1906: Ed Gein, the Butcher of Plainfield, Born in Wisconsin
Edward Theodore Gein was born on August 27, 1906, in Plainfield, Wisconsin. Read more →
1925: Murder On The Dance Floor: Audrey Jacob Shoots Fiance Dead in Perth
At a charity ball in the Government House Ballroom in Perth on the night of 26 August 1925, Audrey Jacob, a 20-year-old art student, shot her former fiance Cyril Gidley through the heart in front of hundreds of revellers. Read more →
1979: Mountbatten Killed by IRA Bomb Off the Irish Coast
On 27 August 1979, Lord Louis Mountbatten, 79, was killed when a bomb planted by the Provisional IRA detonated aboard his fishing boat, Shadow V, in the waters off Mullaghmore, County Sligo, Ireland. Read more →
