It’s murder, Holmes. Murder most foul. Star Trek: The Next Generation s2e3: Elementary, Dear Data, Lestrade
You are responsible for the murder of over five million Bajorans on your watch. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine s6e11: Waltz, Sisko to Gul Dukat
It is simply intolerable for any agency of the government of the United States to engage in murder. Frank Church, senator & committee chairman
There’s not a lot to cheer about. Because war is on the way. Regardless of what they say or what we do. This is intentional. This war was planned by Bush and the Boys from the Brotherhood of Death. Blair, Bush, they are as guilty as sin. Guilty of murder in the first degree. Anthony J Hilder, 9/11: The Greatest Lie Ever Sold
Television has brought back murder into the home – where it belongs. Alfred Hitchcock, cited Observer 19th December 1965
Look, it’s no big deal OK but I’ve been charged with murder. Comic Strip: The Hunt For Tony Blair ***** Tony to Cherie, Channel 4 2011
Probably the first Labour prime minister ever to be on the run from the law. ibid.
Sorry, sir. Blair’s killed again. This time on the A4. ibid. rozzer to boss
Yes, yes of course. General Pinochet hid out here when he too was on the run for mass murder. ibid. Mandelson to rozzer
We merely proved ourselves better at the game. But we draw the line at murder, do we not? The Borgias s1e2: The Assassin, Rodrigo to Cesare, Showtime 2011
Is it murder to defend your mother’s honour? The Borgias s1e6: The French King, Cesare to lover
I am guilty of the sin of murder. The Borgias s2e6: Day of Ashes, Cesare’s confession
On May 4th 1998 a nun made her way through the barracks of the Swiss Guard in the Vatican and discovered the bodies of the Commander of the Swiss Guard Alois Estermann, his wife Gladys and a young lance-corporal Cedric Tornay. The Vatican a few hours later said that the young lance-corporal had shot the commander and his wife before turning the gun on himself. John Follain, author City of Secrets
The Vatican – seat of the Catholic Church – covered up the murder of one of its popes: in September 1978 John Paul I was pope for only 33 days. Brad Meltzer’s Decoded: Vatican, History 2011
Hunting people for the thrill. Others hide in plain sight. But just who? And what is a serial killer? Why do they kill? America’s Book of Secrets s2e4: Serial Killers, History 2013
Before going on his deadly rampage, Dorner had posted a rambling manifesto on Facebook. ibid.
What kind of thoughts go through the minds of serial killers? Since the 1970s America has produced an estimated 1,400 serial killers ... 9 out of 10 serial killers are men, many of those with high IQs. ibid.
The thrill of taking another person’s life. ibid.
According to the FBI there are as many as 50 active serial killers operating in America at any one time. Could they somehow be identified and stopped before they kill? ibid.
81,804. December 2010, Long Island, New York: While searching for a missing person ... police unexpectedly discover the remains of eleven dead bodies. ibid.
But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? And why is thy countenance fallen?
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? And if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
And he said, What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. Genesis 4:5-17
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah’s brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. Genesis 34:25
And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. Exodus 2:11&12
Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him. Numbers 35:21
But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:
Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. Deuteronomy 19:11-13
The Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hands, and went softy unto him, and smote the nail into his temples and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. Judges 4:21
And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. II Samuel 11:15
Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet. I Kings 16:12.
And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.
And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria. II Kings 2:20-25
But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day. II Kings 14:6&7
For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.