In December 1989, Federal Court Judge Robert Vance was killed in his Alabama home when he opened a package that contained a mail bomb. Two days later, Savannah, Georgia civil rights attorney, Robert Robinson, was killed in a separate explosion. Authorities defused two additional mail bombs. One sent to the federal courthouse in Atlanta and… Continue reading Episode 124 The Tri-State Terrorist
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Episode 123 Lena Clarke The Murdering Postmistress
In 1920 Lena Clarke made history when she became the first woman to be named postmaster of West Palm Beach, Florida. Within a year, she gained notoriety as “the murdering postmistress when she stood trial for killing her lover to cover up an embezzlement scheme. Listen episode 123 FOLLOW AND LISTEN: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | RSS Feed Poem… Continue reading Episode 123 Lena Clarke The Murdering Postmistress
Episode 121 Harry Powers: The Bluebeard of Quiet Dell
In the 1930s Harry Powers used several aliases to correspond with lonely women he promised to marry. In 1931 five bodies were discovered on his Quiet Dell, West Virginia farm that was dubbed The Murder Farm. Listen to Episode 121 FOLLOW AND LISTEN: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | RSS Feed Episode Sources Harry F. Powers. Murderpedia. Accessed January 4,… Continue reading Episode 121 Harry Powers: The Bluebeard of Quiet Dell
Episode 120 The Disappearance of Alma Kellner
On a cold December day in 1909, eight year old Alma Kellner walked from her parents home in Louisville, Kentucky to St. John’s Church just five blocks away. She promised her mother she would return home after mass butAlma never returned. The circumstances surrounding her disappearance remain shrouded in mystery Listen to episode 120 FOLLOW… Continue reading Episode 120 The Disappearance of Alma Kellner
Episode 119 The Scottsboro Boys
In November of 2012, the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles pardoned three men. Haywood Patterson, Charlie Weems, and Andy Wright. The three black men had been wrongly convicted of assaulting two white women in 1931. They were the last of nine young men associated with the case to have their convictions officially cleared from… Continue reading Episode 119 The Scottsboro Boys