Hey Guys, :)

Sorry if a thread of the same topic already exists. I ran a search and found nothing and didn't particularly want to wade through 60 pages of topics going right back to the year 2000.

I noticed a thread the other day of scary UM photos of Criminals and Victims alike.

For me pretty much every composite sketch they showed during the Son of Sam segment freaked me out. I was only 12 when I saw this in '89. Have since watched this segment again on YouTube and it's still spooky.

Blind River Reststop Shooting composite was also scary, I just watched this again on YouTube yesterday. It almost looks like a real photo.

Another composite sketch that scared me was the case (In Florida I think) where a young woman was conned by a couple and later found decapitated in a swamp area. The Male suspect tried accessing the victims saving/funds in Drag and the composite was of this freak in drag! :eek:

Does anyone else here have any scary composites they'd like the add?

Another composite sketch that scared me was the case (In Florida I think) where a young woman was conned by a couple and later found decapitated in a swamp area. The Male suspect tried accessing the victims saving/funds in Drag and the composite was of this freak in drag! :eek:


I always thought that was a freaky looking sketch. Shoot I thought the actor portraying this person in the segment was kinda freakish looking. :lol:

Hey Guys, :)

Sorry if a thread of the same topic already exists. I ran a search and found nothing and didn't particularly want to wade through 60 pages of topics going right back to the year 2000.

I noticed a thread the other day of scary UM photos of Criminals and Victims alike.

For me pretty much every composite sketch they showed during the Son of Sam segment freaked me out. I was only 12 when I saw this in '89. Have since watched this segment again on YouTube and it's still spooky.

Blind River Reststop Shooting composite was also scary, I just watched this again on YouTube yesterday. It almost looks like a real photo.

Another composite sketch that scared me was the case (In Florida I think) where a young woman was conned by a couple and later found decapitated in a swamp area. The Male suspect tried accessing the victims saving/funds in Drag and the composite was of this freak in drag! :eek:

Does anyone else here have any scary composites they'd like the add?

Debbie's attacker
Son of Sam (all 5 of them) the 5th was the creepiest.

All of those sketches were scary. I'd say they're all tied for second, with number 1 being the North Carolina hit and run guy.

All of those sketches were scary. I'd say they're all tied for second, with number 1 being the North Carolina hit and run guy.

I second the NC hit and run guy. He looked REALLY weird. Another one I always found unnerving (I don't know why...it just looked odd to me) was L'il Miss Panasoffkee's sketch. I can't explain why...I just don't like seeing that one...

Ok, I've just watched another UM Episode on YouTube with a REALLY scary composite. The Wacker Case - An elderly Ohio couple who have been the victims of harrassing phonecalls, burglaries, written threats left on their porch, the wife has been attacked twice. All this has been going on since 1984. The scary thing is none of the neighbours seem to have witnessed anything. The wife allowed an unknown assailant to use their phone before she was attacked the first time, hence the composite.

Does anyone here have an update on this case? The entire family did a stakeout of the place yet the person(s) responsible were still able to leave a threatening message on the front doorstep without being detected. :(

The sketches of "Sam" and "Alice", aka Elaine Parent, who killed Beverly McGowan.

The sketch of Michaela Garecht's abductor takes the cake in this category.

My vote goes to the Connecticut River Valley Killer (NH Serial Killer) sketch, hands down.

A few other scary sketches:

- Roxanne Jeeves' and Kristopher Korper's killer and the woman accompanying him

- Jack Brown's killers

- The man suspected of abducting Alicia Showalter-Reynolds

- The "ski cap" sketch from the Son of Sam shootings

- Megadeth guy from the Debra Poe case

- Stanley Gryziec's killers

- Megan Curl's murderer AND the "person of interest" in the cowboy hat

- Dorothy Donovan's killer

- Dick Hansen's murderer

- Wadada

- The suspicious man seen lurking around Molly Bish's place of employment

And I have no idea why, as they're both in sunglasses and are probably the least descriptive sketches I've ever seen (besides the Lester Garnier suspect sketches and the Boston Mall Rapist), but I thought the Roger Wheeler murder suspect sketches were pretty bad. Probably because of that awful music they played when they showed them, though.

Ok, I've just watched another UM Episode on YouTube with a REALLY scary composite. The Wacker Case - An elderly Ohio couple who have been the victims of harrassing phonecalls, burglaries, written threats left on their porch, the wife has been attacked twice. All this has been going on since 1984. The scary thing is none of the neighbours seem to have witnessed anything. The wife allowed an unknown assailant to use their phone before she was attacked the first time, hence the composite.

Does anyone here have an update on this case? The entire family did a stakeout of the place yet the person(s) responsible were still able to leave a threatening message on the front doorstep without being detected. :(


They never figured it out. Bill Wacker died in 1999 supposedly. But the strange activity stopped long before he died

The Canadian Reststop Murders

Wadada

The Unidentified woman in the New Orleans serial murders (that one just jumped out and scared me)

Michaela Garecht's case scared the crap out of me in general along with the sketch.

The Connecticut River Valley Murders. I grew up in the area it happened, and I still have family there. The sketch was scary.

The case where Henry Rollins was the witness to his friends murder was scary. Henry still talks about that briefly when he does his one man shows.

The suspects in the Mickey/Trudy Thompson murder.

The suspects in the Mickey/Trudy Thompson murder.

Totally forgot about those. Definitely worthy of my list too.

The sketches of "Sam" and "Alice", aka Elaine Parent, who killed Beverly McGowan.

I don't remember a "sketch" of Alice but Sam was scary. Amazing how Parent pulled that off. Clever evil bitch.

