More troubling for the defense, a nurse testified that she saw Blanche bring peanut butter milkshakes, banana pudding, tomato pudding, corn bread, and milk for Reid and feeding him herself. As the bodies began to pile up, investigators struggled to find the culprit. Harvey Glenn McLeod, on May 29, 1972, in Raleigh killed four women and injured seven before committing suicide. Julian Andrew Frank in 1960 is charged with blowing up a National Airlines flight from New York to Miami. In 2011, Bill and Lorraine Currier were asleep in their home when Keyes broke in and caused a "blitz attack," waking them from their sleep and dragging them to his car. In the same article, her other daughter, Vanessa Woods, said Reid "was a very good man. Paul Holes is a cold-case detective in California who in 2016 caught the so-called Golden State Killer, James DeAngelo, who had been sought for 40 years. That murderer turned out to be David Meirhofer, who confessed to four other murders during a four-hour interrogation. A fellow Kroger employee, Gloria Head, recalled visiting Reid in the hospital and seeing a container of red Jell-O in Blanche's purse. Despite the fact that some of the women were stabbed to death, the killer earned the name the "Boston Strangler." The case remains open. By 1980, the couple killed 10 teenagers in Nevada and California. Some of the most infamous North Carolina murders that remain unsolved include the 1998 abduction and murder of Brittany Locklear, the 1971 double murder of Patricia Mann and Jesse McBane, as well as many well-known disappearances throughout North Carolina. The investigators had their guy: a seemingly harmless man who was a father, a husband, and an electrician. In the letter, Thomas allegedly confessed to killing Reid and trying to fatally poison Reid. He then shot her point blank in the head and dragged her body into a wooded area. He was executed in 1985. "Mom never expected to spend the rest of her life by herself. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. All they had for clues were blue carpet fibers on the bodies, WHYY reports. He was only found guilty of one murder and was sent to a mental institution. She was just 19 years old when she murdered the children. What made him particularly noteworthy is the cat and mouse game he played with authorities. The levels found in Reid and Taylor were determined to be fatal, therefore reclassifying their deaths as the result of arsenic poisoning. Instead, he was known as the I-5 killer after he murdered over 40 people along the interstate in Oregon state in the early '80s. 3. As he struggled to make his way into the country music scene, he took a job as a dishwasher at a local fast-food restaurant. Will Harris on Nov. 1, 1906, in Asheville killed five women and injured 12 before being killed by an angry mob. Those results had shown an extremely high level of arsenic in Reid's system. His stabbings became national news when he crossed state lines to stab even more people. David Parker Ray bought a $100,000 trailer. Two of his kills took place in Nebraska when he worked with the Air Force and the third happened in Maine when he abducted an 11-year-old boy who went out for a jog. August 14, 2002. She survived the attack. After Lorraine attempted to escape, he sexually assaulted her and strangled her to death. "[5] While she was dating Moore, she asked him to procure some arsenic-based ant killer for her. They nicknamed him "The Green River Killer.". He would rob, rape, and kill his victims. First, he would abduct them and then he would torture them. The story goes that Bartlett ran an inn with her family where she is said to have poisoned the guests with arsenic and would then ditch the bodies in a local corral. The two were wed April 19, 1989. Richardson could join him on that list. Glen Rogers. Robert Kenneth Wayne Stewart on March 29, 2009, in Carthage killed eight women and injured two and was sentenced to life in prison. Essentially, the issue was the racial composition of the juries. Other killers are so famous they are known all over the country, like Ted Bundy, the BTK Killer, and John Wayne Gacy. If your child will play baseball or softball this spring, youll need to stock up on appropriate clothing and equipment. The Story Of The Serial Killer Who Terrorized This North Carolina City Is Truly Frightening. Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. On April 19, 1989, the couple were married and honeymooned over a long weekend in New Jersey. He was bloated and his "eyeballs were even starting to swell and his skin was splitting.". Broad River Correctional Institution. During his confession, he explained how he strangled each of his victims to death and disposed of their bodies in lakes or near railroad tracks, according to Charlotte Magazine. He was found guilty of raping and killing four women and was put to death in 1994. Her father died, reportedly of a heart attack, in 1966. Holes, in his book, Unmasked: My Life Solving Americas Cold Cases, writes that he has seen statistics suggesting there are some two thousand serial killers prowling the United States today, operating in a way that allows them to stay hidden, as DeAngelo had. Gerald was found and was sentenced to death in both California and Nevada, but died of cancer before he was executed. Quincy Jovan Allen (born November 7, 1979) [1] is an American serial killer who killed four people between July and August in a crime spree in 2002. Some believe Williams has nothing to do with these crimes and think that police pinned them on him because they wanted an answer. Dubbed the "Serial Killer Clown," Gacy killed 33 boys and young men in the '70s. Turns out, Metheny also owned a food stand where he would mix the human flesh from his victims with animal meat and then sell it to his customers, according to The Sun. "It's hard to believe that any one person would do such a horrible thing," one woman said way back when. If you mix it together no one can tell the difference," he told The Sun in 2015. Ray would bring his victims to this chamber and torture them sexually before murdering them, according to the Albuquerque Journal. However, they never got a chance to arrest and charge him for his crimes. They were between the ages of 15 and 18. He was known as "The Serial Stabber" because between 2009 and 2010, Elias Abuelazam stabbed 18 people in Flint, Michigan. In 1987, when he was just 13 years old, he stabbed Rebecca Spencer to death. In the 1980s, Harvey was a nurse's aid working at hospitals in Kentucky and Ohio, and he killed dozens of patients using cyanide, rat poison, and arsenic, according to WXIX. They were killed by a blow to the back of the head. Blanche Kiser Taylor Moore (born February 17, 1933) is an American convicted murderer and possible serial killer from Alamance County, North Carolina. Wallace even attended some of their funerals. She also denied discussing Reid's autopsy with anyone and told the courtroom that she would not have been opposed to an autopsy. He is charged in the death of Michael Hemphill, who died Feb. 1 after being shot on Yanceyville Street in Greensboro in late January; the killing of Mark Anthony Gilbert Jr., whose body was found on West Terrell Street in Greensboro on March 10; and in the disappearance on March 25 of James Goolsby, whose body was found buried in Virginia in mid-April. Since he worked as a clown performer for children's parties, he would often kill his victims while wearing the clown costume that he called Pogo the Clown. All over my body. Sadly, Shannon Rippy Van Newkirk and Elisha Tucker suffered that very misfortune. In the Triad, you might argue that the designation should go to Blanche Taylor Moore, who was convicted in Forsyth County in 1990 of the arsenic poisoning of a long-time boyfriend. Eventually, an undercover cop was picked up by Pennell and she noticed his van was covered in blue carpet. "it would be unbearable to stay" here any longer. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. On Easter Sunday, she met Rev. Doss was sentenced to life in prison and died in 1965. When you think of Hawaii, you think of sunny beaches and peaceful islands. Although Carroll Edward Cole's crimes weren't committed in Iowa, he grew up in the state that seemingly shaped his life into a serial killer. Blanche Taylor Moore now passes the time in a cell in Raleigh. On her behalf, church followers killed upwards of 40 people. Although he only killed two women, authorities call him a serial killer that would have killed again if he had not been stopped. 7-year-old girl in Michigan was abducted and strangled to death, one of the first serial killers to be identified using FBI's newly developed profiling system, the couple killed 10 teenagers in Nevada and California, New Hampshire, he was known as "Bob Evans" who killed one woman and three small children, he killed upwards of 40 people over his 16-year career as a nurse, , he cut them into pieces and threw their bodies into lakes and ravines, The police were suddenly struck by a smell escaping from the trunk of his car, they found the bodies of six boys and young men buried under the floorboards. On Jan. 1, 1986, he rang in the new year with severe nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Data collected by Worldpopulationreview.com confirm that the United States has had more serial killers than any other country, and the numbers of victims are in the thousands, ranging from as many as 1,628 in California to as few as seven in South Dakota. Each state has a connection to an infamous serial killer. Gaskins started his criminal patterns young . Police suspect foul play. Authorities also link him to a couple's murder in Burlington, Vermont. Since he was a minor at the time, he has not been sentenced for those crimes. The nurse testified that Blanche often brought Reid food from home such as iced tea, frozen yogurt, milkshakes, and soups. But, it's what he did with their bodies that really shocked the nation. True crime author Robert Keller profiled him on his blog, and in 2016 he granted an interview with the News & Records Nancy McLaughlin. He confessed to several other murders just before dying in prison, according to the Star Tribune. When Joubert was caught, he said was happy because he knew he would kill again, according to the New York Daily News. In the '92 book, he wrote, "The bothersomeness was getting worse. Fast forward to 2019, and Moore, who will turn 86 on Sunday, is the oldest person on North Carolina's death row. William Devin Howell can best be described as a drifter. Her husband, the Rev. Donald Harvey is better known as "The Angel of Death" after he confessed to 57 murders. Kimball killed his uncle, his cellmate's girlfriend, and a 19-year-old girl. The Green River in Washington state became notorious because of the number of bodies that were found there in the '90s. There have been plenty of those killings in North Carolina, but there has been only one other person in Greensboro to be labeled a serial killer. In the 1990s Robert Sylvester Alston of Greensboro admitted to killing four women. Court documents indicate that text messages between Murphy and Richardson connected them in the homicide. Steven Reid testified that when he arrived on the evening of Oct. 6, he hardly recognized his father. Charles Edmund Cullen was the "Angel of Death" killer, and he killed upwards of 40 people over his 16-year career as a nurse in New Jersey. Her body was completely hairless, a side effect of exposure to arsenic. The relationship deepened, and marriage was discussed. he killed three boys, strangling them and taking bites into each. He dismembered their bodies and disposed of the pieces all over New York. Eventually, movie theaters canceled shows, people stayed inside behind locked doors, and very few ventured outside. In the '90s, Metheny would lure sex workers to his trailer to stab and strangle them. Two years later, he killed Joan Heaton and her two daughters. He was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 11 life sentences. Their lives were cut short by James Bradley, who in 2013 was released from prison in Wilmington after serving time for the murder of his own 8-year-old step daughter. In California, he was "Gordon Jensen" where he killed two other women who were mothers of his babies. During his "60 Minutes" interview, he apologized for his crimes but said, "I don't know if I would have stopped.". Barnabet killed entire families as they slept in what became known as the "Voodoo Murders" in the 1910s. She also testified that though she had heard of Anti-Ant, an ant poison containing arsenic, she had never bought it or asked anyone to do so. Detectives heard Dwight Moore's story and then began probing into Blanche Moore's background. Harvey Robinson is known for being one of the youngest serial killers reported in the United States. Eventually, police started showing up at the Baumeister home asking questions about missing boys. Dwight Moore said in 1994 after a hearing before the State Supreme Court. Dwight Moore, filed for divorce in December of 1990. I'm not supposed to be in jail at all,'" one of her defense attorneys proclaimed. Blanche preferred to stay closer to home, working in Burlington her entire career, except for a brief stint at a store in Durham. She's maintained her innocence throughout her long incarceration, but the chilling evidence suggests otherwise. Despite hospitalization, his condition deteriorated further, threatening multiple organ failures and death. State handwriting experts, however, said Blanche Moore wrote the letter herself. ", Strengthening the state's case, Dr. Vincent Guinn, a chemistry professor at the University of California-Irvine and an expert in the field of nuclear chemistry, concluded that the arsenic levels found in Reid's hair corresponded "to a long period of ingestion of arsenic, multiple ingestions. Five other relatives, including his mother, were convicted of murder. Holmes was sentenced to death for the murder of his accomplice Benjamin Pitezel but confessed to 27 murders and might