Old Fashioned Murder and Mayhem

Mrs. Sadie Greenhill Uren was a pretty, young divorcee' whose newfound freedom also brought the attention of several eligible young men to her door. Her delight about this turn of events was not shared by her brothers, Will and Dan Greenhill, who would rather have seen her dead than to be living so scandalously. On the night of September 28, 1901, a visit from suitor John Meloy ended in a bizarre tragedy that made that wish come true. And the only man who may have known what really happened wasn't talking. Resources used: Ancestry.com Findagrave.com Newspapers.com sos.mo.gov Social media: Facebook - Old Fashioned Murder and Mayhem Instagram - mindys_murder_and_mayhem Email - melindamaloo@gmail.com YouTube: Old-fashioned murder and mayhem@mindylou322 New content available for Assistant Sleuth and Genealogy Sleuth Members. About me: Retired as head of genealogy from Jefferson County Library, Missouri. Storyteller at heart. Be sure to visit our sister site Murder and Mayhem in Jefferson County, Missouri for more tales of historical local true crime.

The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 brought more than destructive high water to the South Louisiana town of Morgan City--it also brought the tangled web of a love triangle turned murder! Resources used: Ancestry.com Findagrave.com Newspapers.com Social media: Facebook - Old Fashioned Murder and Mayhem Instagram - mindys_murder_and_mayhem Email - melindamaloo@gmail.com YouTube: Old-fashioned murder and mayhem@mindylou322 New content available for Assistant Sleuth and Genealogy Sleuth Members. About me: Retired as head of genealogy from Jefferson County Library, Missouri. Storyteller at heart. Be sure to visit our sister site Murder and Mayhem in Jefferson County, Missouri for more tales of historical local true crime.

On a sunny afternoon in 1924, Eva Modell wheeled her 10-week-old baby girl outside the family's Philadelphia shop to get a little sun while she napped. It only took a moment of distraction and the baby was gone! Who stole little Corinne and why? Would the family ever find their precious daughter alive? Be sure to visit our sister site Murder and Mayhem in Jefferson County, Missouri for more tales of historical local true crime.

For six years the mysterious mummy dubbed "The Lord" was housed at the Noland Brown Company Undertakers in Asheville, North Carolina. When his identity was finally revealed, he turned out to be one of the most notorious con artists of all time! Resources used: Ancestry.com Findagrave.com Newspapers. com Social media: Facebook - Old Fashioned Murder and Mayhem Instagram - mindys_murder_and_mayhem Email - melindamaloo@gmail.com About me: Retired as head of genealogy from Jefferson County Library, Missouri. Storyteller at heart. Be sure to visit our sister site Murder and Mayhem in Jefferson County, Missouri for more tales of historical local true crime.

For over two centuries, the mountain folks of North Carolina have been intrigued by the legend of Frankie Silver a young woman sentenced to hang for the axe murder and burning of her husband Charley Silver. What was the secret she took with her to her grave? And why has the story captured the imagination of so many generations of poets, storytellers, and musicians? Listener discretion is advised. Included in the episode is the original song "Frankie Silver (Take it to the Grave)" performed by Couldn't Be Happiers (featuring Brown Mountain Lightening Bugs on banjo and backup vocals). Used by permission. Songwriters: Jodi Hildebran (BMI) and Jordan Crosby Lee (ASCAP) Publishers: BMI- Eddie C Life Music ASCAP- Mediterranean Sun Sync rights: Music of the Sea https://couldntbehappiers.com/ * "Francis Silvers' Confession" The Lenoir Topic North Carolina Wednesday, March 24, 1886 This dreadful, dark and dismal day Has swept my glories all away. My sun goes down, my days are past, And I must leave this world at last. Oh! Lord, what will become of me? I am condemned you all now see, To heaven or hell my soul must fly All in a moment when I die. Judge Daniel has my sentence pass'd Those prison walls I leave at last, Nothing to cheer my drooping head Until I'm numbered with the dead. But oh! that Dreadful Judge I fear; Shall I that awful sentence hear: "Depart ye cursed down to hell And forever there to dwell"? I know that frightful ghosts I'll see Gnawing their flesh in misery, And then and there attended be For murder in the first degree. There shall I meet that mournful face Whose blood I spilled upon this place; With flaming eyes to me he'll say, "Why did you take my life away?" His feeble hands fell gently down, His chattering tongue soon lost its sound, To see his soul and body part It strikes with terror to my heart. I took his blooming days away, Left him no time to God to pray, And if his sins fall on his head Must I not bear them in his stead? The jealous thought that first gave strife To make me take my husband's life, For months and days I spent my time Thinking how to commit this crime. And on a dark and doleful night I put his body out of sight, With flames I tried him to consume, But time would not admit it done. You all see me and on me gaze, Be careful how you spend your days, And never commit this awful crime, But try to serve your God in time. My mind on solemn subjects roll; My little child, God bless its soul! All you that are of Adams race, Let not my faults this child disgrace. Farewell good people, you all now see What my bad conduct's brought on me-- To die of shame and disgrace Before this world of human race. * Social media: Facebook - Old Fashioned Murder and Mayhem Instagram - mindys_murder_and_mayhem Email - melindamaloo@gmail.com About me: Retired as head of genealogy from Jefferson County Library, Missouri. Storyteller at heart. Be sure to visit our sister site Murder and Mayhem in Jefferson County, Missouri for more tales of historical local true crime.

