Birthdays: Yaphet Kotto, Kevin J. O'Connor, Jonny Lee Miller, Sean Murray Movie releases: The Phantom of the Opera, Frankenstein's Daughter, Once Bitten, Cape Fear
Serial killer “big-eared midget” dies in prison cell
November 15, 1944 Ushuaia, Argentina Serial killer Cayetano Santos Godino, nicknamed Petiso Orejudo (translation: "big-eared midget" or "macrotous runt"), dies in prison Godino began his life of crime at very early, killing cats and birds before he was 7 when he graduated to beating a 2-year-old and throwing him in a ditch. A year later…
Two women found mutilated on the same day (graphic)

November 15, 1944 Los Angeles, California Virginia Lee Griffin is found by a hotel maid after being murdered and mutilated by Otto Stephen Wilson Warning: graphic images On November 14, Griffin and Wilson went to a hotel room with the intention of sex. As soon as she was undressed, Wilson struck Griffin then choked her…
Clippings: woman defiantly wears slacks to court; police called when neighbor accidentally sets self on fire
From the Chicago Daily Tribune Published November 15, 1938 A woman hoped to prevail over "anti-slackism," defiantly wearing slacks instead of a court-mandated dress. Neighbors witnessed a woman engulfed in flames in her living room, likely from a cigarette igniting her clothing.