September 23 New York, New York The events of Little Shop of Horrors (1986) begin
Horror History — September 23
Birthdays: Elizabeth Peña, Chi McBride, Alex Proyas, Kaylee DeFer Movie releases: Dead Ringers, Corpse Bride Video game releases: System Shock, The Typing of the Dead, Slender: The Arrival
FLW: a series of unfortunate events
Famous Last Words David Castillo Texas September 23, 1998 "Keep it brief here. Just want to say, uh, family, take care of yourselves. Uh, look at this as a learning experience. Everything happens for a reason. We all know what really happened, but there are some things you just can't fight. Little people always seem…
The first two victims of the Cleveland Torso Murderer found (graphic)

September 23, 1935 Cleveland, Ohio Edward Andrassy and an unidentified male are found decapitated and emasculated near Jackass Hill The headless, emasculated bodies of Andrassy and a still unidentified male were discovered roughly 30 feet from each other. Though both bodies had been found the same day, they had been murdered at separate times: Andrassy…
Child raped, beaten to death by neighbor
September 23, 1981 Lakeland, Florida Phillip Alexander Atkins kidnaps 6-year-old Antonio "Tony" Castillo, rapes him, then beats the boy to death with a lead pipe Atkins was one of Castillo's neighbor. He lured the boy into his car before driving to a secured area where he raped Castillo. Castillo threatened to tell police and his…