November 9, 2014 McLean, Virginia Lawyer Andrew Schmuhl (31) invaded the home of Leo Fisher (61) and his wife Susan Duncan (61), stabs each, and leaves them to die for firing Schmuhl’s wife two weeks before Andrew’s wife Alecia Schmuhl (30), also an attorney, had worked for Fisher until her employment was terminated due to…
Wife killer hanged
November 9, 1921 Chicago, Illinois Frank Ligregni is hanged for the murder of his wife On December 21, 1920, Ligregni visited his wife Genevieve at the boarding school where she taught, after she invited him to spend the Christmas holiday with her. He attempted to persuade her to leave her job in Bartlett, Illinois and…
Today in Horror History: November 9
Birthdays: Alyson Court (November 9, 1973), who starred in My Pet Monster (1986), “The Twilight Zone” (episode: The Mind of Simon Foster), “Beetlejuice” (TV series), “Tales from the Cryptkeeper” (episode: The Avenging Phantom/Myth Conceptions), and Claire Redfield in several Resident Evil games. Alyson Court and two of the characters she’s voiced, Claire Redfield and Lydia…
Jack the Ripper’s final victim (graphic)
November 9, 1888 London, England Mary Jane Kelly (25), the fifth and final official victim of Jack the Ripper, is found dead and horribly mutilated even by The Ripper’s standard Kelly was killed and mutilated in her room rather than on the streets like previous victims. Possibly because of the privacy, Jack the Ripper spent…
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