May 28, 1998 Encino, Los Angeles, California Comedian Phil Hartman is shot by his wife while he sleeps, who later turns the gun on herself Phil and his wife Brynn had engaged in an argument over her drug usage; Phil gave Brynn an ultimatum to stop using or he would leave her. He then went… Continue reading Actor Phil Hartman is killed in a murder-suicide
Category: Graves
Man executed for murdering girl he arranged to be married to when she chose another suitor
May 21, 1926 Carson City, Nevada Stanko Jukich is executed for the murder of his 16-year-old sweetheart Jennie Medak Jukich, 28 at the time of the murder, was a Yugoslavian miner living in a boarding house run by Medak's mother. Medak's parents arranged a marriage between Medak and Jukich 3 years before the murder, and… Continue reading Man executed for murdering girl he arranged to be married to when she chose another suitor
An unflattering gravestone
April 11, 1996 Arizona Mona Herold Vanni dies, and a scathing epitaph left by her children on her gravestone Though the history behind Mona’s gravestone hasn’t been verified, one Redditor claiming to be the Jackie on the headstone wrote this, verbatim, of her mother: “I am the Jackie on Mona Herald Vanni's tombstone. I had… Continue reading An unflattering gravestone
The death of Jesse James
April 3, 1882 St. Joseph, Missouri Outlaw Jesse James is shot in the back by a member of his gang who wished to claim the reward money issued against James Robert Ford, James’ murderer, was a new recruit to the James gang and had met secretly with the governor of Missouri against James. Ford waited… Continue reading The death of Jesse James
Bodies of the February Revolution laid to rest
March 23, 1917 Petrograd, Russian Empire (modern day St. Petersburg, Russia) The bodies of the victims of the February Revolution are laid to rest The February Revolution lasted from March 8 - 12 (using the Gregorian calendar, or February 23 - 27 using the Julian calendar) which marked the ending of the imperial system and… Continue reading Bodies of the February Revolution laid to rest
