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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[WanderingSpectator]

New post up.

What I thought was a simple 1893 murder in Dunmore, PA, turned into so much more. At the heart of it was an Italian woman who struggled to raise her family.

And the man who died is the one I still can't find. If you have Prignano, Nolè, or Nolli in your family tree, I'd love to hear from you.

Murder on Spencer’s Hill: Premeditation or Passion?

At daybreak on May 22, 1893, a man was shot to death in the backyard of a boarding house on Spencer’s Hill in Dunmore. I set out to preserve his memory. Instead, I found the story of the woma…

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[WanderingSpectator]

My latest post is about a murder that never happened. Seems that fake news has been a thing for at least 150 years. I love how they called out the New York Herald for its November 1874 article on the Central Park Zoo animals that escaped and terrorized the city.

The Murder That Never Happened

In December 1874, Scranton newspapers reported that a Newton farmer named Klein was robbed and shot dead in the Notch while his young son watched. Within days, the story had spread across the Unite…

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