The 'Founder' Of Earth Day Had A Very Dark Secret…He Wasn't The Sanest Person

Final week, the world celebrated Earth Day — a time for individuals to mirror on the setting and the influence people have on it. Earth Day dates again to the spring of 1970, and most of the people will inform you that U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson was its creator.

A person named Ira Einhorn, nevertheless, claims to be the vacation’s actual founder. The one problem is that he’s a convicted killer.

All through the Nineteen Sixties and Nineteen Seventies, Einhorn was thought-about to be the “head hippie” of Philadelphia.

He led and took part in lots of rallies for the setting and towards the Vietnam Struggle. His nickname again then was Unicorn, which is the interpretation of his German final identify.

However Einhorn had a darkish aspect. In 1977, he and his longtime girlfriend Helen “Holly” Maddux (pictured under) broke up. After that, she moved to New York Metropolis.

In September of 1977, Einhorn referred to as Maddux and demanded that she decide up her stuff from their previous condo. She went to his house and was by no means seen once more.

When questioned by police, Einhorn informed them that she went out to the grocery co-op and by no means got here again.

Following complaints of horrible smells from neighbors, police searched Einhorn’s condominium 18 months later. Inside, they discovered Maddux’s badly crushed, partially mummified corpse stuffed right into a trunk within the killer’s closet.

Einhorn was charged with homicide and launched on bail. Earlier than his trial, he fled to Europe beneath a pretend identify.

In 1997, he was discovered dwelling in France, at which level the U.S. authorities started extradition proceedings. They lastly acquired him again to the States in 2001.

On the stand, Einhorn argued that CIA operatives killed Maddux. Their objective, he stated, was to border him for homicide so he’d halt his investigations into the Chilly Warfare and “psychotronics.” He was discovered responsible and sentenced to life in jail.

(by way of NBC News)

Due to his nickname, Einhorn was dubbed “The Unicorn Killer” by the media. To today, he claims to be the founding father of Earth Day, regardless of huge proof that claims in any other case.