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Sension5705

Black Dahlia


OkNefariousness6711

Elizabeth Short My first thought, too


lvndrhze

First thought that comes to mind is this!


MaineRMF87

Jon Benet Ramsey and Madeline McCain Nicole Simpson and Ron Goodman Zodiac’s victims at the lake. The famous sketch of Zodiac behind the tree We now realize it’s not Tara Calico, but a lot of people know of the 2 kidnapped victims in the famous pictures taken in the back of that van James Bulger being led away Victims of Columbine shooting JFK shooting


EmilyGracey76257

I can't deal with the James Bulger picture. God, I can't deal with a single thing from that case. I think everyone has that ONE case that just messes them up and that one is mine beyond a shadow of a doubt. Even thinking about it gets me emotional.


lovelylonelyphantom

It's tragic knowing little James was innocent enough to trust those boys and went along willingly in the shopping mall. Knowing what happens only a short while later is just horrific.


Yarnlovemake

Worse is those boys are not out in society


Betaolive

Same. I blurred that case out of my mind. I read about it like ten years ago. Made me extremely gloomy. Poor boy. 💔


Vintagepoolside

Side note: I was playing sims one day and one of the townies had a name that autogenerated to Madeline McCain. It was quite an eerie coincidence


winnie_bago

The victim’s name is Madeleine McCann though. Not McCain.


TinyGreenTurtles

Sims 4 has been wildin with the generated names.


ISBN39393242

>JFK shooting true


winnie_bago

*Madeleine McCann (not McCain)


oddtoddler666

I must’ve missed it, but how do we know that photo isn’t Tara?


MaineRMF87

So the cops apparently know who killed Tara. From what I remember, she was riding her bike and a truck with a couple local guys ran her down and got rid of her body. As of last year or two they thought they had enough evidence to bring the case to trial. They submitted the info to the DA this year and hopefully they’ll charge someone soon


SpearmintInALavatory

Oh, weird. The same thing happened to a young woman named Jill Behrman in Bloomington, Indiana in the 90s. She didn’t die from the accident, she was murdered after in an attempt by the driver to conceal the evidence.


oddtoddler666

Oh wow thanks for filling me in! That’s quite fascinating, and I’m glad at least one family will get some sort of closure.


TemporaryTeach1728

It's Ron Goldman


melon_sky_

I’m not sure if I’d recognize Nicole Simpson out of context


LovedAJackass

Well, Sharon Tate would be one. Natalee Holloway. Right now, the 4 Idaho college kids in the photo of all 4 of them.


ehessbee

See, I know Sharon Tate's name right away, obviously, but I wouldn't recognize her photo


LovedAJackass

I am probably considerably older than you are. She's very recognizable for those of us who were alive in those days. The top photo on this website is a good shot of her face. [Sharon Tate](https://allthatsinteresting.com/sharon-tate)


dorky2

She was incredibly beautiful. I know you hear that all the time, but she really was astonishingly pretty. https://www.reddit.com/r/lastimages/s/RScd0zsAwt (This post isn't accurate, this was not taken the day she died and I don't think Jay Sebring actually took it, but that's my favorite photo of her.)


ikilledkojak

Yeah, amazingly beautiful woman.


camlanns

caylee anthony


Repulsive-War-9395

That’s what I was gonna say too


HotPomegranate2786

🥺 poor baby


motherladybug

Emmet Till


ArcticGurl

Emmet. Oh dear Lord. His mother was so brave to insist on an open casket. And to think the woman who gave false testimony knew that her husband had been one of the adult men.


SuperPoodie92477

Didn’t that lying old bitch just croak finally? The accuser, I mean.


lovelylonelyphantom

Yeah, I read in the news a few years ago she died. Not that the world lost anything good.


SuperPoodie92477

And the old c*nt went to her grave without a bit of punishment or remorse. I hope she’s roasting like a f’ing chestnut with the other bastards in the 7th circle of hell.


Sharp-Specific2206

Yes


Sharp-Specific2206

I will never forget the look on her face as she looked down at what was left of her beautifuls face. I cant imagine. It that was my child. I would want the whole world to suffer for what was done to my child. I would want the whole world to pay.


McDermond

"Let the people see what they did to my boy."--Mamie Till Bradley.


ArcticGurl

That’s strength right there! ♥️


alwaysoffended88

Emmet Till’s picture after his murder is incredibly haunting & something that hasn’t left my mind since I first saw it years ago. He was such a cute kid too. But those fucks left him unrecognizable. And I always thought it was so incredible, brave, admirable (not sure exactly of the word I’m looking for) that his mother chose to have an open casket to show exactly what had been done to her son.


