Holmes Murder Castle in Fort Worth
Mudgett aka Holmes aka Lyman aka Pratt, the builder of the Murder Castle in Fort Worth, was executed by hanging in 1896.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 22
The Great Hanging of Gainesville in the Newspapers
Newspaper articles report on the same event: the Great Hanging in Gainesville, as well as other murders that took place in North Texas
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 22
The Brown Front Brothel in Denison
The most notorious brothel in Denison was Brown Front, named so because it, well, had an unpainted wooden front that was none too pretty.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 22
Dallas Vice: Boggy Bayou, Deep Ellum, the Reservation, West Dallas, and Commerce Street
Dallas boasted several vice districts: Boggy Bayou, Deep Ellum, the Reservation, West Dallas, and Commerce Street.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 16
Machine Gun Kelley, the Kidnapper
Infamous bandit Machine Gun Kelley is buried here inside his wife Kathryn's family's plot in Wise County, Texas.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 16
Theft of the Red River Medicine Stone, a giant Meteorite
The Theft of the Red River Medicine Stone, a giant meteorite, may have deeply affected relations between nations in the Red River Valley.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 13
Racialist Deflection: Violence in the Red River Valley
The Red River Valley witnessed racialist violence, based on whites deflecting, throughout the first half of the 20th century.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 8
The Paris Lynching of Henry Smith
The public lynching of Henry Smith in Paris, Texas in 1893 was detailed in a commemorative book by his murderers.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Sep 6
Cullen Baker, Reconstruction-Era Mass Murderer in the Red River Valley
Psychopath Cullen Baker's despicable Reconstruction-era crimes in the Red River Valley make him a mass-murderer.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jan 31
Bad Bill Dalton, dead in Ardmore
Bill Dalton of the infamous "Dalton Gang" was born in Missouri in 1865 and died near Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma in 1894.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Jun 29, 2021
Murder Mystery: Tuck's Ferry in Love County, Oklahoma
The demise of Tuck's Ferry in Love County, Oklahoma was the outcome of the ferry operator's murder.
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Robin Cole-Jett
- Apr 1, 2020
Jail Bait: Finding Jail Cells in a Field at an Estate Sale in Denton County, Texas
I freakin' found the cells of Denton County's old jail in a Texas field full of brambles!
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