October 24, 1977 Soviet Union Anatoly Biryukov (Анатолий Бирюков) is apprehended following a failed abduction of an infant Biryukov had previously abducted and murdered 5 infants. The first was taken on September 16, 1977 from an unattended stroller momentarily left in front of a baby formula store. The baby's body was found in an apartment…
Horror History — October 24
Birthdays: F. Murray Abraham, John Kassir, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Shenae Grimes-Breech Movie releases: Motel Hell, Bones, Saw V, Ouija
FLW: does not forgive those who convicted him
Famous Last Words Stephen Johns St. Louis, Missouri October 24, 2001 "Missouri and its agents have killed innocent men in the past. I guess they think it's just part of doing business. I have, over the past many years, heard many "last words" of those killed by the State and its citizens. They range from…
Astronomer dies from refusal to urinate
October 24, 1601 Prague, Habsburg Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire (now Czech Republic) Astronomer and nobleman Tycho Brahe dies following a ruptured bladder, reportedly suffered when he politely refused to excuse himself during a banquet When Brahe was around 20 years old, he quarreled with another man on two occasions, the second of which ended in…
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