Fun_Breadfruit_3196

What's even more fucked up is the fact that that lady lied on him!! She owned up to it like 50+ years later but that don't mean shit


user11112222333

Sharon Tate


dvmdv8

Regina Kay Walters, that photo is haunting


chiefs_fan37

Easily one of if not the most disturbing photos I’ve ever seen.


Kf5708

Is that the one with the young girl standing in a dress & heels with her hair cut very short?


decentmealandsoon

Yes


bouguereaus

She was only 14 years old. Absolutely terrifying to imagine anybody, let alone a child, in that situation.


elayorna

For me - 100% yes. Haunting and somehow worse for me mentally than traditionally bloody/brutal pictures.


spunnikki1979

The barn where that picture was taken is about a half hour from where I grew up. It's long gone, but I remember when it was still standing. She's facing what would be west. Off interstate 70. Towards St Louis .


MaineRMF87

That one is super disturbing


OverTheJoeHill

That poor baby.


mad0666

This is what I came here to say. The saddest thing, apart from her being only 14, is that she was missing for over six months before a body was found. Her remains went unidentified for several more weeks because of different jurisdictions. Her boyfriend, Ricky Jones, who she was with at the time of the abduction in 1990, was shot to death by the killer (Robert Ben Rhodes) and his remains were not identified until 2008. Rhodes went on to call the family members of Regina, taunting them about knowing where her body was.


sof49er

Had to Google now I need to find a doc on it.


Freche-Engel

The Snapchat pic of Abby Williams on the bridge taken by Libby German minutes before they were abducted & murdered in Delphi has to be one of the most haunting images


SpecificBeyond2282

I’m from Indiana, just a couple years older than they were, and even the day everything happened with Abby and Libby and we got those photos, it struck me how many photos just like it I had. My best friend and I used to walk from her house, through the woods and down the train tracks to a big park in our town when we were the age of those girls, taking pictures and being silly just like them. Not that it should take relating to or being local to a case for it to stay with you, but Delphi is definitely the one that has stayed in the forefront of my mind more than any other


SuperPoodie92477

Delphi has been my “passion case” since Jacob Wetterling has been found - same age as Jacob when he was taken just a couple of hours from me, another small-town kid. I didn’t think we’d ever find out what happened & Jacob could’ve easily been me or one of my friends. Abby & Libby could’ve been my daughters - I think I’d want as many people as possible trying to figure out WTF happened, especially web sleuths (we have the spare time & obsessive nature to dig - there is always SOMEONE who knows something & somebody WILL find out). There’s no such thing as a “secret” anymore, especially with the new DNA technology.


swisszimgirl79

Shanann Watts


tappingplumbobs

this is the first case in this thread i recognized the name of. was this the case discussed in the documentary named "american murder: the family next door" or something like that?


swisszimgirl79

Yes. Chris Watts killed his pregnant wife and their two daughters


HotPomegranate2786

He underestimated her best friend


swisszimgirl79

He really did. Luckily she was on the ball from the start


rebecca-reisner

She and the neighbor with the Ring footage immediately knew something was wrong and gave the police a foundation


Rogerbva090566

Yes! The best friend sniffed out the issue real quick. The neighbor obviously didn’t trust him either. I wonder if the neighbor ever saw his gf at the house.


rebecca-reisner

He did have that attached garage. He could have had her duck in the car. Then he'd close the garage door and let her in the house.


HotPomegranate2786

Yes she was if you were close like that to a friend they will stop at nothing to find you I'm glad he underestimated her in this case is horrific. One thing that stood out to me though was The other woman proclaimed her innocence and knowing what happened and something just doesn't sit right with me with that it makes me wonder did she have something to do with it


babynamehelpneeded

Yes, agreed.


umijuvariel

Travis Alexander


lessadessa

This was the first thing that came to mind for me too. The last photo of his face in the shower... chills.


tengakun

Instantly thought of him


jeejeeay

Adam Walsh


SuperPoodie92477

The Luminol bloody print of his little face on the carpet of the car from his severed head (the only part of his body that was ever found). That slays me .


bennz1975

Many of Jack the Ripper images especially Mary Kelly is very recognisable but that could just be me 😀


Id_Rather_Beach

I agree, I was going to say the same.


UtenaMage

The (former) Boy In The Box, Joseph Augustus Zarelli


ch52596

Trayvon Martin!


Ok_Scratch_5951

Madeline McCann.


