August 21, 1952 Scania, Sweden Tore Hedin kills 9 and himself after his fiancé left him Hedin, a 25-year-old police officer, had previously robbed and murdered a friend in November 1951 before setting the crime scene on fire. He was assigned to the case and, unsurprisingly, was unable to catch the killer. (Pictured, Hedin quizzically…
Today in Horror History: August 21
Birthdays:Patty McCormack (August 21, 1945) who starred in The Bad Seed (1956), Bug (1975), Saturday the 14th Strikes Back (1988), “Freddy’s Nightmares” (episode Photo Finish), Mommy (1995), Mommy’s Day (1997), Inhabited (2003), The Silvergleam Whistle (2003), Shallow Ground (2004), Left in Darkness (2006), In the Wall (2007), Psycho Hillbilly Cabin Massacre! (2007), and “Supernatural” (episode:…
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