Before Salem, there were stories of witches everywhere across the colonies. But none were as strange as this. A woman disliked by her town was accused of using witchcraft to make her nemesis seriously ill. His friends decided to kill her before she could kill him. But even after they hanged her from a tree, that wasn’t the end of her story.

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Interview: Alan Weinberg, Hadley Historical Society
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The story of white men killing native people is not unusual in American history. But this story is. In this case, the killings were seen as a crime and the white men involved were arrested. What happened next involved two trials and an appearance by the Governor. The result is almost unprecedented in US History.

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He believed that God was working through him to perform miracles and bring hope to his Depression-era community in rural Kentucky. But things were not going well. His followers had split off and there were fewer people coming to hear him preach, and fewer donations coming in. He needed a sacrifice. Now he had to convince the people closest to him that one of them would have to die.

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Interview: Harry Reed
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It was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War, with over 7000 men dying during the three-day battle. One woman died in her sister’s kitchen while making bread, and since 1863, the story has been that the bullet shot into the house was not intended to kill anyone inside. But was that true? There’s an alternate theory of the murder that questions the historical record.

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He sold luxury and elegance. His workers called him a tyrant. He controlled every aspect of their lives – and when they fought back, thirty people died. It led to court cases, a national holiday and a bizarre burial for a man who once ran an empire.

Continue reading “Labor Day’s Bloody History: The Story of the Pullman Strike”

Every Western movie has a shootout in the town square. But Hollywood didn’t make this scene up. They can all trace their origins to one summer evening in 1865 Springfield Missouri when Wild Bill Hickok and Davis Tutt drew their guns. It didn’t start the way the Hollywood movies do, but it ended with one man in the dirt and the other becoming a legend.

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In 1921, a Catholic priest sat on the porch of the rectory when a Methodist minister walked up, pointed his gun at him, and shot three times. The motive for the murder changed, funds for the defense were raised by a hate group, and the defense lawyer, a future Supreme Court justice, used tactics that horrified many onlookers.

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Voice of Father Coyle: Kieran O’Donohue

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Route 66 was in its infancy, but it was already used to transport stolen cars from one state to another. Likely the most successful at it were the Young Brothers, who along with other family members, became experts. As a result, they were wanted men. When the police came to arrest them, the shootout would change law enforcement forever.

Continue reading “Escape Route: The Story of the Young Brothers”

It was a massive story in the year before the Civil War. A sitting US congressman killed the son of an American legend. Why had he done it? And who was really the victim? It wasn’t an easy question to answer then – or now. And what happened after the trial is also up for debate.

Continue reading “Congressman. Killer. Hero. The Story of Daniel Sickles”

In 1927, at the Bath School in Michigan, children and teachers walked into class, celebrating their last day of school before summer break. But within an hour, half of the school was reduced to rubble as dynamite brought down the building. Those inside were trapped under the debris and parents rushed to save their children. The explosion was devastating – but who caused it, and why, threatened to shatter the town. It remains the deadliest act of school violence in U.S. history.

Continue reading “The Bath School Disaster: The Story of the 1st US School Bombing”