James Fennimore Cooper recalled a day in June 1806 when he joined the population of Cooperstown, New York, to witness an eclipse of the s...

Little Murders: From Defenders and Offenders : Clement Arthur Day. "Clement Arthur Day, who murdered Josie Rosa on the morn...

On the morning of March 11, 1853, the bodies of  Mrs. Honora Shaw and her sister Mrs. Ellen Lynch were found brutally stabbed and beaten...

Little Murders   (From The Wheeling Register , Wheeling, West Virginia, June 6, 1885 ) Deserved Double Lynching.   Two Broth...

Though he was only twenty-one years old in 1869, Herbert Field had already faced death numerous times in a variety of exotic locations. F...

Little Murders: From Defenders and Offenders : James H. Jacobs. “On the night of 11th of December 1886, Jacobs stabbed Elmer E. ...

Reprinted from New York Herald, December 22, 1868. A Visit to the Tombs. An Interview with the Prisoners Committed for murder—What T...

The name Walworth was an old and venerable one in the state of New York. William Walworth arrived there from London in 1689; during the A...

Little Murders: From Defenders and Offenders : Mrs. Sarah Rhodes. “This remarkable woman, who sports a moustache, is accused of ...

  ExecutedToday.com recently celebrated its 2,000th consecutive day posting execution stories from all times and places—that’s every da...

Little Murders   (From New York Herald , New York, New York, October 20, 1885 )   Settling an Old Feud.   A serious stabbing ...

A prominent California legislator was sitting with his wife and son on board the Oakland-San Francisco ferryboat El Capitain the evening...

Life insurance has always provided incentive to murder. Depending on the state of their relationship, the beneficiary may come to view the ...

Little Murders: From Defenders and Offenders : Thomas Riley. "At an early hour on Sunday, Dec. 12, 1886, Robert Coleman was...

The winter of 1877 Captain Luther Meservey went to sea leaving his wife Sarah alone in their home in the village of Tenant’s Harbor, Maine....

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...