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Peter Kürten, otherwise known as the "Vampire of Düsseldorf" was executed in 1931 and afterwards his head was examined to determine if any abnormalities could be found. His mummified head can now be viewed in a museum in Wisconsin.

In 2015, Berlinah Wallace poured Sulfuric acid on her ex-boyfriends face and body as he slept. Laughing she told Mark van Dongen, "If I can't have you, nobody can". The damage was so extensive Mark was euthanized in 2017. Berlinah must serve a minimum of 12 years of a life sentence.

In 1916, 17yr old Jesse Washington was convicted of murder in Waco. A lynch mob took him from the court and proceeded to cut off his fingers and genitals, they then burnt him to death slowly whilst the hung him by his neck, lowering and raising him in the fire to prolong his suffering.

Baba Anujka was a Serbo-Romanian amateur chemist and serial killer. Anujka poisoned at least 50 people and possibly as many as 150 in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She was apprehended in 1928 at age 90 and sentenced to hard labour. However, her crimes were a blessing to some.

On this day in 1988 a bomb ripped apart Pan Am Flight 103 as it flew over Lockerbie, Scotland carrying passengers home for Christmas. All 243 passengers, 16 crew and 11 people on the ground were killed. It's still the biggest terrorist attack the UK has ever experienced.

Serial killer Joe Metheny was convicted of killing two women in 1996, but later claimed to have killed a total of 10 people. He would sometimes turn his victims into burgers and sell them at his roadside BBQ grill.

On this day in 1994 Theuns Kruger and Frans du Toit were responsible for the horrific attack on Alison Botha in S.Africa. They kidnapped Alison, raped her, disemboweled her and nearly decapitated her. Miraculously Alison survived and was able to identify her attackers.

Wild West train robber "Black Jack" Ketchum on the gallows. He was the only person hanged in the history of Union County, New Mexico Territory, the executioners were inexperienced and used too long a rope, which caused his head to be ripped off. They then sold photos of his headless body. 1901

TIL in 1916, 17yr old Jesse Washington was convicted of murder in Waco. A lynch mob took him from the court and proceeded to cut off his fingers and genitals, they then burnt him to death slowly whilst the hung him by his neck, lowering and raising him in the fire to prolong his suffering.

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