OT: True Crime Scranton

[mh-larch]

My latest story had a twist so I broke it up into two separate posts

The 1872 Murder of John Garrity

The 1872 murder of John Garrity was an open-and-shut case. Part I follows the crime, investigation, and sentencing. But there was more. Part II uncovers the family story the newspapers never report…

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The Gavin Family: The Story the Newspapers Never Told

The deeper I dug into the 1872 murder of John Garrity, the clearer it became: this was not just a story about a killing. It was a story about an entire community. Irish immigrants bound together by…

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Another amazing piece of research and detective work! So very interesting. Thank you for sharing this....I thoroughly enjoy your writing.

 

[Pennstatel0]

Taking a wild guess here.
Does the twist have anything to do with changing Dillon school district boundaries?

 

[WanderingSpectator]

Another amazing piece of research and detective work! So very interesting. Thank you for sharing this....I thoroughly enjoy your writing.

Thanks for the kind words. I appreciate it.

 

[LionJim]

Another amazing piece of research and detective work! So very interesting. Thank you for sharing this....I thoroughly enjoy your writing.

Yes, very well done. Kudos.

 

[Chumboshifko1]

Rico, Rico.

 

[WanderingSpectator]

My latest post started with a beating that turned deadly in Scranton in 1874 and ended with political shenanigans, including a mayoral bribe the following year.

The Mifflin Avenue Mystery: Who Killed Michael Kearney?

In November 1874, a Scranton newsboy found a man dying at the foot of an embankment on Mifflin Avenue. What followed was a murder investigation that led straight to the city’s own Chief of Po…

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