Hey Guys, :)

Blind River Reststop Shooting composite was also scary, I just watched this again on YouTube yesterday. It almost looks like a real photo.



Yes I agree. This was one of the creepier ones IMO :eek:

I would also like to add the NH Serial Killer aswell, man he looked creepy :eek: Also, I remember I was really freaked out by the Mickey and Trudy Thompson hitmen and The Las Cruces Robbers/killers sketches was a kid :eek:

Eeek, this is gonna give me nightmares tonight... :lol:

The Canadian Reststop Murders

Honestly, I think the actor looks scarier then the sketch. Compare:

They never figured it out. Bill Wacker died in 1999 supposedly. But the strange activity stopped long before he died

Bill died 09 July 1999, according to the SSDi Death Index. It's made-up, IMO, but I just might be a cold-hearted skeptic.

On another note, that composite doesn't look scary at all:

Hey egswanso :)

How do you post Screen Caps of those composites? I tried the whole Right Click and save thing on YouTube but it's not working.

That "Wacker episode composite" really does freak me out, although it was Night when I watched the Episode on YouTube.

:eek:

Hey egswanso :)

How do you post Screen Caps of those composites? I tried the whole Right Click and save thing on YouTube but it's not working.

That "Wacker episode composite" really does freak me out, although it was Night when I watched the Episode on YouTube.

:eek:

Print screen function when it's at the picture you want, then paste into a paint program and crop as needed.

On another note, that composite doesn't look scary at all:

I've mentioned this before, but the Wacker suspect sketch looks almost exactly like my father did as a teenager. For that reason it's never really bothered me--that and the circumstances of the case, but that's already been hashed more times than is logical in another thread.

I've mentioned this before, but the Wacker suspect sketch looks almost exactly like my father did as a teenager. For that reason it's never really bothered me--that and the circumstances of the case, but that's already been hashed more times than is logical in another thread.

That's funny. There was one story, and for the life of me I can't remember at all which one it was that showed two composites of two separate women. The first looked just like my sister and the latter, a younger version of my mother. I was watching it with my sister and she was quite freaked out.

Hands down, the Blind River rest stop killer.
However, the New Orleans prostitute killer is a close second.
Third place goes to the sketch of Matthew Chase's acquaintance as drawn from the ATM photo.

But sometimes, just the way they are portrayed (when they are shown, the music used, the use of the "zoom", and Stack's description, as well as the nature of the crime) make them more creepy than they really are. Take for example Debbie's attacker - which they showed three separate times. On the first one, after describing the crime and the damage done to Debbie, and showing her but with her face obstructed while lying in a hospital bed writing notes for the police officer, the scene shifts to the composite set in front of that marble background, and RS says, "working with her, a police artist created this drawing". Then follows five seconds of eerie silence. The second time they showed it, RS gave the description of the assailant. And then, just in case the viewer was not yet freaked out enough, they show the "Wanted" poster containing the composite right at the end, with RS adding, "police have physical evidence that will enable them to make a positive identification should a suspect be located". Then comes the "if you have any information ..." while the picture shrinks to the upper portion of the screen as the toll free number appears on the bottom. Crrrreeeeeeepyyyyyyy!!!

The NC hit and run redneck punk is HANDS DOWN number 1. Hes the ugliest looking dude Ive ever seen in an artist sketch by far.

The NC hit and run redneck punk is HANDS DOWN number 1. Hes the ugliest looking dude Ive ever seen in an artist sketch by far.

Yeah, I didn't give him his due props.

I bet if you polled the people here, the NC hit and run guy and the Blind River killer would be the top two.

We should let this thread go a bit more, then gather the top four and do a poll.

Yes I agree. This was one of the creepier ones IMO :eek:

I would also like to add the NH Serial Killer aswell, man he looked creepy :eek: Also, I remember I was really freaked out by the Mickey and Trudy Thompson hitmen and The Las Cruces Robbers/killers sketches was a kid :eek:

Eeek, this is gonna give me nightmares tonight... :lol:

The NH killer composite looks very cold - like the face of a person who has no feelings at all. I have to look away from this one.

The composites of the victims of the Ohio serial prostitute case are a tad frightening as well.

Now this is scary!

The WADADA Case - I couldn't watch it properly as it was in Spanish on YouTube, However was able to see the scary as hell composite :(

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AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Totally wasn't expecting that big-A Wadada composite to be there. :eek:

Those are all scary but I can say that the FUNNIEST sketch I've seen is of the Grundhofer kidnapper. Actually, does anyone know where I can find that pic, I want to make that my avatar

I wish we could have a composite sketch gallerie cause honestly I never felt they were scary, just hilarious or very generic. I dont even remember less than half of the ones you guys are talking about, but I wanna see!

I thought the sketches in the Michael Johnson and Rochelle Robinson murders were pretty creepy.

I can't be sure if the psychic was correct with her sketches, but weird nontheless.

The suspect in the Don Smith murder.

The suspects in the Stanley Grysiec case.

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They never figured it out. Bill Wacker died in 1999 supposedly. But the strange activity stopped long before he died

Bill died 09 July 1999, according to the SSDi Death Index. It's made-up, IMO, but I just might be a cold-hearted skeptic.

On another note, that composite doesn't look scary at all:
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Anyone else think the Wacker;s sketch looks like Ben MacKenzie of "Southland"? LOL!!

Would be a perfect casting if they made the Wackers movie.

As far as creepiness goes... Mommmmyyyy!!! :eek:

I thought the sketches in the Michael Johnson and Rochelle Robinson murders were pretty creepy.

I can't be sure if the psychic was correct with her sketches, but weird nontheless.



