- Not everyone is going to get along
and disputes can happen over petty things.
But sometimes those petty disputes
turn into violent murders.
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- On occasion people can get on
each other's nerves over silly things.
And while those things can be completely trivial,
those same arguments can turn the calmest person
into a cold blooded murderer.
Today we'll be looking at the strangest cases
of people who murdered someone
else over the weirdest reason.
These are the 10 most bizarre motives for murder.
Number one are concert tickets.
When people say that they'd kill to see their
favorite artist in concert, sometimes they aren't kidding.
That's just what happened in March of 2008
when 39 year old Robert Lyons from Chicago, Illinois,
murdered his 61 year old mother Linda in cold blood.
Robert's murderous rage was brought on by
his mother's refusal to buy him expensive seats
at an Avril Lavigne concert.
Yes Robert was so angry about not being
able to see Lavigne's show that he hit his mother
over the head with a bottle of cognac
and then preceded to stab her nine times until she was dead.
But it didn't end there because once she hit the floor,
the deranged man decided to pour household
chemical products all over her body including drain cleaner,
tile cleaner and insecticide.
And afterwards, Robert calmly drove to a bookstore,
bought a book and then drove around for hours
until he finally confessed to police.
Soon after he was arrested at a nearby Hooters Restaurant
and was later sentenced to
40 years in prison for the murder.
Number two is being in the Matrix.
In July of 2002, 48 year old Tonda Lynn Ansley
of Hamilton, Ohio, killed her landlord
by shooting her in the head multiple times.
The reason Ansley believed that
she was living in a fantasy world.
She believed that was being brainwashed
by not only her landlord but three other people
that she knew, all of whom were not real human beings
but instead computer programs.
That's right, Tonda was convinced that she
was actually in the Matrix.
When questioned, she said that she thought
her experience of killing a woman was just
a computer simulation created by sentient robots.
Unbelievably Tonda was not found guilty
of the gruesome murder by reason of insanity
and went to an institution instead of prison.
But shockingly she was not alone in using this defense.
In fact, several other murderers have used
what is now referred to as The Matrix Defense
in court over the years to try
to get away with their crimes.
Number three is TV remote.
While some people think that they're in a fantasy world,
others are sound of mind when it
comes to the decisions that they make.
In February of 2011, 13 year old Alexander Zajac
from Russia got into a heated argument
with his 17 year old sister Juliana.
Like typical siblings, the pair were arguing
over the possession of the television remote
and ultimately which program that they were going to watch.
However the argument took an unexpected
and deadly turn when a frustrated Alexander
stormed off only to return with his hunting rifle.
In a disturbing and sudden turn of events,
Alexander shot his sister square in the face
at super close range, killing her instantly.
Though he admitted that he had done the crime,
police could do very little as he could
not be charged for the murder due to his young age.
Number four are speed bumps.
In June of 2010, 48 year old Fairfax County, Virginia
resident Steven Carr had been pleading with the local
government to deal with cars that had
been racing down his road far too fast.
He finally got them to install
a speed bump near his house,
and while many of his neighbors seemed to support the move,
one neighbor in particular was greatly annoyed.
That neighbor was 44 year old David Patton
who violently confronted Carr about it
one morning in his own front yard.
Patton was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault
for the confrontation.
But soon after being released to await his trial date,
Patton decided to go back and break into
Carr's house to get revenge.
He tied up Carr and his girlfriend at gunpoint
and when Carr tried to escape the ties,
he shot him killing him instantly.
Carr's roommate arrived home to witness the situation
and was able to distract Patton long enough
that both he and Carr's girlfriend
were miraculously able to escape.
Patton was again arrested and charged,
this time with second degree murder,
all over a speed bump.
Number five is being teased.
On October 3rd, 2012, 16 year old Shaquira Dorsey
was beaten to death by a fellow 16 year old
female classmate while outside their apartment complex
in Warrensville Heights, Ohio.
The deadly brawl was caused when Dorsey apparently
teased the other girl for simply passing gas
and was soon after physically attacked over the jokes.
Disgustingly a number of people stood by
and watched the fight happen, many of them adults.
One of them was Dorsey's own stepfather
who waited until she had taken quite a few punches
before finally stepping in and breaking up the fight.
Witnesses say that Dorsey stood up and walked around
dizzily around the lawn before eventually passing out
and landing on the grass where she soon died.
The other girl, who's name is protected
because of her young age, was charged with manslaughter.
Number six is a free breakfast.
On October 23rd, 2010, 15 year old Joshua Davies
convinced his ex-girlfriend Rebecca Ailward
to meet him in the woods just outside
their village in Wales.
The two had broken up after dating just three months.
