8 Places In Michigan Where Completely Insane People Were Born
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Serena Maria Daniels
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There are so many wonderful things to love about Michigan, but we all know that there are a few characters who have left a less-than-stellar impression here. We’re talking about some of the real crazies in the world. Michigan happens to be the birthplace of many such characters. Here are a few such Michiganders who held a dark place in our history.
Wuornos murdered seven men in Florida in 1989-1990 and inspired the film Monster starring Charlize Theron. She was executed in a Florida state prison in 2002.
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This convicted wife killer became the first fugitive to be caught through the use of wireless technology in 1910, when he was arrested while onboard a transatlantic liner the SS Montrose. He was later found guilty and hanged.
Actually born in the Detroit border city of Windsor in Ontario, Collins rose to infamy after a series of high profile homicides, known as the "Michigan Murders," rocked the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti area in 1967-1969. Collins was convicted of one of the murders, though it is suspected that he was responsible for just about all of the others.
Kilpatrick makes this list for the insanity it must have taken to defraud the city of Detroit. Luckily, he was punished for his crimes and he was ultimately sentenced to 28 years in prison on mail fraud, wire fraud, and racketeering.
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Believed to be born in Alpena, Czolgosz became infamous for the assassination of President William McKinley.
This Detroit-native gang was notorious during the 1920s for their bootlegging activities and extremely violent acts.
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This Lapeer native was the accomplice to Timothy McVeigh, the main perpetrator behind one of the biggest American atrocities, the Oklahoma City bombing, which killed 168 people.
The death penalty has been outlawed in Michigan for some time now - actually since 1846 - but an exception was made for Chebatoris, a murderer and bank robber. It was federal authorities who convicted him under federal law, not state. They ruled he should die. He was hanged in 1938.
Kinda dark, huh? Tell us though, who are some of the psychos from our state’s history who give you the absolute creeps?
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