Soon after midnight on Wednesday, January 13, 2021, 52-year-old Lisa Montgomery became the first female inmate in 67 years to be executed by the United States federal government, marking a significant milestone in modern American capital jurisprudence, as surveyed in our records of capital punishment in the USA. The last female prisoner put to death … Read more
Mary Mabel Rogers, a 21-year-old white housewife, walked unaided to the gallows for the murder of her estranged husband, Marcus Rogers, committed on August 12, 1902. She made legal history as the last woman legally executed by hanging in the State of Vermont. The Crime: Murder on the Walloomsac River Mary wanted to be rid … Read more
After Mona Fandey’s arrest in 1993 for the gruesome murder of state assemblyman Mazlan Idris, public curiosity did not stop at the courtroom doors. One of the most haunting questions still asked today in Southeast Asian true crime history is: what happened to Mona Fandey’s house—the very place where it all unfolded? Her trial and … Read more
Background Steven Judy was born on May 24th, 1956, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Vernon Eugene and Myrtle Louella Judy, who married in 1954. He had a troubled early childhood, growing up in a broken home where he frequently witnessed domestic violence. His father, Vernon, was in and out of jail, and his mother brought her … Read more
With special thanks to Michael Gatherar for contributing this article. Cop Killer About 8:30 pm on Tuesday, 26th March 1946, retired Detective Sergeant James Straiton, 61 years old, was at home with his wife when his neighbour, James Deekan, called. Deekan had returned home from an evening at the cinema and believed his house was … Read more
