HARDY, TREVOR: When Life Means Life TV - Manchester Evening News - Born to Kill? TV - Britain’s Most Evil Killers TV -
A man who would one day be branded the Beast of Manchester. A man who tormented lone women, mutilated their bodies and who went to extreme lengths to avoid capture. When Life Means Life s2e3, CI 2012
They would soon hear a detailed confession to three gruesome killings. ibid.
Hardy was given a whole-life tariff. ibid.
Years after Trevor Hardy had been sent down for three counts of murder, rumours would occasionally sweep through parts of Manchester that he had been released, or was about to be released from prison.
He had been dubbed the Beast of Manchester for his crimes, and, even behind bars, Hardy continued to be feared as some kind of bogeyman in the communities he traumatised ...
Shortly after he was sent down, Hardy sent a letter for the attention of the Mosoph family, posting it to a nearby club. ‘He was saying it was all his parents’ fault and that he wasn’t to blame,’ says Ralph. ‘He was blaming his upbringing.’ Manchester Evening News article 24th April 2012
In the 1970s a twisted killer was striking at teenage girls on the streets of Manchester. His methods were brutal and bizarre. Those who crossed his path recall an inner fury. But what led him to murder? And was he born to kill? Born to Kill? s7e2: Trevor Hardy, Really 2017
As his behaviour deteriorated, numerous escapes from borstal and approved schools forced authorities to take drastic action. Although nobody knew it yet, Hardy’s early misdemeanours would one day pale into insignificance as he evolved into a very different kind of criminal. ibid.
Colin was about to feel the full wroth of his brother Trevor Hardy. ibid.
‘He’d mutilated her body cutting Lesley’s head off, buried somewhere else, then he came back again, cut her feet off, buried the feet somewhere else nearby … He even took the ring off her finger and gave it to his girlfriend as a love token.’ ibid. rozzer
July 1975, Manchester, England: a young woman’s body is found buried in rubble, her face shattered beyond recognition. 18- year-old Wanda Skala’s injuries shocked even the most experienced detectives. Her killer later dubbed the Beast of Manchester sparked fear across the city. This Beast was 30-year-old Trevor Hardy. He got kicks from killing then returned to mutilate his victims over and over again. He slaughtered three teenage girls for his own gratification. And was one of the UK’s longest serving prisoners for his depraved crimes. Britain’s Most Evil Killers s3e6: Trevor Hardy, History 2019
Hardy’s mother believed she had an explanation for her son’s violence and aggression: in his earlier years he suffered a life-changing blow to the head. ibid.
He pulled his victim apart limb by limb. ibid.
HARELSON, JACK: Crime Stories TV - Kurt Barthel - Daily Courier - Jack Harelson - Huffington Post online -
It’s a dark story that begins in Navada’s beautiful but desolate Black Rock Desert. Amateur archaeologist Jack Harelson and his wife Pam are searching for a legendary Indian cave. Crime Stories: Grave Robber
Jack and Pam discovered arrow heads, jewellery, and moccasins. ibid.
The crudeness of the cave excavation has destroyed the only record of an ancient culture. ibid.
Jack Harelson is convicted of theft and corpse abuse. He is sentenced to two weeks in prison and fined $2.5 million. ibid.
We gave him innumerable opportunities to back out and he was emphatic that he wanted these people murdered. Lt Kurt Barthel
Local man arrested in murder plot. Daily Courier headline 17th January 2003
I am a killer. Jack Harelson
Grant’s Pass Ore – A former insurance agent and amateur archaeologist convicted of looting ancient Indian graves in the Nevada desert and later offering $10,000 in opals for a hit man to kill a former business partner has died in prison ...
In 2005, Harelson was convicted in a retrial of trying to hire a hit man to kill Lloyd Olds of Brookings, a partner in an opal mine whom Harelson blamed for his grave-robbing conviction. Key evidence came from tape recordings of conversations with an informant who told Harelson he knew a hitman. According to testimony, Harelson gave the informant a jar full of opals valued at $10,000 to pay for the slayings. Huffington Post online article 27th December 2012
HARLING, STUART: When Kids Kill TV -
In the UK violent TV, film and video games have never been more accessible. And some children are now turning these on-screen fantasies into reality carrying out brutal attacks that seem to be inspired by the violence they’re watching. When Kids Kill s2e3: Copycat Killers, Channel 5 2016
On the morning of 6th April 2006 Cheryl Moss left the hospital ward where she worked and stepped outside for a cigarette break. She never returned to work. Cheryl had been stabbed to death by a teenage boy she had never met. ibid.
18-year-old trainee accountant Stuart Harling … was arrested and taken into police custody … Harling entered a plea of not guilty on the grounds of diminished responsibility. ibid.
HARO, CLAUDIA: True Crime with Aphrodite Jones TV - The Daily Beast online -
Real-life danger, an open and shut case gone wrong, and a would-be murderer duped. Even in Tinsel Town truth can be stranger than fiction. True Crime with Aphrodite Jones s4e7: A Hollywood Hit, ID 2013
Hollywood stuntman Garrett Warren has survived four bullets fired at him from point-blank range from a stranger. ibid.
Manny [brother of ex-wife] organised a hit on his brother-in-law who he believed was a child molester. ibid.
Police arrest Claudia Haro in December 2005. ibid.
Haro, who has been free on $1.25 million bail, arrived at the courthouse in a tight-fitting blue dress and high-heeled black pumps, with an entourage that included a nun wearing a white habit and Joe Pesci, dressed in all black and wearing sunglasses. Haro kissed her current boyfriend and passed him her black purse as she took a seat next to her attorney, Tom Mesereau, who reminded the judge and lawyers, ‘She has not pled guilty to anything.’ Later, as Haro was led from the courtroom and into sheriff’s custody, members of her entourage cried out, ‘We love you.’ Pesci, looking visibly upset, quickly left the courtroom. The Daily Beast online article