Murderers And Their Mothers

Mark Howe murdered his mother Katrina Wardle in a brutal knife attack, stabbing her more than 53 times in the face, mouth, neck, chest and arms.

The death of his mother triggered a change in the character of Peter Moore, who went on to kill four men in the space of three months.

Michael Ryan went on a killing spree in the small town of Hungerford, resulting in the murder of 16 people, including his own mother.

Peter Sutcliffe, a once quiet boy who was very close to his mother, was convicted of murdering thirteen women and attacking seven other women.

Thomas Watt Hamilton murdered almost an entire class of primary schoolchildren at the Dunblane Primary School in Scotland on March 13, 1996.