tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428910666212686772.comments2024-03-09T17:39:08.472-06:00American HauntingsTroy Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09315480436869583264noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428910666212686772.post-21359148126742868792018-01-25T21:16:25.264-06:002018-01-25T21:16:25.264-06:00Although Al Capone was a feared gangster, his stor...Although Al Capone was a feared gangster, his story is nevertheless a delightful pastime for those who like the Mafia theme, like me. The content of this subject written by Troy Taylor, besides being clear, is an excellent historical document.<br />PS. By chance, I was researching the life of Eliot Ness, when, by my luck, I found this excellent blog.<br />My sincere thanks.<br />Darlon Shelter.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03791592628635357582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428910666212686772.post-20406996998947852542017-05-18T13:07:35.258-05:002017-05-18T13:07:35.258-05:00Wow, reading this gave me goosebumps! Unsolved mur...Wow, reading this gave me goosebumps! Unsolved murders from the past always makes it a little more heartbreaking to read because you know it's unlikely to be solved. It's unfortunate that this didn't get the proper news coverage like other atrocities committed against whites did at that time, but that's bigotry for you. I hope someone makes a documentary about this to bring these stories to lightAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16494868737822078806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428910666212686772.post-64661572892675152392017-03-25T08:19:46.633-05:002017-03-25T08:19:46.633-05:00Excellent read! I was watching Natural Born Outlaw...Excellent read! I was watching Natural Born Outlaws and googled an address from the show, and came across this article. Started reading and after found info I was searching for I had to find my reading glasses to finish it. Very intrigued couldn't put it down. Thanks to the author. 👍👍👍👍👍Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13733390578637706904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428910666212686772.post-5148203977823278992017-03-01T17:40:09.331-06:002017-03-01T17:40:09.331-06:00In December of 2007, Cardinal George dedicated a m...In December of 2007, Cardinal George dedicated a monument in front of the rectory memorializing all the children and the sisters who died as a result of that horrible fire. Since just before the dedication of the monument the parish grounds have been and are now in the care of The Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, an order that professes a charism devoted to similar causes. In April, 2012, following several years as a mission to the economically depressed neighborhood, the parish and its buildings were formally reopened. It's ministry continues to serve the surrounding area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428910666212686772.post-4509777685776610672017-01-21T15:26:38.181-06:002017-01-21T15:26:38.181-06:00Excellent article.It's amazing how little inte...Excellent article.It's amazing how little interest was shown by the media in regards to crimes commited against people of color. Now, and then.The Dzanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428910666212686772.post-17729333653854517152016-12-19T19:46:03.340-06:002016-12-19T19:46:03.340-06:00i find this article and almost everyone about this...i find this article and almost everyone about this guy soooo interesting. it is rather intoxicating just to read about it and think of what happened to this poor guy. nevertheless, i think it would make a fantastic movie, good thriller or action mystery. maybe one day, even if he is dead by now, we may yet find out what happened to him.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16599555419505348549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428910666212686772.post-79382506229159774192016-08-31T16:47:57.880-05:002016-08-31T16:47:57.880-05:00I knew the remaining members of the White Cap Gang...I knew the remaining members of the White Cap Gang in Indianapolis.In the late fifties I was told the same story you have from his nephew. He recuperated in South Bend and went to his sister in Sault Sainte Marie. Later moved to a new place on the Canadian side. The fellows I knew had regular communication with him. Dillinger was still sending him letters and current photos of himself. As far as I know these are the only two members of the gang to have survived. I did see such a letter and photo that Tubby Toms brought to the house for verification after Dillinger had sent it to the Indianapolis Star. They told Toms that they weren't sure of the ID of the man in the picture but laughed like crazy when he left. They knew both Dillinger and Hamilton where alive at that time and their respective location. Toms showed me the rabbits foot Dillinger gave him. It was small.