Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 19 October 1926

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

Mary was not beheaded with a single strike. The first blow missed her neck and struck the back of her head. The second blow severed the neck except for a small bit of sinew which the executioner cut through using the axe. Afterward he held her head aloft and declared "God save the Queen." At that moment the auburn tresses in his hand turned out to be a wig and the head fell to the ground, revealing that Mary had very short, grey hair.
(8 February 1587)

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Tuesday 19th of October 1926

98 years ago

Beata Duhrkoop Withers is raped and strangled by serial killer Earle Leonard Nelson aka The Gorilla Murderer at the age of 35 in Portland, Oregon, United States.

Withers' body was found stuffed beneath clothing inside a steamer trunk by her teenage son in the attic of her home.