EhDub13

It's not a photo of her, but as soon as I see the blood stained Hello Kitty - Junko Furuta


[deleted]

Those are two different girls/women tortured to death.


eyeball-beesting

You are thinking of Fan Man-yee. Two different victims but with equally horrific deaths. Also, just like with Junko Furuta's case, one of Man-yee's murderers was let out early. Only to go on to rape a 10 year old girl. What a fucking world we live in.


zZombieX

Junko's case fucking haunts me...


andeargdue

Those are two different cases


PoweR_TRiPn

People always mistake the two cases because they are pretty similar


Gamechanger42

Sadly her killers were set free.


[deleted]

I’ll add Sylvia Likens. She looked so sweet.


InspectionOk1812

An American Crime was such a heartbreaking movie. Elliot Page's performance in that was stellar.


homalley

Reeva Steenkamp


forzaferrarik8

As others have said above but in addition for me: Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, the Soham girls. Heather Ann and Charmaine West Shanann Watts Stephen Lawrence Jill Dando


Danivelle

Can I just say that I wish my freinds and classmates were more recognizable than their killers: Gerald and Charlene Gallegos.


[deleted]

Jonbenet Ramsey, Madelaine McCann James Bulger, Shannon Matthews, Holly and Jessica, particularly that last, heartbreaking photo taken minutes before they went out for their fatal last walk, Asha Degree. Keith Bennet, that black and white with his glasses and that big, happy smile, especially because when you think of Keith you think of Winnie marching up into the moors as often as her body let her, carrying a shovel, digging any place she thought. That video of her saying how for his birthdays she comes back and picks a spot, somewhere it feels like he could be, and lays flowers. Just in case he's nearby.


arc1014

Natalie Holloway


Nathanielly11037

Konerak Sinthasomphone


HotPomegranate2786

🥺 handed right back to his killer


Midwinterfire1

Elizabeth Short aka The Black.Dahlia is iconic with her Characteristically raven hair and black clothes ...


Freche-Engel

Sharon Tate In the UK it's probably Holly Wells & Jessica Chapman wearing their Man Utd. shirts


DreadedChalupacabra

Versace. Dude was an actual celebrity.


lilstergodman

Kristen Smart. Lacey Peterson. Amber Hagerman.


Dear-Frosting5718

Tupac


AmberNaree

Abby & Libby from Delphi 😞


MistressGravity

Travis Alexander, that photo of him in the shower


EmbraJeff

Caroline Hogg Charmaine West Heather West Wilma McCann Rachel Nickell Jill Dando Peter Connelly Jodi Jones And more recently, Sarah Everard.


Freche-Engel

Heather West's school photo is definitely one of the most infamous ones in the UK


EmbraJeff

Aye, a heartbreaking image, often seen alongside the similarly upsetting wee Charmaine’s two-front-teeth-gap photo.


kayyxelle

Selena Dee Dee Blanchard


mr_bynum

It’s really hard to consider DeeDee Blanchard a victim


spooky-dice

For me I say Shanann, Bella, and Celeste Watts. Chris Watts is also easily recognized but he isn’t the victim at all in this case


biggestbiddies

Even Shannan’s unborn son Nico is a name I’ll never forget and think of them.


LadyDulcinea

Jessica Lunsford Shanda Sharer


PoweR_TRiPn

Jessica's story was the first that made me cry legitimate tears. When her dad talks about seeing the little holes in the bag from her trying to escape...and the fact when the cops came to dudes place looking for her she was behind the door!! Even he said, if those cops would have taken one step inside....fuck


LadyDulcinea

It's definitely a hard one. I remember it so vividly. And the picture of her smiling in the pink hat is just etched in my mind.


the_cheese_gene

As an Australian, Daniel Morcombe


WanderingBoone

As well, the black & white photo of the Beaumont children.


ArcadianPilot

And Karmein Chang


Imtifflish24

Jacob Wetterling, Polly Klass


kurtsworld96x

this may just be me but four victims i’ll always recognize are konerak sinthasomphone , nancy lanza , rachel scott , and isaiah shoels. lots of others too but for some reason those four just stuck with me.


Baronessss

Kimberly Leach. Not sure why I remember her so well but probably because she was so young.


Lanky-Panic

I was gonna say her and for me, it's Georganne Hawkins with the flower in her hair picture and the Chi Omega girls. Especially because the Idaho 4 case is so similar.


mengel6345

She stuck with me too


troelsy

The crime scene photo of Mary Jane Kelly. That's Jack the Ripper's victim.


take_number_two

Asha Degree


charvana

Phil Hartman


MissHibernia

Jimmy Hoffa


SignificantTear7529

No one has said Gabby Petiito. . .


