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TwitterCanadian wrestler Owen Hart, who tragically died in a dramatic fall at the age of just 34.On May 23, 1999, Canadian wrestler Owen Hart, known by his stage name The Blue Blazer, fell to his death off-camera during a pay-per-view event as he prepared to make a stunt entrance from the rafters of the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri.The next evening, wrestling fans tuned in to an atypically somber, quiet episode of Raw is War. Rather than being greeted with WWEs (then WWF) usual in-your-face pyrotechnics and high-energy aggression, viewers saw almost the entire roster of WWE wrestlers in grief, gathered together on the entrance ramp for a 10-bell salute.The night of Owen Harts death was one that changed wrestling forever. According to Sports Illustrated, announcer Jim Ross addressed the audience directly, promising 10 matches for the evening as well as the candid and very, very real sentiments of the WWE stars who worked alongside Owen Hart.The typical bombast of professional wrestling had, for a moment, faded away, revealing that beneath the makeup and flashy suits, the people performing outrageous stunts on television were still very much human.This is the story of Owen Hart, his devastating death, and the legacy he left behind.Owen Hart: Born To WrestleThe Hart wrestling family, or the Hart Dynasty, had been a name long known in the wrestling world by the time Owen James Hart was born on May 7, 1965. His parents, Stu and Helen Hart, were the owners and operators of Stampede Wrestling, and Stu had been an amateur and professional wrestler for years himself.Together, Stu and Helen had 12 children, eight of whom were boys. Owen Hart was the youngest.TwitterHelen and Stu Hart, the heads of the Hart wrestling family.Given their upbringing, its not surprising that at least some of the Hart children would find their way into the wrestling world. In fact, all eight of the Hart sons would go on to become wrestlers. But it was Bret and Owen who would rise to considerable fame inside the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment).Owen Hart got his start wrestling in high school and continued the sport into college at the University of Calgary. However, as his wife Martha would later explain in her book Broken Harts, her husband didnt initially intend for wrestling to be his career. But as fate would have it, nothing else quite panned out for him, and he found himself training with his father in the famed Hart Dungeon.By 1987, Owen Hart was one of the hottest up-and-comers in wrestling, and Pro Wrestling Illustrated named him Rookie of the Year.The Rise Of The Blue BlazerNot long after, Hart joined Vince McMahons WWE as the Blue Blazer. The Blue Blazer wore a mask and was a sort of superhero of the wrestling mythos during a time whenwrestling very much revolved around heroes and villains. Unfortunately, matches were set up so that the Blue Blazer beat other newcomers with relatively little trouble but was relegated to defeat against wrestlings biggest stars.In 1989, Hart wound up leaving the WWE after a match against Mr. Perfect, who, in the eyes of McMahon, had more star power. The Blue Blazer lost the match and subsequently abandoned the company, opting instead to participate in competitions around the world.TwitterOwen Hart with fellow High Energy team member, Koko B. Ware.In 1993, however, Owen Hart would return to the WWE, wrestling alongside his brothers Keith, Bruce, and Bret in a match against Shawn Michaels and the Knights. And to great surprise, the match ended with Owen being the only member of his family to be eliminated before re-entering the ring to confront Bret, kicking off a family feud that would become the focal point of his career.The Hart Brothers Rivalry Became One Of The Greatest Wrestling Stories Of All TimeIn November 1993, Bret Hart was the top babyface in the WWE. A former WWE champion, Bret suggested a year-long narrative that would see him facing off in a sibling rivalry against his brother Owen.Beginning with Survivor Series 1993, in which the four Hart brothers squared off against Shawn Michaels and the Knights, the captivating saga would see Owen Hart transform from a masked superhero to an embittered villain.TwitterOwen Hart and Bret Hart with Ric Flair, considered one of the greatest wrestlers of all time.In January 1994, Owen and Bret teamed up once again, this time for a Tag Team Championship match against the Quebecers. During the match, Bret sustained an injury to his knee but would not tag Owen in. Eventually, with Bret unable to continue and Owen stuck on the sidelines, the referee called the match in favor of the Quebecers. Frustrated, Owen kicked Brets leg