Birthdays: Dan O'Bannon, Lacey Chabert, Greyston Holt Movie releases: Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, Pulse 2: Afterlife, Rest Stop: Don't Look Back Television premieres: Tales from the Darkside Video game releases: Fallout, Silent Hill: Homecoming
Man executed for extravagant murder scheme
September 30, 1921 Chicago, Illinois Carl Wanderer is hanged for the murder of his pregnant wife and the vagrant he hired to pretend to rob them Wanderer, a decorated soldier during World War I, had been a closeted homosexual and married his wife for money. Allegedly, he planned to kill her after he was informed…
Jack the Ripper’s third and fourth victims
September 30, 1888 London, England Jack the Ripper victims numbers 3 and 4, Elizabeth "Long Liz" Stride and Catherine Eddowes are killed Stride was found with blood still flowing from her neck wound, and her attack may have been interrupted by the man who discovered her body. Stride was found at approximately 1 am; between…
James Dean killed in car crash
September 30, 1955 Cholame, California James Dean is killed at the age of 24 in a car crash Dean and his Porsche-trained mechanic, Rolf Wütherich, were speeding at approximately 85mph in a 55mph zone when they collided almost directly head-on with a young man driving a Ford Tudor coupe. The crash caused extensive damage to…
Fictional History: Texas Chainsaw 3D
September 29, 2012 Newt, Texas Verna Sawyer Carson, matriarch of the Sawyer clan and grandmother of Leatherface, dies
