Born in 1927 and raised in St. Louis by his railroad worker father and mother, alongside three siblings, sister Melody and two brothers, in a modest home. Engleman had a normal start to life for such a not-normal human being.
According to a study, one of the most common reasons why people are afraid to go to the dentist is because of an indirect experience. This includes stories from friends, families and negative depiction of the media, especially scary dentist-themed movies. Many people admit to having nightmares after watching ‘Marathon Man’ and ‘The Dentist’.
Indeed, the critically acclaimed movies are considered two of the best horror classics of all time. But did you know that ‘The Dentist’ was actually based on a true story? The Dentist Plot Summary For a short background, the movie tells the story of Dr. Alan Feinstone who has a popular reputation of being a dentist. Everything changes when his beautiful wife cheated on him on the day of their wedding anniversary.
Feinstone falls into a violent mental condition which causes him to harm and kill his patients. Alan Feinstone The movie was actually inspired by the real-life case of a St. Louis dentist named Dr.
Glennon Engleman. He is one of the most notorious serial killers that confounded authorities for more than three decades.
He blended in the community as a small-town dentist but moonlighted as a hit man leaving little evidence in his wake. The Victims of Dr. Engleman Although the exact number of Dr. Engleman’s victims is unknown, he was convicted of seven contract killings over the course of 30 years. His first known victim was a 27-year old clerk. Engleman shot the man and collected his earnings from the clerk’s ex-wife. The insurance policy was reached $64,000.
Engleman was also a suspect in the murder of his business associate. Evidence shows that Engleman stuck his associate with a rock and pushed him down a well. As if it wasn’t enough, he went back to the scene s and used a dynamite to blow up the well. He then divided the insurance claim with his associate’s widow. Perth dentists admit that Dr. Engleman’s reputation is quite known in the dental industry and sometimes the subject of many dentists’ jokes.
The killer dentist was also convicted for a car bomb explosion which killed the owner of the dental laboratory he works for. Apparently, Engleman owed the owner $14,000. Engleman’s Mental Condition Psychoanalysts of North Perth dental laboratory consider Dr. Engleman a sociopath. They believe that after killing his male patients, Engleman wooed their widowed wives to earn money.
Those who refuse to pay were killed. Authorities learned about his motives when one of the widowed victims agreed to wear an undercover microphone during an investigation. Engleman’s Arrest After 30 years of evading prosecution, Dr. Glennon Engleman was finally arrested on August 1980 for the death of Peter Halm, one of his contract kills.
A retired still remembers the controversial moment. During the trial, Engleman stated that he feels no remorse for his victims.
He added that he enjoyed planning and carrying out killings and loved the idea of slipping through cops. Engleman’s Final Moments Dr. Glennon Engleman died of natural cause in prison at the age of 71. His life story is preserved in some movies and TV shows (‘Appointment for a Killing’, ‘The Dentists’, ‘FBI Files Cruel Deceptions’ and more). He will always be remembered as the deadly doctor who caused some people phobias of dentist north perth visits.