# Any blind murderers?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-blind-murderers/219282>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 16, 2003, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-blind-murderers/219282 "2003-12-16T07:39:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-blind-murderers/219282/1 "2003-12-16T07:39:13Z")

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…that is, any blind people who have been convicted of murder, in recent times?

I can’t remember any, myself, but there’s got to be at _least_ one or two. I mean, I’m sure blind people are just as capable of homicidal violence and/or depravity as anyone else. Just that it would probably be a bit more difficult to carry out an act of murder.

Anyone?

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**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-blind-murderers/219282/2 "2003-12-16T07:46:48Z")

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[http://www2.newsquest.co.uk/the\_north\_east/archive/2001/01/12/A4rtcq.na.html](http://www2.newsquest.co.uk/the_north_east/archive/2001/01/12/A4rtcq.na.html)

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> A High Court judge will today consider the case of blind murderer, Yvonne Sleightholme, who has served almost a decade in prison for a crime she insists she did not commit.

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-blind-murderers/219282/3 "2003-12-16T09:28:27Z")

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Australia: [Blind man pleads guilty to murder.](http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7913363%255E1702,00.html)

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**Author:** ![Bromley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Bromley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bromley)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-blind-murderers/219282/4 "2003-12-16T10:49:52Z")

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More interesting would be a blind serial killer. I’d guess that’s unlikely though.

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**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-blind-murderers/219282/5 "2003-12-16T15:26:04Z")

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    - I saw a television show about a nearly-blind bank robber. Here is a web-page on it that covers some of what the TV show did:  
[http://www.blind.net/bg599999.htm](http://www.blind.net/bg599999.htm)  
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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-blind-murderers/219282/6 "2003-12-16T19:09:01Z")

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[Samson brings down the temple.](http://biblia.com/jesusm/samson-2.jpg)

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> Then Samson prayed to the LORD , “O Sovereign LORD, remember me. O God, please strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes.” Then Samson reached toward the two central pillars on which the temple stood. Bracing himself against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other, Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” Then he pushed with all his might, and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it. Thus he killed many more when he died than while he lived.