Archive for March, 2015
Mug Shot Monday! Joe Crowe, 1938
Joe Crowe’s Prison Mug Shot Oklahoma State Penitentiary convict Joe Crowe is a great example of the laxness with which prisons once guarded their inmates. In 1938, Crowe was a prison trustee on a dam project near Fort Towson, Oklahoma, where state convicts provided a large portion of the labor force. That November, Crowe left […]
Posted: March 30th, 2015 under Mug Shot Monday.
Tags: 1930s, Escape, Oklahoma
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Little Demon in the City of Light
by Steven Levingston
This gem of a true crime story, which takes place in Paris 1889, is now out in paperback—making it affordable to everyone with a price range of $7.87-$11.36 on Amazon. Author Steven Levingston is the non-fiction editor for the Washington Post. Book Description: A delicious account of a murder most gallic—think CSI Paris meets Georges […]
Posted: March 28th, 2015 under New Books.
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The Acid Doctor: The Most Horrendous Murder in American History, 1962
On the left, Hungarian born Dr. Geza de Kaplany during his trial in January 1963 One of the most painful and horrific murders in American history was committed by Hungarian born Dr. Geza de Kaplany, whose jealousy and insecurities led him to torture his young wife to death by pouring acid on her as she […]
Posted: March 19th, 2015 under Short Feature Story.
Tags: 1960s, California, Murder, Wife Killer
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Mug Shot Monday! George Darnell, Captured 1931
When railroad section hand George Darnell was fired from his job on August 17, 1929, he set his mind on revenge. The following day, Darnell tampered with a track switch near Henryetta, Oklahoma, which later caused a passenger train to jump the track. Thirteen people, eleven of them passengers, were killed and ten more were […]
Posted: March 9th, 2015 under Mug Shot Monday.
Tags: 1920s, 1930s, Murder, Oklahoma, Workplace Violence
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