Post by The HangMan on Apr 13, 2006 4:42:21 GMT -5
John Wayne Glover (1932-September 9, 2005) was a serial killer responsible for the North Shore Granny Murders in Australia. He was nicknamed "The Granny Killer" for his trademark murders that involved attacking older woman by beating them on the head with a hammer until they collapsed, then by strangling them with their underwear.
John Wayne Glover; police mugshotOriginally from England, Glover emigrated to Australia in 1956.
Glover, who had been sexually obsessed with elderly women ever since his own mother's death, began his criminal career by molesting and robbing them at random. He was apparently able to keep his violent impulses under some measure of control until he was well into middle age, as there is no evidence of his committing murder until 1989, when he was 57. By then, he had been married for 20 years and had children.
In November 1989, Glover began his North Shore killing spree, which lasted until March 1990. His final victim was a woman he was having an affair with; he attempted suicide afterward, and was found, near death, by police officers lying near his victim's body.
He was convicted of six murders and given a life sentence. He admitted to his crimes only when confronted with the powerful evidence of his guilt, and denied responsibility for other crimes in which he was a prime suspect.
He hanged himself in prison on September 9, 2005.
John Wayne Glover; police mugshotOriginally from England, Glover emigrated to Australia in 1956.
Glover, who had been sexually obsessed with elderly women ever since his own mother's death, began his criminal career by molesting and robbing them at random. He was apparently able to keep his violent impulses under some measure of control until he was well into middle age, as there is no evidence of his committing murder until 1989, when he was 57. By then, he had been married for 20 years and had children.
In November 1989, Glover began his North Shore killing spree, which lasted until March 1990. His final victim was a woman he was having an affair with; he attempted suicide afterward, and was found, near death, by police officers lying near his victim's body.
He was convicted of six murders and given a life sentence. He admitted to his crimes only when confronted with the powerful evidence of his guilt, and denied responsibility for other crimes in which he was a prime suspect.
He hanged himself in prison on September 9, 2005.
