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The Last Legal Hanging in America
Justice at 12:04 A.M.By Robert A. Waters June 12, 1979. Midnight. Delaware Correctional Center in Smyrna.The cold wind snapped Billy Bailey’s jacket as about a dozen spectators watched him trudge up...
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Four Long Years of War in Florida
A Wilderness of Destruction: Confederate Guerillas in East and South Florida, 1861-1865.By Zack C. WatersMercer University Press, April, 2023Review is written by Robert A. Waters(Today's Florida is a...
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The Quiet, Sad Life and Death of Little Georgie Melber
No Room in her Life for GeorgieBy Robert A. WatersBe warned in advance--this story is disturbing. On a bitterly cold afternoon in 1911, Edith Gibeau Melber visited an apothecary in Schenectady, New...
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The Rampant "Disease" of Gun Violence
Review of America, Guns, and Freedom: A Journey into Politics and the Public Health & Gun Control Movements by Miguel A. Faria, Jr., M.D.Publisher: Mascot Books, 2019Review written by Robert A....
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The Unsolved Murder of Cynthia Clements
Ghouls Among UsBy Robert A. WatersNineteen-year-old Cynthia Clements vanished on Labor Day, September 1, 1980.The Tampa Bay Times reported that “Miss Clements was last seen inside the Li’l General...
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A Bearer of Nothing But Misery
Karen Slattery39 years after the murders of innocents, Duane Eugene Owen is scheduled to be executed by the state of FloridaBy Robert A. Waters Duane Eugene Owen stalked women by night. A career...
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Maryland Killer May Never be Known
The Unsolved Murder of Little Alva Jean ParrisBy Robert A. WatersNewspapers of the day called Riverdale Apartments in Essex, Maryland a “low-rent housing project.” Fredonia Parris, estranged from her...
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An Occurrence at Gill Creek
The Drowning of A.N.W. Belk(NOTE: Louise Pettus was a South Carolina researcher and author. Her archives are stored at Winthrop University. This story takes place in the Waxhaws, a Carolina border...
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Norco, California Store Owner ROUTS Armed Robbers
“He Shot my Arm Off!” By Robert A. WatersInside his business, Norco Market and Liquor, 80-year-old Craig Cope watched a live feed as surveillance cameras recorded events taking place...
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This is the 700th Post on my Kidnapping, Murder and Mayhem blog…By Robert A. WatersI posted my first story, The Kidnapping of Dee Scofield, on January 16, 2008. This crime happened in my hometown of...
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Book Review: Cuba's Eternal Revolution by Miguel A. Faria, Jr., MD
In this interview with the author, Dr. Miguel A. Faria, Jr. discusses his new book, Cuba's Etermal Revolution.1 —A British publisher has released your new book, Cuba's Eternal Revolution Through the...
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Murder at the QuikTrip
Oklahoma Executes Brutal Killers of Store ManagerBy Robert A. Waters“How sad that to Billy Don Alverson, a life is only worth a new pair of Nikes.” Chester Cadieux III, president and CEO of QuikTrip...
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New book review of A Wilderness of Destruction by Zack C. Waters
A Wilderness of Destruction: Confederate Guerrillas in East and South Florida, 1861-1865. By Zack C. Waters. Macon: Mercer University Press, 2023. Hardcover, 259 pp. $39.00.Reviewed by Patrick...
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Missouri Killer was Never Caught
Death of a MiserBy Robert A. WatersJack Pyle lived a small life in a small community. He never rated an article in the local newspapers—until neighbors found him shot to death in his hoarded-up cabin....
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The Octogenarian Murders
Did John Leeds Get Away with Two Cold-Blooded Slayings?By Robert A. WatersThe MurdersOn October 20, 1941, in Media, Pennsylvania, two elderly women suffered a brutal attack that would ultimately kill...
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"...In the prime of his predatory years"
The Murder of Kristin Lodge-MillerBy Robert A. WatersThe CrimeAt 6:00, on the morning of July 15, 1993, Kristin Ann Lodge-Miller, 26, headed out for a jog in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She had no...
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Can You Help Solve This Mystery?
Do you remember seeing any of these items years ago?Ten-year-old Amy Renee Mihaljevic went missing 34 years ago, on October 27, 1989, in Bay Village, Ohio. Her body was discovered on February 8, 1990,...
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Woman Faces Civil Suit After Saving Cop by Shooting His Attacker
The Ordeal of Kystie JaehnenBy Robert A. WatersAurora Police Sgt. Bill Halbig wrote the following synopsis about the circumstances that led to a lawsuit against Kystie Jaehnen: "On January 20, 2017, a...
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“Look at my Face”
Changes in AttitudesBy Robert A. Waters On September 7, 2023, ABC channel KSTP-TV reported that Democratic Farmer Labour Party second vice chairwoman Shivanthi Sathanandan was “injured after being...
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Video Shows Chen Fengzhu Self-Defense Shooting
Female Restaurant Owner Routs Home InvadersBy Robert A. Waters"Find a Chinese neighborhood 'cause they don't believe in bank accounts." Lyrics from a popular rap song instructs armed robbers to invade...
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