February 3, 1972 Boone, North Carolina Three members of the Durham family are killed and left draped over the edge of their bathtub On the night of February 3, Troy Hall received a phone call from a voice he didn’t recognize. The caller spoke in hushed tones and identified herself as his mother-in-law, Virginia Durham.…
Man stabs girlfriend to death with knife and broomstick
April 2, 1992 Winston-Salem, North Carolina Willie Ervin Fisher stabs his girlfriend Angela Johnson to death with a knife and broomstick On the evening of April 1, Ervin (30 at the time of the murder) was visiting Johnson (29) where she lived with her mother, grandmother, 13-year-old daughter, and 4-year-old son by Fisher. At some…
Man kills wife, 6 of his 7 children, self
December 25, 1929 Germantown, North Carolina Charlie Lawson kills his wife and 6 of their 7 children before killing himself A few days prior to the murder-suicide, Charlie (43) brought his family to get a photograph taken together, a considerable expense and luxury for a working class family at the time. Because of the irregularity…
Man kills 4, injures 7 randomly after “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy enacted
August 6, 1993 Fayetteville, North Carolina Sgt. Kenneth Junior French, angry at the recent "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy, randomly targets a restaurant for a mass shooting, shooting at anyone he encounters French claimed to not remember the events of the murders, stating he had gotten excessively drunk prior to the events. Shortly before the…
The death of Brandon Lee
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…
