Friday 5 July 2013

Mary Bell, 26 May 1957
In 1968 at the age of 10, young Mary Bell took a 4 year old Martin Brown into an abandoned house and brutally choked the life out of him. After the death of Martin Brown, Mary with a friend abducted another child, 3-year old Brian Howe. His hair was cut away, puncture marks were found on his thighs, and his genitals were partially skinned. Apart from the marks and injuries, a letter "M" had been imprinted on this stomach. The 3 year old boy were then strangled to death. 

When sentenced in the court Mary Bell giving reasons of why she murdered the two innocence little boys. She said "murder isn't that bad, we all die sometime anyway."

The family's background of Mary Bell had been investigated and it turns out that her mother was a prostitute and her father was a robber but gone missing after her birth. Her family's background were believed to be responsible towards her unusual behavior. At the age of 4 she had been forced by her mom to engage in sexual acts with men. She was then ended up in all-boy facilities after the trial and released at age of 23.


Eric Smith, 22 January 1980
Eric Smith had been bullied at the age of 13 because of his thick glasses, freckles on the face, long red hair and protuding elongated ears. The physical characteristics resulted from the medicine consumed by his mother for epilepsy when she was pregnant.  He had been charged for murdering 4 year old boy named Derrick Robbie. The boy had strangled, had been dropped large rocks on his head and had been sodomized with a small stick. Eric Smith cannot give answer of why he did it and he had been diagnosed with intermittent explosive disorder, a condition where a person cannot control his inner rage. He has been convicted and went to prison and today he's been 6 years in the prison and has been denied parole 5 times.

While being sentenced in the court he said "you may think i'm a threat to the well-being of society. and i can understand why would you feel that way. the fact is that i'm not. i'd be an asset to society."


Graham Young, 7 September 1947 - 22 August 1990
Graham Young had been loving and fascinated chemistry at an early age. He loves to read particularly types of poison and their effects on people. His other great interest was to idolize famous murderers such as Hitler, William Palmer and Hawley Crippen. He started experimenting with poisons when he was 14. He usually lied about his age and explained that a given poison was for a school experiment so he could buy the chemicals he needed. His first victims was his family and friends. His father becoming ill and the poison had also struck his mother and his sister. All suffered from continuous vomiting, diarrhea and stomach pains. His step mother died from the poisoning.

At 14 Young has becoming postgraduate chemistry student and he learned by himself through the library books. Sometimes he became a victim of his own poisoning when he forgot on which foods he had placed this toxic chemicals. He was caught when his teacher suspected something in his desk. The teacher were actually suspicious about the odd experiments Young was suggesting to the class. In the desk the teacher found poisons, essays about famous prisoners, and sketches of dying man. This discovery led him to the police and he were sent to a security hospital. But it did not stop him from poisoning the hospital staff and fellow inmates. He got a broad knowledge about chemistry that he could extract cyanide from laurel bush leaves. At age 23 Young was released and he live with his sister but he cannot stop his wrongdoings. His poisoning spree continued and he end up in jail again and eventually died in the prison.




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