5 True Stories of Gruesome Honeymoon Murders

5 True Stories of Gruesome Honeymoon Murders

The line “I now pronounce you husband and wife” is sweetly sealed with the newly-wed couple’s kiss amidst an eruption of cheers. Then the new phase of building a family starts with a blissful honeymoon. Unfortunately, for the following individuals, their journey to a new beginning abruptly ended as they became victims of gruesome honeymoon murders.

5. Isabella Hellman Murder
How does a belated honeymoon trip to the Bahamas, Saint Maarten, Puerto Rico and Cuba sound? Any woman would surely find this a romantic “holiday in paradise,” and 41-year old Isabella Hellman was no exception. She and her 42-year old husband Lewis Bennett fulfilled their sailboat adventure in May 2017, three months after getting married.

4. Michaela McAreavey Murder
Mauritius takes pride of its tourism sector so the island nation has been a favorite honeymoon destination. But in January 2011, it notoriously became the setting of Michaela McAreavey’s murder that attracted international media coverage. After all, Michaela was the daughter of Mickey Harte, a distinguished football manager from Northern Ireland

3. Helga Konrad Murder
Many women have enjoyed being a wife for a lifetime, while Helga Konrad was one for just a few hours. No, she didn’t divorce her 21-year old Dutch husband Ernest Dumoulin. Helga was killed by Ernest on their honeymoon night.

2. Anni Dewani Murder
South Africa’s economy is reliant on tourism, yet its murder rate on average is 46 per day. In November 2010, Swedish-Indian Anni Dewani became part of the statistics. Anni and her husband Shrien were honeymooning in Cape Town ten days after they wed in Mumbai, India on October 2

1. Ben and Catherine Mullany Murders
British couple Ben and Catherine Mullany had a bright future ahead of them as medical practitioners, and as newly-weds in 2008. But their honeymoon murders in Antigua crushed their dreams even before they could begin the new phase in their lives.