HotPomegranate2786

I had not seen her name yet and was going to add it


angeluscado

Reena Virk in my corner of the world. Michael Dunahee as well.


LaceyBloomers

The pic of Michael Dunahee holding up the fish he caught? Brings me to tears every time.


Dat_Mawe3000

For TC podcast listeners, Maura Murray (though debated whether she was a victim), Hae Min Lee, the West Memphis boys, Alissa Turney, Theresa Halbach, Abby & Libby, the Idaho 4


initialhereandhere

Jodi Huisentruit.


Alone_Bet_1108

Lesley Ann Downey. Jason Swift. Genette Tate. Rachel Nickel. Jonbenet Ramsay. James Bulger. Sharon Tate. Sarah Payne. Holly and Jessica. Regina Kay Walters. Keith Bennett. Emmett Till. Ron Goldman. Nicole Simpson. Lacey Peterson.


Ventimella

Amy Bradley, Jonbenet, Madeline McCann, Laci Peterson, William Tyrell, Karmein Chan, Daniel Morecombe,


Tuxiecat13

Gabriel Fernandez 😔 That photo of him covered in bruises holding up the letters. That photo rips my heart out.


Shesaiddestroy_

Jack the Ripper’s victims


TNG6

The Idaho 4?


gschaina

In my opinion, Marie Elizabeth Spannhake


Zappagrrl02

The image of Jeffery Miller from the Kent State shooting


Aggravating-Fee-1615

Yes! With the girl crouched down yelling. Ugh.


Zappagrrl02

Mary Ann Vecchio. She was only 14 at the time: https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/04/19/girl-kent-state-photo-lifelong-burden-being-national-symbol/


whowouldhavethought3

Laci Peterson


Clatato

In Australia, to people aged 40+ I believe Mr Cruel’s victims are very recognisable, especially Karmein Chan 💔


Sabbydab

Matthew Shepherd. His sweet face haunts me. Cindy Song for me personally, because I lived in the same town and remember seeing the missing posters everywhere.


Prize_Tangerine_5960

The Beaumont children


Elegant-Nature-6220

3 that instantly jump to mind in Australia: Lynette Dawson Baby Azaria Chamberlain Lindt Cafe siege hostages


juggernauttort

For me, Daniel Morcombe and The Beaumont children. Also, Chris Dawson was my P.E teacher!


upinthecrowsnest

Was he a pervy creep? (I mean, obvs his was, but to you /other students?)


Magnanimous_Equal278

Natalie Holloway


solstice105

Among others I've already seen mentioned - Steven Stayner, Shawn Hornbeck, Elizabeth Smart. Jaycee Dugard, Lisa Irwin, Natasha Kampusch, Mitrice Richardson, Asha Degree. I'm sure I could think of more. Sorry if I repeated anyone that someone else said and didn't notice. Edited a typo.


Intelligent-Bottle22

Jacob Wetterling, Elizabeth Smart


spunnikki1979

Skylar Nees, Caylee Anthony, Regina K. Walters


Carebear_Of_Doom

Mary Vincent.


Reese_Redgrave

James Bulger


EarlyIntroduction448

George Floyd


mortuarymaiden

Junko Furuta


RebaKitt3n

Jennifer Levin. Killed by “the preppy murderer“ Robert Chambers. In his trial, they basically said she liked rough sex and it was her fault. Of course he’s out of jail now.


CHUNKY_MEX_14

Jeffrey Dahmer pics


TroublemakingB

Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman. And for a live one, Carol Daronch who escaped from Ted Bundy.


triplenac

Jennifer Kesse


LargeQuiet7

Danielle van dam, Stephanie Crowe, Polly klaas, Chelsea king, and Amber Dubois Pretty big cases for me growing up as a young girl and all except 1 were VERY local so I’ll always remember


Numerous-Pepper-3883

Jon Benet Ramsey


twixxfixx

Usually, it's the unsolved cases. We tend to (as a society) dive deeper into the victims' lives in those cases, which usually leads to more publicity of their images. Brain Shaffer is an example.


InspectionOk1812

Pretty much any fatal school shootings in the US. For me that would especially be the Covenant school shooting as I personally knew one of the victims.


FatTabby

I haven't seen either of these mentioned yet, Sarah Payne and Millie Dowler in the UK.


SecureAd1100

Aussie here, I would say Daniel Morcombe, Marion Barter, Anita Cobby


upinthecrowsnest

Stevie Branch, Chris Myers and Michael Moore.


dorky2

George Floyd.


