The Sewer Bone That Cracked Egypt's Most Infamous Serial Killer Case

In 1920 Alexandria, Egypt, a shocking series of murders came to light when sanitation workers discovered a human bone. A forensic investigation revealed fourteen female bodies buried beneath two houses. The victims, all sex workers, had no missing persons reports because their families had disowned them. The culprits were two sisters, Raya and Sakina, and their husbands, Hasaballah and Abdul Aal. Living in poverty and resorting to theft and prostitution, the four formed a criminal gang that lured, robbed, and murdered sex workers to steal their gold. The investigation eventually led to the arrest and execution of the four main perpetrators, dispelling later myths that Raya and Sakina were national heroes or that they killed British officers.