A Life for a Leg: Baxter Cain’s Deadly Bargain
Shortly before 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 25, 1917, Mr. C.C. Beaver, foreman for the street car barns and shops […]
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Crime
Glittering Deception: The Great Diamond Hoax of 1872
In 1871, Phillip Arnold and John Slack entered the Bank of California in San Francisco. They were clad in worn
Crime
The Meanest Moonshiner in Tennessee Part 2
In part one, we met Garrett Hedden and his brothers, Bill, Joe, and Riley. All of them were moonshiners who
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The Meanest Moonshiner in Tennessee
In 1900, Garrett Hedden was the most feared man in mountainous Polk County, Tennessee, a rural district in the southeast
History
State of Rebellion: South Carolina’s Place in the American Revolution
I had been anxiously awaiting the 5th Annual American Revolution Symposium: State of Rebellion: South CarolinaÔÇÖs Place in the American
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The Gang that Couldn’t Think Straight
Picture it like the movie Ocean’s Eleven went country: A down-to-earth, Southern-style heist. Instead of Danny Ocean and his crew
Mystery
Conjuring Fear: The Forgotten South Carolina Witch Trials
In 1792, 100 years after the Salem witch trials in Colonial Massachusetts, a similar drama played out in Winnsboro, SC,
Travel
SC Bigfoot Festival from Footprints to Foodtrucks
Every October, Westminster, SC, a small town along the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, becomes Sasquatch Central, Bigfoot Basecamp,
Hermit
The Fort Fisher HermitÔÇÖs Enigmatic Life and Mysterious Death
In 1955, Robert Harrill left the state mental institution at Morganton, NC. He hitchhiked 260 miles (420 km) to Fort
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23 Astonishing Perry Mason Facts
On September 21, 1957, Perry Mason appeared for the first time on television. The crime-fighting attorney had already solved 51