November 6, 1948 Chester, Pennsylvania Melvin “Bad Boy” Collins (38) goes on a shooting spree, killing 8 and wounding 4 before killing himself The motive behind the attack has been contributed to an argument over numbers, an illegal lottery in which gamblers would place bets on which numbers would be featured in various daily activities…
FLW: Fifteen Minutes
Famous Last Words Terry Doug Clark Santa Fe, New Mexico November 6, 2001 “Fifteen minutes.” Clark was executed for the 1986 rape and murder of 9-year-old Dena Lynn Gore from Artesia, New Mexico. Clark kidnapped Dena, raped her, shot her in the back of the head three times, and buried her in a shallow grave.…
Teen held down by mother, stabbed to death by father for having job, dating
November 6, 1989 St. Louis, Missouri 16-year-old Palestina “Tina” Isa is stabbed to death by her father as her mother holds her down Unbeknownst to the Isas, the FBI had been recording the Isa household after suspecting Zein Isa of having connections to the Abu Nidal Organization, a Palestinian nationalist militant group. Though the FBI…
Today in Horror History: November 6
Birthdays: Ethan Hawke (November 6, 1970), who starred in Alive (1993), Gattaca (1997), Taking Lives (2004), Daybreakers (2009), Sinister (2012), Total Recall (2012), and The Purge (2013). Hawke in The Purge Rebecca Romijn (November 6, 1972), who starred in The Punisher (2004), Godsend (2004), “Eastwick,” and Possessing Piper Rose (2011). Romijn in “Eastwick” Movie releases:…
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