Little Murders   (From New York Herald-Tribune , New York, New York, November 21, 1885 ) The Murder of Chong Ong.   A Cu...

As children, Harry and Myra Black were playmates with William McKaig, but as adults McKaig did not view the Blacks as his equals—the McKa...

Little Murders: From Defenders and Offenders : William Agnew. "Of all the cold blooded villains, this is one of the worst. ...

I am pleased to welcome guest blogger, James M. Schmidt to Murder by Gaslight. James writes about the American Civil War is the author ...

The Order of Pilgrim Fathers was a Massachusetts social group whose chief purpose was to provide cheap life insurance for working-class m...

In 1869 H. H. Bingham, agent of the Michigan State Prison, issued a pamphlet analyzing the effect of Michigan’s abolition of the death pen...

Little Murders (From Sedalia Daily Democrat , Sedalia, Missouri, October 15, 1876 ) A Brutal Murder.   A Quarrel Between Colo...

On April 16, 1897, cashier Joseph A. Stickney was murdered during a daring daylight robbery of the Great Falls National Bank in Somerswor...

Little Murders This looks like a good one. I'll keep searching for more information.  (From Waterloo Courier , Waterloo, Iowa, ...

Little Murders: From Defenders and Offenders : August Hetzke. "This individual was convicted in Chicago, Ills., of murder i...

In August of 1810, four little girls picking berries at the foot of a precipice near Uniontown, Pennsylvania, discovered the broken body o...

Little Murders Here are three little Iowa murders from the same edition of The Marion Sentinel :  (From The Marion Sentinel , Merio...

Dr. Perry H. Talbott was among the most prominent citizens of Nodaway County, Missouri. In addition to being a skilled physician, Talbott...

Little Murders: From Defenders and Offenders : August Detlaf. "John Phillips and Skip Larking of Chicago, Ills., were sho...

Little Murders (From The Davenport Daily Leader , Davenport, Iowa, January 1, 1893 ) Alabama Lynching.   Two Murders Strung Up ...

Tensions in the Ware household outside of Berlin, New Jersey, were near the breaking point. On August 16, 1870 they snapped, when a dispu...

Little Murders: From Defenders and Offenders : Nels Olsen Holong. "Nels Olsen Hulong is another one filling the long list o...

Little Murders   (From  The New York Times,  New York, NY, January 26, 1883 . ) The Murder of Patrick H. Dwyer Recorder Smyth’s...

William James and Denwood Hinds of Baltimore were close friends who had served together in the Fifth Maryland Regiment. The friendship wou...

On September 24, 1843, Lucien Hall murdered Mrs. Lavinia Bacon in Middletown, Connecticut.  I am planning a more detailed post on this mur...