Thad Phillips, 13, Was Kidnapped in 1995 and Had His Legs Broken. He Escaped Using an Electric Guitar

Nathan Thomson, 9, Jumped on a Knife-Wielding Man to Save His Mother During a 2007 Attack

Sally Horner, 11, Was Kidnapped in 1948 After Stealing a 5-Cent Notebook. She Was Held for 21 Months

In the spring of 1948, an 11-year-old Sally Horner and her friends walked into a local Woolworth’s dime store. To fit into her new friend group, Sally slipped a five-cent…

Derrick Robie, 4, Never Made It to Summer Camp in 1993. A 13-Year-Old Neighbor Later Confessed

On August 2, 1993, four-year-old Derrick Robie asked his mother, Doreen, permission to walk to summer camp by himself. It was something he had never been allowed to do before,…

Stephen Griffiths Called Himself the ‘Crossbow Cannibal’ in Court in 2010. He Had Killed 3 Women

Dramatic as it may be, this is not dialogue from a particularly tasteless British comedy, but an exchange from the Bradford Magistrates’ Court, 28 May 2010, between Stephen Griffiths and…

11 Members of the Chundawat Family Died in Burari in 2018. Their Diaries Said the Ritual Was Supposed to End With Them Alive

“She was talking about shopping for her wedding around 11 pm,” Ketan Nagpal, Priyanka Bhatia’s cousin, said in remarks reported by Press Trust of India. He had spoken with her…