<br />Hoover could never let it be known that they had assassinated the man who walked out of the Biograph theater with Sage with out fist getting a positive ID of the poor fellow. The gang said Jimmie Lawrence had a terminal disease and had made a deal to stand in for John Dillinger until he could get away to a new life. Dillinger told him it was risky. The FBI just shot whoever looked close to Dillinger and was with Anna. <br /> The question for doubters here was why cut the corpses had off and pour lye all over the body to avoid identification in the first place. How could it matter unless it wasn't him. <br />The lawyer, Piquett, was the master mind behind several gangs including Karpis and Dillinger's'. He put together the plastic surgery story to help Hoover cover for having shot to death another innocent citizen in his efforts to get Dillinger. The gang thought this was the real story. Every one was so crooked that none of the Official stories was true.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02383669515379800966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428910666212686772.post-23465388112368421422015-12-18T03:18:29.612-06:002015-12-18T03:18:29.612-06:00Another great story Troy!
I would like to wish you...Another great story Troy!<br />I would like to wish you a safe and peaceful Christmas, and a prosperous 2016.<br />I am a fan of your blog, and look forward to more interesting stories in 2016.Graham Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09182805428889776703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428910666212686772.post-71668298434983353682015-12-03T10:16:31.347-06:002015-12-03T10:16:31.347-06:00A marvelous article on a celebrated American autho...A marvelous article on a celebrated American author but with an engaging twist. Almost everyone has a ghost story - doesn't take much coaxing when others learn of our own paranormal investigations - but it's fascinating to hear such an in-depth account of Clemens' life-long experiences along these avenues. Kudos for an article well researched and well written, Troy!Kym-n-Mark Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05314439278090348652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428910666212686772.post-40236528352083418262015-12-01T13:06:08.071-06:002015-12-01T13:06:08.071-06:00There is a memorial that had been in the church bu...There is a memorial that had been in the church but has been moved to a different parish once OLA closed.<br />The alleged arsonist denied it his entire adult life, and has reportedly died.ESGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02058710125188120922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428910666212686772.post-35821470647845215152015-06-04T00:50:50.967-05:002015-06-04T00:50:50.967-05:00My grandfather, Charles Aloysius "Engine Cha...My grandfather, Charles Aloysius "Engine Charlie" Strain was a PRR employee in Jersey City. The afternoon of the wreck, he had boarded an earlier rain bound for his home in Avon by the Sea, but for some reason that now escapes my memory he got off and later boarded the Broker. He was in one of the cars that fell down into the embankment, but aside from being banged up, was able to spend the rest of the night and the next day assisting in recovery efforts, but didn't call home until much later when my grandmother had heard the news - he wasn't home on his usual 5:00 train and the radio reports were terrible. She was worried sick with worry until he called around midnight Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428910666212686772.post-54033378678458987932015-01-22T18:51:29.734-06:002015-01-22T18:51:29.734-06:00Troy, another great story. I am a bit of a geograp...Troy, another great story. I am a bit of a geography buff, so I really enjoy reading about some of the lesser-known towns in the US South and Midwest.Graham Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09182805428889776703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428910666212686772.post-35508568934598208492014-10-06T08:49:25.395-05:002014-10-06T08:49:25.395-05:00I am a Superman fan, and a retired deputy sheriff....I am a Superman fan, and a retired deputy sheriff. I grew up watching the program, and bought the entire TV series on DVD. After reading the above story a number of times, I do not and have never believed that Reeves death was a suicide. With the body cremated, we cannot use today's technical advances in medicine and crime detection to solve this crime. I doubt it will ever be solved, save a deathbed confession of anyone who knows the truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428910666212686772.post-18357254331590671232014-05-17T19:05:31.388-05:002014-05-17T19:05:31.388-05:00Lizzie Borden, like her sister, was a spinster in ...Lizzie Borden, like her sister, was a spinster in a day and age when young(ish) women who were presumably virgins, were