29th year - N° 220 Friday, 8 August 2014

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29th year - N° 220 Friday, 8 August 2014

8 August / Today's 8 Events:

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(+) 454 years ago Tuesday 8th of August 1560 Countess and serial killer Erzsébet de Ecsed Báthory aka Die Blutfrau is born in Nyírbátor, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, Hungary.

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(+) 108 years ago Wednesday 8th of August 1906 Murderer and body snatcher Ed Edward Theodore Gein aka America's Most Bizarre Murderer is born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States.

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(+) 100 years ago Saturday 8th of August 1914 Aristocratic socialite and devotee of Adolf Hitler Unity Valkyrie Mitford is born in London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Mitford was conceived in the town of Swastika, Ontario where her family had gold mines.

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(+) 85 years ago Thursday 8th of August 1929 Great Train Robber Ronnie Ronald Arthur Biggs is born in Lambeth, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(x) 72 years ago Saturday 8th of August 1942 The bodies of the Kneller family, victims of 45-year-old Doctor and serial killer Marcel André Henri Félix Petiot aka The Triangular Chamber of Death Murderer are found floating in the Seine in Asnières-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France.

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(x) 71 years ago Sunday 8th of August 1943 15-year-old Serial killer William George Heirens aka Catch Me Before I Kill More is arrested for prowling in the Rogers Park Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(-) 41 years ago Wednesday 8th of August 1973 Dean Arnold Corll aka The Candyman is shot dead by serial killer Elmer Wayne Henley in 2020 Lamar Drive, Pasadena, Texas, United States. Henley would later lead the police to 27 bodies of boys he delivered to Corll, who tortured and killed them.

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5 years ago The Eyes had it Saturday 8th of August 2009 Two Muslim women preparing to take off on their motorbike after attending a wedding in Mersing, Johor, Malaysia.

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