer who caused havoc from the late 1990s until late 2001. His murder spree began in 1997, around the time he was released from prison for a prior conviction of rape. It was one of the many times, about 18, since 1976 that he had been convicted of robbery and rape. The last conviction was significant because he would later claim that he had robbed the woman but he had never raped her. For him, the 28 women and children he would later kill were revenge for the wrongful conviction. Simelane lured most of his victims to the woods of Malkerns with job prospects where he would th…
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Netflix has renewed its original series House of Cards for a third season. The political drama has yet to premiere Season 2, which will be released February 14 in its entirety on the streaming service. Production on Season 3 is expected to begin soon. (Source: The Hollywood Reporter) Click here to view the article
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Dean Corll was a 33-year-old electrician living in Houston, Texas, who with two teen accomplices was responsible for kidnapping, torturing, raping and murdering at least 27 young boys in Houston in the early 1970s. The Houston Mass Murders, as the case was later called, became one of the most horrific series of murders in U.S. history. He was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Mary Robinson and Arnold Corll. After his parents divorced, Dean and his brother Stanley moved with their mother to Houston, Texas. Dean seemed to adjust to the change, kept a good grade average and was described by teachers as being polite and well-behaved. In 1964, Corll was drafted into the milit…
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USA Network announced today that Psych will end after eight seasons on the air. The buddy comedy's series finale has been scheduled for March 26. A special one-hour live show will immediately follow the finale, which will feature a Q&A session with the entire cast as well as show creator Steve Franks. (Source: USA Network) Click here to view the article
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Maoupa Cedric Maake was a particularly brutal individual whose crimes seemed almost random. He operated mostly in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. His victims included men and women, both young and old. There was no set pattern to whom he decided to kill, just the chaotic murders of a deranged mind. To add further unpredictability to his crimes, there were several methods that he used to attack his victims. Some he would sneak up behind while they were alone and bludgeon to death with rocks. Others consisted of couples in cars, the men which he would shoot before raping the women. For some reason he also attacked tailors within the inner city, beating them to death…
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It is being reported that NBC has cancelled The Michael J. Fox Show, removing the freshman comedy's remaining episodes from its schedule. The show premiered last fall with a straight-to-series order of 22 episodes - a full season's worth - but has only aired 15 of those to this point. It is unknown whether the remaining seven episodes will ever be released. Today's cancellation comes one week after the network pulled the plug on Sean Saves the World, another freshman comedy that shared the 9:00pm comedy hour with The Michael J. Fox Show on Thursday nights. In the time slot, episodes of Hollywood Game Night will air beginning February 27. (Source: The Hollywood Reporter…
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Juan Corona murdered at least twenty-five migrant workers during a bloodstained six week period in 1971. He had arrived in Yuba City, California in the 1950s as a Mexican migrant worker. By the early 1970s, he'd moved up the pecking order and was a labour contractor; he hired itinerants to pick fruit on behalf of local farmers (for minimal pay) around the Yuba area. Long before Corona’s series of homicides, as far back as 1956, he’d been diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia. However, no-one suspected the disturbing depths of his true mental condition. Though outwardly a macho man with a wife and children, Corona was a predatory homosexual and a brutal sadist. His mur…
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The CW announced today that Arrow has been renewed for a third season. The action drama remains one of the network's strongest primetime series, with its ratings holding steady this season vs. season 1. It also ranks as the network's most-watched series with an average of 3.9 million viewers. Along with Arrow, The CW also announced early renewals for The Originals, Reign, The Vampire Diaries, and Supernatural. (Source: TV by the Numbers) Click here to view the article
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On July 21, 1979, a 14-year-old boy disappeared. Four days later, another teen went missing. Both, it was soon learned, had been killed. It was the beginning of a shocking series of murders—some 29 in all—that would take place over the next 22 months in Atlanta. The victims were all young African-Americans, and as the death toll mounted, so did fear and tension across the city. The FBI’s involvement in the case began on June 22, 1980 following the abduction of a 7-year-old girl. The Atlanta Police Department, which—along with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation—was investigating the string of killings, asked the FBI if the federal kidnapping statute had been violated. Non…
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The CW announced today that The Vampire Diaries has been renewed for a sixth season. The popular drama is still going strong, ranking as the network's highest rated series in all key demographics - an impressive feat for a show five years into its run. Along with The Vampire Diaries, The CW also announced early renewals for The Originals, Reign, Arrow, and Supernatural. (Source: TV by the Numbers) Click here to view the article
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One of the most infamous vampire related mass murderers was Fritz Haarmann (1879-1925), who with his two accomplices was responsible for the deaths of at least twenty and as many as fifty young men. He was known as a vampire because of his cannibalism and habit of biting his victims in the throat. Born to a working-class couple in Hanover, Germany, Fritz was a sullen and slow-witted child whose favorite pastime was dressing up like a girl. At 17, he was committed to an asylum after being arrested for child molesting. Six months later, he escaped to Switzerland and made his way back to Hanover. Throughout his twenties, he was in and out of jail for offenses ranging from be…
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The CW announced today that Reign has been picked up for a second season in 2014-2015. The freshman drama was thought to be on the fence in terms of getting renewed, so this news will surely be welcomed by fans of the show. Along with Reign, The CW also announced early renewals for freshman series The Originals plus returning series Arrow, The Vampire Diaries, and Supernatural. (Source: TV by the Numbers) Click here to view the article
