11 h. ago Historic Victorian sawmill is saved by politicians' campaign... before they discover it housed killer serial rapist's favourite sex club

The swingers' venue, CJ's in Glasgow, was earmarked for the bulldozers until MSP Paul Sweeney stepped in to protect the venue based in the historic Port Dundas building.

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12 h. ago Sex club used by serial killer accidentally saved from demolition by MSPs

MSP Paul Sweeney campaigned to save Glasgow's historic Port Dundas sawmill without realising it housed CJ's swingers club once attended by convicted murderer Iain Packer

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51 h. ago This Week in History: Monica Lewinsky, deadly storms and Britain’s most prolific serial killer

Explore how major events were captured on The Independent’s front pages

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3 d. ago Horrifying serial killers executed for their gruesome crimes

Saturday 24th January marks 37 years since notorious serial killer Ted Bundy was executed via the electric chair. Here's a look at other infamous criminals who have faced execution.

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3 d. ago Inside Ted Bundy's sinister mind and how he manipulated and seduced victims

Serial killer Ted Bundy confessed to 36 murders, but experts believe the actual number could be much higher as psychologist explains his chilling manipulation tactics

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3 d. ago Ted Bundy's life from cradle to grave – 37 years on from his deadly execution

Notorious serial killer Ted Bundy charmed his way through life while brutually murdering countless young women, which finally resulted in his execution by electric chair.

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4 d. ago Serial killer left body parts in River Thames while Jack the Ripper struck terror

Serial killer left body parts in River Thames while Jack the Ripper struck terror  mylondon.news

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7 d. ago Yorkshire Ripper victim's son: killer's estate should have gone to murdered women

The son of a Yorkshire Ripper victim has told the Mirror of his anger that the serial killer's victims were not given every penny from Sutcliffe's estate when he died

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7 d. ago Police stunned as Lucy Letby faces no further charges despite 'full file of evidence'

Serial killer and former nurse Lucy Letby, 36, is currently serving 15 whole-life orders after she was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others

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7 d. ago Police relaunch investigation into 'murdered' man whose body was mysteriously found in serial killer's dumping spot

Police have reissued computer-generated mock-ups of how the man - whose skull was found by shocked motorsport fans - may have looked in his 50s, 60s and 70s.

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7 d. ago 'I lost both my arms in a farming accident and a pencil saved my life'

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT John Thompson was just 18 when he lost both his arms in a freak accident but he managed to survive by using his mouth to call for help

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7 d. ago Teen in horror accident has arms reattached after using pencil to save himself

John Thompson was just 18 when he lost both arms in a horrific tractor accident on a North Dakota farm

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8 d. ago Victoria Hall's mum dies weeks before serial killer goes on trial for daughter's murder

Lorinda Hall, 70, died peacefully in Ipswich Hospital, Suffolk, last month ahead of Steve Wright's trial for murdering her daughter Victoria, 17, in 1999

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8 d. ago Mother of teenager 'murdered by serial killer Steve Wright' dies without knowing who killed her daughter

Lorinda Hall, 70, passed away in hospital after waiting a quarter of a century to find out who killed her daughter, Victoria, 17 (pictured). Serial killer Steve Wright, 67, denies the murder.

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1 week ago Mystic Nigel has seen the future: a country run by his cabinet of taxidermied Tories | Marina Hyde

By welcoming ‘Honest Bob’ Jenrick into the fold, the Reform seer is embracing the uniparty chaos he claimed to be seeing offLike a 1970s rust-belt serial killer, Nigel Farage is painstakingly assembling around him the political corpses of Boris Johnson’s final, terrible cabinet. Think about it. You never see Reform’s defectors after the initial unveiling press conference, and I’m beginning to wonder what happens to them. I think Nigel amateurishly embalms them or stuffs them with horsehair and sackcloth, then seats them round a “cabinet” table in his cellar, where they all silently agree with him at all times, and never interrupt him.But look, I’m prepared to consider more outlandish fan theories too, particularly after the sheer farce of Robert Jenrick’s defection on Thursday. If Nigel’s sloppy-seconding carries on at this rate, the Reform/Conservative party differentiation is going to feel a lot like it did when Bucks Fizz factionalised and split, then mounted rival tours of the U...

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1 week ago Serial killer Levi Bellfield suffers allergic reaction to face cream in jail

The depraved murderer, 57, whose victims include 13-year-old Milly Dowler, is currently serving a life sentence in HMP Frankland in County Durham.

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1 week ago Giant 6ft 9in necrophiliac killer 'kept victim's head for sex games' before murdering mum

WARNING: DISTRESSING DETAILS. Edmund Kemper III was a giant of a man, standing at 6ft 9in, and he was also a necrophiliac serial killer who would eventually mutilate his victims in the most grisly of ways

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1 week ago BREAKING: Suffolk serial killer Steve Wright charged with murdering girl, 17, 25 years ago

We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.

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1 week ago Serial killer Steve Wright will stand trial accused of 'kidnapping and murdering' 17

Steve Wright, who is serving a whole-life prison order for murdering five women in Ipswich in 2006, has been charged with the kidnap and murder of 17-year-old Victoria Hall seven years earlier.

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2 w. ago How much do you know about history's most infamous serial killer? Take our Jack the Ripper quiz in this week's The Crime Desk newsletter

He was the terrifying murderer who operated in east London alleyways more than two centuries ago, but how well do you know the story of Jack the Ripper?

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