Can you believe it’s already February? Where the heck did January go?
Speaking of disappearances, I’ve got some romantic crime stories for you this month, all in honor of Valentine’s Day. So get ready to cuddle up with your significant other and share an amorous evening of stories of love gone wrong. Very, very wrong.
Love Quadrilateral?
Woman kills man her husband had intimate relationship with
Last month, an Indiana woman was sentenced to life in prison for killing and dismembering a man in 2015. After finding an ad on Craigslist, the husband promptly invited him to move in with him, his wife, and their other live-in boyfriend. (Yeah, I know. I need a diagram, too.) Well, the wife just couldn’t get on board, so—yep, you guessed it—she killed him. Find out why »
Side note: It’s nice to see a woman stepping up to fill a traditionally male-dominated role. Equal rights, people! Women can be killers, too!
Wedded Bliss Gone Amiss
Newlywed killed after “whirlwind romance”
A 20-year-old man in Australia has been charged in the death of his 19-year-old wife, who was found dead in a bathtub of acid only four months after the couple married. When police showed him surveillance footage of him buying a shit-ton of hydrochloric acid, he had an unusual response that definitely has my psychopath alarm bells going off. Find out what he said »
Swipe right for murder
Woman finds out the hard way who her boyfriend really is
After meeting online, a Canadian woman flew to England to meet her her boyfriend in real life. A few weeks later, police responded to reports of a domestic disturbance, and what they found was definitely disturbing: The man lying in bed next to her dead body. Find out how she died »
Red Herrings
Widow who went on TV to find husband’s killer found guilty of his murder
In 2020, a Texas man was gunned down while he and his wife were walking their dogs. Shortly thereafter, she was interviewed on the local news and pleaded for the public’s help in identifying her husband’s killer. Turns out, she persuaded her Tennessee boyfriend to do the job—and by “persuaded,” I really mean “paid,” because she gave the guy a flat screen TV and paid off his $60,000 in credit card debt. But… where did she get the money? Find out where the money came from »
Trial by fire poker
Believing his wife was having an affair, Pa. man beats, stabs her to death
A Pennsylvania man confessed and pled guilty to beating his wife to death after accusing her of cheating on him. He claimed that, after punching her in the face, he blacked out. When he came to, he was standing over her, holding a pair of fire tongs. He used them and a fire poker to beat her, then grabbed a knife and repeatedly stabbed her in the back. Because apparently she wasn’t dead enough. Find out what he did with her body »
Whether you celebrate Valentine’s Day or not, be careful around love and romance—and, most importantly, murderers. Don’t let ’em get you!
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