Tag: Louisiana
Ax Murder Shocks Louisiana State University
The murder of Professor Oscar B. Turner stunned Louisiana State University. Turner’s body was discovered inside the university’s Agronomy Building, badly mutilated by blows from…
Blood Drinkers of New Orleans
At the turn of the twentieth century, desperation often drove the sick toward strange and unsettling remedies. In New Orleans, one such treatment drew men,…
Tragic End for Young Criminals: The LeBlanc Brothers Executed in Lafayette
In Lafayette, Louisiana, a grim chapter closed with the execution of Alexis and Earnest LeBlanc, two young French brothers who modeled their lives after the…
Baffled by a ghostly ball that burns, Louisiana
Strange, ghostly balls of fire hovered and vanished on an old gravel road in Bayou Liberty back in 1942. There were many theories about the…
7 Awful Ways to Literally Lose Your Head
People were constantly losing their heads in the previous two centuries. It was so bad that it was rather common news that bodiless heads were…
