Horace and Geneva’s marriage began to fall apart for all the usual reasons: money, jealousy, and neglect. Their path to reconciliation would quickly take a dark turn through rage and madness, speeding toward a terrible conclusion in the summer of 1920.
Living with another person is not always an easy thing. Sharing your personal space with another human being always involves a learning process. People learn where to put things, how to organize around each other, how to divide household chores. The list is endless. For many of us, our first experiences living with someone else …
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Mabel Moore and William Stewart each lost a spouse in the early 20th Century. They also had hidden connections that would drive their drastic actions to cope with that loss miles and years apart. Sources ‘Police Block Father’s Plot to Slay Babes.’ The Davenport Democrat and Leader, 5/28/1920 ‘Buys Gun to …
In a St. Louis hotel room in 1912, Mabel Moore was distraught. Her and her husband of only about three months, Arthur, and her had an argument. Those early days of a relationship can be difficult sometimes. Sharing living space with a new person is hard enough, but when it’s a significant other, there’s an …
Locals suspected that something was off when Harry Singer started selling his boss’ belongings. Never would they have guessed the truth. What had happened to the Wesley family, and what did Singer know about it? Sources The Noblesville Ledger, 7/4/1936 Young Hold Up Victim Dies In Wabash County Hospital. Muncie Evening Press, 7/7/1936 …
When May Lewis came home, no one else was there. Where had her parents gone, and what was behind the bedroom door that wouldn’t open? Sources Former Brazil Man Kills Wife; Ends Own Life. The Brazil Daily Times. 1/21/1922 Cuts Off Wife’s Head and Then Kills Self. The Indianapolis News, 1/21/1922 Miner Cuts …
On the afternoon of January 20, 1922, May Lewis returned home from school. She went to find her parents, Charles and Fay. Not seeing anyone, she called out for them. No one answered. Thinking that they might be in their bedroom, she tried the door. It was shut tight, and nothing she could do would …
Sod houses and dugouts were dwellings that faded away on the prairie. Many pioneers also passed through history, the stories of their lives forgotten. Hear the short tale of how one young couple met their sad end in Nebraska. Sources Cut Their Throats. The Nebraska State Journal, 1/15/1895 Sad Nebraska Suicide. Fremont Tri-Weekly …
Pioneers who rolled across the Midwestern Prairies during the 19th century came with big hopes and dreams. But they had to survive the dangers of the wilderness first. They needed food and water, but they also needed shelter. Pioneers absolutely needed a place where they could stay safe from the harsh winters and raging thunderstorms. …
