Category: Murder
Headless Body Found Beneath Wrecked Auto Near Roseburg
In a ravine three miles west of Roseburg, Oregon, a burned and wrecked car belonging to Dr. R.M. Brumfield, a local dentist, was found twisted…
A Lonely Georgia Highway, A Murdered Educator, and the Swift Execution That Shocked Milledgeville
It started as a simple act of kindness on a lonely Georgia highway. In March 1925, Professor William C. Wright pulled his car over to…
Headless Bodies Found in Pennsylvania’s Murder Marsh
They called it “murder marsh,” and by October of 1925, the name seemed horribly earned. In the swampy ground between Newcastle Junction and West Pittsburgh,…
Lake Sailor Found Dead in Binghamton Box Car
A freight car can feel like a forgotten place, a dark wooden box shunted from one track to another, carrying no one’s attention with it….
West Farmington Banker Found Murdered
Some crimes arrive in the newspaper almost stripped bare, leaving behind only a few terrible details and a great deal of silence. The 1906 murder…
Headless Body Discovered on the Pittsburgh Tracks
The discovery was as grim as it was puzzling. Early one October morning in 1915, the mutilated body of Miss Sophie McCallin was found near…
Pottsville Boy Denies Making Grandmother His Target
In 1924, a 14-year-old boy from Pottsville, Pennsylvania, became the center of a grim and puzzling murder case after his grandmother was found dead and…
The Kingston Schoolgirl Murder Mystery
For more than a month, the disappearance of 15-year-old Elizabeth Johnson had troubled Kingston, New Jersey. She had vanished from her home on August 12,…
Kansas Couple Found With Skulls Crushed in Ax Man Mystery
In the spring of 1912, fear traveled faster than fact. Across several states, newspapers were already whispering about an unknown “Ax Man” believed to have…
A Skeleton, a Locket, and a 20-Year Vermont Mystery
For more than twenty years, the disappearance of Matilda Moss remained one of Benson, Vermont’s darkest mysteries. She had vanished only days after a violent…
