Centenaries - whole and half

[ChrisGeorge]

Lest we forget. It was 54 years ago, on this date, November 22, 1962, that U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.

[sdreid]

100 years ago - 1917 November 25 - Louis-Josephine Jaume disappears after going to meet Henri Landru. She is believed to be the ninth of his, at least, 11 victims. His scheme was to seduce lonely older women then murder them after gaining access to their insurance and funds. Landru went to the French guillotine in 1922. His severed head is currently on display in a Los Angeles museum.

[sdreid]

Thanks GUT and Jeff.

[Mayerling]

100 years ago - 1917 November 2 - In a London road, the beaten partial remains of Emilliene Gerard, 32, are found by a passing street sweeper. She'd been dispatched by, her lover, Louis Voisin and his other "love", Berthe Roche. Voisin was hanged in 1918 while Ms. Roche was sent to prison. She quickly went mad and died in 1919.

The case of "Blodie Belgium", that Bernard Spilsbury was involved in.

Jeff

[GUT]

I really look forward to these Stan, even though some of them lead to me wasting??? A lot of time following up on them.

[sdreid]

100 years ago - 1917 November 24 - An explosive device goes off inside a Milwaukee police station, killing 10. The bomb had originally been placed at a church. It was suspected that anarchists were responsible but no-one was ever convicted of the crime.

[sdreid]

100 years ago - 1917 November 2 - In a London road, the beaten partial remains of Emilliene Gerard, 32, are found by a passing street sweeper. She'd been dispatched by, her lover, Louis Voisin and his other "love", Berthe Roche. Voisin was hanged in 1918 while Ms. Roche was sent to prison. She quickly went mad and died in 1919.

[sdreid]

50 years ago - 1967 October 31 - Sixteen-year-old Glenda Tedball vanishes after being seen outside of her Ontario home. More than 30 years later, a man came forward with the claim that he and Glenda's, by then deceased, mother had been involved in her death. His account said that she was buried under her house but this area was dug up and no remains were found. The case is still unsolved.

[sdreid]

50 years ago - 1967 October 29 - London gangster Jack "The Hat" McVitie vanishes after attending a gathering hosted by gang heads, the Kray Brothers. "The Hat" had supposedly insulted one of the brothers and an account says that Ronnie held him down while Reggie Kray plunged in the knife. Continuing the scenario, the victim was then placed in his automobile which was then taken to a junkyard and run through a car crusher. Both brothers were sent to prison and died there.

[sdreid]

50 years ago - 1967 October 28 - Janie Gibbs kills her eldest son, Roger, with rat poison. She had previously murdered her husband, a grandson and her two other sons with the same substance. Eventually, Ms. Gibbs was convicted of the five murders and sent to a Georgia prison. She was paroled in 1999 due to poor health and died in 2010.

[Mayerling]

100 years ago - 1917 October 15 - In France, Mata Hari is executed by firing squad after she'd been found guilty of spying for the Germans.

And the question is now was she really just a spy for the Germans, or a double agent for the Allies who got double-crossed?

Jeff

[sdreid]

100 years ago - 1917 October 15 - In France, Mata Hari is executed by firing squad after she'd been found guilty of spying for the Germans.

[sdreid]

50 years ago - 1967 October 12 - Shortly after taking off from an Athens airport and over the Mediterranean, Cyprus Airlines Flight 284 is blown apart by a bomb. All 66 on board are killed. The case is still unsolved.

[sdreid]

50 years ago - 1967 October 9 - Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed in Bolivia with multiple gunshots from one weapon.

[Mayerling]

50 years ago - 1967 September 18 - En route to an Arizona court hearing, Gary Tison kills prison guard Jim Stiner. He received a life term but in 1978, along with another murderer, was broken out of prison by his sons. The group then embarked on a killing spree that ended with all but the elder Tison either captured or killed. Gary Tison escaped into the desert where he died of thirst.

Sorry to say this but I can only say, too bad so many innocent people were killed before Tilson died of thirst in that desert.

Jeff