“Leo may have been killed, but she served a life sentence…”
A sad anniversary has come and passed. August 17, 2015 was the 100th anniversary of the lynching of Leo Frank…
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The Baker Bass Murder
It started as a typical morning for Baker A. Bass. He awoke and left his home at 74 Ellis Street…
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The Henry Heinz Murder
It was a Tuesday night in September of 1943 when Henry Heinz captured his man. For nearly three years someone…
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The Murder of John Garris
“We were down at the station at a little before midnight,” said William Fisher, a chorus member of the New…
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The Murder of George Thomas
“Some day the good Lord will bring this back to your face,” George Thomas said. “You can’t beat the law.”…
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Mildred Seymour Williams – An Atlanta Murder Mystery
She was young, white and missing; sadly all of the requirements for mainstream media attention in 1941 Atlanta. When Mildred…
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Eddie Guyol – The Numbers King of Atlanta
It was the late evening of April 23rd, 1935 when a well dressed couple stepped down the stone walkway that…
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Fast Friday: Claude Everett Mundy
For this Fast Friday we feature Claude Everett Mundy Jr., the first black Atlanta police officer to be killed in…
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Richard “Dapper Dick” Gallogly
Meet Richard Gray Gallogly, the rich and arrogant scion of one of Atlanta’s most prosperous early families. His grandfather was…