Best friends Gordon and George had known one another since childhood. What could have happened that left one dead and the other with blood on his hands? Find out the details in this story set in the roaring 20's of New York's Bronx. Listener discretion is advised. Resources used: Ancestry.com Fold3.com Findagrave.com Newspapers.com Familysearch.org Social media: Facebook - Old Fashioned Murder and Mayhem Instagram - mindys_murder_and_mayhem Email - melindamaloo@gmail.com About me: Retired as head of genealogy from Jefferson County Library, Missouri. Be sure to visit our sister site Murder and Mayhem in Jefferson County, Missouri for more tales of historical local true crime. Be sure to visit our sister site Murder and Mayhem in Jefferson County, Missouri for more tales of historical local true crime.

In the Depression-era South, Jimmie Brock left a trail of death behind him that destroyed his family and shook a small community to its core on the Louisiana and Mississippi border. Resources used: Ancestry.com Fold3.com Findagrave.com Newspapers.com Familysearch.org Social media: Facebook - Old Fashioned Murder and Mayhem Instagram - mindys_murder_and_mayhem Email - melindamaloo@gmail.com About me: Retired as head of genealogy from Jefferson County Library, Missouri. Be sure to visit our sister site Murder and Mayhem in Jefferson County, Missouri for more tales of historical local true crime.

Louis and Josephine Bonacker had only been married six weeks when they made the mistake of inviting a traveler into their home in Jefferson County, Missouri that cold January in 1884. Two days passed before their mutilated bodies were discovered. The Bonacker massacre is one of the most horrifying tales in the county's history. Resources used: Ancestry.com Fold3.com Findaagrave.com Newspapers.com Familysearch.org Social media: Facebook - Old Fashioned Murder and Mayhem Instagram - mindys_murder_and_mayhem Email - melindamaloo@gmail.com About me: Retired as head of genealogy from Jefferson County Library, Missouri. Be sure to visit our sister site Murder and Mayhem in Jefferson County, Missouri for more tales of historical local true crime.

Everything 19-year-old William Benson dreamed of was there for the taking--a nice farm and a pretty wife. All he had to do was kill the couple who stood in his way. Resources used: Ancestry.com Fold3.com Findaagrave.com Newspapers.com Familysearch.org Social media: Facebook - Old Fashioned Murder and Mayhem Instagram - mindys_murder_and_mayhem Email - melindamaloo@gmail.com About me: Retired as head of genealogy from Jefferson County Library, Missouri. Be sure to visit our sister site Murder and Mayhem in Jefferson County, Missouri for more tales of historical local true crime.

A copycat crime, a case of mistaken identity, and a mentally deranged youth were the ingredients that formed the tragic story of Little Girl in Pink: Mary Daly (1925). WARNING: Viewer discretion is advised. Resources used: Ancestry.com Newspapers.com Findagrave.com The Shocking Criminal Case of Leopold and Loeb - https://youtu.be/4xjLJPGOI8o These Spoiled Rich Kids Kill for Fun - https://youtu.be/VxW5qmQD80M The Atlantic Magazine (June 1926) - https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/toc/1926/06/ Social media: Facebook - Old Fashioned Murder and Mayhem Instagram - mindys_murder_and_mayhem Email - melindamaloo@gmail.com About me: Retired as head of genealogy from Jefferson County Library, Missouri. Be sure to visit our sister site Murder and Mayhem in Jefferson County, Missouri for more tales of historical local true crime.

