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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.

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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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!