I saw this one a couple of days ago. What IS that on the first guy's face? Looks like bird tracks...lol.

The creepiest is the man in the ATM photo in the abduction and murder of Matthew Chase. I get chills thinking about it now

No explanation needed. Especially the one on the left.

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Haha, they are still creepy although I do think the guy on the left and the guy on the right are the same guy. It depends on who makes the composite I guess. Some insist on the 'creepy' look.

Probably made to look scary for "TV".

Haha, they are still creepy although I do think the guy on the left and the guy on the right are the same guy. It depends on who makes the composite I guess. Some insist on the 'creepy' look.

Yes, they are the same person as these are composites for the I-70 killer.

Probably made to look scary for "TV".

I don't agree it's for that reason.

There were no standardized method to trace or draw composites at a time when it wasn't made by computer, so it depends on the particular artist's school, technique, or talent.

Even nowadays, with computer, it still heavily depends on the software being used.

And special mention to Ann Sigmin's composite sketches during the update on the murder of her husband with Garey Goff. Especially the eyes on those drawings. :eek:

No explanation needed. Especially the one on the left.

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Sorry, but this guy looks like one of my ex-boyfriends!!!:eek:

Beverly McGowan's supposed transsexual murderer, hands down.

What nightmares are made of....

Alice's accomplice possibly named "Sam" in the Beverly McGowan case. Ugh!

And special mention to Ann Sigmin's composite sketches during the update on the murder of her husband with Garey Goff. Especially the eyes on those drawings. :eek:

I was surprised they used those. They looked like they were drawn by a 3rd grader.

I don't know about you guys. But every time I see a police composite sketch of a suspect, I sleep with the lights on later that night.

It doesn't matter if it's UM, AMW, or my local news broadcast.:eek:

I don't know about you guys. But every time I see a police composite sketch of a suspect, I sleep with the lights on later that night.

It doesn't matter if it's UM, AMW, or my local news broadcast.:eek:


I can totally relate. If you sleep with the lights off, you see it in front of you, or near the window, it scares the daylights out of you. I'm not completely sure about this, but I have a theory. Those composite sketches are based on witnesses descriptions and I think the people who do them, often use a mix of actual detail and intuition, which makes the pictures "psychic" in nature - meaning they have a more powerful energy than just a photograph. Somehow, and I'm not sure how it works, the person who has been victimized or who was there at the crime as a witness has some of the energy of the experience which goes into the mind of the criminal artist. Together they create an image that has a certain vibration to it. Usually it's all in the eyes.

it doesn't help that UM in particular plays very low notes of music when the picture is airing to make it feel even creepier.

I can totally relate. If you sleep with the lights off, you see it in front of you, or near the window, it scares the daylights out of you. I'm not completely sure about this, but I have a theory. Those composite sketches are based on witnesses descriptions and I think the people who do them, often use a mix of actual detail and intuition, which makes the pictures "psychic" in nature - meaning they have a more powerful energy than just a photograph. Somehow, and I'm not sure how it works, the person who has been victimized or who was there at the crime as a witness has some of the energy of the experience which goes into the mind of the criminal artist. Together they create an image that has a certain vibration to it. Usually it's all in the eyes.

it doesn't help that UM in particular plays very low notes of music when the picture is airing to make it feel even creepier.
I'm usually ok with the sketches, but the one that gets me every time is the bank robbery one (one black robber, one white-don't know their names haven't seen it in years but they kidnap an elderly postal woman) and the music goes "dun dun dun!" and then shows their pictures. I nearly hit the roof!

I'm usually ok with the sketches, but the one that gets me every time is the bank robbery one (one black robber, one white-don't know their names haven't seen it in years but they kidnap an elderly postal woman) and the music goes "dun dun dun!" and then shows their pictures. I nearly hit the roof!

I don't know if I've seen that one, I'll look for it. The one's that freak me out are the ones where they somehow move the camera forward so the picture seems to be coming towards you. And the artist/computer renderings where they take a picture of someone who is deceased and enhance it so it can be recognized on TV, even the age progressions can freak me out. But I think a lot of it is also the music. Or maybe I'm just a scared-y cat!

I don't know if I've seen that one, I'll look for it. The one's that freak me out are the ones where they somehow move the camera forward so the picture seems to be coming towards you. And the artist/computer renderings where they take a picture of someone who is deceased and enhance it so it can be recognized on TV, even the age progressions can freak me out. But I think a lot of it is also the music. Or maybe I'm just a scared-y cat!

Kind of like the Jasper Watkins case. That one scares me the most. They showed his morgue photo and a computer-rendered picture of him. That's too much for one person to handle.

Kind of like the Jasper Watkins case. That one scares me the most. They showed his morgue photo and a computer-rendered picture of him. That's too much for one person to handle.

That's one of the ones I was thinking about!

I can totally relate. If you sleep with the lights off, you see it in front of you, or near the window, it scares the daylights out of you. I'm not completely sure about this, but I have a theory. Those composite sketches are based on witnesses descriptions and I think the people who do them, often use a mix of actual detail and intuition, which makes the pictures "psychic" in nature - meaning they have a more powerful energy than just a photograph. Somehow, and I'm not sure how it works, the person who has been victimized or who was there at the crime as a witness has some of the energy of the experience which goes into the mind of the criminal artist. Together they create an image that has a certain vibration to it. Usually it's all in the eyes.

it doesn't help that UM in particular plays very low notes of music when the picture is airing to make it feel even creepier.

You could put it that way.

But to me, seeing a police sketch is like seeing a ghost or one of those large-eyed alien faces that UM liked to show.

