Jack the Ripper (Whitechapel, England)

• The case of Jack the Ripper, one of history's first and most well-known serial killers, has remained an unsolved mystery since 1888, despite the allocation of a tremendous amount of manpower and resources at that time, and the efforts of countless "Ripperologists" in the more than 110 years since then.
• For more information about this case, including details about the victims, suspects, and evidence, please refer to pages 1-92 in The Cases That Haunt Us.

Lizzie Borden (Fall River, Massachusetts)

• The brutal daytime murder of Andrew and Abby Borden in their own home in a prosperous New England town in 1892 illustrated the potential for violence lurking within seemingly normal families. Although many people believe that Lizzie Borden committed the crime, she was not found guilty during her trial.
• For more information about this case, including details about the Borden family, prime suspects and motives, the crime scene, and Lizzie's trial, please refer to pages 93-148 in The Cases That Haunt Us.

The Lindbergh Kidnapping (Englewood, NJ)

• The kidnapping of Charles and Anne Lindbergh's baby firstborn son from their home in 1932 encompassed the potential for random and unexpected evil to appear at any time, the unpredictability about what can happen behind the closed doors of even the most proper and upstanding homes, and the potentially malignant consequences of celebrity and fame.
• For more information about this case, including details about the timeline of events leading up to the crime, the clues left behind, and the possible suspects, please refer to pages 149-247 in The Cases That Haunt Us.

The Zodiac (San Francisco Bay Area, California)

• The unsolved Zodiac crimes, which took place mainly in the late 1960s and early 1970s, continue to haunt those on the West Coast, in particular. The offender, who was never caught, desperately sought attention; he taunted the public and law enforcement officials alike by submitting numerous letters to the editors of various California newspapers, in which he took credit for his "work."
• For more information about this case, including details about the victims, the Zodiac's published letters, and the possible suspects, please refer to pages 248-316 in The Cases That Haunt Us.

The JonBenet Ramsey Murder (Boulder, Colorado)

• On the night of December 25, 1996, six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was brutally murdered in her own home. Staged as a kidnapping, her body was later found in the basement of her parents' mansion. This highly publicized case pitted two camps of people against each other- those who believed that the Ramseys themselves had murdered their daughter, and those who believed in an "intruder" theory.
• For more information about this case, including details about the timeline of events regarding the crime, the clues left behind, and the possible suspects, as well as John Douglas's own professional opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the Ramseys, please refer to pages 317-461 in The Cases That Haunt Us.

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Detailed information about all of the above well-known cases, as well as the cases of The Black Dahlia, Lawrencia Bembenek, and the Boston Strangler, can be found in The Cases That Haunt Us, written by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker.

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