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The Atlanta murders of 1979–1981, sometimes called the Atlanta child murders, are a series of murders committed in Atlanta, Georgia, between July 1979 and May 1981. Over the two-year period, at least 28 children, adolescents, and adults were killed. Wayne Williams, an Atlanta native who was 23 years old at the time of the last murder, was ...
Wayne Williams. Wayne Bertram Williams (born May 27, 1958) is an American convicted murderer and suspected serial killer who is serving life imprisonment for the 1981 killings of two men in Atlanta, Georgia. [1] Although never tried for the additional murders, he is also believed to be responsible for at least 24 of the 30 Atlanta murders of ...
Atlanta murders of 1979–1981 — A series of murders that started from the summer of 1979 and ended in the spring of 1981. Twenty children were killed in this incident. Atlanta prison riots — A series of riots in 1987. More than 100 people were taken hostage, and a portion of the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary was burned.
The Evidence of Things Not Seen, a book-length essay by James Baldwin, covers the Atlanta murders of 1979–1981, often called the Atlanta Child Murders, and probes Atlanta's related social issues, especially race relations. [1][2] Baldwin had ventured to Atlanta as a literary reporter on assignment by Playboy magazine, which by then had ...
James Walraven. James Samuel Walraven (1949 – c. April 2004), nicknamed The Bathtub Strangler, was an American murderer and suspected serial killer from Georgia who murdered 22-year-old Giselle Clardy in 1981 and was the prime suspect in two similar murders of women in their apartments. He was convicted and sentenced to die in the electric ...
Atlanta Monster is an investigative journalism podcast hosted by Payne Lindsey. The series takes an in-depth look into the infamous Atlanta Child Murders, which occurred between 1979 and 1981 with over 25 victims murdered in Atlanta. [1][2] The podcast was co-produced by Tenderfoot TV and HowStuffWorks. On January 8, 2019, the podcast released ...
The Atlanta Lover's Lane Murders were a series of unsolved shooting attacks on three different couples in Atlanta, Georgia, in early 1977, which left three dead and three others injured. [1] The same gun, a .38 caliber pistol, was used in all three shootings, which suggested that a single perpetrator was responsible for all three attacks.
Bobby Lee Cook (February 12, 1927 – February 19, 2021) [1] was an American defense attorney from Summerville, Georgia, in Chattooga County. [2][3] He had practiced law since the late 1940s, and is known for combining a sharp legal mind with a folksy demeanor. He had represented a wide variety of clients, from rural Southerners to ...