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THE CASE ATLAS

Roads Traveled

Explore the places behind the stories.

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THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY

A Road Through the Stories

86 places

Check access notes before traveling. Private properties are historical references, not visitor attractions.

Follow the dated locations in order. Broad periods can overlap; undated stops appear last. This is a historical timeline, not driving directions.

  1. August 4, 1892Crime Location
    Green clapboard Lizzie Borden House in Fall River, photographed from across Second Street in 2017.
    Photo Credit

    The Borden house in 2017. The house is now operated as a museum and inn.

    Lizzie Borden House, Fall River, Massachusetts — ©2017 Kenneth C. Zirkel, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. · CC BY-SA 4.0. Displayed to fit; adaptations under the same license. Photo may predate current conditions.

    Lizzie Borden House

    Lizzie Borden

    230 Second Street, Fall River, MA 02721 · Historically 92 Second Street (at the time of the 1892 murders)

    The historic Borden home is now an inn and museum offering guided tours. Andrew and Abby Borden were killed here on August 4, 1892; Lizzie Borden was later tried and acquitted.

    Access & Visiting Information

    Museum and inn offering booked tours and overnight stays. Reserve through the venue and check its current calendar before traveling.

  2. January 1947Recovery Site
    Location Photo
    Not Available

    Elizabeth Short recovery location

    Elizabeth Short

    South Norton Avenue near historical 3831, Los Angeles, California

    Short's body was found beside a vacant lot in January 1947. The area was later developed; no connection to present occupants is implied.

    Access & Visiting Information

    The historical setting has changed. No public access to private land or buildings has been verified.

  3. 1957Public History Site
  4. 1957Investigation Site
    Location Photo
    Not Available

    Site of Ed Gein's farmhouse

    Ed Gein

    Second Avenue and Archer Avenue, Plainfield area, Wisconsin

    Gein's farmhouse was part of the 1957 investigation. Fire destroyed the original building in 1958.

    Access & Visiting Information

    The original structure no longer exists. Present-day land or replacement buildings are not open attractions; no visitor access was verified.

  5. 1961Public History Site
  6. July 1966Crime Location
    Location Photo
    Not Available

    Former student nurses' residence

    Richard Speck

    2319 East 100th Street, Chicago, Illinois

    Eight student nurses were murdered at this residence in July 1966. It was then used as student accommodation.

    Access & Visiting Information

    Historical reference only. No tour or public entry has been verified; respect residents and do not contact occupants.

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Maps & Further ResearchOutside maps, data and reading guides

A FIELD GUIDE TO THE MAPS

Follow the geography

Use these outside resources alongside the case library. Each answers a different question about a place.

Patterns · U.S. homicide data

Murder Accountability Project

The county dashboard groups homicides to help researchers examine geographic patterns and reported clearance rates. Similarities can suggest questions for investigators; they do not prove that cases share a perpetrator.

Before comparing a case
  1. Check the county and reporting agency, then adjust the year range. The link opens an unfiltered source page.
  2. Individual Supplementary Homicide Report data starts in 1976 and omits victims’ names. Older cases and the Canadian Bernardo–Homolka case are outside that coverage.
  3. A report’s original solved/unsolved classification may not reflect later developments. Use current case reporting for case status.
  4. Distinguish a statistical resemblance from a connection established by evidence. Missing reports also limit comparisons.

Our case notes link to MAP’s own discussions of Gary Ridgway, JonBenét Ramsey and Samuel Little.

Places · historical locations

Our Location Guides

Explore 78 historical locations researched using Odd Stops, alongside our other sourced landmarks. Read the case connection and access notes on Unforgotten Casebook, with licensed photographs where available. Original sources are credited within each guide.

A listed address does not mean a place welcomes visitors. Check each card for museum, public-space, private-property or demolished-site information.

Independent map essay · worldwide

Where are the Serial Killers?

