Tag: crime
Florida Teacher Shot on Highway, Friend Claims Stranger Did It
On an August evening in 1924, a young Florida school teacher was brought into Gainesville with a gunshot wound so serious that doctors held out…
Man Pardoned 30 Years After Escaping Prison Over a $2 Pig
William Pearson’s crime had been small, but the shadow of it followed him for thirty years. In 1876, when he was just 18 years old,…
Thunderstorm Wakes Girl Just in Time to Save Chloroformed Father
A violent thunderstorm may have saved a Cleveland man’s life in July 1905. In the early morning hours, burglars broke into the home of Melville…
Teen Girl Bandit Led Gang Through Vermont Mountain Towns
In the summer of 1905, fear spread through the mountain towns of southern Vermont as a small gang of outlaws raided rural communities and vanished…
Bronx Mother Bound and Gagged While Her Children Watched
Mrs. Caroline Wilson thought she was showing kindness when two rain-soaked men came to her kitchen door in the Bronx. It was a wet morning…
Toronto Man Claims Responsibility for Mother’s Murder After the Father Hangs
In the summer of 1920, newspapers across North America carried a gut wrenching report from Canada: a young farmer named Arnell Love had confessed to…
Armed Robbers Terrorize Elmira in Deadly Early Morning Raid
Elmira, Ohio, was thrown into terror in the early hours of the morning when a gang of heavily armed robbers swept into town and turned…
Illinois Farmhouse Fire Failed to Hide Double Murder
On a large farm near Mason City, Illinois, a wealthy elderly couple lived with money close at hand and suspicion close behind it. John P….