have killed almost 200 people. Paul Bernardo Paul Bernardo operated primarily out of east Toronto city of Scarborough with his wife, Karla Homolka. While Florida has seen the likes of Aileen Wuornos and Ted Bundy, one unknown serial killer makes this list for her brutality. Although the courts have interpreted the Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination very broadly for criminal cases, such protections usually don't apply in civil cases. But the jury disagreed, unanimously finding "the defendant, Blanche K. Taylor Moore, guilty of first-degree murder.". The 20-month old toddler was the son of famous transatlantic aviator, Charles Lindbergh and his wife. Between the years of 1987 and 1988, Pennell preyed on the sex workers who worked on Route 40. [4][5] Her father was an alcoholic, who she said later forced her into prostitution to pay his gambling debts. Since then, he raped and killed at least seven other women during his time in Kansas City, Missouri, the Daily Mail reports. Reid's son Steven Reid testified that he visited his father on Oct. 4 and found him eating breakfast prepared by Blanche. After she was caught, she was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison. The Defense Calls Her A Pious Woman Known For Kindnesses", "Woman Poisoned Ex-Boyfriend; Also Charged in Husband's Death", "Blanche Taylor Moore, 11 others on death row file to convert sentences", NC Dept. They called him The Taco Bell Strangler and even made a movie about him. The police were suddenly struck by a smell escaping from the trunk of his car. We just - we cannot have one. Legend has held that the first widely recognized first female serial killer in the United States is Lavinia Fisher, born in 1793, but the location of her birth, her maiden name, or any information about her childhood is unknown. MARCH 10: Mark Anthony Gilbert Jr. was found injured after what police called a disorder,apparently beaten and lying near a Dumpster. He was found guilty of murdering two of his victims. Dr. John D. Butts, the state's chief medical examiner, concluded that "Reid died as a result of the complications of arsenic poisoning. The serial killer committed the crimes between May 1992 and March 1994. . When finally caught, Hansen confessed to murdering 17 people but was only convicted for four. "She's guilty I think, you know, I think she did it," one man said during the hoopla surrounding the trial 29 years ago. The wedding date was pushed back to November 1988,[5] but Moore developed a mysterious intestinal ailment that required two surgeries to correct. Price is currently in jail after confessing to the brutal murders. I'm not guilty. . On July 18, 1989, Moore was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Reid and Taylor. "The human body taste was very similar to pork. However, it wasn't until he went on a 10-week bender in 1987 that he was finally caught and convicted. After Taylor's death on October 2, 1973, Moore and Reid began dating publicly. I have no doubt that I was poisoned," the Rev. Donald Henry " Pee Wee " Gaskins Jr. (born Donald Henry Parrott Jr.; March 13, 1933 - September 6, 1991) was an American serial killer and rapist from South Carolina who stabbed, shot, drowned, and poisoned more than a dozen people. [5] Within days of their return, Moore became severely ill and collapsed after eating a fast-food chicken sandwich that Blanche had given him. North Carolina hasn't executed an inmate since Aug. 18, 2006. DNA tests found Gary Ridgway was the murderer, and he confirmed that fact by confessing to over 75 murders. He was sentenced to 15 years in Utah State Prison but was extradited to Colorado. It was discovered that over four years, the Long Islander killed 17 women most of them sex workers. He drove her to a secluded area and sexually assaulted her in the front seat of his pick-up truck. Gacy would sexually assault the boys, strangle them with rope, and then bury their bodies under his house. Instead, Reid became deathly ill and was transferred to North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem on June 13. He also recruited two teenage boys as accomplices to help him. Prosecutors said Burch shot him twice in the head with a .22-caliber rifle as he sat on the couch. Several weeks later, he was at North Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill. Active: 1969-1975. Pedro Lopez is linked to more than 300 murders in his native Colombia and in Ecuador and Peru. According to Jim Schutze's 1993 book about the case, "Preacher's Girl: The Life and Crimes of Blanche Taylor Moore," he met Blanche on Easter Sunday 1985 and the two began spending time together. The Oscars will air on ABC and can be streamed