Birthdays: Klaus Kinski, George C. Scott, Peter Boyle, Joe Morton, Tyler Posey Movie releases: Re-Animator, The Ring, Carrie (2013) Video game releases: Quake 4
Man murders wife, children then kills self
October 18, 2011 Cross River, New York Sam Friedlander beats his wife Amy to death, shoots their children Molly (10) and Gregory (8), and kills himself Before the murder-suicide, Sam and Amy had been in the middle of a bitter divorce. Sam's friends stated Sam had alleged Amy was trying to use the children against…
FLW: glimpse into a beautiful afterlife
Famous Last Words Thomas Edison West Orange, New Jersey October 18, 1931 "It's very beautiful over there!" Edison is known as a great inventor, bringing many electric devices to the public. Though those are not his actual Last Words (they were said several days before his death), they are the most memorable ones he spoke…
Random news: child dies when dress catches fire; police accused of beating out a confession; prank leads to death; man shoots son
From the Chicago Daily Tribune Published October 18, 1931 Rockford, Illinois Salem, Illinois Chicago, Illinois First article: a 5-year-old died after her dress caught on fire. Second: a young man accused police of kicking him and pulling his hair to coerce a confession from him. Third: a "prank" somehow led to a young man's intestines…
A student mourns the murder of his teacher
October 18, 2009 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Teacher Evandro João da Silva is murdered Da Silva had coordinated a group called Afro Reggae, a project designed to help kids learn music and kindness rather than violence in the areas afflicted by poverty. On October 18, da Silva was shot during a mugging. A closed circuit…
