{"id":540958,"date":"2026-03-15T00:43:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T00:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/540958\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T00:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T00:43:11","slug":"today-in-history-march-15-actresss-stabbing-inspired-tv-movie-then-another-murderous-stalker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/540958\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in History &#8211; March 15: Actress&#8217;s stabbing inspired TV movie, then another murderous stalker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scottish drifter Arthur Richard Jackson hired a private investigator to track down the home address of Saldana.<\/p>\n<p>The private investigator found Saldana&#8217;s mother&#8217;s unlisted phone number.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/f6344650-27b4-4689-977b-816c29b97997.jpeg\"   alt=\"\"\/>Hollywood actress Theresa Saldana was stabbed by an obsessed stalker. (Nine Archives)Jackson then called her mother telling her he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/world\/one-killed-two-injured-at-martin-scorsese-film-set\/ebdc1a5a-18b6-4d15-b7b5-475318ebf713\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"director Martin Scorsese\">director Martin Scorsese<\/a>&#8216;s assistant and needed Saldana&#8217;s address. She gave it to him.Jackson had become obsessed with Saldana after seeing her in the movies Defiance and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/world\/raging-bull-boxer-jake-lamotta-dead-at-95-family\/c4c92ea2-dbfe-40e1-8f90-51c791616ce1\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Raging Bull\">Raging Bull<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the front lawn of her home Jackson confronted her and stabbed her repeatedly in the chest with a hunting knife.<\/p>\n<p>The impact was so great the blade bent.<\/p>\n<p>But Saldana survived the attack.<\/p>\n<p>A nearby deliveryman rushed to her rescue.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson was jailed for 14 years, with extra time added after he threatened Saldana from behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>He was extradited upon release to the UK, where he was tried for a different murder. He died behind bars.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/a2dc25a2-cdfe-43d5-b9b1-4cc966fef45b.jpeg\"   alt=\"\"\/>Theresa Saldana played herself in a movie about her stabbing. (Orion Television)<\/p>\n<p>Saldana later relived the incident in a TV movie named Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story.<\/p>\n<p>The movie inspired another stalker to hire a private investigator to track down sitcom actress <a href=\"https:\/\/celebrity.nine.com.au\/latest\/celebrities-killed-by-own-fans\/1ff9cebf-82c9-463f-9762-586f5904a53c\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Rebecca Schaeffer\">Rebecca Schaeffer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For $US250, the private investigator agency found her address from Department of Motor Vehicles records and gave it to him.<\/p>\n<p>After doing so, the 19-year-old stalker shot and killed Schaeffer in 1989.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/7146c894-4fdf-4867-ac21-c23f1bf26eb1.jpeg\"   alt=\"\"\/>Rebecca Schaeffer was stabbed to death by a crazed stalker who had hired a private investigator to find her address on July 18, 1989. (Nine Archives)<\/p>\n<p>Schaeffer had answered the front door to a stranger because she was expecting to receive a script.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scottish drifter Arthur Richard Jackson hired a private investigator to track down the home address of Saldana. 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