Tag: Love Triangle
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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The Cupcake Killer, 1942, Queens, New York
This story was written by NYPD detective Captain Henry Flattery, Retired, for Front Page Detective magazine, November, 1955. It was part of a collection of stories called, “Dumbells I have Known.” which poked fun at some stupid criminals. He was with the NYPD for thirty years and worked on many important cases from that […]
Posted: October 16th, 2014 under Short Feature Story.
Tags: 1940s, Cuckold, Love Triangle, Murder, New York
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Mug Shot Monday! Armando Cossentino, 1962
In 1962, Queens County, New Yorker Armando Cossentino, 19, and his 36 year-old lover, Jean Difede, murdered her physician husband, Dr. Joseph Difede in order to collect on his $72,000 life insurance policy. They were arrested not long after and went on trial early that summer. Armando was sentenced to die in the electric chair […]
Posted: May 27th, 2014 under Mug Shot Monday.
Tags: 1960s, Love Triangle, Murder, New York
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The Warden’s Wife: Kate Soffel & The Biddle Brothers, 1902
The following story was made into a movie in 1984 entitled, Mrs. Soffel, and starred Diane Keaton and Mel Gibson. Story by Thomas A. Duke, for his book, Celebrated Criminal Cases of America, 1910. . During the early months of 1901, twenty-seven burglaries were committed in Pittsburgh, and the modus operandi of these bold […]
Posted: April 10th, 2014 under Short Feature Story.
Tags: 1900-1919, Love Triangle, Women
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The Corpse in Coffee Creek, 1936, Ohio
First Published: “The Corpse in Coffee Creek-Secrets of Ohio’s Tragic Triangle,” by Detective Otto H. Diskowski, Homicide Squad, Cleveland Police Department, as told to R. Rodgers, True Detective Mysteries, May, 1938. Want to read this story later on your tablet? Download PDF File of The Corpse in Coffee Creek CHARLES SALWAY SLOWLY MADE HIS […]
Posted: February 19th, 2014 under Feature Stories.
Tags: 1930s, Love Triangle, Ohio
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