Tuesday, February 7, 2023
GoldscopeFeed
Advertisement
  • World
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Technology
  • Lifestyle
  • Sports
  • Finance
  • Trending
No Result
View All Result
GoldscopeFeed
  • World
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Technology
  • Lifestyle
  • Sports
  • Finance
  • Trending
No Result
View All Result
GoldscopeFeed
No Result
View All Result
Home Trending

Andrew Kehoe, a farmer, became the first mass murderer in the United States, killing 38 children

by GFeed News Desk
March 13, 2021
0
Andrew Kehoe, a farmer, became the first mass murderer in the United States, killing 38 children

In 1927, Berenice Sterling was a first-grade teacher in Bath, Michigan, when she requested a favor from school board treasurer Andrew Kehoe. Sterling wanted to have some fun with her students on the last day of school, so she asked if they could have a picnic in a shady grove of trees on Kehoe’s farm on May 18th.

Although Kehoe accepted, he advised Sterling’s class not to wait until that time. Rather, he said, they should have their picnic “right away.” 

Monty Ellsworth, a Bath resident, was blunt when asked why he thought Kehoe made that suggestion after May 18:

“I guess he wanted the kids to have a good time before he killed them.”

“Maniac: The Bath School Disaster and the Birth of the Modern Mass Killer” (Little A), out now. tells the full story of Kehoe, who went from attempting to manage a school’s budget to finally blowing up the whole house, killing 44 people in a fit of rage.

Andrew Philip Kehoe, the first boy after six girls, was born in Clinton County, Michigan, in 1872. According to author Harold Schechter, Kehoe treasured his exalted status in the family hierarchy, believing he could do no wrong because he was considered “unique” and “enthroned as the long-sought male heir” to the family’s estate. According to Schechter, Kehoe’s egotism later in life contributed to a “pathologically distorted sense of his own importance” and a “corresponding disdain” towards those who dared to disagree.

He was “at the head of his physics class” and later allegedly attended Michigan State Agricultural College in East Lansing, majoring in electrical engineering. He was an intelligent youngster and “inveterate tinker” whose electrical inventions were frequently put to good use on the family farm. While no records of his university education exist, it is known that he worked as an electrician for a St. Louis park and in Iowa hanging power lines.

Kehoe’s credentials as an electrician were well-established when he returned to the family’s Michigan homestead in the early 1900s.

His mental health, on the other hand, was in jeopardy. He openly admitted to killing his stepsister’s pet, as well as casually confessing to shooting down a neighbor’s “nuisance” dog.

Kehoe did not show compassion to his own horses, getting angry at one horse’s poor attitude — “he didn’t pull!” he screamed. According to Kehoe, he thrashed the horse into submission.

Meanwhile, Kehoe’s stepmother died terribly young in a kitchen explosion in 1911. No one believed her stepson at the time of the deadly conflagration, but after he earned the moniker “The Mad Butcher of Bath,” some speculated that she was his first human victim.

There were other signs that Kehoe’s sanity was weakening. He dressed as a banker despite the fact that he worked as a farmer. While his neighbors tended to their crops in filthy coveralls, the haughty Kehoe plowed and tilled his acres and rumbled his tractor through his dusty fields in full business attire.

Crop prices plummeted in the 1920s, causing hardship for many American farmers, including Kehoe. He was years behind on his Bath farm mortgage payments by the mid-decade, and his ailing wife’s hospital bills for headaches, coughing fits, and weight loss she mistook for tuberculosis made the couple’s financial condition even worse.

When talk of building a new school — and the associated costs — started in town, the childless, fifty-something Kehoe objected vehemently.

Tweet147
Previous Post

In the midst of Andrew Cuomo’s scandals, support for Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul is rising

Next Post

In small-town America, Democrats find Biden’s support

GFeed News Desk

https://goldcopefeed.com/

Related Posts

Saudi Arabia has prohibited the screening of Doctor Strange 2

Saudi Arabia has prohibited the screening of Doctor Strange 2

by GF Entertainment Desk
April 24, 2022
0

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Saudi Arabia has banned Marvel's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. According to the...

Season 5 of Selling Sunset release date and latest update

Season 5 of Selling Sunset release date and latest update

by GF Entertainment Desk
April 18, 2022
0

Selling Sunset, a Netflix reality show, has been renewed for a fifth season, which will launch on April 22nd. The...

Big News: Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck to get married!

K-pop band SEVENTEEN reveals a teaser for their first English single, ‘Darl-ing’

by GF Entertainment Desk
April 10, 2022
0

BTS, Psy, and BLACKPINK, all from South Korea, have drastically changed the global landscape of K-pop music. SEVENTEEN, another all-boy...

The sequel to “Orphan Black,” “Echoes,” will be released in 2023.

The sequel to “Orphan Black,” “Echoes,” will be released in 2023.

by GF Entertainment Desk
April 7, 2022
0

The first episode of BBC America's thriller drama series "Orphan Black" broadcast in 2013, and the sequel "Echoes" was confirmed...

Kim Sejeong and Ahn Hyo Seop of Business Proposal posts about their cover ‘Love, Maybe’ OST

Kim Sejeong and Ahn Hyo Seop of Business Proposal posts about their cover ‘Love, Maybe’ OST

by GF Entertainment Desk
April 5, 2022
0

Business Proposal, a Netflix series, is only one episode away from completion. Ahn Hyo-seop portrays Kang Tae-moo, Kim Se-jeong portrays...

Please login to join discussion

Recommended

Channing Tatum and Zoe Kravitz’s zodiac signs equal to perfect compatibility

Channing Tatum and Zoe Kravitz’s zodiac signs equal to perfect compatibility

April 10, 2022
Emma Raducanu vows to ‘come back stronger’ after dream run at Wimbledon ends

Emma Raducanu vows to ‘come back stronger’ after dream run at Wimbledon ends

July 6, 2021

Categories

  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • Fashion
  • Finance
  • Food
  • Health
  • Lifestyle
  • Sports
  • tech
  • Technology
  • Travel
  • Travel
  • Trending
  • Uncategorized
  • US
  • World

Don't miss it

Selena Gomez Launches ‘Your Words Matter’ Mental Health Campaign With Rare Beauty
Entertainment

On Friends, Tom Selleck, who plays Richard, talks about his experience

May 2, 2022
Selena Gomez Launches ‘Your Words Matter’ Mental Health Campaign With Rare Beauty
Entertainment

Selena Gomez Launches ‘Your Words Matter’ Mental Health Campaign With Rare Beauty

May 2, 2022
Everything you need to know about Borgen Season 4
Entertainment

Angelina Jolie went to Ukraine, to meet children and volunteers

May 2, 2022
Everything you need to know about Borgen Season 4
Entertainment

First look of P-Valley Season 2 has been revealed

May 2, 2022
Everything you need to know about Borgen Season 4
Entertainment

With only 5 days till the screening of Doctor Strange 2, Marvel has released a teaser

May 2, 2022
Everything you need to know about Borgen Season 4
Entertainment

Everything you need to know about Borgen Season 4

May 2, 2022
  • About
  • Contact
  • Cookie Policy
  • Editorial Policy
  • Privacy Policy

© GoldscopeFeed 2020-21, All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • About
  • Cookie Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact

© GoldscopeFeed 2020-21, All Rights Reserved.