Sunday, April 29, 2012
A Look at Nineteenth Century Seduction
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Nineteenth century Texans deemed that a girl had reached the “age of consent” on the day of her tenth birthday. Any man having carnal know...
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Sunday, April 22, 2012
Did John Wilkes Booth Flee to Texas?
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Russell Cummings at the premiere of The Legend of Hell's Gate Many tales are told of infamous characters such as ...
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...
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