It Happened In Madison

2009 Promoter Crushed by Monster Truck During Show
2008 Turkeys go Postal in Madison
2008 Supreme Court Decides Sex with Corpse Against the Law
2008 Father Shoots and Kills Son, Then Himself
2008 Three UW Students Die in Midvale Boulevard Crash
2008 Dane County 911 Center Apologizes for Mishandling Call
2008 Dane County Deputy Locked in Tunnel Overnight
2007 Madison Police Chase Stolen Doughnut Truck
2007 Three People Electrocuted Outside Metro Bus
2007 Jesus Starts Home on Fire to Crucify it
2007 Four Die in Trailer from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
2006 Twp Men Found in Car Underwater, After 45 Years
2005 Two Boaters Vanish on Mendota, One is Never Found
2005 Madison Smoking Ban Starts, Bar Business Plummets
2004 Woman Commits Suicide, Two Others Die as a Result
2004 Japanese Student Disappears, Body Found Months Later
2004 East Side Home Explodes From Gas Leak, Man Dies
2004 City Searches for UW Student, Turns Out to be a Hoax
2004 Sppeding Car Jumps Yahara River killing Man
2004 Quadriplegic Man Drowns Strapped to His Wheelchair
2004 Students Sue Bars for Price Fixing
2003 Cameraman Falls to His Death at Camp Randall
2002 Rhino Bones Dug up Near Picnic Point
2002 Local Comedian Dave Gray Dies from Seizure
2001 Dotty Dumplings Dowry Fights City Hall
2001 Man Destroys Badger Liquor Inventory
2000 Shoe Box Scandal
1999 Shaina Davenport Death
1998 Concerts on the Square Conductor Dies
1997 Death of an Angel
1997 Saturday Night Live Stars Attend Chris Farley’s Funeral
1997 Caskets Found as Workers Demolish Mausoleum
1997 His Heart Was Stolen - Literally Stolen
1997 Pregnant Woman Run over by Her Own Boat
1994 Theresa McGovern Death
1994 Woman Goes Missing for Two Years
1994 Attempted Arson at the Mayors House
1993 The Bog That Ate The Terrace
1993 Badgers Upset Michigan, Fans Crush Each Other
1991 East High Girls Run Over by Epileptic Driver
1991 UW Volleyball Coach Steve Lowe Dies
1989 Cross Dresser’s Skeleton Found in Chimney
1988 Polar Bear Shot at Vilas Zoo
1988 Four West High Students Die In Firey Crash

1987 Olin Terrace Mural
1986 Orton Park Gay Lib Statue
1986 Football Coach Dave McLain Dies
1984 Ed Gein's Death
1983 Ambulance Keys Stolen on Halloween
1980 Barbara Hoffman Murder Trial
1980 Madison Metro Bus Strike
1979 Statue of Liberty in Lake Mendota
1979 UW Football Players Die
1977 Minister Refuses to Leave Jail
1977 State Employee Strike
1977 Madison Newspapers Strike
1977 Elvis Presley Breaks Up Fight
1977 Simonson First Elected Official to be Recalled
1976 Boy Drowns in East High Pool
1976 Madison Teachers Strike
1976 Ice Storm Freezes Madison
1973 Comet Kohoutek Scam
1970 Madisonian Stuns Nixon
1970 Sterling Hall Bombing
1969 Lenny's Inferno Hits the Air
1969 Madison Fire Department Strike
1967 Vilas Zoo Carousel
1967 Otis Redding Plane Crash
1967 Protesters and Police Clash
1966 Three-Year-Old Killed by Elephant
1966 Two Boys Suffocate in Refrigerator
1960 Monkeys Escape Vilas Zoo
1959 Police Chief Fired for Improprieties
1958 Black Players Separated From Team
1958 F-102A Jet crashes into Lake Monona
1956 UW Makes a Stand Against Racism
1953 A Bad Year for Truax Jets
1950 Missing Airman Was From Madison
1933 Wisconsin Capitol Collapses
1918 Flu Epidemic Shut Down City For Weeks
1916 Bascom Hall Once Had a Dome
1904 Madison's Second Capitol Burned
1899 4th of July Cannon Kills for a Second Time
1883 Capitol Collapsed During Expansion
1899 4th of July Cannon Kills
1868 Prominent Architect Committed Suicide
1842 Legislator Kills Legislator During Session
1836 The Canal That Never Was