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Yellow Mama claims her first victim in AL

The chair acquired its color from a contribution of highway line paint from the adjacent State Highway Department lab. It was built in 1927.

photo collage of evil eye, letter on ground, hand reaching for it

April 8, 2019 Appalachian crime / Kidnapping / West Virginia

They deliberated whether to kill her or let her go

They deliberated as to whether they should kill her or let her go, and finally fixed upon the latter course.

WILD E, W. VA., January 19. – “John Hardy, for killing Thomas Drews, both colored, was hung at 2:09 p. m. to-day. Three thousand people witnessed his death.

July 5, 2018 Appalachian crime / Tennessee / Vigilantes

He wanted them put out of the way & would give one hundred dollars to kill them

The White Caps of Sevier County, TN, were a vigilante group formed to rid Sevier County of individuals (mostly women) whom they deemed lewd.

June 22, 2018 Appalachian crime / West Virginia

The unsolved murder of Mamie Thurman

On June 22, 1932, she was found where she’d been dumped on 22 Mountain, then called Trace Mountain. Mamie Thurman had been savagely murdered.

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Yellow Mama claims her first victim in AL

They deliberated whether to kill her or let her go

John Hardy attributed his downfall to whiskey

He wanted them put out of the way & would give one hundred dollars to kill them

The unsolved murder of Mamie Thurman