Lancaster poisoned his wife, her father, her three sisters, her former fiancé, her aunt and a servant and to make it look like a local epidemic, went on to poison some of his neighbours. Lancaster was hung from his own front door at High Wray Farm and then taken by horse and cart to Poole Stang where his body was placed on a gibbet to rot away. (8 April 1672)
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Friday 24th of March 1972 (-) — Victim of Dean Corll aka The Candyman Frank Aguirre is raped and strangled by Dean Corll aka The Candyman. Wayne Henley and Owen Brooks called Aguirre over to Corll's van on Yale Street and invited him to drink beer and smoke marijuana with them at Corll's apartment. Aguirre was buried at High Island Beach.
Sunday 21st of May 1972 (-) — Victim of Dean Corll aka The Candyman Billy Baulch is tortured and strangled by Dean Corll aka The Candyman. He was strangled by Wayne Henley and buried at High Island Beach.