:lol:

I watched the Wackers segment again on my laptop last night and the composite sketch of Dorothy's alleged attacker gave me the creeps, despite watching with all the lights on and my grandfather in the same room with me. I think it was the combination of the music, RS' eerie narration and the lingering shot of the sketch. The drawing wasn't even that scary---it looked more like Edward Norton :lol: but it really unnerved me last night.

I watched the Wackers segment again on my laptop last night and the composite sketch of Dorothy's alleged attacker gave me the creeps, despite watching with all the lights on and my grandfather in the same room with me. I think it was the combination of the music, RS' eerie narration and the lingering shot of the sketch. The drawing wasn't even that scary---it looked more like Edward Norton :lol: but it really unnerved me last night.


I totally understand. The music really is genius, especially in this case. There is the constant low note plus another sound like wind howling or something that goes up in pitch, dissonant and very unsettling. Usually the scariest composites, like this one, are the ones where they either have the camera move in on the photo or move back so it looks as if the photo is alive, moving towards you or retreating. Add to it that crime sketches are a little creepy because we don't know if they are accurate or not, and you have a horrifying mix. I think the Wacker one might be scarier than some others, because he looks like your average guy. If someone looks like a monster, it's easier to say, "Well, if I saw him on the street, I'd go the other way..." But the ones who look innocent, like your next door neighbor, are more terrifying because you can easily trust them, and then when you least expect it, they can snap on you...

Am I the only one who was freaked out by the drawings of the women in the Ohio Prostitute case? :eek:

Am I the only one who was freaked out by the drawings of the women in the Ohio Prostitute case? :eek:

Those composites weren't as scary to me as the one from the New Orleans serial killer case where they showed a sketch of an unidentified young black female that has 2 protruding front teeth. I posted a picture of it in one of the threads on here.

Am I the only one who was freaked out by the drawings of the women in the Ohio Prostitute case? :eek:

No, they freak me out too. Mainly because a drawing is so much more anonymous and remote than a photograph, coupled with the distinct possibility we may never find out who those poor women are.

Am I the only one who was freaked out by the drawings of the women in the Ohio Prostitute case? :eek:
Absolutely not, they freak me out too. The entire segment is frightening.

Not scary but when they showed the composite drawings of the Las Cruces bowling alley suspects, I always thought one of them looked like Eddie Murphy! I wonder if that place is still open or if the building is still there. I'm about an hr away from Las Cruces. It would be interesing to get some pics and add them to the thread we have here about places that UM cases took place

Not scary but when they showed the composite drawings of the Las Cruces bowling alley suspects, I always thought one of them looked like Eddie Murphy! I wonder if that place is still open or if the building is still there. I'm about an hr away from Las Cruces. It would be interesing to get some pics and add them to the thread we have here about places that UM cases took place

It's still there. A few of us have Google Earthed it.

Saw one today that's perfect for this thread: the suspect in the Su-Ya Kim murder.

Is there a database, or some kind of fanpage, where these composites can be viewed? Maybe attached to the UM wiki?

Is there a database, or some kind of fanpage, where these composites can be viewed? Maybe attached to the UM wiki?

If you google (image search) UM composite sketches some of them come up. I spotted Michaela Garretts “abductor” and the infamous Wadada.

If you google (image search) UM composite sketches some of them come up. I spotted Michaela Garretts “abductor” and the infamous Wadada.


PS: It’s a lil scary to see all of them pop up… just a warning in case any of you do search them. Others come up that aren’t from UM and those are pretty freaky too…

I hate the composites of victims and criminals who have potentially aged since going missing- THESE are terrifying! Like Michael Kline's aged photo. Scary! And Antoinette Cayedito's photos also look really creepy.

I hate the composites of victims and criminals who have potentially aged since going missing- THESE are terrifying! Like Michael Kline's aged photo. Scary! And Antoinette Cayedito's photos also look really creepy.

Completely agree. I have never liked that aged drawing of Nyleen Kay Marshall, even though I guess it's not conentionally scary. But those enhanced photos of the Baskin children were! :eek:

Debbie's attacker
Son of Sam (all 5 of them) the 5th was the creepiest.

You mean...my avatar...? ;)

You mean...my avatar...? ;)


Is that Mega Death " U know you really shouldnt smoke" guy?! LoL:lol:

Here's some scary composites for your viewing pleasure

Connecticut River killer: http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/550457_445389932178501_1498310620_n.jpg

Suspect in Joe Cole's murder: http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/396386_445390045511823_1471740081_n.jpg

Suspect in Kimberly Pandelios' murder: http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/57894_445390415511786_1765256643_n.jpg

Unidentified victim of the New Orleans serial killer: http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/541264_445390235511804_2114996560_n.jpg

I-70 killer: http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc6/271192_445390665511761_101914421_n.jpg

I say the New Orleans serial killer. He just looks like he has no sympathy for anyone.

Is that Mega Death " U know you really shouldnt smoke" guy?! LoL:lol:

No, it was the aforementioned 5th Son of Sam composite sketch...

I was really freaked out by the elderly Bill Henderson's killer (as described by the two hitchhikers.) That dirty-looking guy with his hair up in braids and that scary frown on his face? It gave me the creeps!

But the Megadeth guy comes in at a close second.

I was really freaked out by the elderly Bill Henderson's killer (as described by the two hitchhikers.) That dirty-looking guy with his hair up in braids and that scary frown on his face? It gave me the creeps!

YES!