Theresa H Ye’s January 2021 ArcGIS StoryMap presents an international tour and a section on Samuel Little’s geography. It includes U.S. profiles of Gacy, Dahmer and Bundy.

An independent presentation hosted on ArcGIS, not an official police map. Its biographical claims and victim figures need separate verification; use it as supplementary reading.

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Community discussion · worldwide

Reddit’s serial-killer map discussion

A January 2023 r/MapPorn post shares a map described by its poster as based on Wikipedia. The discussion raises concerns about missing people and misplaced markers, including birthplaces versus crime locations.

We have not adopted its coordinates or victim counts. Its “all known” title is the poster’s claim, not a verified statement of complete coverage.

Read the map and discussion ↗

External resources reviewed September 14, 2026. They have their own coverage, terms and privacy policies. Maps and photographs from these sites are not automatically licensed for reuse.

Location Source ReviewsCoverage, methodology and the downloadable checklist

LOCATION COVERAGE · SEPTEMBER 14, 2026

Sources for Documented Locations

These 35 cases have documented locations and a source review. We opened matching location pages and reviewed the supplied ArcGIS essay and Reddit discussion.

35cases reviewed
34cases with Odd Stops locations
78individual location pages
3MAP case discussions

A source can mention a person without documenting a location. One additional Odd Stops case and Ted Bundy’s MAP result are mentions only. Two candidate location pages were inaccessible and remain unverified. “No verified match” means none was found in the accessible material searched; it does not establish absence from an entire archive.

What this review covers

For each cataloged case, searches used the case name and relevant names or aliases. We also inspected accessible Odd Stops index pages and MAP’s available blog feed. Each included location page was opened to check its connection, and the address or area was labeled as historical, biographical, a recovery site, or another specific connection.

MAP’s three direct case discussions concern Ridgway, JonBenét Ramsey, and Samuel Little. Bundy appears in a board member’s biography. We did not match people to anonymous homicide rows or treat a county cluster as proof of a shared perpetrator. The 2021 ArcGIS essay includes four cataloged cases; the Reddit map’s coordinates and counts were not imported.

This is a review of the four linked map resources, not a fresh verification of every court record, media item, or present-day property condition in the case library. Photographs require separate reuse permission, and visitor access requires current venue information.

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35 case results

Source coverage reviewed September 14, 2026
CaseOdd StopsMurderDataArcGIS essay
Aileen Wuornos2 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
Atlanta child murders1 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
Betty Gore & Candy Montgomery1 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
Casey Anthony & Caylee Anthony1 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
Cassie Jo Stoddart1 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
David Berkowitz8 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
Dee Dee & Gypsy Rose Blanchard1 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
Dennis Rader8 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
Dorothy Stratten1 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
Ed Gein1 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
Edmund Kemper1 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
Elizabeth Short1 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
Gary Ridgway2 location pagesNamed case discussionNot included in this essay
Jeffrey Dahmer7 location pagesNo verified match foundProfile in 2021 essay
Jennifer Kesse1 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
Jodi Arias & Travis Alexander1 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
Jodi Huisentruit1 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
John List & his family1 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
John Wayne Gacy2 location pagesNo verified match foundProfile in 2021 essay
JonBenét Ramsey2 location pagesNamed case discussionNot included in this essay
Joseph James DeAngelo2 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
Laci Peterson1 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
Lizzie Borden1 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
Lyle & Erik MenendezNo verified match foundNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
Maggie & Paul Murdaugh2 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
Nicole Brown Simpson & Ron Goldman3 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
Rebecca Schaeffer1 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
Richard Ramirez2 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
Richard Speck1 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
Samuel Little3 location pagesNamed case discussionProfile in 2021 essay
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez1 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
Shanann Watts & her daughters2 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
Skylar Neese1 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay
Ted Bundy11 location pagesBiographical mention onlyProfile in 2021 essay
Zodiac killings3 location pagesNo verified match foundNot included in this essay