Murder Mayhem On The Texas Rails
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Author |
: Jeff Campbell |
Publisher |
: Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 128 |
Release |
: 2022-05-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781439675250 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1439675252 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis Murder & Mayhem on the Texas Rails by : Jeff Campbell
Texas has a long, romantic history when it comes to railroads. But even though steam engines and streetcars offer nonstop service to Nostalgia City, there's a dark side to Texas rail. The Black Widow of Fort Worth engineered a fatal double-cross at a railroad crossing. The Mountaineer Madman brought death to the Texas Electric Railway, while the Trolley Bandit terrorized the citizens of El Paso. From a freak accident involving a banana peel to a tragic trip to see Santa Claus, Jeff Campbell and the staff of the Interurban Railway Museum cross the Lone Star State on trains derailed by murder and mayhem.
Author |
: Jane Ann Turzillo |
Publisher |
: Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 141 |
Release |
: 2014-01-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781625847447 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1625847440 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis Murder & Mayhem on Ohio's Rails by : Jane Ann Turzillo
All aboard for a breakneck trip into history, as the author of Wicked Women of Ohio details the Buckeye State’s most daring train holdups. Ride Ohio’s rails with some of the bravest trainmen and most vicious killers and robbers to ever roll down the tracks. The West may have had Jesse James and Butch Cassidy, but Ohio had its own brand of train robbers. Discover how Alvin Karpis knocked off an Erie Railroad train and escaped with $34,000. Learn about the first peacetime train holdup that took place in North Bend when thieves derailed the Kate Jackson, robbed its passengers and blew the Adam’s Express safe. Make no mistake—railroading was a dangerous job in bygone days. Includes photos! “Ohio was plagued by train bandits, too, and some of them were shockingly violent. Journalist Jane Ann Turzillo has researched 10 interesting cases for her book.” —Akron Beacon Journal
Author |
: Bartee Haile |
Publisher |
: Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 133 |
Release |
: 2014-11-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781625852625 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1625852622 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis Murder Most Texan by : Bartee Haile
A chronicle of sixteen ruthless killings from Lone Star history and the dirty details that have shocked and bewildered Texans for decades. Texas has long boasted of its iron fist and strict treatment of criminals. Nevertheless, a number of homicidal scoundrels and fiends have slipped through the state’s justice system despite even the best efforts of the legendary Texas Rangers. In 1877, Texas saw its first high-profile murder case with the slaying of a woman in Jefferson and the subsequent “Diamond Bessie” trial. More than a century later, state legislator Price Daniel Jr., was shot in cold blood by his wife at their home in Liberty, TX. True crime writer and historian Bartee Haile unburies these and other stories from Texas’s murderous past. With these stories and more—from senseless roadside murders to political assassinations—discover the seedy underbelly of the Lone Star State’s murderous past.
Author |
: James Smallwood |
Publisher |
: Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages |
: 212 |
Release |
: 2003 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1585442801 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781585442805 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (01 Downloads) |
Synopsis Murder and Mayhem by : James Smallwood
In the states of the former Confederacy, Reconstruction amounted to a second Civil War, one that white southerners were determined to win. An important chapter in that undeclared conflict played out in northeast Texas, in the Corners region where Grayson, Fannin, Hunt, and Collin Counties converged. Part of that violence came to be called the Lee-Peacock Feud, a struggle in which Unionists led by Lewis Peacock and former Confederates led by Bob Lee sought to even old scores, as well as to set the terms of the new South, especially regarding the status of freed slaves. Until recently, the Lee-Peacock violence has been placed squarely within the Lost Cause mythology. This account sets the record straight. For Bob Lee, a Confederate veteran, the new phase of the war began when he refused to release his slaves. When Federal officials came to his farm in July to enforce emancipation, he fought back and finally fled as a fugitive. In the relatively short time left to his life, he claimed personally to have killed at least forty people--civilian and military, Unionists and freedmen. Peacock, a dedicated leader of the Unionist efforts, became his primary target and chief foe. Both men eventually died at the hands of each other's supporters. From previously untapped sources in the National Archives and other records, the authors have tracked down the details of the Corners violence and the larger issues it reflected, adding to the reinterpretation of Reconstruction history and rescuing from myth events that shaped the following century of Southern politics.
