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"I don't like Monday," says A Lady who killed because she hates Monday, Brenda Ann Spencer
- Brenda was one of the first school shooters in the United States. But why did she do that? Well . she hates Monday. I have been arguing with myself for months about whether there is an opportunity to cover such a case, but in the end I feel that I can cover it in a way that is sensitive to the victims of the crime and who they may have been. They have been influenced by something similar in the current era. That said, it will be difficult for some of you. This is the case for Cleveland Elementary School markswoman Brenda Ann Spencer.
By Odoh Charles6 years ago in Criminal
The Reckoning
Mrs Anna Smith sat at the kitchen table, sipping her coffee. Her cheeks were speckled with fresh tears. She drew a steadying breath, wiping her eyes with the back of her free hand. It had been more than a week but she couldn’t stem the flow of tears. Robert is a wonderful man, loving father and husband. Was. Anna corrected herself, her eyes focused on the window overlooking the sunlit driveway. It had been more than a week, but everyday was difficult. She struggled to keep the fragments of her life intact. But she could not succumb to her grief. She needed to be strong, if not for herself, then for the sake of her children.
By Ahed Attar6 years ago in Criminal
Do You Want To Own A Casino One Day?
George Clooney (Danny Ocean in the movie) begins the movie by being paroled and immediately hatches a criminal plan to rob a three casinos in Vegas. The owner of the three casinos Bellagio, Mirage, and the MGM Grand, Terry Benedict was dating Danny Ocean’s wife, Julia Roberts (Tess in the movie).
By Eben Donkor6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: Theodore Edward Coneys Spun a Web of Murder
Before the late Marvel creative minds behind Spider-Man conceived of this figure, there was another spiderman but he existed as no hero. Theodore Edward Coneys , in 1941, was definitely no Anne Frank either who’s fame would rise in the coming years. But he did take on the moniker “The Denver Spider Man of Moncrieff Place” and hid in an attic for nine months.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
‘The Last Days Of American Crime’ Is a Joyless Ordeal
In a (slightly more) dystopian near-future, The USA is preparing to turn on the ‘American Peace Initiative’, a signal that acts as “a synaptic dampener making it impossible for a person to carry out an act they know to be unlawful.”
By MovieBabble6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: Murderer Rainey Bethea Requested to Have Off His Shoes Before His Execution
It took at least fifteen minutes for Rainey Bethea to be strangled to death before a crowd numbering past 15,000. For what reason did Bethea hang from the platform in Owensboro, Kentucky that August 14, 1936 day? Bethea had been charged with rape which brought with it a penalty of hanging. He swung from the scaffold as the last person to be publicly executed in the state of Kentucky.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal
The Mysterious Sodder Children Disappearance
It was the winter night of Monday, December 24, 1945, in the rural town of Fayetteville, West Virginia. George and Jennie Sodder had just commenced minor Christmas Eve celebrations with their some nine children, an infant included, all of whom resided in the home together, with the exception of one absent son away serving in the military in World War II at the time. Five of these nine children asked their parents to stay up past their normal bedtime hour to play with their new Christmas toys, given to them by their older sister. Consenting to the idea, the Sodder parents went to bed, only to be woken at around 1 a.m. to their home ablaze.
By Angela Rose6 years ago in Criminal
Reason First: Murderer Giuseppe Zangara Just Wanted to Ride ‘Old Sparky’
Capitalism is the political-economic social system of justice. The irony that is inherent in the story of murderer Giuseppe Zangara, a complete collectivist and altruist, is that he attempted to kill one of the most anti-capitalist figures of all time, then President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt. Instead of forever silencing the future 32nd president of the United States of America, he inadvertently struck Chicago mayor Tony Cermak in the lung, killing him.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in Criminal











