The Murderous History of Mr. Bray – Part 2
Normally, this site does not cover topics or events beyond the 1960s. This is out of respect for those alive today. The information in this...
Bad Jim Wright (?-Sep. 8, 1902)
"Bad" Jim Wright was an outlaw from Hancock County, Tennessee, serving a life sentence for murder in the Brushy Mountain Penitentiary. This facility was new...
We’re Certain We Have Him…We Think
The mysterious case of Grat M. Walk kept the region in suspense from 1903 to 1910. It wasn’t just your standard murder. It was a...
Marble Hall Beyond Murder
Murder was not the end of Marble Hall. Eventually even the Blackley family moved on and other families took shelter within its ornate walls. The...
The Marble Hall Murder
As with many uncommon houses, Marble Hall inevitably gained an uncommon history. A wealthy farmer named John Brown purchased the home after Rice's debtors sold...
The Ghosts of Marble Hall
There is a site off Highway 11-W, just a few miles outside of Rogersville, Tennessee, that has been virtually forgotten. The obscurity, however, does not...
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...