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Tag: crime in Appalachia

kim cozort as frankie silver
July 11, 2014 Appalachian crime / North Carolina

Upcoming play delves into Frankie Silver saga

The story of Frankie Silver will be retold in Burke County, NC again this weekend in a one-woman play entitled “Silver Shadows…a birthin'”.

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photocollage: graveyard statue kudzu background
June 17, 2014 Appalachian crime / Cemeteries / Georgia / Historic preservation

Revitalizing a once forgotten cemetery in Lumpkin County, GA

Barbara Butler discusses the challenges of preserving & protecting a cherished family cemetery which includes clearing it and adding a fence.

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Harry F. Powers confesses
March 18, 2014 Appalachian crime / Capital punishment / West Virginia

Grisly anniversary: hanging the Bluebeard of Quiet Dell

Who was Harry Powers, aka the Bluebeard of Quiet Dell, one of the first men in modern history to be labeled a serial killer?

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Leon Czolgosz conceals handgun in a handkerchief
December 2, 2010 Appalachian crime / Politics / West Virginia

President McKinley’s assassin and the Charleston connection

One of the most enduring stories in the history of West Virginia crime concerns the identity of the assassin of President William McKinley.

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'wanted' poster for lewis redmond
November 1, 2010 Appalachian crime / Dark Corner / South Carolina

Lewis Redmond – the Prince of Dark Corners

Pickens County SC’s most famous outlaw, and in his time, the nation’s best-known bad-man, is coming back to The Oconee Community Theatre.

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