In 1954, A Maximum Security cell house, the Old Idaho Penitentiary, was constructed complete with a gallows room on the second floor. Raymond Allen Snowden was executed for the murder of Cora Dean, which occurred in Garden City on September 23, 1956. Snowden was nicked named "Idaho’s Jack the Ripper". Dean’s body was found with … Read more
A friend told me that in one scene of the Wizard of Oz you can see someone ‘hang’ themselves from a tree in the background. Well, the "dead person hanging in the background" rumor is popular, but untrue. What the "hanging person" actually is a film crew person who got caught in the shot and … Read more
In Brazoria, TX two slaves were unjustly hung by the neck from the limb of an old sturdy tree until they died. The ghosts of the slaves have haunted that area ever since. In the past, drivers of horse pulled wagons they said that their horses would just stop below the tree. A man who … Read more
The population of Fairfax County, Virginia grew after the Civil War and eventually an insane asylum was built there. Residents were appalled that the institution had been constructed and noone wanted to live nearby. Such a fuss was raised in the town and since the local politicians decided not to oppose the public outrage, the … Read more