Tag: Fraud
Dr. Richard Brumfield, Oregon, 1921
In 1921, Dr. Richard Brumfield was a dentist with a respectable practice in the small town of Roseburg, Oregon. He had moved there several years before from Chicago where he attended dental school. Prior to his becoming a dentist, he was a school principal in Indiana. With his many years of education and refined […]
Posted: January 16th, 2015 under Short Feature Story.
Tags: 1920s, Fraud, Murder, Oregon
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Prince Yogi of Tulsa, 1935
The supposedly occult powers of Prince Yogi, otherwise known as James Rollett, were not sufficient to keep the Yogi out of jail, nor once behind the bars, allay his apprehension about the future he is supposed to read like a book. Despite protestations that he earned his living by telling fortunes, Yogi was arrested Tuesday […]
Posted: July 1st, 2013 under Rediscovered Crime News.
Tags: 1930s, bizarre, Fraud, Oklahoma
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