I also recently rewatched the Eileen Mangold segment. The sketch of her abductor was pretty scary too. :(

Not sure if this was actually used in the EAR-ONS segment but this is another composite sketch of the rapist-killer and it's very unnerving:

http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/119137/photos/PHOTO_15402720_119137_18308070_ap_320X240.jpg

The Brazos River attackers' sketches (http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Brazos_River_Attackers) are also pretty scary.

Not sure if this was actually used in the EAR-ONS segment but this is another composite sketch of the rapist-killer and it's very unnerving:

http://media.kickstatic.com/kickapps/images/119137/photos/PHOTO_15402720_119137_18308070_ap_320X240.jpg

The Brazos River attackers' sketches (http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Brazos_River_Attackers) are also pretty scary.
Is that supposed to be a mustache?? Because if that's his open mouth I am utterly horrified even more so than before. Imagine that guy being at your window or the foot of your bed :eek:

That is his open mouth. Survivors said his eyes were also wide open too. I know I'd be dead because I would scream so loud if I awoke to saw that!

That is his open mouth. Survivors said his eyes were also wide open too. I know I'd be dead because I would scream so loud if I awoke to saw that!
OH MY GOD. I'm sitting in the dark, too, while looking at this. I would also scream so loud it would be unbelievable. Picturing those wide eyes and mouth :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: horrifying!

The "Suspect" in the Fire at Seattle's Black Stock Lumberyard in September 1989 which claimed the Life of a 32 year old man.

According to the Unsolved Mysteries wiki Site the Case was dropped and ruled as an accident? So who's this composite of? And what about all the other Fires in the Area?

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The scariest composite was defiinitely "Sam" from the Beverly McGowan case.

The "Suspect" in the Fire at Seattle's Black Stock Lumberyard in September 1989 which claimed the Life of a 32 year old man.

According to the Unsolved Mysteries wiki Site the Case was dropped and ruled as an accident? So who's this composite of? And what about all the other Fires in the Area?

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Scary indeed. The Black Stock fire was ruled accidental as they said an electrical fire started the blaze or something to that affect. I'm not sure about the other fires but they are deemed suspicious to me.

The scariest was probably Matt Chase's abductor

Su-Ya Kim's killer

Dorothy Donovan's killer

Phillip Fraser's killer (Anyone else also thought the actor looked like Nick Frost from Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz etc?)

all i can think of right now.. but too many i know are very creepy

Did they ever do a composite of the guy at the Bad Route stop that Dexter Stefonek had a run in with before he was found dead?

ZODIAC.

I never really found his sketch that scary before. I always thought he looked so smug and arrogant and it would annoy me to see it. But last night the lights were dim as I watched the segment and I really got a good look at the eyes on my bigger TV screen rather than my laptop. :eek:

I'm usually ok with the sketches, but the one that gets me every time is the bank robbery one (one black robber, one white-don't know their names haven't seen it in years but they kidnap an elderly postal woman) and the music goes "dun dun dun!" and then shows their pictures. I nearly hit the roof!
http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Epes_Bandits

Finally found the case and the composites to go along with it. Still unsolved! :eek:

That whole segment about the Epes bandits was very scary. The composites were icing on the cake.

OH MY GOD. I'm sitting in the dark, too, while looking at this. I would also scream so loud it would be unbelievable. Picturing those wide eyes and mouth :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: horrifying!

Yep, me too!!! Unless I was so paralyzed with fear that I couldn't make a sound!

EAR is at the top of many of my UM lists....scariest segment, scariest sketch, scariest anything, he is there for me.

The Beverley McGowan guy dressed as a woman is a pretty freaky sketch, though, too. I was really scared the first time I saw it.

EAR is at the top of many of my UM lists....scariest segment, scariest sketch, scariest anything, he is there for me.

Agreed. The EAR/ONS case has to be one of the scariest of all time. People literally were not safe in their OWN HOMES with OTHER PEOPLE present. WTF?? Plus, the SOB still hasn't been officially caught. :eek:

The one grocery robbers composite looks like Larry Bird (my all-time fave). Somehow, I don't think Bird was going cross-country to rob grocery stores :)

The one grocery robbers composite looks like Larry Bird (my all-time fave). Somehow, I don't think Bird was going cross-country to rob grocery stores :)

Wonder if Bird had an ablibi for the date in question? :lol:

Wonder if Bird had an ablibi for the date in question? :lol:


They haven't struck since 1992 (which coincides with Bird's retirement). :)

Bird would probably say he was beating up on the Knicks, Bulls, Sixers, or other team on the nights of most of the heists. Because the robberies went from 1987 to 1992, he would have had sufficient time to participate during the 1988 -89 season since he only played in six games (bone spurs). His partner in crime also bears a slight resemblance to former Giants tight end Mark Bavaro.

The Bike Path Rapist of Buffalo, NY, who has long since been identified, is a UM segment I clearly remember from childhood almost entirely because of the composites. The segment actually showed three, but the one on the left is the one I think is the scariest:

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110921225403/unsolvedmysteries/images/5/5e/New_york_serial_rapist1_sketch.jpg

The Bike Path Rapist of Buffalo, NY, who has long since been identified, is a UM segment I clearly remember from childhood almost entirely because of the composites. The segment actually showed three, but the one on the left is the one I think is the scariest:

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110921225403/unsolvedmysteries/images/5/5e/New_york_serial_rapist1_sketch.jpg

I've noticed that a lot of the composite sketches from the 70's, 80's, and early 90's all have that creepy almost cartoonish appearance about them. It's like the composite artists went out of their way to scare the **** out of everyone when they were finished.

I've noticed that a lot of the composite sketches from the 70's, 80's, and early 90's all have that creepy almost cartoonish appearance about them. It's like the composite artists went out of their way to scare the **** out of everyone when they were finished.

