#6 - Paul Murdaugh
Shortly after 10 pm, on June the 7th of 2021, Alex Murdaugh called 9-1-1 after discovering that his
wife, Maggie, and son, Paul, had been shot at their family hunting lodge in Colleton County,
South Carolina. Police officers were dispatched to the scene, where it was determined that both
Maggie and Paul had already succumbed to multiple bullet wounds. The authorities
officially confirmed the identities of the victims the following day and classified the incident
as a double homicide. At the time of his death, 22-year-old Paul was facing criminal charges
stemming from a 2019 accident that he’d allegedly caused by operating a boat while under the
influence of alcohol. According to eyewitnesses, he’d been exhibiting erratic behavior, which those
who knew him later attributed to his supposed “drunk alter ego named Timmy”. The temperature on
the evening of the accident had reportedly reached lows of approximately 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
In spite of the colder weather, Paul, who was purportedly overtaken by his volatile alter ego,
stripped down to just his underwear. He also allegedly slapped his girlfriend before
losing control of the boat and crashing it near Parris Island. One of the vessel’s passengers,
19-year-old Mallory Beach, was thrown into the water upon impact. She would remain missing for
about a week before a boater eventually discovered her dead body in a marshy area in Beaufort County.
As a consequence for the fatal accident that had been precipitated by his intoxication, Paul was
charged with boating under the influence causing death. He was also the target of a civil lawsuit
filed by Beach’s family. As of the most recent updates on the matter, investigators were still
pursuing various leads regarding who might’ve been responsible for Paul and Maggie’s murder.
#5 - Stephen Griffiths Susan Rushworth, an escort from Bradford,
West Yorkshire, England, disappeared on June the 22nd of 2009. Two additional Bradford women,
both of whom shared Rushworth’s profession, went missing in April and May of the following
year. On May the 24th, three days after the final disappearance, local police arrested 40-year-old
Stephen Griffiths on suspicion of murdering the missing women. Although Rushworth’s remains were
never found, investigators discovered parts of the other 2 victims’ bodies in the River Aire in
Shipley, a civil parish located within the city of Bradford. Griffiths had previously been diagnosed
as a “schizoid psychopath” after revealing to psychiatrists that he’d fantasized about becoming
a serial killer. In 2009, he was admitted to a PhD program at the University of Bradford that
centered on homicide studies. It was reported that the police had kept Griffiths under observation
for 2 years before he ultimately carried out the 3 killings. While being interviewed by detectives,
Griffiths detailed the morbid and gruesome nature of his crimes, claiming to have consumed the
cooked flesh of his victims after their deaths. In a TV documentary titled Making a Monster,
psychologist Dr. Eric Cullen made the claim that Griffiths’ fragile ego had been
irreparably damaged in the late 1990s. The mental fracture reportedly stemmed from his former
girlfriend breaking up with him upon seeing his apartment, which was “full of violent memorabilia
and covered in plastic sheets”. Dr. Cullen postulated that Griffiths had permanently
isolated himself from other people when faced with his partner’s rejection. Nicknamed the “crossbow
cannibal”, Griffiths ultimately pleaded guilty to the murders and was consequently
sentenced to life imprisonment. #4 - David Albert Mitchell
On the morning of September the 12th of 2012, an elderly birdwatcher was accosted in the woods near
Central Park’s Strawberry Fields, one of the busiest areas encompassed by the New York City
landmark. Days before the assault occurred, the victim had reportedly taken what was described as
a “compromising” photograph of her eventual assailant. She later told investigators that
the man, subsequently named as 42-year-old David Albert Mitchell, had unsuccessfully attempted
to take away her camera and vehemently insisted that she delete the sensitive picture. Mitchell
ambushed the 74-year-old woman the following week and forced himself upon her as a cruel form of
retaliation. The victim would later reveal that, during the assault, he’d slammed her head into the
ground and threatened to cut her throat. Upon his arrest, it emerged that Mitchell had faced
criminal charges on multiple occasions throughout his adult life, including twice in which his
alleged victims had been elderly women. Back in 2002, Mitchell had been a primary suspect in
the murder investigation of a cleaning lady named Barbara Flake in Jenkinjones, West Virginia. Local
authorities determined that the woman had been killed by way of blunt force trauma to the head,
and one of Mitchell’s ex-girlfriends alleged that he’d bragged to her about committing the murder.
Due a to lack of evidence, however, he was never formally charged in connection to the incident.
