The Friday the 13th Copycat Killer // 247

The Friday the 13th Copycat Killer // 247

In October of 1988, an 18-year-old man in Massachusetts dressed as Jason Voorhees and set off to kill a young woman. Obsessed with the horror franchise Friday the 13th, he wanted to impersonate his favorite character and commit a murder. So he did. This is the murder of Sharon Gregory, and the story of the Friday the 13th Copycat Killer.


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CASE SOURCES

1. Greenfield Recorder: https://www.recorder.com/Milestones-18351972

2. Court TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FqRYpQHxkg

3. All That's Interesting: https://allthatsinteresting.com/murders-inspired-by-horror-movies/3

4. UPI: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/11/01/Fear-stalks-streets-of-Greenfield-on-Halloween/3278594363600/

5. AP: https://apnews.com/article/30277ed058513b9f7550f07ca742f38b

6. The Recorder: https://apnews.com/article/30277ed058513b9f7550f07ca742f38b

7. Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187326533/sharon-gregory

8. The Recorder: https://www.newspapers.com/image/841419152/?terms=sharon%20gregory&match=1

9. The Recorder: https://www.newspapers.com/image/841420411/?terms=sharon%20gregory&match=1

10. The Recorder: https://www.newspapers.com/image/841418631/

11. My Life of Crime: https://mylifeofcrime.wordpress.com/2006/07/26/sharon-gregory-murder/

12. Sharon's obituary: https://www.newspapers.com/image/841421982/?article=c0a14ae8-f704-4339-aba4-8b4be4da211a


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