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Bela Kiss preyed on lonely women looking for love by placing ads in a Budapest newspaper, his ideal victim being a woman with lots of money and few personal connections. After murdering the women, he preserved the bodies in barrels that his landlord believed stored gasoline. There was only one male victim — a young artist with whom his wife had an affair. In 1932, an excited New York City detective named Henry Oswald said he was certain he had spotted one of the world's most wanted men strolling out of the subway at Times Square. Oswald tried to follow, but the man quickly vanished into the crowd. The detective was certain it was Bela Kiss, Hungary’s prince of love ’em…
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The CW announced today that The Originals has been renewed for a second season. The freshman drama, which was spun off of The Vampire Diaries, is off to a strong start in its premiere season. Paired with Supernatural on Tuesday nights, it has helped the network produce its best ratings in years for that night of the week. Along with The Originals, The CW also announced early pickups for Arrow,Reign, The Vampire Diaries, and Supernatural. (Source: TV by the Numbers) Click here to view the article
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Ronald J. Dominique of Houma, LA has confessed to murdering 23 men over the past nine years and dumping their bodies in sugarcane fields, ditches and small bayous in six southeast Louisiana parishes. His reason for killing? He did not want to return to jail after raping the men. In 1997, authorities found 19-year-old David Levron Mitchell's murdered body near Hahnville. The body of 20-year-old Gary Pierre was found in St. Charles Parish six months later. In July 1998, the body of 38-year-old Larry Ranson was found in St. Charles Parish. Over the next nine years, more bodies of men ranging in age from 19 to 40 would be found dumped in sugarcane fields, desolate bayous and …
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The CW announced today that Supernatural has been renewed for a tenth season. The long-running series has been a huge success for the network, producing solid and steady year-over-year ratings. When the drama returns for the 2014-2015 season it will surpass the decade-mark, which is an impressive milestone for any show. Along with Supernatural, The CW also announced early renewals for The Originals, Reign, The Vampire Diaries, and Arrow. (Source: TV by the Numbers) Click here to view the article
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Manuel Octavio Bermúdez was born in Trujillo, Valle del Cauca, Colombia in 1961 and was orphaned after birth. He was adopted by an abusive mother who threw him off a balcony, breaking his hand and foot. This gave him a permanent limp. He was given to another family in the city of Palmira. His new parents were alcoholics and his father was described as abusive. Bermudez later had several kids of his own. Bermúdez raped and killed at least 21 children in several towns of Valle del Cauca from 1999 to 2003. He had worked as an ice cream vendor and would lure his victims to corn fields with offers of money for picking corn. Bermúdez would then rape and strangle them to death w…
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Showtime announced today that Shameless has been renewed for a fifth season. The cable network has ordered 12 new episodes of critically-acclaimed drama for 2015. The show is currently at the halfway point of Season 4, with the season finale set to air in April. (Source: Showtime) Click here to view the article
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Patrick Wayne Kearney told investigators that he committed his first murder while living in Culver City in 1962. The Redondo Beach man ultimately would be convicted of 21 killings, all males, all between the ages of 5 and 28, but he may have killed dozens more. He claimed to have killed one victim a month starting in 1974. Kearney was born in East Los Angeles on Sept. 24, 1939. The bespectacled serial killer stood 5 foot 5 inches, and reportedly had an IQ of 180. He worked at Hughes Aircraft and lived with his gay partner, Dave Hill, 34, at a house on Robinson Avenue near Aviation Boulevard in north Redondo Beach. Kearney became known as the “trash bag murderer” for hi…
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Showtime announced today that House of Lies has been renewed for a fourth season. The cable network has ordered 12 new episodes of comedy for 2015. The show is currently at the halfway point of Season 3, with the season finale set to air in April. (Source: Showtime) Click here to view the article
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On the night of February 22, 1996, William George Bonin requested two pepperoni and sausage pizzas, three pints of coffee ice cream and three six-packs of Coke for dinner. He watched “Jeopardy” while he ate. Hours later, he put on a new pair of denim pants and a blue work shirt and was led to the execution chamber at San Quentin Prison. At 12:13 a.m. on February 23, 1996, Bonin was pronounced dead, the first inmate executed by lethal injection in the state of California. Bonin, known as the “Freeway Killer”, was convicted of 14 murders committed across two counties between 1979 and 1980, and he was suspected in many other deaths. His victims were all boys, 12 to 19 yea…
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Syfy announced last week that Being Human will end after this season, its fourth. The North American version of the UK series will not return after its upcoming finale on Monday, April 7. The show currently has six episodes remaining. (Source: TV by the Numbers) Click here to view the article
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Vasile Tcaciuc was a Romanian man who lured victims and then murdered them with an axe that he specially constructed. The primary motive was robbery. On 7 September 1935 a dog found six bodies under his house. He had already been in prison on robbery and burglary charges. He confessed to having committed at least 26 murders. He was shot dead by a policeman while trying to escape during a reconstruction of one of his crimes. Click here to view the article
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It was announced last week that the previously - cancelled Ripper Street has been revived and will return for a third season. The British drama originally got the axe late last year when BBC One decided not to continue on with the series. However today's news confirms that a new deal was signed with online giant Amazon, which has acquired UK subscription streaming rights. U.S. audiences will be pleased to learn that BBC America is on-board to co-produce the show and will continue to air new episodes of Ripper Street's third season. No return date has been set for the drama, but production on Season 3 will begin this May. (Source: BBC America) Click here to view the…
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Yoo Young-chul was born in 1970, in South Korea. His parents separated quickly soon after his birth and Yoo was raised along with his siblings by his grandmother for a few years until they moved in with their father in the Mapo district of Seoul. Yoo's parents were blue collar workers who often had money problems. This poverty was one of the reasons he was made fun of in class, which planted in him a resentment towards the wealthy. It was in school where he also found an interest in the arts. He played guitar, sang, painted, and read poetry through elementary school, finding himself enamored with arts so much that he applied to a high school that specialized in them. He w…
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