This week in homicide history: Ed Gein, Jonestown, Blackbeard and JFK
On November 16, 1957, Ed Gein allegedly killed his last victim, Bernice Worden, of Plalinfield Wisconsin. One of the country's most famous killers, it really isn't certain if he qualified as a serial killer, given his penchant for grave robbing.
In any event, he's credited with inspiring several killer chracters, among them Nomran Bates in "Psycho," Buffalo Bill from "Silence of the Lambs," and Leatherface from "the Texas Chainsaw Massacre."
Read more about Ed Gein at history.com.
Speaking of movie characters, this next man inspired the fictional Dr. Richard Kimble, first in the 1960s TV series "The Fugitive," with David Jannsen and the 1993 movie of the same name starring Harrison Ford.
On November 16, Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard was acquitted in the second trial of the murder of his pregnant wife Marilyn in 1954.
Read more about Dr. Sheppard at trutv.com.
On Nomember 18, 1978 912 people died in Jonestown Guyana. Peoples Temple cult leader Jim Jonnes convinced most of his followers to kill themselbrd by drinking punch laced with cyanide. Others were shot to death or poisoned.
On November 22, 1718, Edward Teach, better known as "Blackbeard the Pirate" is killed during a battle off the Virginia coast.
And, of course, also on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas Texas.
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