On May 21, 1924, the rural town of Amherst, Maine was shocked to discover their 19-year-old school teacher was brutally murdered. The identity of the murderer and the ghastly details of the killing left the entire country asking "What is wrong with our young people?" Sources used include: Ancestry.com Newspapers.com Findagrave.com Crime scene photographs from Woods Detective Agency, Boston - https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/5/archival_objects/1816831#:~:text=Part%20of%20the,law.harvard.edu, ITEM — Box: 5, Folder: 7 Identifier: HOLLIS004386789, 5-1 to 5-73, 5-7. Social media: Facebook - Old Fashioned Murder and Mayhem Instagram - mindys_murder_and_mayhem Be sure to visit our sister site Murder and Mayhem in Jefferson County, Missouri for more tales of historical local true crime.

When 55-year-old Robert Green was found murdered by the railroad tracks in Little Rock, Arkansas one August night in 1924, the only clue was the presence of a woman's footprints and a tiny rhinestone buckle discovered at the scene. The murderess was dubbed "the most beautiful woman ever to enter the Arkansas penitentiary." But this was only the beginning of her story! Host, Mindy Hudson, retired head of the genealogy department at Jefferson County Library, Missouri. Using resources and methods typical in genealogy research, I piece together the stories of the lives of people involved in historical true crime across America. Resources used include: Ancestry.com Newspapers.com Social media: Youtube: oldfashionedmurderandmayhem@mindylou322 Facebook: Old fashioned Murder and Mayhem Instagram: mindys_murder_and_mayhem Email: melindamaloo@gmail.com Also check out the podcast "Murder and Mayhem in Jefferson County, Missouri" on your favorite podcast venue for more stories by Mindy. Be sure to visit our sister site Murder and Mayhem in Jefferson County, Missouri for more tales of historical local true crime.

Tornado season in the Midwest can leave a trail of destruction as powerful winds suck up everything in its path. Hear the story of how a Missouri boy was swept into a cyclone and delivered to a childless couple in 1889. It took eighteen years for the story of Charles Henry Bennett to be revealed. Hear the remarkable saga of a young man's search for his identity. Be sure to visit our sister site Murder and Mayhem in Jefferson County, Missouri for more tales of historical local true crime.

Francis Asbury Hawkins, the eldest son of the upper echelon of Long Island society, made the faux pax of falling in love with the wrong girl. Set in Long Island, New York in 1887, hear the story of love, class division, and murder! Be sure to visit our sister site Murder and Mayhem in Jefferson County, Missouri for more tales of historical local true crime.

The date of February 19th was a curse for the McDowell family of Georgia. Was it mental illness or pure evil that struck on that fateful winter day? Decide for yourself as we explore the chilling story of Frank McDowell, the Holy Ghost Killer. Resources used include: Ancestry.com Newspapers.com Findagrave.com Be sure to visit our sister site Murder and Mayhem in Jefferson County, Missouri for more tales of historical local true crime.

Discover how the 1934 murder of a seemingly insignificant river girl brought down the corrupt Arkansas Penal System in the fascinating tale of the short life of Helen Spence Eaton of the White River. Be sure to visit our sister site Murder and Mayhem in Jefferson County, Missouri for more tales of historical local true crime.

When Andrew and Gertrude Kley accepted to foster 12-year-old Frank Deford in their Cedar Hill, Missouri home in 1943, they could not have imagined the monster behind the angelic, freckled face. Unfortunately, they discovered how far the lad would go to get what he wanted, and murder wasn't out of the question. Learn the story of young Frank Deford's descent into a life of crime and insanity. In this episode of Old-Fashioned Murder and Mayhem, we'll explore the background of Deford's life and follow him from the boys' gangs of St. Louis to his stints at Leavenworth and Alcatraz. Be sure to visit our sister site Murder and Mayhem in Jefferson County, Missouri for more tales of historical local true crime.