An Almanac of Infamy

"She can't say, 'Me Too.' I'm saying it for her." - Susan Levy, mother of Chandra Levy. In December of last year , she gave an interview in which she spoke out about sexual conduct in Washington, D.C. and said she believes her daughter's murder may have been a result of said misconduct.

“I was born with the devil in me. I could not help the fact that I was a murderer, no more than a poet can help the inspiration to sing.” - Serial killer H.H. Holmes, who was hanged on this day in 1896

“One day soon, you’ll hear a car pull up to your curb, an engine cut out. You’ll hear footsteps coming up your front walk. Like they did for Edward Wayne Edwards, twenty-nine years after he killed Timothy Hack and Kelly Drew, in Sullivan, Wisconsin. Like they did for Kenneth Lee Hicks, thirty years after he killed Lori Billingsley, in Aloha, Oregon. The doorbell rings. No side gates are left open. You’re long past leaping over a fence. Take one of your hyper, gulping breaths. Clench your teeth. Inch timidly toward the insistent bell. This is how it ends for you. “You’ll be silent forever, and I’ll be gone in the dark,” you threatened a victim once. Open the door. Show us your face. Walk into the light.” ― Michelle McNamara, I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer