August 11th: Mary Russell Murders Trial Begins (1828) Paranoia can make the most mild mannered person into something unrecognizable. On August 11th 1828 a man was brought to trial for a crime that was motivated by paranoia and, in his opinion, God himself.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Russell_murders, https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/646849/mary-russell-19th-century-massacre-legal-case, https://www.historyireland.com/forced-from-this-world-massacre-on-the-mary-russell/, https://drvitelli.typepad.com/providentia/2017/10/massacre-at-sea.html,