Author |
: Selden Richardson |
Publisher |
: Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 144 |
Release |
: 2023-06-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781439678152 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1439678154 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Synopsis Richmond Murder & Mayhem by : Selden Richardson
Explore the dark side of the history of the River City... Richmond has a curious share of horrific accidents, coolly calculated slaughter, and incidents of implacable deceit in its history. Here, the wronged, the devious, and the heartbroken enact their lives on the stage set of the River City's ostensibly genteel neighborhoods, where a tree-shaded city street may have been the site of a crime of passion and an innocuous path in the woods recalls a grisly unsolved murder. Discover these and other lesser-known stories, from a young bride poisoned by her husband to the horrific fate of an entire airliner. Local historian Selden Richardson explores tales from a time when murder and mayhem stalked the streets of Richmond.
Author |
: Richard Zelade |
Publisher |
: History Press Library Editions |
Total Pages |
: 146 |
Release |
: 2015-11-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1540213390 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781540213396 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Synopsis Austin Murder & Mayhem by : Richard Zelade
Author |
: Allan Pacheco |
Publisher |
: Sunstone Press |
Total Pages |
: 234 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780865344105 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0865344108 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ghosts-murder-mayhem, a Chronicle of Santa Fe by : Allan Pacheco
If you like to have fun, this tabloid-like investigation of some of Santa Fe, New Mexico's most extraordinary events is for you. Here are "beyond belief" stories of the present and the days of yore that picture many compelling, serious and humorous events that have woven themselves into Santa Fe's colorful history. Many myths and facts are explored, and many bubbles are burst: Billy The Kid, Russian spies, hauntings, UFOs, the Santa Fe Trail, to name a few. This eccentric Santa Fe guide is full of sensationalism, revulsion, truths, lies and pleasant distractions. Written in a "Noir" fashion, the book mixes humor with hard-boiled memorable moments that could only happen in Santa Fe, The City Different. ALLAN PACHECO is a native Santa Fean who has a B.A. degree and has attended Law School. He has many patents (auto tool) and for years was primarily involved in international manufacturing and trade. Allan's love for Santa Fe knows no bounds. Perhaps it's in his DNA since his ancestors were Spanish Conquistadors who helped found the city.
Author |
: Michael Varhola |
Publisher |
: Clerisy Press |
Total Pages |
: 272 |
Release |
: 2011-06-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781578604593 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1578604591 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis Texas Confidential by : Michael Varhola
The latest installment in the Confidential series, Texas Confidential pokes at the seamy underbelly of the Lone Star State, where folks do everything -- including sex, scandal, murder, and mayhem -- in a big way. Author Michael J. Varhola rounds up more than 40 Texas tales -- from the rogues who defended the Alamo to the rogues who brought down Enron. Along the way, readers learn the sordid details of sex -- from Miss Hattie's Bordello in West Texas (now a museum!) to "Charlie Wilson's Whore" scandal -- from corrupt governors "Ma" and "Pa" Ferguson to corrupt politicians Lyndon Johnson and Tom DeLay; murder -- from Bonnie and Clyde to the Kennedy Assassination to the over-zealous cheerleader mom; and mayhem -- from the crash of a UFO in 1897 in the little town of Aurora to Nazi war criminals hiding in El Paso (while working for the local government). Packed with pictures and loaded with sidebars, Texas Confidential is informative, irreverent, and enormously entertaining.
Author |
: William Palmini |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0882822705 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780882822709 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis Murder on the Rails by : William Palmini
Detective Palmini, lead investigator in the 1996 "Boxcar Serial Killer" case, reveals the true story of Robert Silveria, who confessed to a series of grisly murders across the country as a member of a violent, predatory pack of criminals: the Freight Train Riders of America. Includes photos.
Author |
: Kathryn Casey |
Publisher |
: Harper Collins |
Total Pages |
: 280 |
Release |
: 2015-01-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780062300508 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0062300504 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis Deliver Us by : Kathryn Casey
Featured in the Netflix limited series: Crime Scene, The Texas Killing Fields! Critically acclaimed author Kathryn Casey delivers a riveting account of the brutal murders of young women in the I-45/Texas Killing Fields—a chilling true story that has already helped police uncover evidence that may link suspected serial killer William Lewis Reece to some of the heinous crimes Over a three-decade span, more than twenty women—many teenagers—died mysteriously in the small towns bordering Interstate 45, a fifty-mile stretch of highway running from Houston to Galveston. The victims were strangled, shot, or savagely beaten. Six met their demise in pairs. They had one thing in common: being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The day she vanished, Colette Wilson waited for her mother after band practice. Best friends Debbie Ackerman and Maria Johnson loved to surf and were last seen hitchhiking. Laura Kate Smither dreamed of becoming a ballerina and disappeared just weeks before her thirteenth birthday. In this harrowing true crime exposition, award-winning journalist Kathryn Casey tracks these tragic cases, investigates the evidence, interviews the suspects, and pulls back the cloak of secrecy in search of elusive answers.