<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hollywood actress </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/today-in-history-march-15-what-happened-on-this-day/b1aed938-4f44-4f76-adbd-e2057c57e781" rel="" target="" title="Theresa Saldana"><span>Theresa Saldana</span></a><span> was stabbed by an obsessed stalker on </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/today-in-history-march-15-what-happened-on-this-day/b1aed938-4f44-4f76-adbd-e2057c57e781" rel="" target="" title="March 15, 1982"><span>March 15, 1982</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Scottish drifter Arthur Richard Jackson hired a private investigator to track down the home address of Saldana.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The private investigator found Saldana's mother's unlisted phone number.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/today-in-history-march-13-what-happened-on-this-day-american-me/df8aa5e4-409b-47bc-a664-f653f38bb5ca"><strong><span>Ten people purportedly killed over Hollywood movie</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jackson then called her mother telling her he was </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/one-killed-two-injured-at-martin-scorsese-film-set/ebdc1a5a-18b6-4d15-b7b5-475318ebf713" rel="" target="" title="director Martin Scorsese"><span>director Martin Scorsese</span></a><span>'s assistant and needed Saldana's address. She gave it to him.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jackson had become obsessed with Saldana after seeing her in the movies </span><em><span>Defiance</span></em><span> and </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/raging-bull-boxer-jake-lamotta-dead-at-95-family/c4c92ea2-dbfe-40e1-8f90-51c791616ce1" rel="" target="" title="Raging Bull"><em><span>Raging Bull</span></em></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On the front lawn of her home Jackson confronted her and stabbed her repeatedly in the chest with a hunting knife.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/today-in-history-march-15-what-happened-on-this-day-theresa-saldana/1667a050-ba6f-46fb-a802-d989247c7a87" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The impact was so great the blade bent.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But Saldana survived the attack.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A nearby deliveryman rushed to her rescue.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jackson was jailed for 14 years, with extra time added after he threatened Saldana from behind bars.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was extradited upon release to the UK, where he was tried for a different murder. He died behind bars.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/today-in-history-march-4-what-happened-on-this-day-nosferatu/8fe0b05e-517d-461d-bdb3-3f847f1dff1b" rel="" target="" title="Judge orders destruction of one of the best horror films ever made"><strong><span>Judge orders destruction of one of the best horror films ever made</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Saldana later relived the incident in a TV movie named </span><em><span>Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story</span></em><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The movie inspired another stalker to hire a private investigator to track down sitcom actress </span><a href="https://celebrity.nine.com.au/latest/celebrities-killed-by-own-fans/1ff9cebf-82c9-463f-9762-586f5904a53c" rel="" target="" title="Rebecca Schaeffer"><span>Rebecca Schaeffer</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>For $US250, the private investigator agency found her address from Department of Motor Vehicles records and gave it to him.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After doing so, the 19-year-old stalker shot and killed Schaeffer in 1989.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/today-in-history-september-23-what-happened-on-this-day-charade-copyright-error/5df60beb-3ff9-454d-9e4f-607c0cf081f8" target="" title="Tiny oversight cost beloved movie its copyright"><strong><span>Tiny oversight cost beloved movie its copyright</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Schaeffer had answered the front door to a stranger because she was expecting to receive a script.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At the time she was preparing for an audition for </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/robert-duvall-actor-dead-aged-95/80650053-dae8-40c5-8c1a-8d67ddc4d491" rel="" target="" title="The Godfather Part III"><span>The Godfather Part III</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/today-in-history-march-11-what-happened-on-this-day-claude-francois/d813231a-713a-40d7-84f2-31b31aca6ebb"><strong><span>Superstar dies in freak bathroom accident</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div>