Sunday, December 4, 2011
The State of Texas vs. One Chicken
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While searching through 100-year-old criminal records in Waco, Texas, I came across an indictment against “one Chicken.” Although it...
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Sunday, November 13, 2011
The Murder of Josiah Philips
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A story featured in Sins of the Pioneers: Crimes & Scandals in a Small Texas Town tells of schoolteacher Josiah Philips who had o...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
The Ghost at McDow's Hole
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McDow's Hole as it looks today (Courtesy of Sherri Knight) In Sins of the Pioneers: Crimes & Scandals in a Small Texas Town , ...
Sunday, August 28, 2011
What became of prostitutes' children?
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A young mother leaves her infant at a "baby farm" Many divorced prostitutes and madams lost custody of their children or...
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Rube Burrow gained notoriety as a daring train robber
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Homer Stephen holds the weapon Rube Burrow used in his train robberies. (Courtesy of Stephenville Museum) "Organized Cri...
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
The Legend of Old Man Snow
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Killer F. M. Snow, convicted of the 1925 murder of Bernie Connally, became a character in folklore--while sitting on death row--when ...
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
1976 Murder Case Continues to Fascinate
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Today marks the thirty-fifth anniversary of the shocking shooting rampage at a Fort Worth mansion that left two people dead and two oth...
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