November 22, 2005Hiroshima, JapanAiri Kinoshita (7) is killed by Jose Manuel Torres Yagi following a sexual assault Yagi (also identified by the press as Yake) abducted Kinoshita near her school as she was returning home. Yagi then took Kinoshita either to his apartment or near it to sexually assault her, strangling her in the process.…
Today in Horror History: November 22

(Updated periodically) Birthdays: Jamie Lee Curtis (November 22, 1958), who starred in several installments of the Halloween franchise, The Fog (1980), Prom Night (1980), Terror Train (1980), Road Games (1981), Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (1981), Virus (1999), and “Scream Queens.” Curtis in Halloween (1978) Mark Ruffalo (November 22, 1967), who starred…
Woman strangles neighbor’s toddler for being accepted into prestigious kindergarten
November 22, 1999 Tokyo, Japan Mitsuko Yamada (35) brings her neighbor’s 2-year-old daughter into a public restroom and strangles her with a scarf A total of 550 students had applied to a prestigious kindergarten; Haruna Wakayama had been one of 20 applicants to be admitted. This reportedly angered Yamada, whose daughter did not make the…