October 30, 1918Kankakee, IllinoisMary Hawkins dies in an asylum; she is later said to haunt Easter Illinois University’s Pemberton Hall One stormy night in January 1916, while the rest of the students and faculty were at home for the holidays, Eastern Illinois University’s Pemberton Hall had three lonely occupants. One — a young woman named…
Two men trapped on top of a burning wind turbine perish
October 29, 2013Ooltgensplaat, NetherlandsA fire starts in a wind turbine, trapping two workers at the top On October 29, four engineers were performing maintenance on 12 turbines at Deltawind’s Piet de Wit wind farm in the Netherlands. A fire began in the engine room and, while two of the workers were able to escape the…
Man executed for the murder and sexual assault of a child
October 28, 2008Huntsville, TexasEric Charles Nenno (47) is executed for the murder and sexual assault of a 7-year-old On March 23, 1995, Nicole Benton (7) was attending a large gathering in Hockley, Texas in celebration of her father’s birthday. While her father was playing guitar in his country band, Benton disappeared. Another parent noticed her…
Woman bludgeons, suffocates young son
October 27, 1899London, EnglandLouise Josephine Masset (36) kills her 3-year-old son Masset’s son Manfred was left in the care of a guardian named Miss Gentle from the time he was 3 weeks old, and his £12 a year (approximately £1,550 in today’s economy) maintenance was paid by Manfred’s father. While Manfred was in Gentle’s care,…
Teen kills mother and stepfather, either because of resentment over chores or prolonged abuse
October 26, 2009Monte Vista, ColoradoJohn Caudle (14) kills his mother and stepfather Caudle prepared for the shootings the night before, by taking two .22-caliber handguns from the home’s gun safe and stored them in his bedroom. When Caudle came home after school on October 26, he later told authorities, his mother Joanne Rinebarger (34) began…
