Saltykova was born to into wealth and luxury in 1730.
Some state that the reason for her decline into madness was a love affair gone sour. She took a lover after her husband died, and when he betrayed her, she nearly killed him with her own hands. Her lover and his lover fled from the region, but the incident seemed to awaken a kind of bloodlust in Saltykova. Though she was a woman of great refinement, she became famous for her tempers and her sudden mood swings.
Court records from her trial stated that she would grow incensed and suddenly throw logs at the girls who were trying to serve her. Sometimes this would quell her rage, but other times, she would simply begin to beat them violently.
Eventually, Saltykova’s violent outbursts became even more cruel. There were whispered reports of her casting young women and girls into the snow to die of cold, of beating them until their bones broke and of pouring boiling water over their bare bodies.
She continued with these terrible murders until 1762. That was the year when two serfs finally presented their case to Catherine II, the empress of Russia.
Catherine II proclaimed a strange sentence on Saltykova. She was to be displayed for an hour in Moscow’s famous Red Square wearing a sign that said “I have tortured and murdered.”
she spent the next 33 years of her life imprisoned. At first she was kept in a windowless cell in absolute darkness. A nun would come and offer her food and a candle, removing the candle when the food was done. In later years, she would be allowed to go to church, though she could only stand outside and hear the sermon, though not enter.
Andrew Kehoe lived in the small community of Bath, Michigan, with his wife on his farm. He was elected to the school board in 1924 and later won another community post to serve as the town clerk.
But two years later, his fortunes seemed to be in decline. He lost the nomination for the clerkship and was having trouble with school board. His wife was also ill. And, to top it all off, Kehoe was grappling with financial problems. These were caused in part by a special tax to build a new school; a tax he had fought against. Kehoe was facing the possibility of losing his 80-acre farm.
On May 18, 1927, Kehoe orchestrated a sinister plot against the people of Bath, especially the town’s children. He killed his wife and set fire to their home and other farm buildings. This was a diversion, leading neighbors and others to the farm to fight the blaze.
Meanwhile, Kehoe drove to the Bath Consolidated School – the new school he opposed building – where he had planted hundreds of pounds of dynamite. An experienced electrician, he had served as the district’s volunteer handyman and had unfettered access to the building. After months of careful planning, Kehoe took his revenge on the town and the school by setting off a bomb at round 8:45 a.m. that morning. Even though not all of the dynamite he had hidden went off, the resulting explosion was catastrophic. Thirty-seven children, most only 6 to 8 years old, and one teacher were killed and scores of others were injured by the blast.
Still, Kehoe’s rampage was not complete. His truck was loaded with explosives as well, which he set off during an altercation with the school’s superintendent. This final destructive act killed Kehoe, the school official, and several others.
Kehoe’s act was one of the largest school-related mass murders in US history.
Yep~ Eric’s the only who can remember Kenny’s deaths. That’s why the Coon and Friends episode were Kenny says he can’t die to the others doesn’t include Eric at all. Well done Trey and Matt xD ♥
@askaboutautism and @undiagnosedautismfeels have gotten quite a few questions regarding autism and PTSD, specifically ones asking about the differences and how to tell if you’re autistic if you’ve also got PTSD. I had troubling finding resources that clearly laid out how the two could look like each other, and also what the differences were when I was first researching autism. It make figuring things out rather difficult. I also got a positive response when asking if anyone would be interested in a post like this, so as an autistic with PTSD, I’ve written up this post.
This post is written with PTSD caused by chronic or long-term trauma (often called Complex or C-PTSD, but is not officially recognized as a dx in the DSM 5) in mind, and obviously influenced by my PTSD. My official dx is PTSD (chronic per the DSM IV and still included on my records as of 2017 for some reason) with dissociative symptoms.
So, here’s the Diagnostic criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder pulled
off the CDC website. With examples of both how PTSD could resemble the
ASD criteria, and how being autistic would fulfill the criteria. These are by no
means exhaustive or iron-clad, they are simply a starting point.
🔥 There is beauty in destruction🔥 