Abingdon’s Femme Fatalle
The Baker trial of 1891 held the region spellbound with shameless love, infidelity, and ultimately murder. The prosecution’s star witness was the mistress herself, and...
The Luttrell Murder Mystery
Sylvester Cecil Luttrell was a Southern Rail employee in 1906. He had no history of crime or violence, but a crime occurred in his living...
A Victorian “Wicked Attraction”
The tale of Dr. John Baker and Mrs. Margaret Gilmer began long before their infamy. The majority of the reports state the two were intimate...