Examples Of Neighbours From Hell In Each State
By Molly
8 months ago
1. The Texas shooter
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We all hate storming into our neighbors’ yards to demand they stop doing activities that distract us from our own. Such an incident happened in Cleveland, Texas. Francisco Oropesa was firing his semi-automatic rifle on April 28th, 2023. When his neighbors asked him to stop because it was rousing their baby from sleep, Francisco barged into their home and shot at the ten people in the room, killing five of them. A monster indeed!2. The Racist shooter from Florida
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We are well into the 21st century. Racism should be an unthinkable vice. But in St. Petersburg, Florida, Susan Louise Lorincz not only racially insulted her black neighbor's children; but also killed her. According to Marion County authorities, there were previous conflicts between Susan and her black neighbor, Ajike Owens. When Owens knocked at her door that night, Susan's first impulse was to fetch her handgun and shoot her neighbor. She has made plenty of excuses to justify her cruelty, but it is clear that Susan was nothing but a vile racist who would have stopped at nothing but to hurt her neighbor.3. Deranged Arizona teen
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Can you imagine your neighbor burning your house to the ground? This is what happened to two victims of Osman Vazquez. The 18-year-old boy from Phoenix, Arizona, set fire to the two houses belonging to his neighbors. Fortunately, none of them was around when the incidents happened. Osman's defense was inconsistent. He claims that these two separate neighbors took things that belonged to him. When police arrested him, he planned to burn down his mother's house!4. Californian screamer
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Neighbors of a mentally crazed man in Long Beach, California, were living in hell. The unnamed man lived on the fifth floor of an apartment, where he spent most of his time screaming and making vile threats to other tenants. The man was mentally sick, but his neighbors could not get peace whenever he had not taken his medication. It was even more distressing that the police could not take him in. According to them, there was nothing much they could do unless he committed a crime! And so, the screams intensified.5. Michigan dog-hater
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Pets are simply adorable. Dogs are perhaps the kindest beings we could relate to. However, a 43-year-old man did the unthinkable in Wexford County, Michigan. Thomas Middaugh was found slaughtering his neighbor's dog! The poor animal had wandered off his owner's compound and found itself in the lunatic's compound. The neighbor traced the dog's tracks to Thomas' compound only to find a pool of blood. Investigations say that Thomas, who has a history of animal abuse, shot the poor dog with a rifle before dismembering its body parts!6. Alabama Chucky doll
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Pranks by your neighbors can get stupid and annoying, especially if it is not Halloween. In Albertville, Alabama, a little boy was scaring the guts out of his neighbors by dressing in a Chucky costume. It sounds like harmless fun, but imagine meeting a being that resembles one of America’s scariest horror movie villains in your neighborhood. Anything could happen! You could act irrationally or even get a heart attack!7. Oregon ‘property values'
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Everyone has political views that they are proud of. A 15-year-old girl, Nandita Kumar from Oregon, firmly believes in the ‘Black Lives Matter movement. Like many people passionate about their beliefs, she painted a sign with the message and plastered it to the house window. However, an anonymous neighbor began sending her notes demanding she take them down. Reason? The concerned neighbor wants to sell the property they own, but the sign repulses potential buyers. You are probably asking yourself, what has this got to do with Nandita? The annoying neighbor thinks being candid about your political views drives down the market value of their property. So you should stop? Baffling!8. Minnesota's infamous ‘neighbor from hell'
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Lori Christensen, 58, has been a menace to residents in Minnesota. For a decade, she harassed her neighbors in White Bear Township. Not even the numerous felony charges against her incessant stalking and insults have kept her on the leash. According to some victims, she was videotaping a family in their yard. Her obnoxious behavior has led neighbors to move out or sell their property. Others have filed for restraining orders. Anything to keep Christensen from them! But she doesn’t seem willing to change. She makes lives miserable for her neighbors as a hobby.9. The Nebraska Solicitation
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Neighbors can get you into trouble if you are not careful. Take Douglas Goldsberry from Omaha, Nebraska, for instance. In his malicious desire to solicit money from a neighbor across the streets, he hired prostitutes 75 times and sent them there to cause chaos. They would strip on the couch, yell for payment and kick doors as Douglas snapped photos of the incident. Even more disgusting is that the girls he hired may have been underage. Only a genuinely evil neighbor would set you up for crime in this manner.10. Ohio Democrat