LOL. I think that's a good point. I wonder if they are encouraged to do that so that people understand that the person is dangerous and needs to be caught. Obviously, you never get a composite with a person smiling or anything. I find composites are always scarier than than the photographs, and photographic reconstructions of dead people are the scariest of all.

Another scary episode: I can't remember what happens exactly, but there is a little boy in a house with his grandmother. He's about four and there is a painting on the wall that he keeps pointing to and saying, "Look, a deadol, a deadol!!!" and crying. Turns out, he's saying, "Look, a devil, a devil" and I think the house was haunted. Anyone remember this?

Another scary episode: I can't remember what happens exactly, but there is a little boy in a house with his grandmother. He's about four and there is a painting on the wall that he keeps pointing to and saying, "Look, a deadol, a deadol!!!" and crying. Turns out, he's saying, "Look, a devil, a devil" and I think the house was haunted. Anyone remember this?


Yep it's a segment about a supposedly haunted house in Ohio:

http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Smith_Home

Yep it's a segment about a supposedly haunted house in Ohio:

http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Smith_Home

Thank you, that's it! The little guy who played it was really sweet - "A deadol...." I'll never forget it.

I stumbled across this creepy pair on the UM Wiki page and was wondering which case this was from?

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130806163855/unsolvedmysteries/images/f/f0/Wikia-Visualization-Main.png

I stumbled across this creepy pair on the UM Wiki page and was wondering which case this was from?

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130806163855/unsolvedmysteries/images/f/f0/Wikia-Visualization-Main.png


It's the Wendi Long case. The details for the sketches were given by her actual killer, who was a friend of hers. Apparently the men in the sketches were figments of his imagination, in order to throw the cops of his trail, which was successful for a little while. He was sentenced to Life without the possibility of parole for her rape and murder.

http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Wendi_Long

Am I the only one who was freaked out by the drawings of the women in the Ohio Prostitute case? :eek:
Oh no, no at least 2 of those freaked me out as well.

Does anyone else here have any scary composites they'd like the add?

When Charly Sygmin found Ann praying in the midnight. Just few seconds, but it makes you think about it...

Not a composite, but the "ghostly image" that was supposedly captured from the Kelsey House always scared the crap out of me as a kid!


http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111109235013/unsolvedmysteries/images/5/52/Samuel_kelsey_home.jpg

the man to goes to hell and back

I always thought the "Larry Munroe" (suspect in Don Smith's murder) sketch was super creepy.

This is pretty cool:

http://theworldsgreatestwebsiteever.com/criminal-sketch-artists-who-absolutely-nailed-it?pid=124506&utm_source=mylikes&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=ml&utm_term=28160459

10 police sketch's where the artists nail it!

I always thought the Blind River Rest Stop killer's sketch was creepy!

I always thought the Blind River Rest Stop killer's sketch was creepy!
I agree. Because of the technology used that composite looks like a real person and the effect is horrifying!

By the way, I love your username! :wave:

Yeah that's prob the scariest sketch I've seen on the show. Still looks creepy.

The composite of Richard Ramirez shown early in the Alejandro Espinoza segment. It looks like an utterly terrifying seventh-grade art class creation.

I thought this age progression of Kathy Power at age 40 (in 1989) could qualify as a bit scary and/or kinda funny considering how bad it is. She was convicted of bank robbery and killing a cop. She was only 21 at the time of her crimes.


http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/t420/TracyLynnSewing/Uncategorized%20Pics/umsketch.jpg (http://s1058.photobucket.com/user/TracyLynnSewing/media/Uncategorized%20Pics/umsketch.jpg.html)



Here's how she looked in 1970, when the crimes were committed:

http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111006194640/unsolvedmysteries/images/1/10/Katherine_ann_power.jpg



And here's how she looked after being convicted, sometime after 1993.
Hmmmm, maybe that awful sketch wasn't so off the mark after all:

http://thebarndooratspringhousefarm.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/kathy-powers-21.jpg?w=300&h=215





More info on her case and the aftermath:

http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Kathy_Power

http://crimevictimsmediareport.com/?p=6526

The Connecticut River Valley Serial Killer. Very cold and emotionless. Kind of reminds me of the cop from Terminator 2.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj301/igotfins/Connecticut_river_valley_killer_zpsda53a715.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/igotfins/media/Connecticut_river_valley_killer_zpsda53a715.jpg.html)

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj301/igotfins/64407211172634494_zps90a8d282.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/igotfins/media/64407211172634494_zps90a8d282.jpg.html)

^ Hands down scariest UM sketch ever for me. I still have to look away when it pops up on the screen during the segment.

^ Hands down scariest UM sketch ever for me. I still have to look away when it pops up on the screen during the segment.

Yeah, but he appears to be fairly clean-cut from the sketch, which may be the reason he was able to get away for so long. He probably molded right in with society. The possible killer, Michael Nicholaou, doesn't look much like the sketch, but he does look like your ordinary, everyday family man.

From the UK "unidentified" section of the Doe network. Not sure whether to be spooked or amused by this one.

http://doenetwork.org/cases-uk/images/874UMUK.jpg

Not a composite, but the "ghostly image" that was supposedly captured from the Kelsey House always scared the crap out of me as a kid!


http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111109235013/unsolvedmysteries/images/5/52/Samuel_kelsey_home.jpg
Lol

The Connecticut River Valley Serial Killer. Very cold and emotionless. Kind of reminds me of the cop from Terminator 2.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj301/igotfins/Connecticut_river_valley_killer_zpsda53a715.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/igotfins/media/Connecticut_river_valley_killer_zpsda53a715.jpg.html)

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj301/igotfins/64407211172634494_zps90a8d282.jpg (http://s275.photobucket.com/user/igotfins/media/64407211172634494_zps90a8d282.jpg.html)

I don't know which is worse, the lighter or darker version! *Shudders* :eek:

Hands down the bike path rapist. CREEPY as all can be!
Wadadda scared me to death too.

