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eli1601 · 70-79, M

The Woodchipper Killer

https://patch.com/connecticut/newtown/richard-crafts-wood-chipper-killer-released-prison

NEWTOWN, CT — Richard Crafts, who became known as the "woodchipper killer" in the 1986 death of his wife, has been released to a halfway house and is due to be freed later this year, according to state Department of Correction officials.

Crafts, who is now 83, was released Saturday to a halfway house in Bridgeport and has remained in compliance with his release conditions, said Karen Martucci, director of external affairs for DOC. Before that, he was incarcerated at maximum-security prisons and spent most of the past three decades at the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield and the Cheshire Correctional Institution.

Police said Crafts killed his wife, Helle Crafts, then shredded her frozen remains using a wood chipper. A witness reported seeing a woodchipper being used in Newtown between 3 and 4 a.m. in November 1986. Police said they searched the area and found pieces of bone, tissue and other small bits of human remains.

akindheart · 61-69, F

@eli1601 that is disturbing

eli1601 · 70-79, M

@akindheart There was actually a t-shirt that was being sold at the time that showed a woman half way into a woodchipper with the message " A Connecticut Divorce."

SW-User

@eli1601 Gotta get a bag for the end. Like the bag on a lawn mower.

Can't leave any pieces around!

graphite · 61-69, M

Clutter case, "In Cold Blood" murders. Family slaughtered during a home invasion robbery in rural Kansas, after one of the family's farmhands ended up in prison and told a cellmate that the family had a safe with $10,000. They didn't. The robbery netted about $40 and 4 dead people. The killers were hanged, which of course just added to the carnage. (Robert Blake, who played one of the killers in the movie and ended up charged with murdering his own wife, died a few weeks ago.)

SW-User

@graphite Blake also played List in a flick

graphite · 61-69, M

@SW-User Yes, he did.

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Mark Zuckerberg

Saucylover · 26-30, F

@SW-User As accurate as this is, it’s also equally comical. Truer words have never been spoken😆.

Saucylover · 26-30, F

Can’t heart any of these because of the nature of the question, but thank you for the responses. I’ve heard of a few of these cases. But I’ll look into the others.

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John List

graphite · 61-69, M

@SW-User I remember that case when he was still on the loose. Drove through the cemetery once where most of the victims are buried. Not far from Newark Airport. He of course abandoned his car at JFK to throw off the investigators. He probably didn't even take a plane out of there.

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@graphite everyone also thought he was d b Cooper as they happened a few days apart

graphite · 61-69, M

@SW-User List was not DB Cooper. List hid in plain sight about 2,000 miles from the killings. A neighbor even saw his picture in the National Enquirer, or one of those, and noticed the resemblance apparently years before he was caught.

redredred · M

Black Dahlia, look it up.

Saucylover · 26-30, F

@redredred I already know about that case. The image of her was both haunting and beautiful at the same time. It is unfortunate that her killer was never caught.

graphite · 61-69, M

@Saucylover Mutilated, cut-in-half girl was found on some roadside in LA. She's buried in Oakland, I think.

graphite · 61-69, M

Also, the Jonestown murders. 900+ dead, disguised as suicides but probably most were murdered. The phrase, "Don't drink the Kool Aid," arose from that awful incident.

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graphite · 61-69, M

@SW-User He promised a socialist paradise. Didn't quite work out that way.

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@graphite Pics would have been there in a second

BizSuitStacy · M

@graphite Socialist paradises end in genocide

Quoththeraven

Jean Bene Ramsey

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akindheart · 61-69, F

@SW-User he also said that when Al Capones vault was opened...right now, he is bothering Fox News. lol

SW-User

@akindheart The Capone fiasco was awesome! 😂

akindheart · 61-69, F

@SW-User kept us glued to the TV

VisionQuest · 51-55, M

Steven Pfiel

Saucylover · 26-30, F

@VisionQuest I don’t think I’ve heard of this case, but I will look into it.

VisionQuest · 51-55, M

@Saucylover I lived in a neighboring town when it happened. It was so disturbing! The criminal was only 17 and from a good family in a suburb of Chicago.

caPnAhab · 26-30, M

Chriss Watts...

Saucylover · 26-30, F

@caPnAhab That case was so sad. I remember watching the case unfold as it happened. I hate how the media monetized that monster’s horrible deeds.

caPnAhab · 26-30, M

@Saucylover I remember too. And looking in hindsight, every word he said in those news interviews just fills me with more disgust. Sad

thepreposterouspanda · 36-40, M

The Yuba County 5

Saucylover · 26-30, F

@thepreposterouspanda This was super sad. All crimes are sad of course, but I remember hearing about this case on a podcast. It was hard to listen to.

DearAmbellina2113 · 41-45, F

Elisa Lam

Saucylover · 26-30, F

@DearAmbellina2113 This case was heartbreaking. Truly terrifying.

SinlessOnslaught · M

Henry McCabe.

Saucylover · 26-30, F

@SinlessOnslaught I’ll have to check the that one out. The name sounds familiar, but I’m unsure of the background of this case.

latinbutterfly · F

John Wayne Gacy

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Nothing beats Ed Gein!

TexChik · F

There is no justice for socialist democrats that lust after our children and our money.

Jeephikelove · 51-55, F

Honestly pretty much all of them, it’s fascinating in a psychological way, I want to know why. What drives a person to kill? 😨

akindheart · 61-69, F

i am following 2. The Idaho Murders and the Indiana murders of those 2 little girls...THAT is haunting.

Saucylover · 26-30, F

@akindheart I am following those cases as well. I’ve Been following Abby and Libby’s case for years, since it first happened. I’m so happy justice is finally coming their way.