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Brenda Ann Spencer

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Murderer

The Resume

    (April 3, 1962- )
    Born in San Diego, California
    At age 16, went on a shooting spree at Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego (January 29, 1979)
    Sentenced to prison for 25 years to life

Why she might be annoying:

    She wounded eight children and a police officer and killed Principal Burton Wragg and custodian Mike Suchar.
    Asked for a motive, she told a reporter, 'I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day.'
    She told police negotiators during a six-hour stand-off, 'I had no reason for it and it was a lot of fun.'
    She also said, 'It was like shooting ducks in a pond' and 'They looked like a herd of cows standing around, it was really easy pickings.'
    The rifle she used in her killing spree was a Christmas gift from her father.
    She claims that she was drunk and high on PCP at the time of the shooting and that her attorney conspired with the state to suppress her drug test results.
    At a parole hearing, she said she had been physically and sexually abused by her father, but none of her siblings supported her claims (2005).
    She was a precursor to the school shootings of the 90s.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Due to dumb luck, none of the children she hit died.
    She has been turned down for parole every time she applied.
    She inspired the song 'I Don't Like Mondays' by The Boomtown Rats.
    In prison, she received treatment for drug and alcohol abuse and took anger management classes.
    Although her method for coping was extreme, doesn't nearly everyone get the blues on Monday?

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 31 Votes: 61.29% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 63 Votes: 47.62% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 19 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 27 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 24 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 48 Votes: 54.17% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 101 Votes: 51.49% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 26 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 42 Votes: 54.76% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 123 Votes: 71.54% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 182 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 147 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 90 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 174 Votes: 75.29% Annoying