SCHLICHER, ANDREAS: Gabriel Weston: Catching History’s Criminals TV -
June 1908: Margarethe Filbert had been strangled and decapitated and her head was nowhere to be found … [Georg] Popp began with some chemical tests … The mud on Schlicher’s shoes was a record of where he’d been on the day of the murder … He collected soil samples … Gabriel Weston: Catching History’s Criminals II: Traces of Guilt, BBC 2015
SCHMIDT, WOLFGANG: World’s Most Evil Killers TV -
In October 1989 the body of a woman was found in a forest on the outskirts of the village of Deetz in East Germany. She’d been hit by a hammer, strangled and sexually assaulted. Scattered around her body her underwear, stolen from a washing line. Police had no idea at the time that this was the work of a perverted serial killer. The murderer was a 23-year-old man named Wolfgang Schmidt. He’d been roaming the local woods in search of prey to satisfy his depraved sexual fantasies. He became known as the Beast of Beelitz. Over the next two years he would kill a further four women and a baby. World’s Most Evil Killers s2e8: Wolfgang/Beate Schmidt, Pick TV 2018
SCHMITZ, JOHN: Trial By Media TV -
John Schmitz: I think I just shot a man. I’m just turning myself in. I just shot this guy! Because he played a very bad fucking thing on me: he took me on Jenny Jones. Trial by Media s1e1: Talk Show Murder, 911 call, Netflix 2020
Court TV took what was already a big story and blew it up. ibid. observer
SCHOOR, LOUIS VAN: The Apartheid Killer TV -
Louis van Schoor is a negative figure. He’s brutal. He’s cruel. He’s merciless. A serial killer. The Apartheid Killer, self, BBC 2024
All the people that I shot were back. That’s not because of race, it’s because of crime. ibid.
There are an inordinate number of apartheid killers who have walked free. And they will never be punished. ibid. journalist
SCHUSTER, LARISSA: True Crime Recaps 2022
The Acid Lady: To her unfortunate husband however Larissa Schuster’s particular brand of acid served a much darker purpose … [he] was found inside a storage unit in Fresno, California, in July 2003; he was floating in a 55-gallon drum of hydrochloric acid. True Crime Recaps: Meet the Acid Lady! Hear Her Sick Plan to Destroy Her Ex! Youtube 30.41, 2022
They got married in 1982 and 3 years later they had a daughter they named Kristen followed by a son in 1990 … but their marriage was far from blissful: she was a demanding domineering woman. ibid.
SCOTT, DOROTHY JANE murder: True Crime Recaps 2022 -
The disappearance of Dorothy Jane Scott is a true story it’s still unsolved. True Crime Recaps: Dorothy Jane Scott, Youtube 12.23, 2022
For months Dorothy had been getting bizarre phone calls from a taunting man … both at home and at work … She believed the caller was someone she knew … He certainly knew a lot about her. ibid.
1980: On the night of her disappearance Dorothy’s colleagues called the police … They found her station wagon in flames … No-one was in the car. ibid.
He continued to call to torment [her mother]. ibid.
Four years after Dorothy disappeared, partially burnt human remains were found at a construction site ten miles from where Dorothy’s car had been found … A comparison of dental records confirmed her identity. ibid.
The search for her murderer continued and so did the suspect’s calls. ibid.
SCRIPPS, JOHN MARTIN: The Garden City Butcher TV - Singapore Infopedia TV -
Singapore: Suspecting the worst, detectives immediately set about linking the blood in room 1511 to the missing South African, Gerard George Lowe. On 13th March 1995 two decomposed legs were found floating along Clifford Pier in Singapore. The Garden City Butcher, Crime Channel, CI 2010
Another grisly discovery: the decomposed thighs and torso. ibid.
The name Simon Davis was a pseudonym for John Martin Scripps, a semi-literate petty criminal. ibid.
He was never charged for the two murders in Thailand. ibid.
John Martin was hanged on 19 April 1996. Timothy MacDowall’s body was never found. ibid.
John Martin Scripps, aka. John Martin, 35, was the first Westerner to be hung in Singapore for murder on 19 April 1996. He was convicted in the sensational ‘Body-parts’ or ‘Black bin-bags’ murder of South African tourist, Gerard George Lowe, 32, in March 1995. The police were alerted when various parts of Lowe’s dismembered body were found floating in black bin-bags off Clifford Pier. Investigations led to the arrest of Martin, his eventual conviction and death sentence. Singapore Infopedia online article
SEARLE, STEPHEN: Meet, Marry, Murder TV -
Police are called to a quiet cul-de-sac in the sleepy Suffolk town of Stowmarket. It’s 10 o’clock Saturday December 30th. A retired couple in the 60s live in the 4-bedroomed family home. Meet, Marry, Murder s1e5, Netflix 2022
On one occasion believing that Anne was not showing him enough respect he fired a shotgun at her head. ibid.
SEDA, HERIBERTO: World’s Most Evil Killers TV - Catching Killers TV -
In the early hours of 10th August 1992 in Brooklyn, New York City, a 39-year-old woman suffering from long-term mental health issues found herself in an unfamiliar area near Highland Park. She was lured to the park by a stranger. The man then shot her twice and stabbed her more than 100 times. The vicious murder was carried out by Heriberto Seda who believed he was following in the footsteps of the notorious Zodiac Killer. Within four years Seda attacked more than nine innocent victims, killing three. He sought out and stalked victims on the edge of society. World’s Most Evil Killers s7e2: Heriberto Seda, Sky Crime 2022
31 May 1990: We had a senior citizen shot … This eerie note … I thought, Who the fuck are we dealing with? Catching Killers s3e2: Night Terror: New York Zodiac Killer, rozzer, Netflix 2023
Now they would consider it a gross violation of civil rights. Back then, it was a little faster, a little looser … ibid.
He just shot someone in Central Park. Sonoffabitch! … This guy is as serious as a heart attack. ibid.
On June 24 1998 Heriberto Seda was convicted of three counts of murder and six attempted murder. He was sentenced to 232 years imprisonment. ibid.
SEDDON, STEPHEN: Britain’s Most Evil Killers TV -
16th July 2012, Sale nr Manchester, England: pensioners Robert and Patricia Seddon were found shot dead … Forensic evidence revealed a more sinister plot. The real killer was their son, 45-year-old Stephen Seddon: he mercilessly killed his parents for money. He’d also tried to kill parents and nephew in a car crash three and a half months earlier. Britain’s Most Evil Killers s4e6, Sky Crime 2020