November 11, 2013Sunbury, PennsylvaniaTroy LaFerrara is strangled and stabbed to death by newlyweds Elytte and Miranda Barbour Miranda (18) and LaFerrara met on Craigslist after Miranda posted an ad for escort services. The two met in Miranda’s car; unbeknownst to LaFerrara, Elytte (22) was hiding in the backseat awaiting the code phrase “Did you see…
Woman drugs, bludgeons husband to death after he learns of her infidelity
November 2, 2003Hong Kong, ChinaNancy Kissel drugs and bludgeons her husband Robert to death Nancy and Robert had moved with their children from New York to Hong Kong due to his work, though Nancy and the children moved back to the States briefly during a SARS outbreak. While Nancy was back in the US, she…
Woman kills slave owner for attempting to sexually assault her
June 23, 1855 Callaway County, Missouri 19-year-old Celia kills a slave owner after he attempts to rape her Celia had been purchased by Robert Newsom when she was 14. Newsom raped Celia for the next 5 years, resulting in at least one illegitimate child. On the night of June 23, Newsom informed Celia he would…
Man killed by wife after beating her
May 13, 1942 Los Angeles, California Earl Blaisure is killed by his wife Molly (inaccurately described here as his girlfriend) after beating her with the barrel of a rifle when it failed to fire Earl Blaisure (24), a stove factory worker, had been know for beating his wife, Molly Blaisure (24), who stabbed her husband…
Hatpins for defense
From The Evening Star (Independence, Kansas) Published May 7, 1904 An article suggests the use of hatpins for a fashionable weapon of self-defense, instructing women to stab a potential attacker in the face with 7-plus-inch needle-like hardened pieces of steel.
