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All True Crime Anniversaries

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Sadistic serial killer and child rapist Fred West kills himself

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Sex Pistol Sid Vicious on trial for murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen

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US-born Nazi William Joyce (Lord Haw-Haw) hanged for treason in UK

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David Norris and Gary Dobson are jailed for the murder of Stephen Lawrence

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The Yorksire Ripper' Peter Sutcliffe charged after confession

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Mark Chapman charged for murder of John Lennon

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Edmund Kemper claims his sixth victim, 19 year old student Cindy Schall

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Arthur Doc is first of Ma Barker’s family gang to be captured

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Female serial killer Aileen Wuornos arrested in Last Resort Bar

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Waco siege survivors’ trial begins. They plead self-defence

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John Christie fall guy Evans tried for Rillington Place murders

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Carl Manning and Marie-Therese Kouao are sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of eight year old Victoria Climbié

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UK Serial killer Dr Harold Shipman found hung in his cell

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US Scottish serial killer Peter Manuel arrested after eight dead

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The body of ‘The Black Dahlia’ is found mutilated and dissected

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Mother and son from the Ma Barker gang are tracked down and killed

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First US execution in four years embraced by killer Gary Gilmore

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The Boston Strangler' Albert DeSalvo sentenced to life in prison

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John Christie kills pregnant prostitute burying body in kitchen

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Fifth and last unsuccessful assassination attempt on Gandhi

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Carers amongst 80 people accused of child abuse in North Wales

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James Hanratty tried in local area of the rape and ‘The A6 Murder’

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Last known killing of necrophiliac Dennis Nilsen

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Ted Bundy is executed without confessing how many he killed

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Only survivor of Ivan Milat Backpack killer escapes at gunpoint

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Trial delayed as anger increases against murder suspect Eric Volz

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Female serial killer Aileen Wuornos convicted of murdering rapist

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Mistrial declared over Menendez brothers murder of their parents

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Charlie Starkweather kills for the last time and is arrested

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Sixth and final fatal assassination attempt on Gandhi

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Drug fuelled confession made in missing Natalee Holloway case