Not to take away from Cheeba's thread here:
http://horror.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27228
But i got to thinking this morning, on the radio, they were relating stories of awful things done by people they had gone to school with. Anthony had the winner for the worst, a kid he knew growing up hung with the "wrong crowd". One day, one of this kid's friends broke into his house with the intention of robbing the place, but the kid's mother was home, so rather than being identified (since she obviously knew who he was), he raped and killed her, then burned the house down. that is a tough one to top.
Also, this isnt really for the "Famous case" stuff that cheeba's thread had (i think Rod's proximity to Dahmer during his days of killing is also a tough act to follow) but a little closer to home is what i am looking for.
For me, there was this kid in my highschool named Cecil. He lived up to the absolute owrst dorky image you can conjure with the name "Cecil Wilson". he was oneo f those akward losers who, if he kept to himself, or was generally a nice guy, he would probably be left alone. instead, he often boasted of getting into private fights with peopel much bigger than him, and claiming he beat them (who often found him and kicked his ass)
He also did fun things like peeing in the trashcan in the gym in order to try and make friends, and once the new building had been constructed at our school, claimed something physically impossible had happened.
Its hard to descibe, but the main building was 3 stories tall and octagonal. The center of it was an open atrium, and the stairs were located there. They would go up to a mid-level landing in the middle, then back up to the next level, so you would walk up or down, make a 3 foot 180 degree turn, then go the rest of the way. Well, someone threw a piece of fruit at cecil, hitting him in the head (i believe it was a peach if that matters), and he proceded to fall down all 3 stories of stairs... Which was impossible. , oh, he DID fall down, but it required him to crawl 2 to 3 feet out of his was, 5 TIMES to make it all the way to the bottom. Which he did. He tried to get the school to suspend the kid for injuring him, then threatened to sue, but nothing came of it and everyone laughed at him.
okay, enough character developement, you get the idea.
Anyway, back inthose days ('91), all the big rap acts were from LA, so everyone in our school (in the Netherlands) wore LA Raiders clothing. This kid had a hat and jacket that were very identifiable, as they were unique in pretty much the entire continent of europe.
So this kid decides he is going ot make a name for himself as a bad ass, probably because he thought if he acted like NWA, people would respect him finally.
So he spends $20 and buys a gun from a dutch kid. And proceeds to load it, and go to a local jewelry store, and hold the place up. Admittendly, pretty hardcore for a freshman. Problem number 1, he didnt speak dutch, and the guy working at the store didnt speak english. So the guy hit the alarm button.
Cecil panicked and pulled the trigger. Seems 20 dollar guns cost 20 bucks because they lack firing pins. oops.
he was picked up 3 days later and shipped back to the US, facing charges of Atempted Robbery, Assault with a Deadly Weapon (i dont think that one stcjk) but also, Attempted Murder.
he not only ruined his life, but his father's military carreer. We eventually laughed about it,but in retrospect, we were LUCKY. 10 years later, that kid would have at least attempted to kill a bunch of people.
Any similar stories?