We continue with one of the more savage series of crimes on this list. "Please, no!" Joseph and Michael Kallinger (1974-75)
"I don't want to think of it!" she yelled at reporter Barbara Laker. The disorder is marked by "attention-seeking behavior by a caregiver through those who are in their care," according to WebMD.īy all accounts, the 88-year-old is still alive and was living in Philadelphia when she agreed to an interview with the Philadelphia Daily News in 2010.īut she refused to speak about her crimes. Noe may have suffered from a psychological disorder called Munchausen syndrome by proxy, according to some experts. Noe pleaded guilty to eight counts of second-degree murder in 1999 and was sentenced to five years of house arrest and 20 years of probation. Police reportedly reopened the investigation in the late 1990s after the case found its way into a Philadelphia Magazine article and the 1998 book, "The Death of Innocents." One day, when they were left with only their mother at home, all eight babies would suddenly begin gasping for breath and turning blue in the face. On social media, rampant speculation, theories in Bucks County slayingsĮach case ended in the same way, prosecutors said.Girlfriend of Bucks County murder victim shares moving tribute on Instagram.Two charged with homicide in Bucks County slayings.'Friend' opens door to Cosmo DiNardo's social media posts in live 'stalk session'.It took 35 years before prosecutors brought murder charges against Noe, who was 70 when she was accused of suffocating eight of her children in a 19-year span. Noe's curious case prompted a Life Magazine story in 1963 that sympathetically painted the Philadelphia housewife and part-time factory worker as a bereaved mother. In addition to the deaths of the eight children that Noe would have over three decades with her husband, Arthur, two other children never made it out of the hospital. Marie Noe is a Philadelphia mother who had eight children die before the age of 2.Īt first, she was portrayed as having a string of horrible luck when it came to birthing and raising children.
Here's a list of some of Philadelphia's most notorious murders: Marie Noe (1949-68) Some gripped their communities in fear until they were solved. Some headlines even shocked the nation and the world. Some may not.īut they all shocked the city at one time or another over the last several decades. We've taken a look back at murder cases that may ring a bell. Or the city shoemaker who enlisted a curious partner-in-crime to rob, assault and torture four families? Or the Philly mother whose 10 young children all died before age 2? Who could forget the self-anointed bishop who ran a church – and a makeshift torture chamber – out of his North Philadelphia home? In fact, Philadelphia is ground zero for notorious murders in the region. RELATED: On anniversary of Ted Bundy's execution, Netflix releases docuseries about serial killer and one-time Temple student The slayings by accused killer Cosmo DiNardo occurred about 15 miles north of the Philadelphia city limits. The mass murders of four young men in a quiet Bucks County town in July were heinous by any definition.