This rare photograph shows Maggie Young with her family - husband James Young, four of her children, and two grandparents of the children.
In 1965, a tragic series of murders took place in Aiea, Hawaii. Maggie Young, a mother of five, took the lives of her children one by one, laid them out on the bed, and quickly confessed to police. One year after her crimes, Maggie took her own life while being treated in a medical facility. Almost 60 years have passed since this often forgotten case of familicide, with a very limited amount of coverage by the media.
Outside of a handful of local news articles in 1965, and a minor resurgence of interest in 2001 due to a connection to a more modern series of crimes - there is not much information on Maggie Young, her family, her life, and death. Images of Maggie and her family are sparse, documents on her case have not been made public, and few efforts have been made to archive information on this unique case in American true crime history.
At the tail end of 2024, a collection came through Cult Collectibles which provided a new, in depth look at Maggie Young and her family. This collection contains documents, photographs, and video reels brings to light more details on Young’s crimes, giving us a brighter understanding of the woman herself and the failures in mental health care of the time that may have been a significant factor in her crimes and subsequent suicide.
Read more about Maggie Young here.
This rare photograph shows Maggie Young with her family - husband James Young, four of her children, and two grandparents of the children.
In 1965, a tragic series of murders took place in Aiea, Hawaii. Maggie Young, a mother of five, took the lives of her children one by one, laid them out on the bed, and quickly confessed to police. One year after her crimes, Maggie took her own life while being treated in a medical facility. Almost 60 years have passed since this often forgotten case of familicide, with a very limited amount of coverage by the media.
Outside of a handful of local news articles in 1965, and a minor resurgence of interest in 2001 due to a connection to a more modern series of crimes - there is not much information on Maggie Young, her family, her life, and death. Images of Maggie and her family are sparse, documents on her case have not been made public, and few efforts have been made to archive information on this unique case in American true crime history.
At the tail end of 2024, a collection came through Cult Collectibles which provided a new, in depth look at Maggie Young and her family. This collection contains documents, photographs, and video reels brings to light more details on Young’s crimes, giving us a brighter understanding of the woman herself and the failures in mental health care of the time that may have been a significant factor in her crimes and subsequent suicide.
Read more about Maggie Young here.
