Famous Serial Killers Who Are Pisces
Scotland's most notorious serial killer is Peter Manuel, known as the "Beast of Birkenshaw" (per Glasgow Live). During the 1950s, this monster terrorized the country with some of the most violent sexual assaults and murders known in this nation's modern history.
A deeply troubled youth, Manuel was sent away as a teen to live in a boarding school for juvenile delinquents (per the Daily Express). Manuel began exhibiting sexually disturbing behaviors and committing acts of sexual violence at the young age of 15, including act one against the wife of a school worker. That act resulted in Manuel being sentenced to two years in prison. Over the next twelve years, Manuel was in and out of prison for various sexual assault arrests. His violence was escalating beyond assault, however. At the age of 28, Manuel committed his first known murder, 17-year-old Anne Kneilands. The victim was also sexually assaulted.
Manuel murdered at least seven others over the next year, with his final known victims being the Smart family, whom he killed on New Year's Day, 1958. After breaking into their home, he shot and killed Peter and Doris Smart and their 10-year-old son Michael. He was convicted of seven murders at his trial in 1958 and sentenced to die by the court. That sentence was carried out in June of that year when a noose was tightened around Manuel's neck, and his body dropped from the gallows.
If you or anyone you know has been a victim of sexual assault, help is available. Visit the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network website or contact RAINN's National Helpline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).
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