out from beneath him and stormed out of the ring.The brothers eventually settled the score at WrestleMania X when they went toe-to-toe in the ring. The match ended with Owen Hart victorious over his brother in his greatest career win to date.From Owen Hart Went From Hero To Villain And Back AgainOver the course of the next two years, the Harts continued to face off against one another, with Owen officially making the transition from hero to villain.Owen Hart eventually teamed up with fellow villain Yokozuna to win a tag team championship match against the Smoking Guns and joined the villainous WWE faction Camp Cornette, solidifying himself as one of the top villains in the company.TwitterOwen Hart and Yokozuna in their championship tag team match against the Smoking Gunns.Owen Hart quickly established a new rivalry in the company with Shawn Michaels, the Heartbreak Kid. Hart bested Michaels in a November 1995 match and frequently reminded fans that he had been the one who sidelined the Heartbreak Kid. But in February 1996, Michaels struck back with a vengeance and scored a win against Hart, putting an end to their rivalry.Harts villainous streak in WWE continued for another year until Owen once again reunited with his brother Bret, this time to re-establish the Hart Foundation, which would become the most hated act on any U.S. WWE show. This hatred, however, was a boon to the WWE, as the Hart Foundation made for excellent villains and kept fans coming back for more.But by 1999, Owen Hart was tired of playing the villain and decided to make a comeback as the Blue Blazer. Of course, wrestling had changed by then, and his heroic costume seemed like a gimmicky callback to a bygone era of the sport.Hart, to his credit, leaned heavily into the gimmick, turning a cringeworthy revival into an endearing and entertaining performance. Unfortunately, the Blue Blazers over-the-top showmanship led Hart to attempt the stunt that ultimately led to his death.How Owen Hart Died And What Caused ItRoughly 75 minutes into a WWE pay-per-view event at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, Owen Hart prepared to descend from the arena rafters as his match was introduced. Hart had performed the stunt before. He was to be hooked to a cable and lowered into the ring.Instead, witnesses in attendance saw Hart fall 78 feet and hit his head. At first, fans thought it was part of the act. They quickly discovered that it wasnt.TwitterShortly before his death, Owen Hart had told a magazine that he planned to retire when his contract ended.We thought it was a doll at first, 15-year-old fan Robert McCome told CNN. We thought they were just playing with us. We were really shocked when we found out that it was no joke.Some witnesses reported seeing the cable snap, while others said it seemed as if Hart had never even been hooked in the first place. Some said they saw Harts head snap backward when he smacked against one of the rings padded turnbuckles.Medics rushed into the ring to perform CPR on Hart before he was transferred to Truman Medical Center in Kansas City, where he was pronounced dead. He was 34 years old.I didnt see it, but from what I can gather, somebody slipped up, Stu Hart said. You dont get up 60 or 70 feet in the air without being properly anchored down. I havent talked to Vince McMahon yet, but somebody was careless or missed something or else Owen would still be here.A subsequent investigation into the accident determined that a subtle movement may have triggered his quick-release harness to unhitch. Still, whatever the cause, the result was the same: WWE start Owen Hart had died, just a couple of years before he planned to retire.As WWEs president Vince McMahon said, Owen Harts death was the worst thing to ever happen in the business, to the nicest guy who ever was in the business. To this day, he is remembered as one of the companys all-time best wrestlers and performers.For more stories from the world of wrestling, read about Abraham Lincolns surprising career as a wrestling champion. Or, read about the death of Chris Benoit, the WWE star who killed his family and then himself.The post Inside The Tragic Death Of Owen Hart, The Wrestling Star Who Fell 78 Feet During A Live Event appeared first on All That's Interesting.

