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
Month: August 2017
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… Continue reading Infant dies after being put in microwave
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… Continue reading Elderly woman murdered by teen
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… Continue reading FLW — Wrongfully executed?
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