But since Josh was academically gifted and a church goer,
both Rebecca and her mother Sonia were ecstatic
about the idea of the two getting back together.
However, once Rebecca arrived at the spot
where they were supposed to meet,
Josh approached her from behind
and bashed her skull in with a rock.
But what's truly disturbing is that several days
before the murder, Josh fantasized with his friends
about killing her and actually asked what they would do
if he actually went through with it.
His friend jokily replied that he would
buy Josh breakfast if he did it.
It was discovered on Josh's phone just two days
before the murder that he texted that friend,
you may just owe me a breakfast.
After going through with the murder,
he later preceded to give his friends chilling details
of his actions afterwards and even showed them the body,
making sure to tell his friend
that he wanted his free breakfast.
He was ultimately found guilty of the murder
and was sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Number seven is texting in a theater.
If you've been to a movie theater,
you've likely seen the ads to turn your cell phone off
because it can be distracting to other people.
How distracting?
Well someone figured enough to kill over.
On January 13th, 2014, 43 year old Chad Olson
was sitting in a theater in Wesley Chapel, Florida,
watching the movie Lone Survivor with his wife.
Periodically during the preview screening,
he pulled out his phone to text
his three year old daughter who was at home.
However, seated behind him was 71 year old retired
Tampa police captain, Curtis Reeves, Jr.,
who quickly became annoyed by the light
from the cell phone that Olson was using.
Now originally he had politely asked Olson if he could stop,
but when Olson refused claiming that they were
only the previews, an argument broke out.
Olson then became aggressive throwing
popcorn at Reeves while yelling.
That is when Reeves pulled out his gun
and shot Olson in the chest, killing him instantly
and wounding his wife in the hand.
Although he murdered a man for texting,
Reeves claimed to the police that the shot
was fired in self-defense.
Number eight is unfriended on Facebook.
On January 31st, 2012, in Mountain City, Tennessee,
23 year old Billy Jean Hayworth
and 36 year old Billy Clay Payne were murdered in cold blood
all because they unfriended someone on Facebook.
That someone was 30 year old Janelle Potter,
who after moving to the city in 2005,
had a lot of trouble making friends.
Now Janelle had numerous health problems
which caused her to spend most of her time in her
parent's house relying on social media for friendships.
But one day after a disagreement online,
Billy Clay and Billy Jean sent Janelle angry messages
and even unfriended her from Facebook.
That's when Janelle's father Marvin
and her boyfriend Jamie hunted down Hayworth and Payne,
shooting them both.
But the circumstances get even more disturbing
as it turns out that Janelle had used
fake Facebook accounts to bully herself online
and even coaxed her loved ones
into committing those murders.
Her and her family where charged with first degree murder
and sentenced to life in prison.
Number nine are Mondays.
Many people hate Mondays, but one person let it
get the best of them.
It was a relatively normal day in San Diego, California,
on Monday January 29th, 1979.
That is of course until 16 year old Brenda Spencer
started shooting at kids outside
Cleveland Elementary School.
The school happened to be right
across the street from her house,
so she decided to grab her semi-automatic Ruger rifle,
starting by killing the school's principal and custodian,
she moved into classrooms injuring eight children
and a police officer.
She then holed up in her house, talking to a journalist
over the phone before eventually surrendering to police.
When the reporter asked her why she would do such
a horrible thing, she chillingly told them simply,
I don't like Mondays.
Spencer was tried as an adult
and was convicted of two counts of murder
and assault with a deadly weapon.
Today, she is still serving her indefinite life sentence.
And number ten is celebrity obsession.
Born on May 29th, 1955, John Hinckley, Jr.
quickly developed a love for Hollywood star Jody Foster
after he saw one of her earliest movies,
the 1976 Scorsese crime drama Taxi Driver.
Hinckley's unnatural obsession led him to stalk the actress
and repeatedly attempted to make contact.
However having no luck doing that,
he decided the only way to meet her
was to become famous as well.
And to him there was no better way to become famous
than becoming infamous.
On March 30th, 1981, Hinckley decided that he
would accomplish this by taking a revolver
to the Hilton Hotel in Washington DC
and attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan.
As the American president was leaving a conference there,
Hinckley fired six times.
But he only managed to injure Reagan along
with a police officer and a secret service agent,
who he ended up killing was press secretary James Brady.
After the shooting, Hinckley was arrested
but was found not guilty by reason of insanity.
He was confined to Saint Elizabeth's Hospital
in Washington DC but was released on September 10th, 2016
to his elderly mother's care.
So those were the 10 most bizarre motives for murder.
But as always, I want to know from you,
do you know of another bizarre murder that happened
that deserves to be on this list?
Leave your response below because I'll be reading through
them and I'll pin the best comment to the top.
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