In 1968, Mary Bell of Newcastle, England was only 10 years old when she strangled her first victim, a four-year-old named Martin Brown, then left haunting confession notes for his family. Two months later, Bell killed and mutilated a three-year-old named Brian Howe.Meanwhile, she tried to strangle several other children and made it clear in her notes that she wanted to keep killing. She wasnt able to, however, after police quickly apprehended her.Having committed her crimes at a shockingly young age, Mary Bell was still just 23 years old when she was released from prison after serving a 12-year sentence for the two killings. Ever since, shes walked free.This is the disturbing story of Mary Bell.Mary Bells Harsh Upbringing Before The MurdersPublic DomainIn December 1968, 11-year-old Mary Bell was convicted of strangling two boys to death in the Scotswood suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, England.Mary Flora Bell was born on May 26, 1957, to Betty McCrickett, a 16-year-old sex worker who reportedly told doctors to take that thing away from me when she saw her daughter.Things went downhill from there. McCrickett was often away from home on business trips to Glasgow but her absences were periods of respite for the young Mary, who was subject to mental and physical abuse when her mother was present.McCricketts sister witnessed her trying to give Mary away to a woman who had been unsuccessfully trying to adopt; the sister quickly recovered Mary herself. Mary was also strangely accident-prone; she once fell from a window, and she accidentally overdosed on sleeping pills on another occasion.Some attribute the accidents to Bettys determination to rid herself of an encumbrance, while others see the symptoms of Munchausen syndrome by proxy; Betty longed for the attention and sympathy her daughters accidents brought her.According to later accounts given by Mary Bell herself, her mother began to use her for sex work when she was just four years old though this remains uncorroborated by family members. They did know, however, that Marys young life had already been marked by loss: she had seen her five-year-old friend run over and killed by a bus.Given all that had happened, it did not surprise them that by age 10, Mary Bell had become a strange child, withdrawn and manipulative, always hovering on the edge of violence.But there was a lot they didnt know.A Growing Obsession With Death And Her First MurderEvening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesMary Flora Bell, pictured nearly 10 years after she was sentenced to life in prison for the murders of Martin Brown and Brian Howe.For weeks before her first murder, Mary Bell had been acting strangely. On May 11, 1968, Mary had been playing with a three-year-old boy when he was badly injured in a fall from the top of an air-raid shelter; his parents thought it was an accident.The following day, three mothers came forward to tell police that Mary had attempted to choke their young daughters. A brief police interview and a lecture resulted but no charges were filed.Then on May 25, the day before she turned 11, Mary Bell strangled four-year-old Martin Brown to death in an abandoned house in Scotswood, England. She left the scene and returned with a friend, Norma Bell (no relation), to find theyd been beaten there by two local boys who had been playing in the house and stumbled upon the body.Police were mystified. Besides a bit of blood and saliva on the victims face, there were no apparent signs of violence. There was, however, an empty bottle of painkillers on the floor near the body. Without further clues, police assumed Martin Brown had swallowed the pills. They ruled his death an accident.Then, days after Martins death, Mary Bell appeared on the Browns doorstep and asked to see him. His mother gently explained that Martin was dead, but Mary said she already knew that; she wanted to see his body in the coffin. Martins mother slammed the door in her face.Shortly after, Mary and her friend Norma broke into a nursery school and vandalized it with notes taking responsibility for Martin Browns death and promising to kill again. Police assumed the notes were a morbid prank. For the nursery school, this was just the latest and most disturbing in a series of break-ins; they wearily installed an alarm system.Public DomainNotes left by Mary and Norma Bell proclaiming their motives.Several nights later, both Mary and Norma were caught at the school but as they were simply loitering outside when the police arrived, they were let off the hook.In the meantime, Mary Bell was telling her fellow classmates that she had killed Martin Brown. Her reputation as a show-off and a liar prevented anyone from taking her claims seriously. That is, until another young boy turned up dead.The Grisly Killing Of Brian HowePublic DomainBefore she was caught, Mary Bell was referred to in the press as The Tyneside Strangler.On July 31, two months after the first murder, Mary Bell and her friend Norma killed three-year-old Brian Howe by strangulation. This time, Bell mutilated the body with scissors, scratching his thighs and butchering his penis.When Brians sister went looking for him, Mary and Norma offered