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People do crazy things for politics, but none is as shocking as killing a neighbor because they were probably members of an opposing faction. Austin Gene Combs from Okeana, Ohio, was taken into custody after firing a revolver at a neighbor in his yard. The reason why he killed the 43-year-old Anthony Lee King; he was supposedly a Democrat. According to the distraught family, Austin had confronted King several times, believing he was a Democrat. It never struck anyone that his madness would flare up. What did he have against Democrats that he wanted them dead? We may never know.11. Illinois Leaf Blower incident
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A 79-year-old man in Antioch, Illinois, shot his neighbor for cleaning his yard. William Martys, 59, was using his leaf blower when the grumpy Ettore Lacchei, who lived next door, demanded that he stops. Martys insisted that he needed to clean his yard, but the intolerant neighbor was having none of it. A bitter argument ensued. Without thinking, Lacchei took his gun and shot his neighbor in the head, killing him. This was a straightforward issue that could be solved amicably, but nobody knew what demons were running in the older man’s mind.12. The Machete Man from Maine
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Having a neighbor like Bruce Akers from Limington, Maine, is a recipe for disaster. This nasty man accused an innocent neighbor of stealing his alcohol. Bruce then cut up his neighbor, Douglas Flint, with a machete and buried his body under a pile of rotting deer carcasses! It is unimaginable how someone who should be cordial to you, would gather the nerve to pick up a machete to dismember you. Horrible!13. Trailer on fire in Nevada
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A neighbor walks up to you and pledges to burn down your property for no reason—just another malicious thing to do. In Nye County, Nevada, Tonya Carter threatened her neighbors, vowing to burn down their trailer. Nobody can say her motive, but she was seen leaving the scene minutes after the fire incident. She was a notorious arsonist. Living close to someone who burns property for a hobby must be a terrible ordeal!14. The Colorado shooting
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What happens when a quarrelsome couple resides in a neighboring house, separated by a wall? It could not be more delightful. However, the situation could get deadly. In an apartment in South Ivy Way, Colorado, Sally Strelecki was busy preparing food for her pet; when a bullet hit her in the back of her head. Her neighbor, Mickel McLean, was arguing with his girlfriend and then fired a gun. The bullet penetrated the wall unit and hit the unfortunate occupant next door. What a mess!15. Flooding house in North Carolina
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Some people love making life a living hell for their neighbors, like this guy from Waynesville, North Carolina, who built a wall between his property and the neighbor. It seems innocent, but the architectural implications of the behavior led to the damming of his neighbor's barn. Joe Cook, the unfortunate neighbor of this malicious guy, has to wade through water to access his barn. Furthermore, he has lost hundreds of thousands of dollars because some of the machines he stored there were ruined. All of this, according to Joe, was done on purpose.16. The Racist at a Wisconsin apartment
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In West Allis, Wisconsin, neighbors of William McDonald got it rough! The bloody racist was unhappy that a black family had moved into a Suburban Milwaukee apartment complex. So what does he do? He vandalized their property. According to authorities, McDonald slashed the tires and broke the windscreen of a car owned by a black woman. Moreover, this pathetic neighbor left notes threatening to cut her throat if she did not leave the area!17. Iowa arson
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Making requests to your neighbors for them to do you a favor is not a bad thing. In Sioux City, Iowa, a man requested his neighbors to mow his lawn. They were not able to do so. Lee Bowman became enraged and demanded that they mow his lawn. Later on, the neighbors had their house set on fire. Lee Bowman was later arrested for lighting the home with an accelerant. This is the height of entitlement! He should just have mowed the lawn himself.18. The drunk shooter from South Carolina
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In Cherokee County, South Carolina, a drunk man was shooting at targets in his backyard. An unfortunate neighbor, Kesha Luwan Lucille Tate, checked out what happened. She heard gunshots, and her children were at home. She was shot in the chest, instantaneously killed as she looked out the window. The neighbor was irresponsible enough to use a firearm when intoxicated. Outside his house! He could have even injured himself.19. Wyoming Homophobes
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A group of homophobic neighbors came together in a rural Wapiti, Wyoming community to condemn a lesbian couple who had just moved in. Colin Monahan and her wife Shannon were visited by five neighbors who demanded they leave the community. These nosey people said Colin and her 'kind' were not welcome there. They took offense that Colin dressed like a man. The neighbors could let other people be, but this was not so. How awful!20. The sick old man of New Mexico