Oddly, although the blind river rest stop episode was very scary, I never thought the composite sketch was. Am I the only one who doesn't find it scary?

Hands down the bike path rapist. CREEPY as all can be!
Wadadda scared me to death too.

Oddly, although the blind river rest stop episode was very scary, I never thought the composite sketch was. Am I the only one who doesn't find it scary?

I specifically remember the Bike Path Rapist sketches scaring the WILLIES out of me as a child.

Now, I never thought the computer-generated Blind River composite was too bad either. But the actual drawn composite that appeared in that newspaper article that was shown I thought was VERY scary. :eek:

This one! Seriously, what the hell? Was this actually on the show?!

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2013-10/enhanced/webdr01/1/11/enhanced-buzz-920-1380640153-4.jpg

This one! Seriously, what the hell? Was this actually on the show?!

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2013-10/enhanced/webdr01/1/11/enhanced-buzz-920-1380640153-4.jpg
I don't recall this one being shown in the EAR segment. But pretty much all of the EAR sketches scare me, ESPECIALLY the one where he has an open mouth. EAR/ONS sketches and the case itself is what nightmares are made of.

I can't recall if these were seen on the Richard Ramirez Night Stalker segment but I saw them somewhere and almost jumped out of my skin:

http://murderpedia.org/male.R/images/ramirez_richard/ramirez_101.jpg

I can't recall if these were seen on the Richard Ramirez Night Stalker segment but I saw them somewhere and almost jumped out of my skin:

http://murderpedia.org/male.R/images/ramirez_richard/ramirez_101.jpg
The one on the right was in the segment. :eek:

And special mention to Ann Sigmin's composite sketches during the update on the murder of her husband with Garey Goff. Especially the eyes on those drawings. :eek:


After watching that Ann Sigmin segment again I wonder if I am the only one who thinks she looks quite enchanting with those eyes in the first composite :lol: , the dark lipstick and hair adds to her edginess ......I am a bit bowled over by that composite , it makes her so desirable in strange way :eyes: :sleep2:

I wonder if I am the only one who thinks she looks quite enchanting

Yes, you are the only one.

some of the ones that stand out to me:

1. the composite sketches of the Son of Sam killers (it seems obvious more than just Berkowitz ALONE was involved. Probably also the Carr brothers.

2. The sketches of the unidentified Sumter county couple from 1976 (not so much the drawings, but the music and the information about the case which is still unsolved).

3. The "Danielle Britton" murders in New Orleans. Some of the sketches of the 'unidentified' women.

I can't recall if these were seen on the Richard Ramirez Night Stalker segment but I saw them somewhere and almost jumped out of my skin:

http://murderpedia.org/male.R/images/ramirez_richard/ramirez_101.jpg


The second one totally nailed what he looked like, too. At least IMO.

For me the scariest composite drawing WILL ALWAYS BE the damn Blind River Rest Stop killer. Wadada is up there, as is Sam/Alice.

The composite of the Wackers guy actually looks like a guy I waited tables with in college-- I'm not too frightened by that one. But then again, I don't have someone rattling around my house, telling me my motion detectors "are a joke.'

I don't think anyone else has mentioned this one before... but the female abductor of Marlene Santana always gave me chills.
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Yes, you are the only one.


:lol: :lol: :lol: Thanks Meg ! :lol: :)

I don't think anyone else has mentioned this one before... but the female abductor of Marlene Santana always gave me chills.
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Lord, I've thought about that one in the dark before and it had me petrified. Something about it freaks me out greatly.

Lord, I've thought about that one in the dark before and it had me petrified. Something about it freaks me out greatly.

It's the feathered hair.

It's the feathered hair.

It seriously does kind of render a subtle diabolic look.

I don't think anyone else has mentioned this one before... but the female abductor of Marlene Santana always gave me chills.
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Gozer from Ghostbusters?

Gozer from Ghostbusters?

:rotflmao:

Let's show this prehistoric b*^&# how we do things downtown!
One of the best lines ever.

Way to lighten the mood, but I got the chills just attaching the photo to my post.

I can't recall if these were seen on the Richard Ramirez Night Stalker segment but I saw them somewhere and almost jumped out of my skin:

http://murderpedia.org/male.R/images/ramirez_richard/ramirez_101.jpg

Looks more like Lou Reed.

Looks more like Lou Reed.You could say he's . . . vicious.

(I apologize.)

Looks more like Lou Reed.
ahh yeah I see it now, but to me as a kid and looking at that sketch I didn't know who Lou Reed was so I immediately thought of Gene Wilder.

ahh yeah I see it now, but to me as a kid and looking at that sketch I didn't know who Lou Reed was so I immediately thought of Gene Wilder.

He does look a bit like the late great Lou Reed now you mention it.

Claw sketch

No explanation needed. Especially the one on the left.

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The one on the right, the not so creepy one, looks exactly like my husband and every time this reruns, his mom calls:lol: and I swear he doesn't look creepy or maybe he does and I like creepy:lol: :eek:

The one on the right, the not so creepy one, looks exactly like my husband and every time this reruns, his mom calls:lol: and I swear he doesn't look creepy or maybe he does and I like creepy:lol: :eek:
Yeah that one really got me when I was a kid. That whole segment scared me so bad I just stopped watching. It took me about 10 years to watch again.

