Tag: 1800s
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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New Book: Memphis Vice, 1863: An Untold Story of the Civil War
Not all crime books are about murder or serial killers. Some of the most intriguing ones are about other subjects like gambling, Ocean 11 type heists, bank robbers, con men, spies, and other non-violent crimes. And there is also prostitution. Veteran historical true crime writer, Tobin Buhk, author of eight books including the popular, True […]
Posted: July 20th, 2016 under New Books.
Tags: 1800s, Civil War, Prostitution
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New Book: The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America’s First Serial Killer, by Skip Hollandsworth
HCD Review: This is the best historical true crime book of 2016. Some authors crank out books, some of them write books, and an elite few craft a great book over years of unimaginable diligence and Skip Hollandsworth has produced a new American classic. I read it this weekend and I can tell you that […]
Posted: April 5th, 2016 under New Books.
Tags: 1800s, Serial Killer, Texas
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The 1898 Lynching Report
While conducting research for a story about a double-homicide in 1898, I came across an account of all known lynchings for that year. The statistics were interesting and confirmed what you might suspect, but also revealed some surprising information. Out of 127 lynchings in 1898, five of them were women. As expected, African-Americans represent the […]
Posted: January 13th, 2016 under Feature Stories, Rediscovered Crime News.
Tags: 1800s, lynching
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The Sensational Murder of Alexander Crittenden by his Mistress, Laura D. Fair, 1870
Article by Thomas S. Duke, Celebrated Criminal Cases of America Alexander Crittenden was born in Lexington, Ky., on, January 14, 1816. Andrew Jackson was a close friend of his family, and it was through Jackson’s influence that Alexander was sent to West Point. He graduated from this military college with Sherman and remained in the […]
Posted: June 28th, 2015 under Short Feature Story.
Tags: 1800s, Love Triangle, Murder, Women
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