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Reading about some neighbors makes us fear for our children. David Sarver, from Albuquerque, New Mexico, was convicted over the sexual assault of a young boy who was his neighbor's child. The boy, who was nine or ten years old, believing that the old man was his friend, would visit him and do some chores for him. However, the old man had other plans. Sarver tased the boy and held him at gunpoint before sexually assaulting him.21. New Jersey tree-cutter
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An arrogant homeowner in Kinnelon, New Jersey, went ahead to cut his neighbor's thirty-two trees so that he could get a scenic view of New York City. However, these were not his trees. He did not have the right to cut them down. Even more depressing is that these trees were valuable and hard to replace. However, this man was charged with the offense of cutting down trees that he did not own. He probably thought he would have to pay some fines and get away, but arborists ensured he got to replant similar trees. Now that's justice!22. The Utah murderer
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We never know the kind of neighbors with evil plans against our children; even the thought of it makes us sick. In West valley city, Utah, Nicole Lester confessed to killing her neighbor's daughter. The 4-year-old girl was found with stab wounds on her body. What is even more insidious in this incident is that Nicole did not have any criminal records before this murder. Therefore, none of her neighbors suspected she would callously harm their children.23. Maryland shooter
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A quiet neighborhood in Annapolis, Maryland, would receive its hell neighbor in June 2023. Charles Robert Smith, 45, burst into his neighbor’s home with a gun and shot dead three people, further injuring another three. Nobody had ever expected this. Charles was residing on the same street, and nobody ever thought he was deranged. However, the cause of the conflict is unclear, but authorities said there was a disagreement over a parking spot. What a murdersome douche!24. Crazy Oklahoma teen
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Those whom we offer to help don’t need to accept it. But in Oklahoma City, an 18-year-old boy assaulted and robbed an older woman who refused his assistance to mow her lawn. The boy, Steven Muniz, barged into her house one morning and started beating her. When she tried to scream for help, the rowdy teenager threatened that he had a gun in his pocket. The 75-year-old woman had been undergoing cancer treatment and was very weak. She watched helplessly as her neighbor stole her tools and went away.25. Tennessee Bulldozer
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What do you do when you disagree with a neighbor over some issue? Sit down and have a conversation about it. This was not the case in Memphis, Tennessee, when 57-year-old Edgar McLellan got into a backhoe and demolished his neighbor's house. The victim, John Hidgon, was appalled by the vandalism that destroyed his bedroom. Luckily for him, the incident happened when no one was home, and nobody got injured. What motivated such an extreme action by their neighbor still baffles them.26. The assaulter of North Dakota
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In Mandan County, North Dakota, a neighbor threatened to kill her neighbor after refusing to leave an older woman’s apartment. Sabrina Kraus picked up a pair of sewing shears and a piece of wood and brandished them at the distraught woman. Despite owning a gun, the attacked woman could not defend herself successfully. When the police arrived, Sabrina desperately attempted to resist arrest, but it was in vain. An elite squad had to be called to subdue this dangerous woman finally.27. The burning cross of Mississippi
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Some black residents in Gulfport, Mississippi, had to endure crime from an obnoxious neighbor who thought it was cool to send racist signals. The young man, Axel Cox, propped up a wooden cross in his front yard to infuriate his black neighbors. As if that was not enough, he set it on fire to resemble the KKK’s intimidation tactics. The neighbors could not understand why anyone would resist reliving racial hatred in modern society.28. The Massachusetts bludgeoning
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The thought of living near neighbors who would kill you if they had a chance does cross our minds often. However, in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, a man called Dinis Moreira killed his neighbor Valerie Oakhem most brutally. This shocked other neighbors in the area because Dinis was considered a kind and warm person, especially around Ms. Oakhem. No one imagined that Dinis would bludgeon his victim in his kitchen, leaving her with severe head injuries that would eventually kill her.29. The killer from Indiana
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This list gets more dreadful. Mike Pludamore from Indiana killed a 9-year-old girl, his neighbor, using a brick. But that was not enough for this monster. He dismembered the poor girl and disposed of most of her body in a dumpster. Later police would find her head, hands, and feet stacked in Mike's freezer. It was an outrageous act committed during Christmas, and other neighbors demanded that the authorities search his property for more filth.30. The Delaware dog abductor
