March 31, 1993 Wilmington, North Carolina Actor Brandon Lee dies in a hospital after an accident on the set of The Crow The accident in question involved a scene in which Lee’s character is shot at the beginning of the movie. A blank — which produces the recoil of a normal bullet being fired but… Continue reading The death of Brandon Lee
Category: North Carolina
Teens kill school superintendent, roommate after being reprimanded
March 12, 1951 Union Mills, North Carolina Two teens shoot and kill their school’s superintendent and the younger teen’s roommate The two teens, Hugh Justice (19) and Billy Ray Powell (16) had been reprimanded by school superintendent W. E. Sweatt for “walking with girls.” The boys visited Sweatt around 10 at night and fatally shot… Continue reading Teens kill school superintendent, roommate after being reprimanded
Confederate Home Guardsmen kill 2 men for resisting Confederacy
March 3, 1865 Robeson County, North Carolina Allen and William Lowry (sometimes spelled Lowrie) are murdered by the Confederate Home Guard The Lowrys were suspected by Home Guard leader Robert McKenzie to have stolen some of the latter's plantation animals, stockpiling illegal weapons, helping other Lumbees (a native tribe in North Carolina) from impressed service… Continue reading Confederate Home Guardsmen kill 2 men for resisting Confederacy
The MacDonald murders (extremely graphic)
February 17, 1970 Fort Bragg, North Carolina 3 members of the MacDonald family are found dead WARNING: THE PHOTOS ACCOMPANYING THIS ARTICLE ARE EXTREMELY GRAPHIC AND INVOLVE CHILDREN. DISCRETION IS ADVISED. Emergency services received a call from a distressed Jeffrey MacDonald reporting a stabbing in his home. When responding military police arrived to investigate they… Continue reading The MacDonald murders (extremely graphic)
FLW: smart enough to not tell husband she had a child by another man
Famous Last Words Matilda Carter North Carolina January 13, 1882 "Folks, hear me, as I'se to be hanged. I'se free from any guilt about Nash Carter. I had a child by another man, but was smart enough to keep my husband from knowing it." Carter (22-year-old mother of 6, mostly with different fathers) and 3… Continue reading FLW: smart enough to not tell husband she had a child by another man
