Issac Slater was a bastard. A vicious alcoholic, he beat his wife. He beat his children. That is, until the day that his daughter had enough and shot him. Source Daughter Shot Him. The Star Press, 2/19/1901 A Domestic Tragedy. Fort Wayne Daily News, 2/19/1901. Shot By His Daughter. The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, […]
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, February 1901 Issac Slater was a bastard. Not the kind of bastard that meant that his mom and dad weren’t married. No, he knew who his parents were. His dad had joined up with the United States Army in 1862 to fight against the rebelling Southern states in the American Civil War.
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As a raging blizzard tore across the state of North Dakota, Adolph Martel sat warm and safe inside a mental hospital. A former drifter named J.J. Murphy stood talking with him, helping the time to pass. Little did they know it, but a patient’s presence nearby would result in the death of one of them
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Jamestown, North Dakota, November 21, 1941 Adolph Martel settled back into his chair. It was chilly inside the hospital, but, then again, it was absolutely freezing outside. The papers had said that temps were supposed be hovering right around 0 with winds gusting upwards of 50 mph. One of the patients, a man named J.J.
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Devil’s Lake is the second largest lake in North Dakota, covering thousands of acres. For decades, people have claimed to have seen a serpent-like creature gliding through the water there. What is the Devil’s Lake Monster? Sources Breakey, Sharlene. Hell in High Water: The Story of Devils Lake, North Dakota. Modern Farmer, 8/24/2018 Devils Lake,
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Robert Smith walked down the crowded New York City sidewalk, humming to himself. It was a good day. The sun was shining, the birds were singing. At least, he thought they were singing. Somewhere. Honestly, he couldn’t say if they were or not over the noise. Carriages and wagons thundered noisily over cobblestones, the sound
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Devils Lake, North Dakota, sometime in the early 20th century It all started with a hook. Young John Grinstead stared at it, the cogs of his young mind turning. It was large and heavy, driven deep into the wood ceiling of the family garage. He wasn’t sure what it was used for, but he
Miriam Grinstead loved the swing that her brother John had built in the hayloft above their garage. There wasn’t a lot to do in Devil’s Lake, North Dakota, and this was something that her and her siblings could all use. One day, Miriam snuck into the hayloft to have the swing all to herself. Little
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Fifty years ago, Mary Schlais was murdered and left in a rural Wisconsin ditch. For decades, decades searched for her killer. Now, thanks to a new scientific discipline called Forensic Genealogy, her killer has finally been found. Fifty years ago, Mary Schlais was murdered and left in a rural Wisconsin ditch. For decades, decades searched
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SOLVED: Mary Schlais: Justice at Last I’ve always been a big fan of genealogy. Genealogy, the study of family history, has been a popular discipline and hobby for many people for decades. After I graduated from college, I took my first real steps into researching my own family tree. At first, it was a
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