Paul Orgeron

 VICTIMS: 5

Little is known of Paul Orgeron prior to his leap to fame except that he was an ex-convict that was know to be more than a little demented. So unfortunately I cannot give you a look into the background of this rather strange man. But I can tell you about his final crime.

It was mid September, 1959 when the 47-year-old Paul Orgeron walked into the Edgar Allan Poe Elementary School with his 7-year-old son, Dusty. The purpose of this visit was to enrol Dusty in the second grade, a simple request. But when Orgeron was unable to produce any papers to prove his sons identity or give a home address the headmaster told him that until he had some form of I.D. and an address the boy couldn't be enrolled. A furious Oregon stormed from the building promising to be back later with the necessary papers.

And return he did. He and Dusty showed up a few hours later with a very agitated Paul Orgeron carrying a suitcase that he said held a bomb that would explode if it hit the ground. Exactly what he was trying to prove by this is unknown, but I'm sure in Orgeron mind he knew what was going on. Anyway, a teacher obviously didn't believe there really was a bomb in the suitcase and decided to be a big hero. But as with most wannabe hero's he totally fucked things up - The idiot teacher attacked the demented Orgeron and during a brief struggle the case slipped from Orgeron's hand onto the ground. And I guess it's no surprise that there really was a bomb in the case.

The blast killed Oregon, his son Dusty, two teachers and two young children. Another 19 kids were injured in the explosion.

No reason for Orgeron's actions have ever been given, but a previous psychiatric report stated that he was a very obsessive man, and that he had fantasies of complete power.
 

MY OPINION

An interesting case, if only for the fact that there seemed to be no real reason for the attack. I guess stupid people will always do stupid things - anyway I really know very little about the case other than what's written above, so one can't really decide if Orgeron was a good killer or just a stupid man. But it's most likely the latter.