Archive for 'Feature Stories'
First Person Friday: I was a Killer’s Captive, 1954
By Mary Ruth Rombalski Bakersfield, California, February 4, 1955 Originally appeared in Front Page Detective, May 1955 Editor’s Note: In 1954, Mary Ruth Rombalski was a nineteen-year-old girl from Kentucky who, like many young girls from that era, dreamed of moving to Hollywood where she would become a movie star. After leaving her husband […]
Posted: May 12th, 2017 under Feature Stories, First Person Friday.
Tags: 1950s, California, Murder, Texas
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The Mysterious Murder of 15 year-old Nora Fuller, 1902
Introduction: On January 11, 1902, fifteen-year-old Nora Fuller disappeared after she left her home. She told her single mother of three that she was going to meet with a man about a job as a nanny after she found his advertisement in the local newspaper. She didn’t come home that night or the next, and […]
Posted: November 10th, 2016 under Feature Stories.
Tags: 1900-1919, California, Juvenile, Murder, Mystery, Sex Crimes, unsolved
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Guest Feature Story: Murder and Masonry, 1890, by Dr. Barry Morton
Special Guest Feature Story by: Dr. Barry Morton: At few times in its history has the small town of Crawfordsville, Indiana ever been more regularly in the spotlight than it was between the autumn of 1889 through November 1890. The Pettit murder trial, “the most publicized case in this period,” began with published rumors of […]
Posted: August 24th, 2016 under Feature Stories.
Tags: 1800s, Indiana, Murder, Wife Killer
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The Seaside Murders: 4 Females from 3 Generations in 1 Family, 1977
UPDATE TO THIS STORY: An important update to this story announced on August 5, 2020, is posted at the end of the article. – – – # # # – – – Four Females Slaughtered to Protect Underage ‘Love’ Affair On the morning of August 11, 1977, a Seaside, California, police officer kicked down […]
Posted: July 7th, 2016 under Feature Stories, Short Feature Story.
Tags: 1970s, California, Mass Murders, Women
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Feature Story: The Love Song of Archie Moock, 1928
by Jason Lucky Morrow This story is no longer available on this blog. Please look for it in my soon to be published book, Famous Crimes the World Forgot, Volume II. Kindle Price Only $2.99 —###—
Posted: January 27th, 2016 under Feature Stories.
Tags: 1920s, Washington State, Women
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