Tag: Mass Murders
The Knight Family Massacre, 1958
On Tuesday, April 22, 1958, twenty-nine year-old David F Early was freed from Fort Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary where he served time for aggravated robbery. In a pre-release letter to the parole board, Early stated he wanted to return to his home state of Colorado where his attorney and ‘uncle,’ Merrill A. Knight, had befriended him […]
Posted: March 20th, 2020 under Mug Shot Monday, Short Feature Story.
Tags: 1950s, Colorado, Execution, Mass Murders
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The Wrath of George Geschwendt and the Abt Family Ambush, Trevose, Pennsylvania, 1976.
When Michael Abt arrived at his family home in Trevose, Pennsylvania, he knew something was wrong. For a family of seven, the two-story house in the suburbs of Philadelphia (in Bensalem Township) had its own current of energy flowing through the walls, the floors, the ceiling and everything in between. But on Friday, March 12, […]
Posted: September 22nd, 2016 under Short Feature Story.
Tags: 1970s, Mass Murders, Pennsylvania
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Mug Shot Monday! Woodrow Wilson Clark, 1944
Woodrow Wilson “Whitey” Clark On the morning of Jan. 15, 1944, in a small shack at the back of the Dillon Sign Shop at E1806 Sprague, police inspected a gruesome murder scene. Four people hacked and mutilated by a hatchet. Two victims, T.P. Dillon and Jane Staples, were dead. Flora Dillon died a few days […]
Posted: August 8th, 2016 under Mug Shot Monday, Short Feature Story.
Tags: 1940s, Execution, Mass Murders, Murder, Washington State
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The Seaside Murders: 4 Females from 3 Generations in 1 Family, 1977
UPDATE TO THIS STORY: An important update to this story announced on August 5, 2020, is posted at the end of the article. – – – # # # – – – Four Females Slaughtered to Protect Underage ‘Love’ Affair On the morning of August 11, 1977, a Seaside, California, police officer kicked down […]
Posted: July 7th, 2016 under Feature Stories, Short Feature Story.
Tags: 1970s, California, Family, Mass Murders, Women
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Mug Shot Monday! Richard Lee Tingler Jr., 1968
Richard Lee Tingler Jr was a six time murderer who was placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted List on December 20, 1968. He was arrested in Dill City, Oklahoma, on May 19, 1969. The following article is from the FBI’s booklet, Ten Most Wanted 60th Anniversary, 1950-2010. Scroll down to see Tingler’s slideshow. On the […]
Posted: July 27th, 2015 under Mug Shot Monday.
Tags: 1960s, FBI Most Wanted, Mass Murders, Murder, Ohio
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Triple-Slayer Curtis Shedd, 1950
On August 3, 1950, Curtis Shedd stopped by the Walhalla, South Carolina, home of his trade school pal, John Boyter, to pick-up Boyter’s two daughters for an afternoon of cruising around the countryside. Earlier that day, Boyter was seen in Shedd’s car as the two drove around town. He was never seen alive after that […]
Posted: June 4th, 2015 under Short Feature Story.
Tags: 1950s, Execution, Mass Murders, Sex Crimes, South Carolina
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The Kitsap County Killer, 1934, Leo Hall
The Mass Murder of Six People in a Washington Cottage Story by Sam D. Cohen, for his syndicated column Today’s True Detective Story, “Killer of Six Captured, Brutal Murders are Solved,” July 11, 1941, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Peach Section, page 2. ON A SATURDAY in March 1934, Tom Sanders stepped out of his Erland Point, Washington […]
Posted: July 9th, 2014 under Short Feature Story.
Tags: 1930s, Mass Murders, Washington State
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