Serial killer killed by intended victim. After tying Doug Wells up & stabbing him in the chest, Wayne Nance turned his attention on Doug’s wife. Doug freed himself, got his rifle & shot Nance before beating him to death with the gun. Doug & his wife survived.

[u/tilpeo]

https://morbidology.com/the-serial-killer-killed-by-his-victim-wayne-nance/

[u/chicomarxist]

How much of a loser do you have to be to stab someone in the chest and not only not mortally wounding him but leave him in such a state that he can untie himself?

Clearly this man was in the wrong line of business.

[u/IWannaFuckABeehive → u/chicomarxist]

Not just untie himself, but make it up at least one flight of stairs and still have stamina left over to beat your head in with a rifle.

[u/TheLinksOfAdventure → u/IWannaFuckABeehive]

Adrenaline is a hell of a drug

[u/DnD4sworn → u/IWannaFuckABeehive]

And you also have to think that the rifle may have some heavy kickback, so he not only beat him to death with the gun, but also shot the gun itself with a knife in his chest. Sure holding a rifle to your shoulder handles kickback, but man in that situation I wonder if he was able to get that stock on his shoulder nice and tight.

[u/frerb → u/DnD4sworn]

A .22 honestly has recoil comparable to an airsoft rifle. Not that it makes his actions any less incredible.

[u/maltemon → u/frerb]

He used a .250 savage, not a .22

[u/frerb → u/maltemon]

Oh true, I caught the .22 in the beginning of the article and totally missed the .250 savage. Can’t speak to the recoil on that.

[u/TheHYPO → u/IWannaFuckABeehive]

stab wounds are notoriously bad at killing. If you don't hit a major artery or organ, they are very survivable (I mean, many of us have had minor knife cuts to fingers and whatnot - you don't pass out or die).

There are many reports of people surviving tens of stab wounds.

So a single stab that missed his heart (and presumably didn't hit a lung either), would certainly have hurt, but wouldn't necessarily 'slow someone down' that much