All of our Serial Killer books are massive, 8.5" x 11" perfect bound editions. One woman present that evening was 41-year-old Lyn Thompson, a mother-of-three who has lived in the town all her life. . Mentioned as "niece Raynall" in the Will of her half uncle, Sir Edward Hungerford, in 1607. "There was this great spontaneous reaction. Ryan lived alone with his mother, who was a dinner lady at the local primary school; there was extensive press comment on this suggesting the relationship was 'unhealthy', that Ryan was 'spoiled', a Guardian headline describing Ryan as a 'mummy's boy'. "The story of Michael Ryan doesn't do Hungerford credit. Both Bright and Haslett escaped without major injury. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. '"The thought of how I felt on that day still brings tears to my eyes.". Ryan drove the car into the Golden Arrow filling station at Foxfield, on the A4, east of the forest to get petrol. "Wherever you go.". Said Douglas Hogg, Under Secretary of State at the Home Office: "Obviously, there are lessons to be learned from this incident.". The then prime minister Margaret Thatcher surprised residents by visiting Hungerford the following day. This massive 8.5 x 11 perfect bound book contains over 300 pages of rare interviews, letters, documents, transcripts and artwork from historys most notorious killers. It was the 19th of August, 1987, when 35-year-old Susan Godfrey, a nurse at Dunedin Hospital in Reading, left her home in Burghfield Common to take her two young children for a picnic in Savernake Forest. The gunman, brandishing a shotgun in one hand and a pump-action shotgun in the other, strode down South View after collecting ammunition in the garden of his home. This is a savings of over $100! "For many years, images of Dad slumped dead at the wheel of his car continued to pop up unexpectedly on television. By, or before, 14:30 Ryan had ensconced himself at the John O'Gaunt Secondary School (closed and empty at that time of year for summer holidays), where he had previously been a pupil. Dr. Sue Ann Hungerford has 2 locations. "[2][13] A psychologist in BBC One's The Hungerford Massacre documentary described how Ryan had "anger and contempt for ordinary life". That has stopped now. If you are interested in joining our team, contact us at Found 218 results for. Ryan bought two new guns - a Kalashnikov and a beretta handgun. His wife and their two children escaped injury; Playle died at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford two days later. He says: "The events of that day still live with us all. When he became mayor in the spring of 1987, he'd expected the usual round of rotary lunches, garden parties and children's fetes. Father: xxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx (1876-xxxx) And he finds that people and animals will do what you want them to do because you have a gun.". No more was heard from him. At 1.05, he sent out a message: "18. New Business and Renewal package preparation, administration & payment tracking. He added: "I couldn't believe the love that they showed me and it made me determined that I would carry on and do my job, and stay in the town and help with the aftermath of what happened. He then removed the three shotguns from his car, possibly because it would not start. Most people are not grief-stricken but angry that their friendly little town is a byword, around the world, for mass murder. His body was later recovered from his police car near Ryan's house. The Hungerford massacre was a spree shooting in Hungerford, England, United Kingdom, on 19 August 1987, . Ryan approached them with his gun raised and forced Susan to place the children in her Nissan Micra. She paid for his new cars every year. She shudders. Fifteen other people were also shot but survived. In the next block, at 6 South View, an elderly couple, Roly and Sheila Mason, were also wounded. It's gone. "A friend took me to Princess Margaret Hospital in Swindon where I waited in the corridor, watching as other victims arrived. She married Gerald Lloyd Hungerford in Flint on August 9, 1963 and he preceded her in death on November 23, 2010. PC Briereton, who leaves a wife and two teenage sons, had been shot in the back. Northbrook, IL 60062. Instead, Ron, who lives in Hungerford with his wife Beryl, 78, in the same bungalow he's lived in for 40 years, found himself trying to hold together a traumatised community. "But if you'd asked me to make a list of the people in the town who I thought were in the slightest bit capable of doing what Michael Ryan did, his name wouldn't have been on it.". The rollcall of the dead is long: Marcus Barnard, Roger Brereton, Francis Butler, Kenneth Clements, Myrtle Gibbs, Victor Gibbs, Susan Godfrey, Sandra Hill, Abdul Khan, Sheila Mason, Roland Mason, Ian Playle, Dorothy Ryan, Eric Vardy, Douglas Wainwright, George White. The murder spree became known as the Hungerford Massacre and would lead to sweeping