Anton Probst
In a previous blog I discussed the differences in the definitions of mass murderer, spree killer and serial killer. The case of Anton Probst is difficult to categorize. Some research I found referred to him as a mass murderer. This can be true in a sense as he killed eight people, basically in the same location but unlike other mass murderers he did not simply spray the area with bullets (or even go after people one right after another with a knife) and the bullets fall where they may, hitting random targets. No, Anton Probst had laid in wait as one by one his victims arrived.... think John List, only this was not his own family. Anton Probst was born in Germany around 1843. He immigrated to the United States about 1863, just around the time of the Civil War. It appears that his first scheme was to repeatedly join the Union Army in different regiments. There was a $300 sign up bonus. Probst would stay a few weeks, desert and the...