8 Killers With Bizarre Motivations

For students attending the Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego, California, the morning of 29 January 1979 started like any other.

The kids lined up outside the school gates, waiting for the principal to open them up - but tragedy struck when a nearby woman opened fire, resulting in eight children being wounded, and two adults being killed.

That woman was Brenda Spencer, who lived in a house opposite the school. After the shooting, she sealed herself inside her home, where she received a phone call from a journalist, who had been dialling local numbers at random. The journalist reached Spencer by pure chance, and she freely admitted that she was the one firing the gun.

During this phone conversation, Spencer also discussed her reasoning for carrying out the crime, telling the journalist that, "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day".

Several hours later, Spencer surrendered, and eventually pleaded guilty to a deadly weapon assault, and two counts of murder. She was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison, and is incarcerated to this day.