Tag: Davenport
Episode 57: Steam and Fury: The Lansing Steamboat Disaster of 1867
Steamboats are an iconic part of the history of the Mississippi River. In the case of the steamboat Lansing,…
Steam and Fury: The Lansing Steamboat Disaster of 1867
The Mississippi River, despite its nickname the “Big Muddy,” is surrounded by natural beauty. Bluffs over look the water…
The Koenig Murder/Suicide of 1870
Some have said that the most dangerous people that you can ever come across are people that have nothing to…
Struck Down in the Dark – The Charles Englehart Murder
I’m not afraid of the dark. I take my trash out in the middle of the night without a flashlight,…
Struck Down in the Dark – The Charles Englehart Murder
Charles Englehart was attacked outside of his car one dark night in 1935. A harmless 70-year-old man liked by everyone,…
Episode 33: The Scars of Loss
Mabel Moore and William Stewart each lost a spouse in the early 20th Century. They also had hidden connections that…
The Scars of Loss
In a St. Louis hotel room in 1912, Mabel Moore was distraught. Her and her husband of only about three…
Episode 29: Defiling the Dead
The desecration of human remains and burial sites are regarded as taboo by our society. Regardless, it still happens, and…
Defiling the Dead
In 2002, a friend of mine and I took a trip to Mount Carmel Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois, about twenty…
Episode 26: An Uncommon Criminal
When Iowa policemen arrested a robbery suspect in 1947, they thought they had just apprehended the thief responsible for numerous…