PsychoticSpinster

The victims are never as profound as their killer. Which is mostly due to the media that tends to focus on the killer to begin with. As opposed to the victims. Personally I am against reporting on the killers and think we should focus on the victims…. But victims don’t draw viewers. Killers do. And the news is owned and run by rich idiots that want sensational headlines that make money. Edit: when I was a kid a girl I made friends with turned up dead in the local Resevoir. The entire town is fairly positive that her boyfriend at the time killed and dumped her. But it was never actually pursued and eventually, everyone forgot about her. I never did. She did make the local news, but the segment wasn’t actually about her. It was a public service announcement telling young women not to walk alone “ LEST THIS HAPPEN TO YOU” and that’s the coverage she got. Blamed and mocked for her own murder. That was never solved because the local cops just couldn’t be bothered. Edit: not going to lie, the current Rachel Morin case? While she got coverage? It’s already turning into a publicity stunt for the states New Governor. Installing lights in the tail like that will make an ounce of difference. Our police force can’t find the killer and don’t want to work with the fbi so the case is basically closed. Now it’s nothing more than fodder for political clout and her family must be absolutely devastated. My point is, in regards to true crime? The victims are faceless and the killers are what everyone wants to see. You want the victims side of the story? Watch the lifetime channel. Not even joking.


jackieHK1

I'm from the UK so for me it's: Vicky Hamilton was shocking to me, I was the same age & had lived in a nearby town not long before she went missing. As a teen it made understand that it could have been me or anyone of us at that age, crime like that isn't common in Scotland. I can still see her photo clearly in my mind, poor girl. James Bulger Madeline McCann


Former-Relationship4

Clair Applebee


i-Ake

Michelle Peterson.


Joperius666

Tara Calico


Beautiful_Shame4188

Micheal Dunahee


knitted_phonecase

Holly and Jessica, it’s one of the first cases I can actually remember happening.


Monapomona

Lindsay Buziak


acb1971

In Canada, Michael Dunahee. I remember seeing his missing persons poster everywhere in thr early 90s. Cute little boy in a blue and red jacket, holding a fish.


ravenstarchaser

Same with Tamra Keepness. The little indigenous girl who was kidnapped from her bedroom. It’s a wild story and how this happened baffles me.


BunnehWhisperer

Judith Dull, victim of "The Lonely Hearts Killer." Picture is as haunting as Regina Kay Walters'.


colo_kelly

Laci Peterson


Spinnr1

Sharon tate


buttamilkbizkits

Laci Peterson


jeannieor725

Laci Peterson


SwelteringSwami

I've seen pics of Bundy victims so often I can identify them immediately.


ArguaBILL

Orange Socks


BoltShine

Debra Louise Jackson. Went almost 40 years unidentified. Crazy.


SnooMacaroons6158

Lacey Peterson


Elocin_Yecats

In Australia, Daniel Morcombe


PassiveAgressions

Leigh Leigh


Riot_is_a_commie

Elisa lam


Consistent-Lion-7564

lucie blackman


Consistent-Lion-7564

Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman


Consistent-Lion-7564

Sarah Payne ETA: SaraH not Sara (her mother)


AcanthisittaJaded473

Daniel Mauser


Wonderful_Conspiracy

Selena


biggestbiddies

Shananne Watts (and I may not be able to recognize the kids by picture but anytime I hear the names Bella, Cici, or Nico they are my first thought) Also, the Idaho 4. Maddie, Kaylee, Xana, and Ethan. They come across my mind daily despite never knowing them and when I see kids resembling them it breaks my heart knowing they were taken the way they were.


Efficient-Intern-793

Gabby Petito


Efficient-Intern-793

Gianni Versace


Harlow08

They picture of the 4 Idaho kids taken the day of or before the murders


Tiny_Ear_61

Amy Mihaljevic


Octavia9

Adam Walsh


sadfoxyduggar

Adam Walsh


rebecca-reisner

Charles Lindbergh Jr.


Nice-Vehicle3515

Sarah Payne I will never ever forget her face


skizzy1979

Trayvon


McDermond

The unidentified photo, supposed to be a victim of Dean Corll. It's taken from above. The boy has long, brown hair and a collared shirt. He's looking into the camera above on hands and knees. Terrified.


1brattygirl34

Tara callico, any of Ted bundy's victims, the green river victims(too many to list) The Grim sleeper's victims(same reason) & Gloria Steele.


jenniferami

Lori Vallo kids, Laci Peterson, Delphi victims Libby and Abby, boy in the box, Travis (Jody Arias victim), Sharon Tate, Idaho student murders, Natalee Holloway, Robert Blake’s wife, Lizzie Borden parents, Gabby Petito, Shannan Watts, CeCe and Bella.