May 18, 1927: Bath, Michigan School treasurer Andrew Kehoe, after killing his wife and destroying his house and farm, blew up the Bath Consolidated School by detonating dynamite in the basement of the school, killing 38 people, mostly children. He then pulled up to the school in his Ford car, then set off a truck bomb, killing himself and four others. -May 4, 1956: in Prince George’s County, Maryland, 15-year-old student Billy Prevatte fatally shot one teacher and injured two others at Maryland Park Junior High School in Prince George’s County after he had been reprimanded from the school.-October 17, 1961: Denver, Colorado Tennyson Beard, 14, got into an argument with William Hachmeister, 15, at Morey Junior High School. During the argument Beard pulled out a .38 caliber revolver and shot at Hachmeister, wounding him. A stray bullet also struck Deborah Faith Humphrey, 14, who died from her gunshot wound.-May 22, 1968: Miami, Florida Ernest Lee Grissom, a 15-year-old student at Drew Junior High School, shot and seriously wounded a teacher and a 13-year-old student after he had been reprimanded for causing a disturbance.-December 30, 1974: Olean, New York, Anthony Barbaro, a 17-year-old Regents scholar armed with a rifle and shotgun, kills three adults and wounds 11 others at his high school, which was closed for the Christmas holiday. Barbaro was reportedly a loner who kept a diary describing several “battle plans” for his attack on the school.-February 22, 1978: Lansing, Michigan After being taunted for his beliefs, a 15-year-old self-proclaimed Nazi, kills one student and wounds a second with a Luger pistol.-
January 29, 1979: Grover Cleveland Elementary School Shootings, California, where 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer opened fire with a rifle, a gift from her father, killing 2 and wounding 9.
The Cuyahoga River, in Ohio, so polluted it caught fire at least 13 times BEFORE 1969.
DrugsAlcohol. tobacco, Morphine, Heroin, Speed
Child Sexual predators were MORE common than today.It, like rape, especially date rape, was rarely reported in the papers as being to “distasteful” to print.
there has always been crime in society but when I was little we could play outside with out worrying about someone grabbing us, My mom used to leave the 4 of us in the car when she went into the grocery with out worry that someone would grab us, (humm sensing a theme here) but in all we felt safer then. I Never let my grandchildren outside without being where I can see them.
Bingo sleepy2! The preschool molestation craze a few years ago, witch hunting in Africa recently, and Europe in the middle ages, even “fan deaths” in modern day Korea, every once in a while society picks an irrational fear and just runs with it. Any aspiring PhD. candidates reading this? This could be your thesis.
Agent54 about 12 years ago
Always have been gangs and bullies, though out time.
wdpeck about 12 years ago
Child labor, polio, TB, the Great Depression, etc. Yeah, life was much better then.
Tue Elung-Jensen about 12 years ago
People didn´t worry so much till either parents or the media made a mess of things, and it went out of control.
Miserichord about 12 years ago
May 18, 1927: Bath, Michigan School treasurer Andrew Kehoe, after killing his wife and destroying his house and farm, blew up the Bath Consolidated School by detonating dynamite in the basement of the school, killing 38 people, mostly children. He then pulled up to the school in his Ford car, then set off a truck bomb, killing himself and four others. -May 4, 1956: in Prince George’s County, Maryland, 15-year-old student Billy Prevatte fatally shot one teacher and injured two others at Maryland Park Junior High School in Prince George’s County after he had been reprimanded from the school.-October 17, 1961: Denver, Colorado Tennyson Beard, 14, got into an argument with William Hachmeister, 15, at Morey Junior High School. During the argument Beard pulled out a .38 caliber revolver and shot at Hachmeister, wounding him. A stray bullet also struck Deborah Faith Humphrey, 14, who died from her gunshot wound.-May 22, 1968: Miami, Florida Ernest Lee Grissom, a 15-year-old student at Drew Junior High School, shot and seriously wounded a teacher and a 13-year-old student after he had been reprimanded for causing a disturbance.-December 30, 1974: Olean, New York, Anthony Barbaro, a 17-year-old Regents scholar armed with a rifle and shotgun, kills three adults and wounds 11 others at his high school, which was closed for the Christmas holiday. Barbaro was reportedly a loner who kept a diary describing several “battle plans” for his attack on the school.-February 22, 1978: Lansing, Michigan After being taunted for his beliefs, a 15-year-old self-proclaimed Nazi, kills one student and wounds a second with a Luger pistol.-
January 29, 1979: Grover Cleveland Elementary School Shootings, California, where 16-year-old Brenda Ann Spencer opened fire with a rifle, a gift from her father, killing 2 and wounding 9.
Miserichord about 12 years ago
Toxic Waste
The Cuyahoga River, in Ohio, so polluted it caught fire at least 13 times BEFORE 1969.
DrugsAlcohol. tobacco, Morphine, Heroin, Speed
Child Sexual predators were MORE common than today.It, like rape, especially date rape, was rarely reported in the papers as being to “distasteful” to print.
jeanie5448 about 12 years ago
there has always been crime in society but when I was little we could play outside with out worrying about someone grabbing us, My mom used to leave the 4 of us in the car when she went into the grocery with out worry that someone would grab us, (humm sensing a theme here) but in all we felt safer then. I Never let my grandchildren outside without being where I can see them.
catzilla23 about 12 years ago
Bingo sleepy2! The preschool molestation craze a few years ago, witch hunting in Africa recently, and Europe in the middle ages, even “fan deaths” in modern day Korea, every once in a while society picks an irrational fear and just runs with it. Any aspiring PhD. candidates reading this? This could be your thesis.
Comic Minister Premium Member about 12 years ago
Lucky for Mr. Belmont he’s married.