Category: Murder
Atlanta Woman Held After Mother-in-Law’s Death
A bitter family dispute in Atlanta ended in violence when Mrs. M.C. Hughes, an elderly woman, was shot to death in her son’s home while…
Pittsburgh Nurse Slain Near Abandoned Mansion
When Elsie Barthel left her Pittsburgh home for a short walk on a Saturday evening, there was no sign that anything was wrong. The 27-year-old…
Headless Body of Missing Kirkland Girl Found in Brush
For nearly a month, 17-year-old Ruth DeMerrit had been missing from her home in Kirkland, a quiet suburb of Seattle. She had last been seen…
NYC Murderer’s Final Words: “Ta-Ta”
Ethan Pullman left the world with a sneer. After murdering his wife and married daughter with an axe, the retired insurance broker fled to a…
Bronx Neighborhood Stirred by Baby Attack
In January 1916, a shocking report out of the Bronx described an attack so brutal and senseless that it stirred an entire neighborhood into fear…
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…
