Archive for 'Rediscovered Crime News'
Oklahoma Executioner Rich Owens Discusses His Long Career in 1948 Article
Rich Owens was the executioner for the state of Oklahoma from 1915 to 1947. In addition to being a guard, his took the position as executioner because the state paid him $100-150 for every man he executed. During his life, he killed a total of 75 men: sixty-six of those were by execution, and the […]
Posted: October 28th, 2015 under Feature Stories, Rediscovered Crime News.
Tags: Execution, Oklahoma
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DNA Evidence in 1984 Murder Leads to Suicide by Criminologist
Like everyone here, I’ve read many good crime stories over the years but this one, by James Vlahos for The Atlantic, is one of the best. Two gruesome murders from 1978 and 1984 are seemingly related and lead police to three good suspects who all go on to commit suicide. There are about five or […]
Posted: September 15th, 2015 under Rediscovered Crime News.
Tags: bizarre, Murder
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The Girls Scout Murders of 1977
The 1977 murders of three girl scouts at Camp Scott near Locust Grove, Oklahoma, is, in my opinion, one of the most horrific and fear inducing unsolved cases in American history. There have been three books written about that summer night in 1977, a documentary has been made, and there is even a website just […]
Posted: July 16th, 2015 under Rediscovered Crime News.
Tags: 1970s, Juvenile, Oklahoma, unsolved
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Small Town, Vigilante Justice in 1907
While searching my newspaper archive sources for specific stories, or just on fishing expeditions for new ones, I often come across stories about a lynch mob serving up vigilante justice to an unconvicted murderer. In most cases, the lynch mob would storm the jail where the prisoner was held and grab him while others held […]
Posted: October 15th, 2014 under Rediscovered Crime News.
Tags: 1900-1919, Murder, Nebraska
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Blame it on the Teacher, 1964
Summary: Student with poor grades murders one woman, injures two others including his English Tutor. Story 1: “Tucson Youth Goes Wild, Kills Woman,” by Dominic Crolla, Tucson Daily Citizen, May 16, 1964 pages 1 and 6. A bitter argument over his poor marks in English triggered a wild rampage early today by an enraged 16-year-old […]
Posted: June 25th, 2014 under Rediscovered Crime News.
Tags: 1960s, Arizona, bizarre, Juvenile, Murder
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