ostracized if they took lovers. I've always wondered if Lizzie's apparent barn visit was in fact a lovers' rendezvous, and as later information came out, whether she was a lesbian. She could not have mounted a positive defense if it required her to reveal her sexual peccadillos as her alibi. Who killed the Bordens? I must say that whoever did it, if it was one of the people who lived in the Borden house, she garners a fair amount of pity from me: breakfast was four-day-old lamb stew, in a heat wave without a refrigerator. No big explanation for the stomach illness, there. Oh, and Mr. Borden wasn't a spendthrift (they spend money like water), but a penny pincher, who forced his family to eat that damned stew for breakfast because it hadn't all been used up yet! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428910666212686772.post-74248577354187421012014-05-05T12:20:49.663-05:002014-05-05T12:20:49.663-05:00So very sad.So very sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428910666212686772.post-81246061488667140132014-04-30T14:18:04.800-05:002014-04-30T14:18:04.800-05:00Every time I go to Forrest Park I try to imagine t...Every time I go to Forrest Park I try to imagine the lavish grandeur that must have been the 1904 Fair and I can hardly conceive it. It breaks my heart to think of all the work and creativity that was just destroyed afterward as though it could never be important to anyone ever again. I hear they still look for parts of the giant ferris wheel at the park!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089931977873621712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428910666212686772.post-16947476184092681742014-04-27T06:52:20.246-05:002014-04-27T06:52:20.246-05:00It seems that the "wrong number" phone c...It seems that the "wrong number" phone call was done to make sure that the family was in the house that evening.Graham Claytonhttp://www.wordclass.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428910666212686772.post-26280660954057408612014-03-12T14:54:20.424-05:002014-03-12T14:54:20.424-05:00Thanks for these great stories, Troy! I love readi...Thanks for these great stories, Troy! I love reading every single one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428910666212686772.post-9175624992067042652014-03-04T20:32:45.193-06:002014-03-04T20:32:45.193-06:00YEAH!!! Can't wait!!! A most fascinating ca...YEAH!!! Can't wait!!! A most fascinating case....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428910666212686772.post-16347530404890952582013-12-30T00:36:04.237-06:002013-12-30T00:36:04.237-06:00I was pleased to read another little known story o...I was pleased to read another little known story on the History of Missouri and her citizens Thank you for posting a most interesting story on the Lemp family and their contribution to our state. Great Article!Margaret C Harmonhttp://www.margaretcharmon.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428910666212686772.post-10098349210287086622013-12-26T16:29:28.055-06:002013-12-26T16:29:28.055-06:00So sad. There's nothing worse than not knowin...So sad. There's nothing worse than not knowing what ever happened to your loved ones. This whole case is very fishy from top to bottom, but it's been so long, I doubt we'll ever know the whole story. ChrisTeanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428910666212686772.post-28892105355639584552013-03-19T14:07:57.068-05:002013-03-19T14:07:57.068-05:00Another great story from Troy . Please keep them ...Another great story from Troy . Please keep them coming .<br />Have you ever considered making movie's from these great stories ?<br />Please repond back .<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428910666212686772.post-54048163513793642952013-03-09T08:43:08.498-06:002013-03-09T08:43:08.498-06:00Back in those day's from the 1870's to the...Back in those day's from the 1870's to the middle of the 1990's there weren't many crimes or murder's solved cuz of the lack of experienced people . <br />Now-a-day's we have DNA's ,FBI Crime Lab's ,Coroner's with advanced equipment and such , etc. <br />Today's technology has come a long way's and it will continue .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428910666212686772.post-34658459646696034592013-03-07T23:12:05.651-06:002013-03-07T23:12:05.651-06:00What a sad way for any parent to lose a precious c...What a sad way for any parent to lose a precious child . I feel so sorry for each and every one that lost a child. May the childern that lost their live's in that fire never be forgotten .<br /><br />God Bless Them .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428910666212686772.post-16126315230550563692013-03-07T08:58:35.299-06:002013-03-07T08:58:35.299-06:00What a beautiful story , I always loved Patsy'...What a beautiful story , I always loved Patsy's song's . She will never be forgotten .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com