Houston has seen its share of gruesome crimes | NewsRadio 740 KTRH
By Jon Sullivan Mar 16, 2021 Houston has seen its share of gruesome crimes over the years, dating back to the apparent poisoning of Rice University benefactor William Marsh Rice in 1900. But the following can be counted among the most unsettling in recent history. 1970-1973 - Houston's most notorious serial killings - Elmer Wayne Henley Jr., Dean Corll and David Owen Brooks committed a series of murders in which at least 28 teenage boys and young men were abducted, tortured, raped and murdered. Many were lured to Corill's home in Pasadena where they died. Most of their bodies were recovered ...