Tag: Wife Killer
Mug Shot Monday! Arthur Leroy Antoine, 1928, &
Volume II of ‘Vintage True Crime Stories’ TBR this Saturday!
IN THE 1920s, Arthur Leroy Antoine was an auto-mechanic with a wife and two children. For twelve years, he moved his family from town to town, getting one job after another, always looking for something better and never satisified with what he had. In 1928, he was living in Oakland when he applied that […]
Posted: March 4th, 2019 under Mug Shot Monday, New Books.
Tags: 1920s, California, Escape, Murder, Wife Killer
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How to Get a Free CD with 35 Vintage True Crime Magazines
Update: October 3, 2018 I want to offer my sincere appreciation to Ron, Jenn, Larry, Sarah, Mia, Howard, & Steve who all took the time to write an Amazon review after reading HCD’s new book, “Vintage True Crime Stories: An Anthology of Forgotten Tales of Muder & Mayhem, Vol I.” As I promised to them, […]
Posted: September 28th, 2018 under New Books.
Tags: 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Murder, Sex Crimes, Wife Killer, Women
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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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Mug Shot Monday! Azel D. Galbraith, 1904
Azel D. Galbraith Between the years of 1898 and 1904, Azel D. Galbraith was working his way up the ladder in Colorado’s mining industry as a bookkeeper and manager. He was held in high esteem and his name occasionally appeared in Colorado newspapers. Although he was married with a young son, his success went to […]
Posted: July 18th, 2016 under Mug Shot Monday, Short Feature Story.
Tags: 1900-1919, Colorado, Filicide, Love Triangle, Wife Killer
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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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