The Bath School Massacre

 Andrew Kehoe, a disturbed 55-year-old who publicly lost his re-election as secretary of the town of Bath, Michigan, managed to carry out a terrible revenge against the community that turned its back on him.

Kehoe (who suffered serious after-effects after a severe blow to the head), placed explosives all over the Bath school, without anyone noticing.

Later, it is presumed that he took the life of his wife by beating her on May 16, 1927. During the following 2 days, he prepared to blow up his house and his farm, at the same time that the explosives placed in the school were activated.

All this he did was connect the explosives to alarm clocks that would act as detonators. Additionally, he loaded his vehicle with dynamite and prepared to give free rein to his sick plan.

When the explosives detonated on May 18, 1927, the entire north wing of the school was completely destroyed. Kehoe arrived at the scene and fired at the dynamite he had hidden in his vehicle, killing himself and taking more victims in the incident.

At the end of the unfortunate event, 45 fatalities were counted (including Kehoe and his wife) and 58 wounded. Of the 45 dead, 38 were minors between the ages of 7 and 14. Witnesses to the incident said that the scene was completely surreal and that it looked like a battle zone from a world war.

The next day, authorities arrived at what remained of Kehoe's destroyed farm and found a message from the sick man, which was addressed to the authorities, and which said: "Criminals are made, not born."