I'm sure I'm dating myself here, but the first thing that popped into my head when I read the OP was:
Rhoda Penmark aka
The Bad Seed
For those who haven't seen the film, Rhoda kills a little boy for his spelling bee medal and later returns to the scene of the crime, only to be struck by lightning.
Who knows? Sometimes life imitates art.
Exactly! Life imitating art.
We must be around the same age.
Of all the movies I've seen throughout my life, The Bad Seed (original B & W) (and one other movie) left an indelible imprint in my mind....one that still flashes to the surface every once in awhile, still today, so many years later.
I will never forget how long it took me to get over the effect that movie had over me.....the most eerie, uncomfortable feeling in the pit of my stomach.
I had no idea for many years why that movie affected me the way it did.
Years later, someone 'in the know' told me it was because I had never been subjected to that type of evil before and I didn't know how to react to it.....fight or flight feeling.
Whether that's true or not, I got a similar feeling the first time I saw the first jail house video.
OK, back on topic....... After seeing the first few jail house vids for the first time, I instantly flashed back to that movie and the feeling I had after watching that movie for the first time.
Naturally, when I heard on the news about the lightning strike today/yesterday, again it brought back that movie.
All this typing above to say........
Soooo strange to see someone here bring up The Bad Seed!