Mitchell’s half-brother, Joe, was interviewed by the New York Daily News in the wake of his 2012
arrest. Joe claimed that Mitchell wasn’t directly responsible for his violent tendencies, insisting
that his alter-ego, “Johnny”, was the triggering factor of his unstable behavior. He also expressed
his belief that Mitchell’s internal rage would only worsen if he wasn’t placed behind bars,
and that failing to incarcerate his half-brother would inevitably lead to him perpetrating further
acts of violence. In October of 2013, Mitchell pleaded guilty to his charges and was consequently
sentenced to 30 years in prison. #3 - Hakeem Odumosu
The police commissioner in Lagos, Nigeria, went to the Brooks Estate in Magodo to meet with a
“strategic partner” during a social gathering on January the 1st of 2022. Upon his arrival,
at about 6 pm, Hakeem Odumosu was met by four private security guards at the estate’s
entrance. They reportedly attempted to aid the commissioner by providing him with directions,
but their bid to assist him was mistaken for a refusal of entry, and Odumosu became outraged at
the perceived insult. The commissioner then loudly declared that he was placing the private security
personnel under arrest. Shortly thereafter, a woman passing by with her 3 children was arrested
as well after she’d reportedly intervened in an attempt to make sense of the situation.
Several estate executives and security agents subsequently converged at the estate gate,
leading to a complete shutdown of the area that ultimately caused a four-hour long traffic jam
on Magodo’s CMD Road. In spite of pleas from the executives for the detained individuals to be
released, Odumosu wouldn’t soften his stance until approximately 11 pm, when he allowed
the security guards and the mother-of-3, who, it later emerged, was also recently widowed,
to go free. Odumosu’s actions were widely condemned in the incident’s aftermath,
with many believing it was his damaged ego that had compelled him to lash out so belligerently.
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#2 - Mohammed Hoque
On the evening of July the 10th of 2020, London resident Mohammed Hoque and an unidentified friend
made their way into the Crossharbour DLR metro station. They then encountered a group of 5
other individuals, while walking up the steps to Platform 2. CCTV footage taken from the station
showed that Hoque had begun talking with the other group, shortly before 6 pm. The interaction
abruptly escalated and resulted in 22-year-old Hoque pulling a kitchen knife out of his fur coat,
prompting the others to flee. Hoque chased after them, eventually catching up with two of the young
men who’d run back down the stairs. He repeatedly attacked them with the blade, inflicting several
stab wounds, before they ultimately managed to escape. Hoque then fled the scene,
leaving one of his victims, identified as Muhammad Samir Uddin, critically injured from the attack.
Samir’s friends dragged his unresponsive body a short distance out of the station, where concerned
members of the public tended to him while awaiting the arrival of paramedics. Despite the
best efforts of bystanders and emergency medical personnel, Samir passed away at the scene. The
other victim of Hoque’s onslaught was taken to the hospital, where he underwent surgery for injuries
he’d sustained to his back. Two days after the incident, Hoque surrendered to local authorities,
whereupon he was charged with murder and grievous bodily harm with intent. Investigators gathered
from their interviews with the suspect that he’d never spoken to the victims prior to the day of
the attack, and that he’d targeted them in a completely random act of violence. The judge
presiding over the case’s legal proceedings called Hoque “spoiled, egotistical, and evil”,
expressing particular disgust towards the young man’s refusal to show any semblance of remorse
for his actions. The judge also claimed that, because his only concern was escaping justice and
not accepting responsibility for the life he’d taken, it was clear that Hoque’s arrogance and
egotism were deeply embedded traits that had been instilled in him when he was a child. Following
a trial at Southwark Crown Court, Hoque was sentenced to a minimum prison term of 27 years.
#1 - Miranda Barbour On November the 11th of 2013,
Miranda Barbour went to the Susquehanna Valley Mall parking lot in Hummels Wharf, Pennsylvania,
to meet up with an individual to whom she’d talked on Craigslist. The 19-year-old had allegedly
agreed to have intimate relations with the person, a middle-aged man identified as Troy LaFerrara,
in exchange for money. After meeting in the lot, the pair drove 6 miles to the city of Sunbury.
At some point, Barbour and her husband, Elytte, who’d been hiding under a blanket in the backseat,
viciously attacked LaFerrara. The couple allegedly wrapped a cord around the man’s
neck before Barbour fatally stabbed him 20 times. The following day, LaFerrara’s body was found
in a residential backyard in Sunbury, and local police quickly identified Barbour and her husband
as being responsible for the murder. Although Barbour had initially claimed to have acted in
self-defense when she stabbed the victim, the couple confessed to premeditating the killing
as the investigation progressed. As detailed in an arrest affidavit, Elytte told detectives he and
Barbour had chosen to murder LaFerrara at random, claiming that they’d been motivated by the sheer
excitement of committing an act of violence. In a subsequent interview with a Sunbury newspaper,
Barbour stated that she’d murdered at least 22 people across the United States, between 2008
and 2013, while being controlled by her self-described “satanic alter ego named Super
Miranda”. The shocking claims caused the story to be picked up by news outlets all around the world,
although investigators reported that they’d found no evidence to substantiate Barbour’s
unprompted confession. In September of 2014, both she and her husband were sentenced to
life in prison without parole in connection to LaFerrara’s murder.
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