A Jealous Man, a Triple Murder, a Night of Terror
On Wednesday evening, January 14, 1942, David ÔÇ£HermanÔÇØ Allen, his wife, Ruth Lee Massengill Allen, Leon Allen, and Lettie Ballinger […]
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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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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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Iron Irene’s Bold Heists and Daring Escapes
Before Bonnie and Clyde, there was Irene and Glen. On Friday, December 27, 1929, Corporal Brady Paul and Patrolman Ernest
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Jack the Ripper’s 1st Murder
On August 31, 1888, Constable Jonas Mizen discovered the body of Mary Ann Nichols, the first canonical victim of Jack
A Vengeful Hermit of North Carolina: Fact or Fiction?
From Groom to Recluse to Murderer John Armstrong became a hermit in 1838, at the age of 22, on what