on ABC.com and the ABC app as well as Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, AT&T TV or FuboTV. He scared everyone because he was killing with reckless abandon at random. Rogers became known as the "Cross Country Killer" for killing his victims across multiple state lines. The prosecution also brought forth several witnesses to connect Blanche with Anti-Ant, an ant poison containing arsenic that was available for sale at the time. The town of Texarkana which spanned Texas and Arkansas lived in fear, as he apparently attacked eight people and killed five. On trial, Howell said he could not explain his motive behind the killings, referencing a "monster" inside him. During the trial, the prosecution recounted Reid's agonizing death in meticulous and horrific detail. Kiser Sr., her mother-in-law, Isla Taylor, her first husband, James N. Taylor, and a former co-worker, Joseph Mitchell. MARCH 28: James Devon Goolsby was reported missing after last being seen in the 1000 block of Summit Avenue in Greensboro three days earlier. Thorpe was the first of the Edgecombe County Serial Killer's victims to be found in this location, but not the last. He had been shot. James Taylor died on October 2, 1973; as with her father seven years earlier (1966), the cause of death was initially reported as a heart attack.[4][5]. [5][6], On May 29, 1952, she married James Napoleon Taylor, a veteran and furniture restorer;[5] they had two children, one in 1953 and another in 1959. Henry Louis Wallace was convicted of the murders of 10 young black women in Charlotte, North Carolina. The state of Delaware only has one documented serial killer: Steven Brian Pennell or more commonly known as the "Route 40 Killer." They were able to get the normal statute of limitations for wrongful death thrown out because they were able to prove that Blanche, as executor of Reid's estate, should have been the person to find out about the toxicology screen. "Black Widow's" ex-husband reacts to death row challenge, Last edited on 24 February 2023, at 12:28, North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women, Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story, List of death row inmates in the United States, List of women on death row in the United States, "Blanche Taylor Moore remains on death row after 25 years", "Oxygen spotlights unassuming, Southern female killers, and Blanche Taylor Moore is one of them", "My First Supervisor Was a Serial Killer", "Deadly Dose Of Arsenic: Trial To Start In N.c. Blanche Moore, 57, Is Accused Of Killing Her Boyfriend. Known as . Blanche Moore's family was also devastated. They planned to marry, but Blanche was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987. They called him a "mindless monster," according to the Argus-Press. By June 5, Reid had gotten better and Garrett told Reid, with Blanche present, that he might be able to go home within a week. The name makes sense because, at that time, Howell abducted, assaulted, and murdered seven people, according to Oxygen. Known as the Volga Maniac, this Russian serial killer struck in . Blanche Kiser Taylor Moore (born February 17, 1933) is an American convicted murderer and possible serial killer from Alamance County, North Carolina.Moore is awaiting execution in North Carolina for her boyfriend's 1986 arsenic poisoning. In all, he murdered seven people, becoming known as the "Fast Food Killer.". ", During the capital sentencing phase, the jury found as aggravating circumstances that Blanche Moore was motivated to kill for financial gain and that Reid's murder was "especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel.". In fact, he was called "The Candy Man." In the reenactment segment of the last episode of Season 1 of Deadly Women, Blanche Taylor Moore was portrayed by Maja Meschitschek. Grate was found guilty and was sentenced to death in 2018. Gerald would then keep them as sex slaves, ultimately killing them when he was finished. There are hundreds of them, categorized by those named killers think Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy and those whose identities have not been discovered, such as the Boston Strangler and the Zodiac Killer. When police arrived at the home, the place was filled with garbage to the ceiling. A couple of days later, Steven had returned to school at East Carolina University when he got a call from Blanche telling him to get back to see his father as quickly as possible. Kroger made Reid move around quite a bit, transferring him several times in 1979 and 1980 until he became a store manager at a Winston-Salem location. INVESTIGATION YIELDS SHOCKING DISCOVERIES.
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