Birthdays: Mary Shelley, Brian Yuzna, Johanna BraddyDeaths: Wes Craven Movie releases: Child's Play 3, The Crow: City of Angels, Feardotcom Video game releases: Resident Evil: Survivor, Fatal Frame
Infant dies after being put in microwave
August 30, 2005 Dayton, Ohio 28-day-old Paris Talley is murdered by her mother Paris' mother, China Arnold, allegedly put the infant into a microwave following an argument over Paris' paternity between Arnold and Paris' father Tarrell Talley. Investigators believed Paris was in the microwave for at least 2 minutes. Arnold took Paris to the hospital…
Elderly woman murdered by teen
Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune August 30, 1936 Chicago, Illinois An elderly woman is beaten with a hammer and strangled with a wire for $8 in jewelry Agnes Roffeis was attacked in her home with a hammer and a wire. She was hit so hard with the tack hammer that the handle broke. $8…
FLW — Wrongfully executed?
Famous Last Words Alton Waye Virginia August 30, 1989 "I would express what is about to take place is a murder. I don't hate anyone. I forgive everyone involved." Waye was convicted of the 1977 rape and murder of a 61-year-old woman. The woman had been beaten until she was no longer recognizable, stabbed 42…
Horror History — August 29
Birthdays: Charles Gray, William Friendkin, Joel Schumacher, Frank Henenlotter, Tom SixMovie releases: The Fly, He Knows You're Alone, Jeepers Creepers II, As Above, So Below