changes in gun control. He was a fantasist who told his family he had a girlfriend he was due to marry, but who proved to be nonexistent. [25] At 13:18 PC Wood was joined by two armed police officers at the command post on the common. But despite the backlash, PC Wainwright decided to stay on in Hungerford and while his reputation was raked over in the media, he was supported by people in the town - and still lives there today. [20] Ryan returned to South View from the common, and the first police officers to arrive aimed to close both ends of the road to contain a possible gunman. The volunteers did not just collect donations; they listened. Check out our sister site VHS WASTELAND. ER 2011-21. He never tired of telling his neighbors in Hungerford, a little farming town some 75 miles west of London, about his collection of firearms or showing them off whenever anyone paid attention. Talking is one of the essential features. He spent most of his time with his mother and was jealously guarded by his father. At the 20th anniversary service, Hill's mother told Beryl: "We ought to be surrounded by grandchildren by now, but it hasn't worked out right.". Sadly, she died in his arms. [19] Ryan was chastised by 77-year-old Dorothy Smith for "scaring everybody to death" for making noise, although he did not shoot her. Pop, Theatre. memorial page for Susan Elaine Godfrey (27 May 1952-19 Aug 1987), Find a Grave Memorial ID 235320279, citing St. Mary's Churchyard, Burghfield . "OK, so the Government banned automatic weapons after 1987, but Ryan killed more people with a handgun than with his Kalashnikov.". On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Navigate to the "People Search" section on the CocoFinder website. "Twenty-three years and it still gets brought up," he says heavily. But that's your job. His mum Shirley Harries, 61, says: "Carl came face-toface with Michael Ryan. Susan Tyrrell (born Hungerford) was born on month day 1845, at birth place, to Robert Richard Hungerford, Free Settler "Alexander Henry" 1828 and Ellen Hungerford (born Winder). Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Alice Crimmins Was The Susan Smith of Her Generation. Given a job clearing footpaths in the town, Ryan would turn up carrying his rifle. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Betty A. Tomlinson; his daughter, Darlene S. Richardson (Steve) and grandson, Chris Richardson (Kathleen) all of Victoria. Ryan, openly armed, approached the family and Susan placed the children in her car . He forced the terrified woman to put children in the car, and then marched her to the woods and shot her 13 times with an AK 47 rifle. "He was his life, you see. Should the Commons have observed one minute's silence for the Cumbria shooting victims. Now, a few days before the 20th anniversary of that terrible day, the residents of Hungerford are steeling themselves for the renewed feelings of anguish and fury which such a milestone will inevitably bring. Abdul Rahman Khan, who was in his garden; George White, was shot in South View while driving Ivor Jackson home from work; Ryan's mother Dorothy was shot not far from her home in South View as she pleaded with her son to stop the shooting. 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View Full Report . shungerford@cs.com . Scrawled on the wooden upright supporting the region map is a confused testament. Build. I thought if I had signed my father's death warrant I had signed the death warrant of all the other 15 people.". MADHATTERDESIGN@GMAIL.COM, FORBIDDEN PHOTOS OF A LADY ABOVE SUSPICION, MIKADROID: ROBOKILL BENEATH DISCO CLUB LAYLA, MOH - INCIDENT ON AND OFF A MOUNTAIN ROAD, ARTICLE "THE ICEMAN" RICHARD LEONARD KUKLINSKI, Like old school VHS Covers? Related To Joann Godfrey, Chris Godfrey, Gene Godfrey. Buckingham, D. (2001) "Electronic Child Abuse" In: M. Barker and J. Petley (eds) Ill effects: the media/violence debate. She was a lifetime member of First Presbyterian Church. Ten minutes later, the police assault team entered the building and reported that they had pinpointed Ryan's location in an office. A lone gunman brings death to a sleepy English town. That sounds like a joke but it was reality on that day in Hungerford. He . "The following week he shot Alan," says Mrs Lepetit, and she almost laughs with disbelief. "Michael Ryan shot her for no reason whatsoever," says Tarry, still sounding baffled. Instead, it is discreetly placed next to the town's football ground, away from the town centre. Abdul Khan, 84, was cut down in his garden, dying as his wife cradled his head. But on that fateful day in August he changed his tact, rather than sneaking up on people he committed one of the worst massacres known at the time. Shortly after midday on 19 August, Ryan approached Susan Godfrey, who was picnicking in nearby Savernake Forest. He had placed down a groundsheet; a police report identified the possibility that Ryan had intended to rape