This Disturbing Event In New Hampshire Is So Creepy It Has Inspired Books
There’s a lot to love about New Hampshire. But, it’s not all beautiful mountain summits and rugged trails. Every so often we tell you about some history that’s not our favorite to recall. This story, in particular, is one that’s especially hard to recall. Back in 1997, one man left a trail of terror throughout the small town of Colebrook.






Dennis Joos, a senior editor at the paper, tried to help but was shot and killed in the process. At this point, the death toll had risen to four and noone knew just when it would end.
The day continued with a chase between the perpetrator and police. They zipped over the border to Vermont and the perpetrator fled into the woods. He was eventually killed in a shoot out with police around 7 p.m.
In a strange twist, the killer's own house burned to the ground the very same day. Many say it was an act of distraction, but it's hard to say definitively. What we can say is that this day will live on in the minds of those who call this town home.
And it will never be forgotten.
Today, the events of the day have been written about in a few different books. You can find one, In the Evil Day: Violence Comes to One Small Town by Richard Adams Carey here.
Another piece of New Hampshire history that chills us is the stories coming out of this former psychiatric hospital.
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