to help; they searched the neighborhood, and Mary even pointed out the concrete blocks that hid his body. But Norma said he wouldnt be there, and Brians sister moved on.When Brians body was finally found, the neighborhood panicked: two little boys were now dead.Police interviewed local children, hoping someone had seen something that would lead to a suspect.They were shocked when the coroners report returned: as Brians blood had cooled, new marks appeared on his chest someone had used a razor blade to scratch the letter M onto his torso. And there was another disturbing note: the lack of force in the attack suggested Brians killer might have been a child.Mary and Norma did a poor job of disguising their interest in the investigation in their interviews with the police. Norma was excited and Mary evasive, especially when police pointed out that she had been seen with Brian Howe on the day of his death.On the day of Brians burial, Mary was spotted lurking outside his house; she even laughed and rubbed her hands together when she saw his coffin.They called her back for a second interview, and Mary, perhaps sensing investigators were closing in, made up a story about having seen an eight-year-old boy hit Brian on the day he died. The boy, she said, had been carrying a pair of broken scissors.That was Mary Bells big mistake: the mutilation of the body with scissors had been kept from the press and the public. It was a detail known only to investigators and one other person: Brians murderer.Both Norma and Mary broke down under further questioning.Norma began cooperating with police and implicated Mary, who herself admitted to being present during Brian Howes murder but tried to place the blame on Norma. Both girls were charged, and a trial date was set.The Trial of Mary And Norma BellHulton Archive/Getty ImagesChild murderer Mary Flora Bell aged 16, circa 1973.At the trial, the prosecutor told the court that Mary Bells reasonfor committing the murders was solely for the pleasure and excitement of killing. Meanwhile, the British press referred to the child murderer as evil born.The jury agreed that Mary Bell had committed the murders and handed down a guilty verdict in December. Manslaughter, not murder, was the conviction, as court psychiatrists had convinced the jury that Mary Bell showed classic symptoms of psychopathy and could not be held fully responsible for her actions.Norma Bell was regarded as an unwilling accomplice who had fallen under a bad influence. She was acquitted.The judge concluded that Mary was a dangerous person and a serious threat to other children. She was sentenced to be imprisoned at Her Majestys pleasure, a British legal term that denotes an indeterminate sentence.What Happened After The Murders And Where Is Mary Bell NowApparently, the powers that be were impressed with Mary Bells treatment and rehabilitation after 12 years, and they let her out in 1980. She was released on license, which meant that she was technically still serving her sentence but was able to do so while living in the community under strict probation.Mary Bell was given a new identity to provide her with a chance at a new life and protect her from tabloid attention. Even still, she was forced to move several times to escape hounding by tabloids, newspapers, and the general public, which somehow always found ways of tracking her down.Things grew worse for Bell after she had her daughter in 1984. Bells daughter didnt know about her mothers crimes until she was 14 and a tabloid paper found Bells common-law husband to track them both down.Soon, a slew of journalists surrounded her house and camped out in front of it. The family had to escape their home with bedsheets over their heads.Today, Mary Bell is in protective custody at a secret address. Both she and her daughter remain anonymous and are protected under court order. Still, along with the likes of Myra Hindley and Joanna Dennehy, she remains among the most infamous female killers in the modern history of the UK.Some feel she doesnt deserve the protection. June Richardson, the mother of Martin Brown, told the media, Its all about her and how she has to be protected. As victims we are not given the same rights as killers.Indeed, Mary Bell remains protected by the British government today, and court rulings protecting the identities of certain convicts are even unofficially referred to as Mary Bell orders.After learning about Mary Bell and the gruesome murders she committed as a child, read the story of the teenage serial killerHarvey Robinson. Then, have a look at some of the most chilling serial killer quotes.The post The Chilling Story Of Mary Bell, The 10-Year-Old Murderer Who Strangled Two Boys appeared first on All That's Interesting.