Hastings Arthur Wise

Who was Hastings Arthur Wise?

Hastings Arthur Wise, was a convicted U.S mass murderer who was executed in the U.S. state of South Carolina for killing four former co-workers. Sometimes erroneously referred to by the press as "Arthur Hastings Wise," he was known simply as Hastings Wise to the people he worked with.

Wise shot and killed Charles Griffeth, David Moore, Leonard Filyaw, and Sheryl Wood on September 15, 1997 at the R.E. Phelon Company lawn mower parts manufacturing factory in Aiken, South Carolina, his former employer.