What infamous things happened in your city?

[aphex]

Originally posted by: fritolays
so how do you like sarasota?

I spent my high school years there.. hated every minute of it. 🙂

i love it, but i like all the art/music/beach stuff, so i can see how high school could be boring...

 

[aphex]

Jerry Springer lives here, along with Stephen King... Are they considered infamous?

 

[chambersc]

Port saint lucie, FL

* About 2 years ago, it was the fastest growing city in the nation.

 

[slpaulson]

Ed "Strangler" Lewis, the creator of the sleeper hold, grew up in my home town. Other than that, absolutely nothing.

 

[TXHokie]

Dallas - JFK...'nuff said.

 

[glenn beck]

Frederick, MD


Place where the snipers were captured.

Stephen Hatfill was suspected of stealing anthrax from Ft. Detrick and sending it out in letters


Ummm.... Terence Morris that plays in the NBA is from here

 

[2Xtreme21]

Heinz and Steel. And the super bowl champs.

 

[halik]

WTC / 9-11

 

[grrl]

Wethersfield, CT
Not quite infamous, but very rare: two houses were hit by meteorites. The meteorites were about 8 years apart.

And luckily no fatalities or injuries.

 

[Sluggo]

Patrick Sherrill

Alfred P Murrah Federal building bombing

Two that come to mind

 

[Mloot]

Houston:

1. Enron
2. Andrea Yates

 

[Lucky]

race riots

 

[KLin]

1. Wesson murders

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: her209
Marcus Wesson

Damnu for beating me to it.

 

[Raduque]

Corpus Christi

1.Marshall Applewhite

I can't think of anything else.

 

[thetxstang]

Austin, TX.

Charles Whitman.

🙁

 

[So]

It's Las Vegas....'nuff said.