N. Leigh Hunt - I don't like Mondays
Oct 7, 2022

The Cleveland Elementary School shooting is a school shooting that took place on January 29, 1979, at a public elementary school in San Diego, California, United States. The principal and a custodian were killed; eight children and police officer Robert Robb were injured. A 16-year-old girl, Brenda Spencer, who lived in a house across the street from the school, was convicted of the shootings. Charged as an adult, she pleaded guilty to two counts of murder and assault with a deadly weapon, and was sentenced to life in prison with a chance of parole after 25 years.

A reporter reached Spencer by phone while she was still in the house after the shooting, and asked her why she committed the crime. She reportedly answered: "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day,"

N. Leigh Hunt is the first person to tell Brenda’s story, with Brenda’s help.

From Wild Blue Press

N. Leigh Hunt a South African born crime historian and broadcaster living in the United Kingdom. He is a member of the American Society of Criminology and considered an expert on the "I Don't Like Monday's" school shooting in 1979.

Book: I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS: The True Story Behind America’s First Modern School Shooting

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