The composite sketch in the Beverly McGowan murder creeped me the hell out. It still kinda does.

The Bike Path Rapist, you just got to add that scary music they had on in the segment.

I second the NC hit and run guy. He looked REALLY weird. Another one I always found unnerving (I don't know why...it just looked odd to me) was L'il Miss Panasoffkee's sketch. I can't explain why...I just don't like seeing that one...

Yes. The NC hit and run guy sketch is extremely unnerving.

3. The "Danielle Britton" murders in New Orleans. Some of the sketches of the 'unidentified' women.


Is there a thread on here discussing the Danielle Britton murders in New Orleans?

Old thread, but I'm resurrecting it for an age progression photo that creeps me out: Michael Cline's! Just the way they did his eyes and coupled with the music.

Beverly McGowan's supposed transsexual murderer, hands down.

What nightmares are made of....

Gives transsexuals a bad name. The wig may have been tacky, but as I said on another thread, the way the sketch artist drew the wig, creating this wild, shaggy, savage effect, made it anything but. Clearly, because so many of us are still freaked out by the drawing 30 years later, and now it's on the Internet for posterity.

I don't remember a "sketch" of Alice but Sam was scary. Amazing how Parent pulled that off. Clever evil bitch.

The sketch of "Alice" might've only appeared during the original run of that segment. And if you could look at it as just a drawing of a random woman and not the complete sociopath she was (which I very much cannot do), she actually doesn't look too bad at all, odd as that sounds given the context.

As for my personal all-time creepiest:

- Bill Henderson's killer is the winner by a nose over...

- Michaela Garecht's abductor/murderer. I was seven when that segment first ran and this was one of the very rare examples of the composite being shown during the intro to the show (it still is on the Amazon reloads). I was very much NOT expecting that and was very much NOT sleeping that night.

- There was an earlier mention in this thread (like 15 years ago haha) of the Boston Shopping Mall Rapist being the most generic looking sketch and I agree. But... anyone remember the sketch that was shown during the very first run of that segment? It was anything but generic and was as unnerving as everything else about that segment.

- Bike Path Rapist sketch #1 (the very creepy eyes). The other one (guy wearing a ball cap) kind of looks like Burton Cummings.

- Son of Sam sketches. Everything about that segment is terrifying (and, as a dog lover, the German Shepard part is equal parts sad and infuriating).

- Ritchie Aderson's road rage killer (sketch looks like a creepy version of Larry David, I find).

The composite sketch in the Beverly McGowan murder creeped me the hell out. It still kinda does.

I think we need to form a "Creepy UM Composite Sketches" support group...

The sketch of "Alice" might've only appeared during the original run of that segment. And if you could look at it as just a drawing of a random woman and not the complete sociopath she was (which I very much cannot do), she actually doesn't look too bad at all, odd as that sounds given the context.

It only appeared during that original run, but like the "Sam" sketch, it's on the Internet forever. In another episode, when they updated the story because Elaine Parent had been identified, they showed Parent's picture and...dum dum dum...the "Sam" composite, because they were still looking for him at that point as an accomplice.

I do agree with you that the sketch of "Alice" looks like some modern art drawing of a reasonably attractive woman in a blond wig, as opposed to the nightmare fuel that is the "Sam" sketch. I, like you, cannot look at the Alice sketch without seeing a stone cold bitch.

This is a weird thought, but I almost can see Elaine Parent reading/watching the coverage and seeing that sketch shown over and over--that would feed her narcissistic ego. Whether she, a feminine woman, was successfully able to disguise herself as "Sam" to throw people off and impersonate Beverly McGowan, or whether a "Sam" existed in real life (and never found, creepily enough), she had to have been gloating over her own cleverness.

Another one...the man who drove the white van in which Tara Calico was supposedly photographed bound and gagged with a young boy, also bound and gagged. Ugh.

Another one...the man who drove the white van in which Tara Calico was supposedly photographed bound and gagged with a young boy, also bound and gagged. Ugh.

I don't recall a sketch in the Tara Calico abduction... but that segment also included a roll call of other missing children and for one of them (Leticia Hernandez), composites were made of a man and woman suspected of abducting her. Those sketches were pretty damned creepy.

I don't recall a sketch in the Tara Calico abduction... but that segment also included a roll call of other missing children and for one of them (Leticia Hernandez), composites were made of a man and woman suspected of abducting her. Those sketches were pretty damned creepy.

Chilling Scares had a video about photos that surfaced after people went missing--including Tara Calico: https://youtu.be/eYQYmC97HQc?si=3H7rQFSQ_Fik6pim&t=274

There's a composite sketch in the Tara Calico part. Matthew Chase is in the video too.

Chilling Scares had a video about photos that surfaced after people went missing--including Tara Calico: https://youtu.be/eYQYmC97HQc?si=3H7rQFSQ_Fik6pim&t=274

There's a composite sketch in the Tara Calico part. Matthew Chase is in the video too.

Thanks for sharing... I guess haha.

Yeah, not the most pleasant looking guy. The sketch sort of looks like the guy who was the prime suspect in the disappearance of Lenny Dirickson.

Thanks for sharing... I guess haha.

Yeah, not the most pleasant looking guy. The sketch sort of looks like the guy who was the prime suspect in the disappearance of Lenny Dirickson.

When I was bingeing the Unsolved Mysteries from FilmRise and also Mr. Nightmare, in the Recommended videos in the right hand was a video about "most disturbing police sketches." I did NOT click on that one, but I bet anything some of our UM nightmares are on there.