Category: Murder
Jewelry Salesman Found Murdered and Packed Inside Trunk in New York Hallway
A grim murder mystery unfolded in New York City in June 1910 when police were called to remove a rope-bound trunk left in the hallway…
Someone Kept Poisoning This Chicago Family With Arsenic
A Chicago family was struck again and again by arsenic poisoning in the spring of 1907, leaving police to wonder who was trying to wipe…
Ex-Convict Found Dead in Hotel Room One Day After Prison Release
Jack Smith had been out of prison for less than a day when he was found dead in a Grand Island hotel room. Released from…
11 Bodies Found in Ashes After Mayfield’s “Red Night” Mystery
Near Mayfield, Kentucky, neighbors were awakened at midnight by screams, gunshots, and the glow of a burning home. By the time they rushed toward the…
Poughkeepsie Mother Kills Teen Son Before Taking Her Own Life
Just before midnight, the quiet of a wealthy Poughkeepsie home was shattered by gunfire. Inside the Tower family residence on Hyde Park Road, servants rushed…
Helena Mining Leader Found Dying Outside Hospital
In January 1909, a mysterious note lured a prominent Montana mining man into the cold darkness of a winter night. By dawn, he was dying…
Los Angeles Woman Found Murdered in Fifth-Floor Office
In September 1913, a quiet Los Angeles office became the scene of a brutal and puzzling murder. Mrs. Rebecca P. Gay, a religious practitioner and…
New York Gripped by Fear After Mutilated Woman Found at Staten Island
It was the summer of 1907, and New York was gripped by a series of horrifying discoveries that newspapers quickly tied together under the shadow…
Young Woman Takes Blame in Benton Harbor Slaying
In the summer of the Jazz Age, a sensational murder case unfolded in Michigan that seemed torn from the pages of a pulp novel. At…
The Church Stove Murder Mystery of Rattle Run, Michigan
In the winter of 1909, a murder case emerged from rural Michigan that seemed almost too bizarre to believe. It began with the discovery of…