Godfrey. Menu. Get email updates with the day's biggest stories. Daily life in this middle England town drifts along to the rhythm of school fetes, coffee mornings, the pony club and dog walking. Of all the town's residents, Lyn Thompson probably knew Michael Ryan the best. Ryan then drove in his car, a Vauxhall Astra, from the forest along the A4 towards Hungerford and stopped at a petrol station three miles (5 km) away from the town. Each giant issue is perfect bound and chock full of true crime articles, artwork, letters, documents and more. Members of the public with no connection to Hungerford would call the mayor with their own tales of misery. Susan Godfrey is 60 years old and was born on 03/06/1962.Susan Godfrey lives in Ashburn, VA; previous cities include Charlotte NC, Centreville VA and Bowie MD.Sometimes Susan goes by various nicknames including Susan E Frank, Susan F Godfrey and Susan Frank Godfrey. "Oh God, they are not going to bring that up again?" Mrs GODFREY had just finished picnicking with her two children aged 4 and 2 . At 2.30pm, Ryan was seen strolling into John O'Gaunt school in Priory Road. She telephoned her friend George White for help, and asked him to collect her husband Ivor from work in Newbury. Hungerford is a picturesque market town with a population of 5,000 situated in the Kennet valley midway between Newbury and Marlborough. When Williams was mayor in 1990, he was phoned in the middle of night by the mayor of Aramoana, New Zealand, after a gunman killed 13 people there. Did residents feel, oddly, responsible? Name. Ryan was a victim of bullying and was an under-achiever who was overly protected by his mother. Andy Richens, who knew Ryan at school, said: "He was a very quiet person and seemed to do his own sort of thing. Approximately 100 yards (100m) from their destination, Ryan shot Douglas dead and injured Kathleen before non-fatally shooting at two other drivers. It's one of our townsmen who did it." The Hungerford Report was commissioned by Home Secretary Douglas Hurd from the Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police, Colin Smith. The shootings remain one of the deadliest firearms incidents in British history. ", Cumbria shootings: Police chiefs order inquiries into Bird's rampage, Cumbria shootings: viewers complain over ITV interview with nine-year-old, Cumbrians mourn as eight services are held for Derrick Bird's victims. There was a memorial service on the 20th anniversary of the tragedy but there is not a special service every year. Tarry knew him by sight. 3. get yours now before they are gone forever. John O'Gaunt secondary school left little academic impression on Ryan. Then another neighbour, Mr Douglas Wainwright, aged 84, was shot dead and his wife, Kathleen, aged 63, was wounded. It was several years later that Ryan would use this obsession to murderous intent, kicking back at the society that had left him feeling isolated and alone in an act of horrific violence that would see him shoot dozens of people - leaving 16 dead in the Hungerford massacre . Genre. But this day, Ryan armed himself with a Kalashnikov semiautomatic rifle, a powerful Beretta pistol and an M1 carbine, and had decided he would kill. He opened fire with a pistol on Mrs Margaret Dean, the cashier, who was saved by armoured glass. He entered the kiosk and fired with a pistol on Mrs Margaret Dean, the cashier, who was saved by armoured glass. They don't offer their opinion so easily, but it's there all right. This was approved on 30 April 1987. He looked at me with blank eyes, "His mother was lovely but she'd spoiled him. Kay Wainwright's brother, Trevor, will never forget seeing his photograph plastered across the front of the Today newspaper, under the headline "Local policeman signs father's own death warrant". I picked myself up as best I could and I was back at work within a few weeks.". One of Ryan's former school mates at John O'Gaunt, Mr Andy Puffett, aged 25, said: "He never mixed with anyone. I just prayed. "I bet it wasn't someone from Bolton who killed that little boy," says the woman in Hungerford's paper shop, who won't give her name because "people will be angry" if she talks to the press. Just as the press has praised the quiet dignity of people in Cumbria while privately bewailing the absence of media-friendly outpourings of emotion, so I was unfairly expecting Hungerford to instantly serve up its grief and trauma to me, a complete stranger, after 23 years. The Thames Valley firearms squad were training 40 miles away. 6001 Marion Blvd, Valatie, NY, 12184-9333. A report on the massacre was commissioned by Home Secretary Douglas Hurd. Kay Wainwright's father, Douglas, was shot and killed by Ryan at the wheel of his car, as he and his wife, Kath, drove into Hungerford to visit their son. Douglas Wainwright, the father of PC Wainwright, was also shot dead and his wife Kathleen wounded. 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