1976

The Randall Dale Adams case was the wrongful conviction and later exoneration of Randall Dale Adams for the 1976 murder of Dallas police officer Robert W. Wood.

Podcast 'Danske Drabssager' has released a new episode about a dark family tragedy from 1976, in which a father killed his entire family in a violent attack. Host Stine Bolther walks listeners through the case, which took place in a peaceful residential area of Denmark.

In late August 1976, 23-year-old Elizabeth Plunkett vanished from Brittas Bay in County Wicklow, Ireland. Her body was discovered weeks later—raped, strangled, and bound to a lawnmower. Nearly 50 years later, her sisters are demanding justice for a crime that was never prosecuted.

In August and September 1976, English serial killers Geoffrey Evans and John Shaw abducted, raped, and murdered two young Irish women in what became known as Ireland's first serial killing case. Despite confessing to both murders, neither man was ever convicted of the crimes.