He shot his mother instead
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
February 7, 2016 5:02pm CST
I have a relative of (at the very least) the great great great variety. I don't know if it would be an uncle or cousin or what have you. This happened around the late 1800's I believe.
A male relative found that his wife had been cheating on him. One early morning he waited in the kitchen for his wife to come in the door so he could shoot her. He had planned to tell the police that he thought it was an intruder.
In any case, he pulled the trigger and found that the woman coming through the back door was not his wife but his own mother.
He did tell the police that he thought it was an intruder, but he was never the same again. I believe he ended up divorcing his wife, but never did remarry. I can't imagine how he must have felt shooting his own mother. He must have lived with the guilt for the rest of his life
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
8 Feb 16
They are all long since deceased. This happened in the late 1800's if I am not mistaken. It is very sad that his wife cheated, but I can't condone what he did either.
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@Lucky15 (37391)
• Philippines
8 Feb 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum the end don't justify the means
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
7 Feb 16
Wow, even the thought that he planning out the murder of his wife gives me the chills. The fact that he shot his own mother because of his twisted plan gone awry is horrible.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
7 Feb 16
This was also in a time period where all he had to do was say "I thought it was an intruder" and he got of scott free. His guilty conscience did him in though as from what I've been told he was never the same again.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
7 Feb 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum he got ran over by the Karma train.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
7 Feb 16
@ElusiveButterfly I haven't heard anything about how the family treated him afterwards, but I imagine that he was somewhat distanced from the rest of the family after that as well. I feel for him, though I don't condone what he tried to do either way.
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@celticeagle (189915)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Feb 16
Not being a psychopath I am sure he had feelings and must have had a hard time.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
8 Feb 16
I am sure he regretted what he had done. I can't say that I condone what he intended to do to his wife but times were different then.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
8 Feb 16
Would he have been any less guilty if he had shot his wife, or was that justified by some twist of logic.
@JESSY3236 (22245)
• United States
8 Feb 16
That's sad. But he shouldn't have wanted to kill his wife either.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
8 Feb 16
He had made up his mind to kill his wife so I doubt he'd have had any real guilt over it. I bet he regretted the entire decision after shooting his mom instead. I don't think he knew she would be coming around.
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@T_gray (7772)
• Salina, Kansas
8 Feb 16
@ScribbledAdNauseum You're right about that.
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