March 18th
5:16 PM
5:16 PM
While in prison Charles Starkweather would proclaim his love for his girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate by writing love stories on his cell wall.
5:08 PM
Standing at five feet two inches, Charles Starkweather hated everyone he saw. Everyone except his fourteen year old girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate. On January 21, 1958, Charlie got into an argument with Caril’s parents and settled it the only way he knew — shooting her mother and stepfather. Then he rammed his gun barrel down Caril’s two-year-old sister’s throat and choked her to death. A few days later, after the local authorities became suspicious, the two went on the run killing with reckless abandon. After eluding a two-hundred member posse chasing them through Nebraska, they were captured in Wyoming where they turned on each other. The movie Badlands with Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek was based on their exploits. Charlie was fried in June 1959 and Caril got life. She was paroled in 1976. The latest confirmed report places Caril Ann in Michigan and working in a hospital in the Mt. Pleasant area.
January 27th
11:24 AM
11:24 AM
While in prison Charles Starkweather would proclaim his love for his girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate by writing love stories on his cell wall.
11:14 AM
“The more I looked at people, the more I hated them.”
On 21 January 1958, Charles Starkweather murdered the family of his 14-year-old girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate - her mother, father and younger sister. The couple then fled and for the next week 1,200 National Guardsmen and police combed Nebraska and Wyoming in search of them. Before he was finally cornered, Starkweather shot or stabbed a further seven people. He claimed that the killings had begun when Caril Ann’s parents had made fun of him. Initially, Starkweather claimed Caril was a hostage, but he later changed his story. She was sentenced to life and was released in 1977. Aged 19 Starkweather had a one-way trip to the electric chair in Nebraska on 25 June 1959. He had modelled himself on James Dean and in at least one respect he was correct: they both died young.
January 16th
12:12 PM
12:12 PM
Standing at five feet two inches, Charles Starkweather hated everyone he saw. Everyone except his fourteen year old girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate. On January 21, 1958, Charlie got into an argument with Caril’s parents and settled it the only way he knew — shooting her mother and stepfather. Then he rammed his gun barrel down Caril’s two-year-old sister’s throat and choked her to death while Caril watched the tube. A few days later, after the local authorities became suspicious, the two went on the run killing with reckless abandon. After eluding a two-hundred member posse chasing them through Nebraska, they were captured in Wyoming where they turned on each other. The movie Badlands with Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek was based on their exploits. Charlie was fried in June 1959 and Caril got life. She was paroled in 1976. The latest confirmed report places Caril Ann in Michigan and working in a hospital in the Mt. Pleasant area.
November 14th
8:47 AM
8:47 AM
Self-styled rebel and dissolute teenager Charles Starkweather dreamt of being a cowboy-a storybook villain. In 1958, he realized his fantasy and rode along the outlaw trail wth his schoolgirl lover like a latter-day Bonnie and Clyde. In his wake he left 11 motiveless murders.
October 23rd
9:45 AM
9:45 AM
The prison cell of Charles Starkweather.
9:41 AM
Standing at five feet two inches, Charles Starkweather hated everyone he saw. Everyone except his fourteen year old girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate. On January 21, 1958, Charlie got into an argument with Caril’s parents and settled it the only way he knew — shooting her mother and stepfather. Then he rammed his gun barrel down Caril’s two-year-old sister’s throat and choked her to death. A few days later, after the local authorities became suspicious, the two went on the run killing with reckless abandon. After eluding a two-hundred member posse chasing them through Nebraska, they were captured in Wyoming where they turned on each other. The movie Badlands with Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek was based on their exploits. Charlie was fried in June 1959 and Caril got life. She was paroled in 1976. The latest confirmed report places Caril Ann in Michigan and working in a hospital in the Mt. Pleasant area.
August 10th
1:08 PM
1:08 PM
Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate
Standing at five feet two inches, Charles Starkweather hated everyone he saw. Everyone except his fourteen year old girlfriend Caril Ann. On January 21, 1958, Charlie got into an argument with Caril’s parents and settled it the only way he knew — shooting her mother and stepfather. Then he rammed his gun barrel down Caril’s two-year-old sister’s throat and choked her to death while Caril watched the tube.
A few days later, after the local authorities became suspicious, the two went on the run killing with reckless abandon. After eluding a two-hundred member posse chasing them through Nebraska, they were captured in Wyoming where they turned on each other. The movie Badlands with Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek was based on their exploits. Charlie was fried in June 1959 and Caril got life. She was paroled in 1976. The latest confirmed report places Caril Ann in Michigan and working in a hospital in the Mt. Pleasant area.