Archive for November, 2013
Overkill, The York Family Massacre, 1947
This story is available as one of ten stories in my book: Famous Crimes the World Forgot: Ten Vintage True Crime Stories Rescued from Obscurity. Volume I. You can view images related to this case here. —###—
Posted: November 21st, 2013 under Feature Stories.
Tags: Texas
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The Carver Family Hatchet Murders, 1930
This story is available as one of ten stories in my book: Famous Crimes the World Forgot: Ten Vintage True Crime Stories Rescued from Obscurity. Volume I. You can view images related to this case here. —###—
Posted: November 14th, 2013 under Feature Stories.
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The Witch Craft Murder of Clothilde Marchand
While researching newspaper coverage of other crimes, I came across trial coverage of the strange murder of Clothilde Marchand in 1930. What came out of that trial is a bizarre tale with the following ingredients: A Ouija board, witchcraft, an Indian faith healer, manipulation and coercion to kill, and a philandering sculptor who claimed it […]
Posted: November 12th, 2013 under Rediscovered Crime News.
Tags: 1930s, bizarre, Murder, Women
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Leon Turner and the Whitt brothers, 1950
On Jan. 1, 1950 ne’er do well brothers Malcolm and Windol Whitt, and Leon Turner broke out of the Attalla County Jail in Mississippi. The three men were serving time for the attempted rape of a 15 year-old black girl named Verlena Harris. Leon Turner had suffered the shame of being convicted for molesting a […]
Posted: November 8th, 2013 under Rediscovered Crime News.
Tags: 1950s, Murder, racism, Sex Crimes
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The Wife Who Lost Her Head
This story has been removed and is available for reading in my book, “Famous Crimes the World Forgot, Volume I.” Photos from this book are available for viewing here. —###—
Posted: November 4th, 2013 under Feature Stories.
Tags: Wife Killer, Women
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